The iPhone 3g is a brilliant phone, but so difficult to track down. Everyone seems to want one straight away and there just simply isn't the supply to cope with the demand.
So why do you want an iPhone 3g? Here are some of the new specs to get your mouth drooling. If you're losing motivation trying to find the phone just think of.....
3G internet, this is the major one!
Third party app allowed
Whatever you do don't try to buy one off ebay at the moment because the prices will be incredibly high and overpriced. If you can't find anywhere else to buy, even the sold out iPhone 3G isn't worth the extra money and you are better off waiting. This happens with all major products releases where there is a chance of it being sold out, don't encourage the people who are trying to make money out of peoples disappointment.
So where can you buy them? Surprisingly if you go into some of the smaller shops in your neighbourhood you will be more likely to find them. These shops get loss of a stock to start with but far fewer people think of looking there.
Another option is the iPhone tracking websites which allow you to look for the nearest shop to you that has them in stock. As the iPhone 3G sold out so quickly these sites can be extremely useful, but make sure you use one which has its list updated regularly.
This amazing new innovation from apple redefines the standard of "cool" and Apple has done it again. With the new IPOD Touch Apple has truly transported multimedia entertainment into a mobile platform and changed the way people experienced music, video and the Internet forever.
Multimedia systems, like Blackberries and other phone based mobile computing devices have been around for a few years, but these multimedia systems have always been focused more on voice and text capabilities than any other functionality. Until along came Apple with the IPOD Touch.
With the new iPod Touch you can play MP3 music, surf the Internet, watch a video and more with just a touch of a finger. And because the IPOD Touch comes with built-in wi-fi capability, you can access the internet from just about anywhere you go and browse your favorite places as if you were sitting in front of a computer. You can buy songs directly from the Itunes store and download them directly into the IPOD, so you won't miss a beat. Not to mention the sound quality on the Touch has been improved over the previous IPOD models.
The IPOD Touch is visually appealing and intuitive with a very sleek 3.5-inch wide touchscreen that allows you to operate its array of functionality by simply touching any of the colorful menu icons directly on the screen. The large icons make screen navigation almost too user friendly that anyone can find their way through the maze of handy features by simply touching one of them on the main screen and following the subsequent icons underneath.
Need more space for your movies, photos or MP3s? No problem. The IPOD touch comes in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB of storage space, which offers great flexibility to accommodate your needs for additional storage. This system is also compatible with the Mac and PC platforms.
These are some specs for the IPOD Touch directly from Apple:
• Includes the ability to use the following with a WiFi connection
o Mail
o Google Maps
o Weather
o Stocks
• Capacity for an 8GB model:
o 8gb flash drive
o Holds up to 1,750 songs in 128-Kbps ACC format
o Holds up to 10,000 iPod-viewable Photos
o Holds up to 10 hours of video
o Stores Data via USB flash drive
• Size and Weight:
o Height: 4.3 inches (110 mm)
o Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
o Depth: 0.31 inch (8 mm)
o Weight: Weight: 4.2 ounces (120 grams)
When I first started out and was taking a tutorial on setting up online marketing, the subject of blogs came up. It was suggested that a blog was a very good tool for marketing and making yourself known on the WEB. The program suggested starting with WordPress. I had never heard of WordPress so I went to the WordPress site to find out what it was all about.
This was all new to me so I followed instructions on the site and presto...I had my first blog set up in a few minutes. It wasn't pretty and I had no idea what I was doing. The interface was new, the tabs were a mystery and the general functions available were a guessing game for me. That said, I forged ahead, wrote a post and then tried out different tabs and selections to see what would happen.
What I didn't realize was that there are three varieties of WordPress, and you should know that upfront, so you can decide what works best for you. I learned of these 3 options later when I used another tutorial and set up another WordPress blog on a host site.
So what are those three options?
Option One
The first one I'll mention is one that doesn't concern the individual affiliate marketer but you should be aware of it. It's called WordPress MU. MU stands for Multi-User and it allows you to run several hundreds to thousands of blogs on one domain. It really applies to corporations, groups, organizations or maybe super affiliate marketers that have their own servers and run a network of blogs. Until you reach that scale you needn't know more than that about WordPress MU.
Option Two
The next option open to you is WordPress.com. This is the one I first used. It is hosted on WordPress servers and offers an easy to use template you can follow to start your first blog. You can choose your own user name to individualize your blog and it will get assigned to the WordPress domain. For example, if you choose to go with your name to set up the blog, your domain would look like http://www.yourname.WordPress.com. This assumes your choice was available.
Another point to remember is that on WordPress.com you are subject to the guidelines of your host. That means that commercial applications such as Google Adsense and other plug ins used to create revenue streams or optimize for search engine discovery, are not available. The blogs are really designed for open and useful communication without the volume of commercial and affiliate selling that takes place on other blog environments. This isn't to say that you cannot create links to affiliate programs and place some banners, but the WordPress.com blog is not the most optimum environment to run a marketing based business. The next option is best suited for that purpose.
Option Three
The third option is the one used by most affiliate marketers who set up their business on an independent hosted environment outside of the WordPress hosted site. It's called WordPress.Org and is software that is downloaded to your own Web server to run on your domain. It is often accessed through the Control Panel of the Web host you have selected to use in your business or blog. Some free hosting services may not offer the Control Panel feature so you have to follow what ever process they use for downloading blog software.
In the case of WordPress.org, the software offers greater flexibility that WordPress.com and allows you to download plugins that are not available to WordPress hosted blogs. For example, you can download Google AdSense ads mentioned earlier or Google Sitemap which allows search engines to find and index you more efficiently so you can place better in search results. You can place html code to more effectively design web pages for commercial application in affiliate marketing campaigns. In short, it offers more options and better capabilities for running a business than WordPress.com. It is the option that you will come to by default when setting up a blog from your host site. You will notice a different set of options such as a plug-in add on feature that is not available with WordPress.com. In summary, this is the option you will find most suitable for affiliate marketing. It gives you more ways to create revenue streams for a business.
Conclusion
Depending on your objectives for blogging, these are the three options you can select from when considering WordPress. There is plenty of documentation to help you with the details of how to use the features and tools offered in each option. The point here is to make sure you are aware of what is available so you can make an intelligent decision.
With that in mind, good luck in your blogging and may your travels be prosperous.
Marketers who know me well, know that when I say something, they better
listen. When it comes to affiliate marketing, there are some things that
affiliates do that are a sure ticket to failure. And yet, they do them
anyway. It just boggles my mind. Well, if you don't want to end up as an
affiliate failure, you'll take my advice and avoid these things like the
plague.
At the very top of my list is the choice of the product itself. So many
affiliates jump on the "me too" product of the day and think that
because everybody is talking about the product that it's going to make
them a ton of money. What they don't understand is that these high
profile, high end products, are being promoted by every top marketer in
existence. Do you REALLY think that as a beginning marketer you have a
chance against these people? You certainly don't, especially if you make
any of the other mistakes on this list. However, to give yourself more
of a chance, don't jump on the product du jour.
Next on the list is ads. I marvel at some of the ads I see for these
products. Why do I marvel? Because they're all the same. The only thing
different is the affiliate link in them. Oh come on, you know it's true.
You write to the merchant, ask him to send you some ads, he gives you a
link to get your "affiliate tools" and you copy and paste the same ads
that everybody else is sending, changing nothing but the link. Yeah,
that's really going to make you stand out and get your share of the
sales...not. So for crying out loud, write your own ads.
Finally, there's the means of promotion that affiliates use. They either
use the most expensive forms, such as pay per click, where to get a
decent position you have to spend a buck or more per click, or they use
forms of promotion that aren't worth squat. Look, if you're trying to
fight the pay per click wars in highly competitive niches, you're dead.
The heavy hitters will eat you alive. And using poor sources of
advertising is a total waste of time altogether. There are great sources
of advertising and great advertising methods that won't cost you an arm
and a leg. You'll find some great info in my signature.
If you avoid these common affiliate mistakes, you can easily become a
successful affiliate marketer for almost any product at all.
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UK fans of free SMS service should take advantage of the service as much as they can because mobile phone companies are rethinking about their plans that allow users to send SMS without any charge.
As prices begin to rise, some mobile companies have started to give a limit to the number of free short text messages people can send.
Free messaging facility is expected to vanish completely with changes in tariff structure due in February.
To deal with short text messages, UK's mobile phone companies are changing the way they charge each other. So far, they were charging each other by the quantity of messages, but with the rising popularity of messages, they are now compelled to charge 3p per message.
The key players of UK's biggest mobile phone companies expect that these costs will balance out among them as they have almost equal number of subscribers.
However, these changes are adversely affecting companies that direct free SMS messages from UK mobile users to other Uk users through foreign networks.
The cost of a standard SMS message across Europe is same but they are not the same for bulk messages. The cost varies between 1.5 and 7.5 US cents if you send SMS across the GSM network in Europe.
As Switzerland, Germany and Italy are the lowest cost networks, so to reduce costs, many of the free SMS services are routed through these countries.
With the SMS charges going 3p per message, all this will change. It is doubtful that UK mobile users are going to send text messages to Germany and Switzerland. If this happens, these mobile phone networks are going to have to pay very heavy bills.
Talks are on between free SMS providers and potential partners that could provide some profits so that the cost of providing the free messaging service is compensated.
Several companies are rethinking about their free SMS service and are limiting their users to a particular number of messages per day.
Buckingham of mobile lifestreams consultancy said that the changes in charges were expected because phone networks are being flooded with SMS’s. These changes would affect the survival of many free SMS services.
Will the phone networks work out some plan to offset the cost of free SMSs or is this the end of free SMSs, is something that still remains to be seen.
Are you still using the traditional mobile phones as a medium to send free SMS? Well, the time is changing and so is the trend. Now a more lucrative method of sending SMS through Internet has come as a way that has changed the way people communicate. Now you can all connect through the Internet. Free SMS is the way that has come forth as a medium whereby you can send the free SMS through gprs different mobile phones.
Most of these SMS are free of cost. So don't feel disgusted or handicapped when you your mobile phone is not working because you still are able to send your SMS. It is useful in many ways as well. Free SMS are helpful when you are working on the World Wide Web and suddenly you come across many new websites or shops, which you wish to, send to your friends, you can do so directly with the help of your free SMS websites that allow you to send free SMS across the country to any mobile number. You may as well send these SMS even to the mobile numbers of other parts of the world.
Apart from these free websites, free SMS are also being sent with the help of various Internet messengers that also offer services like sending free text messages to the desired mobile numbers. All you are supposed to so in such case is to get yourself registered in one of these Internet websites. Most of these websites are totally free of cost and you don't require paying any registration charges. As perky as it looks, these mobile phone websites are really lucrative and are really popular amongst the people from all across the globe.
In order to locate one of these websites, you can visit any of the search engines and can find these websites quite easily. Free SMS websites are available in plenty, so there wouldn't be any problem in locating one such website for you. Thus, enjoy another benediction of Internet that has given us a convenient way of messaging through it. Stay connected!
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Internet web page design is something we must master if we are to build a successful internet business. Most novices jump into a internet business opportunity with very little knowledge of both the internet and internet web page design.
If you wish to learn internet web page design then it’s best to start with the basics. There are a number of HTML editor programs that are available, some are free while others cost as much as a few hundred dollars. The trick to learning internet web page design is to find a program that is both easy to use and allows you to build a professional looking internet web page.
Where to begin. If you don’t have any experience in internet web page design then I would suggest you find an HTML editor program that provides step by step instructions and a point and click interface. By using this type of internet web page design program to begin with you will learn the basic fundamentals of internet web page design and create a professional looking page at the same time.
If you have a little experience in internet web page design then you may want to find a little more advanced HTML editor notepad++. With this type of program you will be able to build a little more advanced internet web page design, one down side is the cost of the program, another is the time required to learn how it works.
You see, each internet web page design program runs basically the same way but each program has its own little quirks which can drive you nuts if you don’t know what they are. The other problem you run into is that when you have an error on your web page it can be extremely hard to track down, especially if you are a novice to internet web page design.
Internet web page design is both a technical and artistic process. Some times it is better to use a simple internet web page design program to take care of the technical part of the equation while you put most of your effort into the artistic aspect of building your web page.
Whatever you decide to do make sure you choose a internet web page design that is not above you capabilities but will allow you to build a professional looking internet web page.
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Engineers from the Silicon valley have created a virtual picture how Web 3.0 can revolutionize the internet. According to them, in 2030 Web 3.0 will be very powerful and smart. It will be able to connect every aspect of our digital lives.
Web 3.0 will have the possibility to know when you are typing an email and what subject the email has. It will also be able to suggest websites, books, documents and photos you have saved and choose which one can be relevant to your topic.
Basically the new web is going to almost have a brain. PHP Framework wants to improve the basic platform Internet. The main purpose of Web 2.0 was to gather collective intelligence of internet users to give information on internet a relevant value. The goal was to improve web's usability and creating connections between internet users.
In Web 3.0, the aim is to renew the web's key index. The java mobile application "a natural language search": search engines will be able to answer full questions and be not focused on the original search terms. The platform will be more open which means the possibility to mix and match (Mash-up) different services on the web.
According to John Doerr, one of the founding board member at Google "Web 3.0 will be a immersive and multi-dimensional environment". Many areas will be affected by the web, he warned them that they need to be ready.
Web - Web 2.0 - So be prepared to the next internet revolution = Web 3.0!
Anja Glauch is the co-founder and managing director of Tetridia Ltd. She began her career in Information Technology more than 11 years ago. She is leading the companies Online Marketing, Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimisation activities.
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Many people, especially beginners, struggle in
finding drivers for their laptops. In this article, I will illustrate
two ways to help you find your laptop drivers quickly, and easily.
The
first method we will consider is to visit a company's website, and
attempt to find a 'Drivers' or 'downloads' link. If a similar link is
not immediately apparent, look for a search box. Most laptop companies
have a search box somewhere on the homepage of their website. Type the
model number of your laptop into the search box and click search.
Typically, you will be sent to an overview of the model you have
entered. Look for 'Downloads' or 'Drivers' links. Hopefully, if this
link is available, you can follow it to find the necessary drivers for
your laptop.
For example, say you have a Dell Latitude D600
laptop, for which you wish to locate updated drivers. The first step is
to visit Dell's website. From the first page, click on the 'Drivers and
Downloads' section.
After clicking on the 'Drivers and Downloads'
link, we choose the required model. In our example, it is Latitude.
Then we enter the model number (D600), followed by selecting our
operating system. The Dell website will show a list of available
drivers and software updates for your model. Select the driver you
wish, and click 'Download'. What if you do not know the website of your
laptop's manufacturer? Or, perhaps when visiting the website, you
couldn't find the 'Downloads and Drivers' section? A second method for
locating laptop drivers would be to visit Google (www.google.com), and
entering, "Download (manufacturer) (model name and number) [type]
driver" or "[type] driver for (manufacturer) (model name or number)"
into the query box, substituting your own manufacturer, model name and
number.
For example, if we wished to find the sound card for a
Dell Latitude D600 laptop, we could go to Google. We would enter either
of the following queries:
-"Download Dell Latitude D600 soundcard Drivers"
-"soundcard driver for Dell Latitude D600"
The
driver download page for you laptop should appear near the top of the
results returned by Google. Follow the link to the driver page, and
proceed to download the drivers you need. These two methods should make
it easy to locate the drivers you need for your laptop. Good Luck!
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Have you ever been to a web site that asks you to
download Macromedia Flash? Have you ever seen a Flash button on a web
site that had a lot of animation and seemed very hi-tech? If so, you
may have wondered what exactly Flash is. Flash is not a new technology,
but it is still used in many different ways on the Internet today.
Flash
can refer to Macromedia Flash player, and to refer to the program used
to create Flash content. Some may wonder what exactly Flash does. Flash
is a program that is used to create games and movies that can be put on
the Internet. Interactive web sites are also made with Flash. Most web
browsers support Macromedia Flash. Flash supports vectors, raster
graphics, and ActionScript, which is a scripting language. Finally,
Flash can stream audio and video at the same time.
Flash was
first introduced in 1996. At that time, most browsers did not have
Flash capabilities. However, the amount of browsers with Flash
compatibility rose dramatically in a very short amount of time.
Businesses started to pay web designers to design sites utilizing
Flash. Flash is frequently used with web pages to make them more
interactive and even more professional in some cases. Some web pages
have animated flash introductions. Advertisements have also been
created using Flash. Flash files are generally given a .swf file
extension and can appear either within a web page or can be played in
Flash Player.
Many people prefer using Flash to other
technologies when creating web sites. Some people use animated GIFs.
GIF images are really just looped and so they do not take that much
memory. However, many people prefer Flash because the user can control
the animations. GIFs are limited to 256 colors, while Flash can have
millions. Java Applets are other another medium for Flash-like
animations. However, some find the programming language too difficult.
Flash programming is very easy in comparison to other types of
programming, so more inexperienced persons can make interesting
animations with Flash.
Macromedia Flash has to be purchased. Once
commonly heard complaint is that the software is very expensive.
However, there are other programs besides Macromedia’s that can create
flash banners and animations. These are often less expensive and can be
a good alternative for the budget-minded webmaster looking for a cheap
and easy way to create a Flash banner or animation.
Maxine Winters recommends Flash Text Animation Builder to easily create an attractive flash banner.
If you are looking to bring your website to life and
have a site that demands attention, I recommend you look into adding
some Flash to your sit. Flash web design brings
movement to an otherwise dull looking static site. This is especially
important when you are looking to monetize your site using advertising.
Simple flash can draw your web site visitors eyes to your advertisment.
Most
people today already have a flash enable browser. If they don't, when
flash is present, your web visitors can be redirected to Macromedia,
who is the company that provides the plug in to make flash work on your
site. Millions of web sites now use flash to explain products, showcase
services, and entertain your web visitor. The power of flash on your
site can not be underestimated as a very useful feature on your site.
Any
site that would make use of multimedia would benefit from the dynamic
aspects of flash. Not only can you utilize flash for graphics but you
can combine it with audio to really enhance your site. I am sure you
have visited many sites that have incorporated moving animation with
music or sounds. It can be an effective tool when used properly.
Unfortunately many people do not know how to incorporate flash and over
do it or misuse it. Have you ever landed on one of these sites and
clicked away immediately?
Flash has become rather common online
as graphics can now be compressed more, which gives your site more
flexibility in using flash. The most frequent use of flash web design
is in advertising, and especially banners and buttons. This kind of
flash is commonplace and very easy to do. With the onset of video
learning, you can purchase software that will allow you to create flash
on your websites. Most web developers today are capable of bringing
your site to life and adding flash to your web pages. One of the keys
is to not over do it, so use flash sparingly and look into adding flash
to your site in 2007.
If you would like to add flash to your website or if you have any web development needs feel free to contact Northeast Web Development. Sam Clark is a professional web developer and Ceo of Northeast Web Development. For more information on web design and development head over to Imbydesign
You have probably viewed many Flash-based components
while surfing the Internet. Most smooth animations on websites and in
banner ads, short films, and presentations are built in Flash.
Macromedia Flash is a powerful and adaptable software program. It
enables Flash web designers to incorporate sound, movement, and
interactivity that cannot be achieved with standard HTML websites.
Web
designers use Flash to develop a wide array of presentations,
tutorials, and websites. They can create entire websites or simply add
interactive elements to standard HTML websites.
Should you consider Flash for your company’s website? Perhaps. Like everything, Flash has both pros and cons.
The benefits of Flash:
*
Flash can enhance the experience of your target audience. It grabs
attention and can make a stunning and rich presentation to effectively
drive home a marketing message.
* Flash provides almost limitless design options.
*
With Flash you can explain a wide variety of concepts with graphics and
sound via dynamic, engaging tutorials, training courses, introductions,
and film clips.
* Flash can give your site a look that emphasizes state-of-the-art technology and expertise.
*
If you have a portfolio component to your website, Flash can present
samples of your work in an interactive environment that resizes windows
to fit the graphics. Examples of companies that may benefit from Flash
portfolios include architects, interior designers, and photographers.
Things to consider when developing a Flash-based site:
*
Estimates state approximately 95% of Internet users have the Flash
plug-in. This leaves only a small group of people who must still
download the free plug-in.
* Flash is a complex and
time-intensive program. Sites built in Flash take more planning and
programming time than “standard” HTML sites.
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Flash can be a nice feature in your custom business
website if used properly and not over use it. Some use a flash intro
which will allow you to skip but some can be a nuisance when you're in
a hurry trying to find that right website that you are looking for and
you're stuck at a three minute intro. Not to mention, the time it can
take just for a flash intro on your homepage to load. So now, not only,
have you made your potential customer wait for your flash movie to
load, you have made them sit through a long flash presentation. In the
end you can make a lot of customers very unhappy and they won't want to
come back to your website.
As you can tell this is not so
friendly to your users nor does it help your business prosper. The best
thing to do is allow someone to skip a flash intro. Try using a window
of flash or use flash in your header instead of a whole page. This is
more search engine friendly and your potential clients will appreciate
you more.
Make your flash in your website as friendly as possible.
It's very simple to run a script (for example, a CGI script) by clicking a button in a form:
(Note that in the code snippets in this article, square brackets are used instead of angle brackets.)
[form name="form1" method="post" action="/cgi-bin/updatePage.cgi"]
:
:
[/form]
Sometimes,
however, you might need to run a script automatically from within an
HTML page, without requiring the user to perform an action. You might
want to do this if, for example, you have one or more variables that
have been generated perhaps by another script, which you need to
process without user interaction.
If you insert the following
code into an HTML page, the script (in our case, updatePage.cgi) will
be automatically executed when the web page is loaded into a browser.
[img src="/cgi-bin/updatePage.cgi" height="1" width="1"]
In order to ensure that a broken link is not generated by the cgi script itself, include the following code in the script.
print "Content-type: image/gif";
open IN, 'image.gif' or die "Cannot open: $!";
binmode IN;
print while
close IN;
There also needs to be an image called image.gif in the same directory (cgi-bin) as the cgi script.
I
often use this technique automatically perform certain text processing
activities in my content management systems. For example, I might have
one or more ASCII files that need to be automatically updated at the
end of an operation, but I don't want to force the user to click, for
example, an update button.
About the Author: John Dixon is a web developer working for My Health Questions Matter,
a company that helps users of the health service to ask the right
questions when discussing their medical condition with health
professionals. John is also interested in computer history, and
maintains http://www.computernostalgia.net,
a site dedicated to the history of the computer. John also provides web
development services to large and small clients via his own company John Dixon Technology Limited.
Currently, most flash content cannot be seen by
search engines (and when it is seen, is seen to only a limited extent).
This is because the search engine robots see a file within the overall
page source code and cannot see the structure of the navigation within
it. It may be able to dig some text content out of it, but for the most
part, even the text content is read as just graphics, and cannot be
indexed.
The best way to create a search engine friendly version
of your flash content (and to still show the content) is to use SiFR,
or Scalable Inman Flash Replacement. This is preferred to standard
noscript tags and redirects, plus the usage of this has been approved
by Google on their blog.
How SiFR works with Flash -
First
of all, lets assume you've embedded flash within the overall page, as
opposed to just making one big flash page first of all. Otherwise you
may have to revisit the step of integrating flash into html first.
Otherwise when a standard html page that happens to contain flash is
reached, a JavaScript function is run which first checks that Flash is
there, looking for whatever tags you have designated for it.
If
the user does not have flash installed, or if JavaScript is turned off
(the latter being the case with search engine spiders) the HTML page
displays as normal (without the flash content) and nothing further
occurs. If Flash is installed, and JavaScript turned off however, the
browser views the source code of your page looking for SiFR elements.
After this, the script creates Flash movies of the same dimensions and
displays them on top of the original location. This can be tested in
Mozilla Firefox via the use of an addon.
Visit Evolution Search Marketing for more tips on Flash SEO and other optimization methods.
Flash
can be a great addition to a website, and can work with a well
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Flash is a powerful technology that can help you
create spectacular websites, tutorials and demos. Find out which
inexpensive tools are available to you that have very low learning
curve.
SWFText
SWF Text is an author tool of Flash text
animation. It embraces 150+ text effects and 20+ background effects,
and users may also customize all the properties of a Flash, including
font, text color, and layout, etc. With SW FText, a user without any
experience of Flash development can easily create a Flash banner or an
introductory page within a few minutes. And all you need do is to input
text, select font and animation effects. While a veteran Flash designer
may use SWF Text for text animation in a project, which sure greatly
saves your time and effort.
Sothink SWF Decompiler
Sothink
SWF Decompiler is a tool to browse, view and parse Shockwave Flash
movies (.swf files). It can extract sounds, images, movie clips from a
Flash movies. What's more, SWF Decompiler can decompile the action
scripts in a Flash movie and turn them into neat and readable code.
Sothink SWF Decompiler can convert your SWF to FLA. It supports
exporting the whole movie file in FLA format, compatible with Flash 6
and Flash 7. Sothink SWF Decompiler supports Action Script 2.0 fully.
It supports exporting ActionScript 2.0 while converting swf to fla and
supports exporting the .as file and Flash Project file (flp) while the
swf file contains AS 2.0 class. Within the program, it can decompile
the code written in Action Script 2.0 and display the readable code in
Action Script window, with syntax highlighting.
ScreenFlash Professional
If
you want to build animated, interactive software tutorials in the
shortest time, ScreenFlash is your best choice. It is the easiest and
most effective tool for demonstrating your software product, adding
animations to your application's Help system, or training novices.
ScreenFlash captures the action and sound from any part of Windows
desktop and saves it to a Macromedia Flash movie file. You can also
edit the movie by adding button, sound, picture and text, which can
create an integrated interactive demo.
More Flash Resources:
SWFText
http://www.deprice.com/swftext.htm
Sothink SWF Decompiler
http://www.deprice.com/sothinkswfdecompiler.htm
ScreenFlash Professional
http://www.deprice.com/screenflashprof.htm
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