ok. interesting that Adobe sets guidelines here. Yeah, besides that stuff Ted Patrick, of Adobe, has played with, Flex/Flash apps don't get along with that once deceptive world domination attempting Google, eh? So yeah, HTML front end with some Flexiness and a Flex rear-end, or is that Flexible re...ok...darn port wine is talking now :)
DK On Dec 18, 2007 12:52 AM, John Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Doug, the RSVP tool looks great. > > Well Doug is the first and so far only submittal. If you want to qualify > for the code-off please post your submittals to this list today. > > >Now, besides the question above about Katapult use, should we consider > using 100% Flex/Flash for the site? > > Actually Adobe has asked that we not do this ;) But that said they do want > to see apps and features that demonstrate the great features of Flex which > was partly the reason for the code-off. > > Here's the direct message on that I got from Adobe.. > > On the surface, it sounds like a great idea for a Flex user group to > leverage Flex to build their user group web site. As we say internally, > it's always good to "eat your own dog food." > > However, as I am sure you all know, Flex is geared more towards building > web applications than web pages. Notice how flex.org is not built in > Flex. There are a couple of reasons for this. First off, it does not > necessarily show off Flex in its best light. Secondly, Flex pages don't get > indexed by Google, so you're losing out on any SEO uptake as well. > > Going forward I am going to request that new Flex UGs build their sites > using HTML (though cool Flex widgets or components are encouraged!). For > groups that already have a UG site built in Flex, I am certainly not going > to force you to change over to an HTML based site…but if you have the time > and wanted to do this on your own I certainly would appreciate it! > > > > John Mason > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 770.337.8363 > > www.FusionLink.com - ColdFusion and Flex hosting > Now offering ColdFusion 8 Enterprise hosting > FREE Subversion hosting > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Douglas > Knudsen > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:06 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Adobe Prize Giveaway > > well, 11th hour and of course out of time. Never enough freakin time to > code the ultimate, eh? I'll attach what I have so far, its all GUI stuff > and rough. > > rsvp.mxml is a flexlet type gizmo to RSVP for a event. You can see it > here http://www.cubicleman.com/affug/ do we really need to have a login > to RSVP? I was thinking not. The thing to finish here is making the DIV > containing the flexlet expand/contract. Idea was to use the external > interface to call a JS method to handle this on enter/ext state in Flex. > > admin.mxml was to be a admin app idea. Questions to answer: how to > integrate with Katapult? Or do we need to? I had in mind a event system > where basically each event was like a blog entry, but its date driven not > subject driven. Events in the current month would appear on the home page. > A flex calendar would be there to let the user nav through dates. Selected > dates would be click able to open that event. > > For prizes I had in mind a simple flex app that took the inputs of current > event and number of prizes to give then uses this > http://www.cubicleman.com/flexexamples/carouselroundabout/ > **to display a 'winners circle'. > > Now, besides the question above about Katapult use, should we consider > using 100% Flex/Flash for the site? I certainly want to continue in this > effort and get something rawkin kewl > > DK > > > On Dec 11, 2007 2:41 PM, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > haha, wish I was that quick. Doubt I can get much in but UI stuff, but > > trying to take stab at it in between diapers and work tasks. > > > > DK > > > > > > On Dec 11, 2007 2:27 PM, John Mason < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Wow that was quick. To the list is fine, I'll post them also on the > > > site as well. > > > > > > thanks, > > > John Mason > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 770.337.8363 > > > > > > www.FusionLink.com - ColdFusion and Flex hosting > > > Now offering ColdFusion 8 Enterprise hosting > > > FREE Subversion hosting > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of > > > *Douglas > > > Knudsen > > > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:10 PM > > > > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Subject:* Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Adobe Prize Giveaway > > > > > > John, how should we submit these? > > > > > > > > > DK > > > On Dec 3, 2007 5:19 PM, John Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Yep, I have to apologize for that. Time slip by on me. But keep in > > > > mind, these are suppose to be small flexlites, nothing heavy so don't > > > > feel > > > > like you need to spend a hugh amount of time on it. > > > > > > > > As for the existing structure of the site. There's no underlining > > > > database yet just a collection of cfml pages. So if you need a > > > > database, use > > > > what ever you like. I prefer mssql or mysql myself. But access will > > > > work as > > > > well. > > > > > > > > John Mason > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 770.337.8363 > > > > > > > > www.FusionLink.com - ColdFusion and Flex hosting > > > > Now offering ColdFusion 8 Enterprise hosting > > > > FREE Subversion hosting > > > > > > > > This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may > > > > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information intended > > > > solely > > > > for the use of the addressee(s). If the reader of this message is not > > > > the > > > > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, > > > > dissemination, > > > > distribution, copying, forwarding or other use of this message or its > > > > attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in > > > > error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and > > > > all > > > > copies and backups thereof. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of > > > > *Douglas > > > > Knudsen > > > > *Sent:* Monday, December 03, 2007 4:04 PM > > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > > *Subject:* Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Adobe Prize Giveaway > > > > > > > > John, hey, good idea. Only 2 weeks away though! :) So, is any > > > > infrastructure available already on affug.org to meld this with? > > > > > > > > DK > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > From: John Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Nov 30, 2007 2:55 PM > > > > Subject: [AFFUG Discuss] Adobe Prize Giveaway > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok, I dropped the ball a bit on this one. We need to have the Adobe > > > > Prize > > > > Giveaway before the end of the year. Since we're not meeting again > > > > until > > > > January, I thought it might be nice to have a small code-off. > > > > > > > > The AFFUG site isn't directly running off of Flex or Flash due to a > > > > variety > > > > of reasons. But, we can still have small tools on the site that help > > > > show > > > > off some of the functionality that Flash and Flex gives you. There > > > > are a lot > > > > of little features that the site currently needs.. > > > > > > > > -a better RSVP system > > > > -a prize giveaway generator for the door prizes > > > > -a calendar system showing past and future AFFUG events > > > > -maybe a job posting area > > > > -anything else you can think of.. > > > > > > > > Let's have a small code-off with a due date of Dec 17th. The work > > > > needs to > > > > be original, open source and using either Flash, Flex or AIR. You > > > > can simply > > > > post your entries on this list and I'll post them on the site for > > > > review. > > > > The members will be able to vote on the site from Dec 18th to Dec > > > > 20th on > > > > their favorite apps. The winner will get the Adobe Grand Prize > > > > giveaway > > > > which is a single purchase of any Adobe software totaling up to > > > > $2100. > > > > > > > > Also, I'm not participating in this contest in order to remain > > > > objective in > > > > all of this. Hopefully, we have several entries that will add > > > > additional > > > > functionality to the site. > > > > > > > > John Mason > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 770.337.8363 > > > > > > > > www.FusionLink.com - ColdFusion and Flex hosting > > > > Now offering ColdFusion 8 Enterprise hosting > > > > FREE Subversion hosting > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with > > > > unsubscribe in the subject line > > > > > > > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > > > > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > > > > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Douglas Knudsen > > > > http://www.cubicleman.com > > > > this is my signature, like it? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with > > > > unsubscribe in the subject line > > > > > > > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > > > > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > > > > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with > > > > unsubscribe in the subject line > > > > > > > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > > > > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > > > > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Douglas Knudsen > > > http://www.cubicleman.com > > > this is my signature, like it? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe > > > in the subject line > > > > > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > > > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > > > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe > > > in the subject line > > > > > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > > > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > > > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Douglas Knudsen > > http://www.cubicleman.com > > this is my signature, like it? > > > > > > -- > Douglas Knudsen > http://www.cubicleman.com > this is my signature, like it? > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
