Christian Kaegi

Flebsite launched: www.turtlebite.com

I finally have launched a website on which I can show that I actually use all the stuff that I write about in this blog. I have also integrated my upcoming online xml editor, which is almost complete. Well, it actually is, but as usual I have to setup the documentation etc. But you can already have a look and try out the basic functions: www.online-xml-editor.com (User: demo, Pw: demo). For the menubar...

Flash CMS Framework v4.72 released

While I’ve been busy doing some daily business, I have continuously improved the Flash CMS. Now it’s time to release a new version. For a website I have recently created I needed a way to fine tune positions and sizes of both pictures and textfields. For example, sometimes you need to add just a few pixels of height to an image and you don’t want to do it in photoshop and upload it...

Showcase: Fleb Site + Flash CMS

In a previous post I was talking about a site I was working on, which required an update in the Turtlebite Flash CMS to handle cyrillic fonts. I have almost finished that site (the picture galleries are still missing, because there are no pictures yet. It will be integrated by the end of may.) This site was built with the Fleb Framework and the client can upload files and edit every line of text. This...

Flash CMS v4.71: Character Encoding Problems fixed

The issue with proper character encoding has been there for a while. Even though the database tables have “latin1″ as the default character set, I knew this was not the correct solution. But it always worked for me, and I have been using “utf8_encode/utf8_decode” in my php scripts and all was fine. Even though I had to convert some single special characters like the bullet point...

Flash CMS version 4.70 released

While stuck in daily business I managed to improve the Flash CMS Framework. I’m a working on 2 websites at the moment with loads of pictures to manage. So I added a search field to be able to find a specific text phrase or picture file within the CMS. Also, if you roll over the picture selector, a text field is fading in displaying the file name. This is really useful if you have to deal with...

Introducing Flash CMS Blog

Today I wrote a little guest post about the Turtlebite Flash CMS Framework in the Flash CMS Blog. Check it out! Here is what the say about themselves: “We are excited to introduce new informative Topflashcms.com source you could find useful for yourself. You may ask what is it all about? It is innovatory blog from where the users can derive extensive knowledge about various top Flash CMS inventions. In...

Flash CMS step by step tutorial “editing text”

The first step-by-step quick start tutorial is finished! It covers the basics and will guide you from the installation of the Flash CMS to the integration of it in your flash website (or maybe a flebsite? Well, that’s another story… ). I have set up a FLA file that shows kind of a greeting card. I’m sorry for the ugly 3D look, but I wanted the file to be compatible to CS3. In CS4...

Flash CMS Case Studies

At the moment I am working on a quick start step-by-step tutorial for the Flash CMS. While doing that, I felt the need of explaining the philosophy of the Flash CMS in more detail. There are 7 basic situations to cover when you are using the Flash CMS. Have a look at the SWF below, navigate through the different case studies. Be sure to turn on the checkbox “show Slots” to see how the content...

How to use your own fonts and textstyles in the Flash CMS

This first tutorial will cover a very basic requirement of the Flash CMS: defining different fonts and font styles. (more…)

Flash CMS version 4.67: Introducing the ServiceCenter

Update 06/21/2010 I have removed the servicecenter alltogether because there were too many problems reported by different users on different servers ( especially concerning file permissions). But I have moved everything into one config.php file so in fact it’s not difficult at all to install the CMS without the servicecenter. Just follow the installation steps. —- Done! I have finished...