February 2007 Issue

Building Components for your website

It is construction time! We’ll show you how to use the latest techniques in the world of web development to create a new breed of amazing applications.

Sas kicks off by listing the key points to consider when working with Web 2.0 interfaces and examine how they differ from those in Web 1.0 applications. She continues by picking out one of the latest and most popular combination of technologies, AJAX. Sas explains what technologies and processes are used in Ajax-style applications.

Time to put things into second gear, Alex July gets you coding by teaching you a couple of cool form tricks. Text fields with icons and active links, form fields changing their background color after the value has been changed, length restricted text area boxes – those are things which Alex will teach you so you can impress your users!

Alex continues to expand his toolbox to show you how to create a five star rating system in a two part series. This great application enables your users to state their views. Both articles are included in this e-Magazine. Time to paint with Flash, Alex July shows you how to skin your Flash Components to give them a fresh new look!

And last but not least we interviewed the maker of the immense popular Samorost game, which is renowned for its surrealistic organic scenarios and creative character desings.

January 2007 Issue

Blasting of in the New Year with popular web technologies

Happy New Year! 2006 has been a great year for the web, with the merger of Adobe and Macromedia and with the breakthrough of Web 2.0 we had enough cake and whipped cream to have a blast during our design and developing time. The New Year sounds promising as well with the continued development of web 2.0, the ever increasing popularity of blogs and communities and the candy that Adobe has in store for us. We'll also continue to benefit from proven technologies that are getting better and better.

So what do we bring in this edition? Well, Dan Kicks of the New Year with a functional and attractive multilayer navigation menu using primarily CSS, with a touch of JavaScript to add some basic behaviour.

Sas Jacobs will give you an insight into Web 2.0, she explains what the hype is all about, how the architecture differs from that of Web 1.0 applications and what it means for you as a Web developer.

We interviewed the creators of two immensely popular Flash games: flOw and Cloud. flOw will be one of the first Flash games that will be released on the Playstation 3, Sony's latest game console.

We'll also finish the online Rich Text Editor with part 7 of the article series. Alex will show you how to save and load content so you can complete the editor.

To conclude this e-Magazine Richard Mariner shows you how to create a Contact Form that validates and writes it's content to a database table in a blink of an eye.

May 2007 Issue

Ajax and Flex Special – Creating Rich Internet Applications

So you want to keep on par with two of the most popular Web 2.0 technologies? Then read on! Sas Jacobs starts with an introduction to Flex and the Flex Builder 2 tool. This tool for developers that want to make great dynamic applications that can be run by the Flash Player 9 (browser plug-in). The advantage is that it contains a lot of build in components that will save you a lot of work.

After that it’s time to get started with building your first basic Flex application. You’ll learn to create a project, a user interface, compile the SWF file, add an image and how to add a fade effect.

March 2007 Issue

Presentations, Portfolio’s and Dynamic Data

We got a lot of diverse content packed in this e-Magazine, whether you are a designer, a coder or a combination of both, this edition will do its best to serve you!

Linda Goin begins with a new series about how to develop a creative and diverse portfolio that exemplifies your skills and knowledge. After that...

December 2006 Issue

The Building Blocks Of Xmas

It’s Xmas time! So let’s take a look at the building blocks that enable you to make some cool photos and applications to impress your loved ones for Xmas.

We start by creating an email application that enables you to send a nice message with an attachment (maybe a cool Xmas card?).

We use AJAX so you don’t have those nasty screen refreshes, because of its increasing popularity we use PHP for the server side code.

To protect ourselves from the ones that want to ruin Xmas we’ll show you how JavaScript hacks work so you can debug your own web applications, and protect yourself from hackers.

Then we Interview Philip Shtoll who’s been just about everywhere, excluding the North pole, he uses his cultural influence for his amazing creative work.

To make Xmas even better, Linda shows you how to alter images with Photoshop. She teaches how you can retouch photographs using colour channels and the extraction, healing, patch, smudge and blur tools.

To conclude this e-Magazine we’re going to work on our online editor so you can keep your Xmas sites up to date.

July 2007 Issue

Flex, Photoshop and Spry, create the classics of the future

Some things you'll never forget, that great tune, that awesome cartoon series, your first computer or that special game. These are the things that never age, as do some special websites. We’ll discuss today’s technologies that enable you to create the websites that will be remembered by your audience and we’ll use them to create some cool applications for your site!

December 2005 issue

Showtime for Xmas

This edition is a special Xmas edition. It's showtime for Xmas, learn how to create a lovely Flash Photo Gallery. And that's not all we'll show you how to create a Flash MP3 player, and an online radio station to enjoy your audience with great music or sound effects. Chris Charlton shows you things you should know about Fireworks so you can style your content. Next to the topics that where announced in last months e-Magazine there are two bonus articles! They are all about AJAX, an exiting technology that is rapidly gaining popularity.

Next to a treasure of tutorials and information we have a great interview with JavaScript Guru and designer; Tom Dell'Aringa.

August 2007 Issue

Cool Interface Components

Get ready to chill with cool interface components. Alex July will show you how to incorporate Google Maps into your web pages and how to build an AJAX Accordion Component. Kevin Koch teaches you how to build a Datagrid Control in .NET, we have an interview with Danielle Beaumont, the product manager of Fireworks CS3 and Sas Jacobs shows you how to create drop down boxes with AJAX. Dan Wellman teaches you how to create a search box for your website.

November 2005 issue

Navigation, CSS and Graphics       

What is the world of web development without proper navigation, CSS and graphics editors such as Fireworks and Photoshop? In this e-Magazine professional writers show you how to work with CSS and how to use Fireworks and Photoshop using QuickTime videos, high quality graphics and text.

This week we have an interview with a major graphics and motion guru; The Ronin.

We hope to inspire you

This edition offers usable content about CSS, graphics and navigation that will improve your skills. We hope the articles with their beautiful graphics, animations and interactive content will inspire you.

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June 2007 Issue

Ajax and Web 2.0 to go

Web 2.0 technology and AJAX go hand in hand for they offer many possibilities and interface enhancements that lift your websites to a new level. This edition focuses on these technologies, we also feature two articles on the most popular photo and graphics editing software suite, Photoshop. So if you want to keep up with the latest demands of your users, read on!

September Issue

Melting Pot - Mixing popular Web Technologies

It's time to cook with some of the best ingredients on the web. Get to know how to handle one of the most important elements of the modern Internet. Learn Spry, master WordPress, XML, ASP.NET 2.0. and build your own RSS feed. We've got a king-size cherry on top as we've interviewed Bryan O´Neil Hughes the product manager of the Photoshop team. He talks about the latest release of Photoshop, gives some tips and tricks and touches upon future plans like the online version of Photoshop and AIR.
 

October 2007 Issue

2 Years DMXzone e-Magazine: Pencils, Effects, Flash and
JavaScript Widgets

Another year flew by like a Jumbo Jet with NASA afterburners. Pop the champagne and hang out the banners, our e-Magazine exists two years! Celebrate with us by enjoying this great collection of tutorials and videos that includes two extra bonus articles.