Voting system done.. Posted by William Fitzgibbon , 29 March 2010 at 5:33 PM, in

It took me all days but I have the voting functionality complete, When the user clicks on the vote button the 'vote' field in the database to the corresponding building is incremented by 1. To accomplish this I used php script vote.php which connects to my database and increments the according value. This line of code I used in flash on the button(as2): loadVars_out.sendAndLoad("http://www.envisionlimerick.phpzilla.net/vote.php", loadVars_in, "POST"); this sends the name of the building as the parameter through the url request.

My problem now is to limit it to one vote per user per building.

A Big Headache Posted by William Fitzgibbon , 25 March 2010 at 9:41 PM, in

This week I've been working on 3 Major tasks, The voting function, the logIn function and the ability to replace building dynamically (temporarily) so the voter can see the building in it's setting: I didn't do this originally as the coding was complex as the building in the carousels are in a separate swf from the one the building to be replaced! I thralled through code on the internet for communicating between swf's but it was quite cumbersome with the possibility of many errors at run-time.

My solution: I changed the code in the loaded carousel swf so instead of the building appearing at the side of the building, the building to be temporally replaced is unloaded and the buildings in the carousel is enlarged in exactly in their place- when the user closes the carousel the building(original) is put back in it's place.

Re-do Posted by William Fitzgibbon , 18 March 2010 at 4:53 PM, in

Currently I'm redoing the 'docks' flash file as it is way too large (36Mb)Have no idea why it's so large because everything in it add up to about 6Mb and the 'medieval' section is no way as large. I might also mention here the flash bug which forced me to slice the large photographs(jpegs) up so they don't appear as red rectangles when imported into flash. See:Adobe TechNote

Problem Solved - Problem encountered Posted by William Fitzgibbon , 15 March 2010 at 9:35 PM, in

I have the code for generating an external xml for the building carousels working but the swf file that contains them all is too large for the server and slow to download!!

Tasks Left To Do: Posted by William Fitzgibbon , 12 March 2010 at 4:46 PM, in

Create 'user profiles' interface
-Button animation
-External flash display of photos
-Links
-Programming

Finish 'explore' map
-Add zoom transition
-Fix and create links
-Change colour of notes to red
-Add section for non-architecture art

Finish 'get creative' section
-Create form for submitting artwork
-Create/add tutorials html and link with button
-Add download template link
-Change colour of note to red
-Code download and upload functionality


Create the 'our vision' section
- Add text, images and video


Finish Home page section including html
-Improve header and add footer(with internal and external links etc.)
-Add site map section and link on homepage
-Add remaining rollovers
-Add functionality to log in

Finish explore city main
-Finish navigation links
-Finish and improve voting and info interface
-Code voting and dynamic content **
-Take photos of walls and graffiti etc in Limerick
-Create building examples for medevil section and add the new navigation
-Repeat for city center section

Server Posted by William Fitzgibbon , at 1:11 AM, in

Should have added this link a while back. I'm using a free hosting site to test my site for various things such as the forum and layout and links ect. ( it's easier as you know how the final product will look and behave - layout and loading time ect.)

www.envisionlimerick.ie

Forum up and running Posted by William Fitzgibbon , 07 March 2010 at 11:28 PM, in

Using MySQL and PHP, still have to style it and create links.

Full screen or Centered? Posted by William Fitzgibbon , 06 March 2010 at 4:55 PM, in

Don't know weather to have the swf file take up the full screen in the browser or have a background with it centered in the middle with the nav bar relitive. Gonna try them both and see which one looks better..

Preloaders Posted by William Fitzgibbon , at 4:52 PM, in

Just completed adding preloaders to most of my swf files, slight problem with internet explorer- you have to refresh the page in order for it to load.

Navigation Bar Posted by William Fitzgibbon , 02 March 2010 at 12:04 AM, in

Sound Posted by William Fitzgibbon , 01 March 2010 at 8:48 PM, in

Following the demonstration of the first prototype, I was advised to add sound to website. I created a sound on/off button and have added it to the nav bar which I have also created this week. The functionality is addded to to all the buttons except the 'map'(back to menu) button which I need to find out how to do.