Dreamweaver live preview August 30, 2002

tom muck released a live preview extension for dreamweaver. now you can view your asp, asp.net, jsp, and php pages directly in dreamweaver instead of in the browser.
The Dreamweaver Team Extensions

and here comes the really amazing part:
i made a small redirection page which loads my blog entry site. with the 'Favorites Menu for Dreamweaver MX Extension'.
now there is a bookmark for blogging from inside of dreamweaver.
(yep and for sure, there is a local testserver with php, mysql and perl running)
Macromedia Exchange - Dreamweaver Home Page

i already made a mouse gesture for that, a B for blog :)

btw. i replaced the sitespring.swf in the sitespring panel with my own swf (same name). now there is a swf which tells via local shared objects a projector what to start. [crazy, i know]

and here is a screenshot:

 

Posted by pi at 08:47 PM
ACE speech

this is the second free tool i found for voice commands:
About ACE

seems to be a little more developed, they use the newest ms speech api.

i'll test that ...

 

Posted by pi at 01:15 AM
Little Browser Bumpers August 29, 2002

thats a nifty small tool :
stereopsis : browser bumpers
simply knock with your mouse on the left screen edge to go back in the internet explorer and on the right for forward. its only 40 kb.

 

Posted by pi at 10:59 PM
drag video into flash mx

mini tip:

you can drag video directly from the windows explorer into a library.

 

Posted by pi at 02:42 AM
dreamweaver mx panelsets

dreamweaver mx is really a great program, but what i miss is the option to save own panelsets. you can choose only between three modes (dw4, homesite coding and mx).
there is a simple solution for that:
export the the 'FloaterStates' key from the registry and save it with a discriptive name (eg. floaterset1.reg or mypanels1.reg).
i am on win xp, so the path to the key may be different to yours in windows - gladfully the regedit.exe has a search option :)
you can export the key by hand or use a batch file for each set.

my floaterset1.bat has the following line in it (make a new file in notepad and paste this line:
REGEDIT /E e:\floaterset1.reg "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 6\FloaterStates"
and save it with the extension .bat .

-> e:\floaterset1.reg is the output name - to restore a panelset simply start it and say ok in the upcoming dialog.

so here is the trick - make for each panelset an own bat file and change the number for the output name.

nice, eh ?

 

Posted by pi at 02:29 AM
Voice Flux August 26, 2002

nitrous voice flux is a free voice recognition and system control utility :
Voice Flux

its pretty cool to say 'dreamweaver' to start dreamweaver :) you can assign keystrokes to words. so i made at first basic things like yes, no and cancel.

e.g. for yes its $type$y .

 

Posted by pi at 10:04 PM
f2b SWF2SCR August 20, 2002

a small free screensaver tool from flash2be:
flash2be tools - f2b_SWF2SCR

 

Posted by pi at 10:21 PM
swf decompressor

here is the brother of the swf compressor:
flash2be tools - f2b swf decompressor

 

Posted by pi at 10:17 PM
google searchtool August 18, 2002

this is a nice helpful tool for searching:
GoogleİSearchTool - SearchTool for searching with googleİ power

and it can stay on top. no need to open a browser to type in a search word or phrase. it has forums search too.

 

Posted by pi at 05:38 AM
piblog now with thumbnails August 17, 2002

wow. i love remotekeys (macrorecorder).

what my macro does:

copy filename in windows explorer
paste the filename in some predefined php script
open internet explorer - new entry site

 

Posted by pi at 10:24 PM
File-Ex 3.0 August 15, 2002

extend your file open/save dialogs :
File-Ex File Dialog Extensions

on the screenshot below you see filex-ex is combined with XFilesDialog

 

Posted by pi at 09:02 PM
ThaiFlashDev

they link on us too, so they are my friends.
hehe
ThaiFlashDev.com : Flash MX Coming to Thai !!!

nice site (linking too): design faculty goes to hollywood....

and frome where is this ? -> http://www.shockunion.com/res/go.asp

and the force is with me (12 visitors): TheForce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars

 

Posted by pi at 03:55 AM
swf compressor

some words in polish to it and a great site:
. flashroom .

check their open source area.

 

Posted by pi at 02:52 AM
drag link in google toolbar

you can mark and drag a link on a website and drag it into the google toolbar.
this will open the link in the same browser window.

try it: http://www.klickklickklick.com/

 

Posted by pi at 02:01 AM
title.text

test via dwmx swf blog panel:

i know its a strange title, but it was generated from the panel. got to find the bug in some free time ...

 

Posted by pi at 01:34 AM
fireworks mx extensions August 12, 2002

check these five nice fireworks mx extensions:
Project Fireworks - Extensions
harmonia is my favorite.

 

Posted by pi at 12:21 AM
HOT HOT HOT - mardi gras bb August 10, 2002

HOT HOT HOT
you should check their songs.
mardi gras bb | zen rodeo show

a good starter is Kung Fu Fighting

 

Posted by pi at 12:23 AM
Speedup Hints for Dreamweaver MX August 07, 2002

tom muck wrote a great article on how to speed up dreamweaver mx:
The Dreamweaver Team

 

Posted by pi at 09:04 PM
Spamnet for Outlook 2000/xp August 05, 2002

free add-in for outlook 2000/xp to stop spam
spamnet

 

Posted by pi at 05:51 PM
browser recorder II

if i only could find a way to record my browsing for free ...

Intellience - CruiseControl - Automated Log On

 

[edit] cruisecontrol is kind of crab. not that easy to use as i wish.
i really wonder, can it be that hard to build a simple browser recorder ?

Posted by pi at 03:41 AM
browse(r) helpers

while searching for a surf recorder i found this list:
Welcome to FileHungry

 

Posted by pi at 03:32 AM
FMS - Manage Your Flash Content August 04, 2002

a small flash cms free for private use:
FMS - Manage Your Flash Content!

 

Posted by pi at 01:34 AM
upgrade August 03, 2002

wow, that was easy - i upgraded to mt 2.21. my blog is now running with mysql.
movabletype.org : Download

 

Posted by pi at 08:34 PM
Dawn, the Address Converter and Manager

'Dawn will convert your address book from one program's format to another.'
its free :)
Dawn

 

Posted by pi at 05:11 PM
dwmx and contextmenues August 02, 2002

the menues should be a little more intelligent.
in example: in ftp mode i expect to have transfer options first and then file actions.
that could be much easier ....

 

Posted by pi at 05:11 AM
dwmx and remote

why do i have to use the same complicated keystrokes as in the mainview for putting a file in ftp fullscreen ? in ftp fullscreen there is no need for [control alt whatever], a simple p and a button P would be enough.
i mean: why clicking too much ?

click is time and time is money

harr

 

Posted by pi at 05:02 AM
flash mx update

i think there should be a free update with some user improvments like own panels and toolbars and buttons.

i don't want to go the way around with using external helpers.

currently i have a remotekeys panel on top and fire from there actions like :
save as, switch between fla, preview / back to authoring, rulers, close, etc

you have to be an expert for tweaking to find and program tools like strokeit and remotekeys (the urls are here somewhere in the blog)

 

Posted by pi at 04:37 AM
hello readers

i must say that i love it to have my own blog.
i can write whatever i want and some people read that.

but who are you ? please write me some comments.
thanks.

 

Posted by pi at 03:24 AM
Flash Tooltip Generator August 01, 2002

i find that a nice idea for wm mode:
flash tooltip

 

Posted by pi at 04:36 PM
context menu extension

thats a nice small windows extension for viewing images:
Image Viewing Windows Shell Extension

 

Posted by pi at 04:31 PM
Adobe and Macromedia II

is adobe more friendly then macromedia ?
when you take a look on adobes site, you will see that they name macromedia as first. and same on the macromedia site.
see:
About Adobe - Press Room - For Immediate Release
Macromedia - Press room : Adobe and Macromedia Settle Patent Litigation

will my old dream come true that they somehow merge?
so there will be the all_in_one suite -> adomacria galaxy ?
and
i'll be then the senior chief gui developer ....

my all gestures and keystrokes be with you
StrokeIt - Mouse Gestures for Windows
RemoteKeys

 

Posted by pi at 06:03 AM