Greencardman
02-22-2003, 07:42 PM
Ok, I have this idea for a tutorial that everybody might benefit from, plus you could extend it to multiple uses after you figure out how everything works. As you might guess from the subject, it would be an online rolodex. No, i don't need one, (i wouldn't mind one) but I wanted to think up something everyone who did the tutorial could use, and as we all probably have a lot of business contacts, I figured this would be the most useful thing.
Ok, so the idea would be to guide the user through the process of creating a form that enters data in flash, and then storing that data somehow. Then being able to search (this is key) and find all the relevant contacts. So when someone gets a business card, they could enter the person's name, email, phone number, address, etc. and then be able to search their collection by name, or occupation (web designer, print designer, programmer etc.) As I assume this would require more than just flash, we would have to assume that if someone wanted to be able to access this online they would need webspace with php or whatever.
But in the end the person would end up with an online rolodex (or just on thier home computer), which is something that everyone could use, plus it could be altered easily to make something else.
So yeah, thats my idea for a tutorial. I just thought the idea of accessing your contacts online was a cool one, and it has other applications, plus its something challenging in flash that shows someone how to integrate a lot of different things into something usable.
Let me know what you think
Ok, so the idea would be to guide the user through the process of creating a form that enters data in flash, and then storing that data somehow. Then being able to search (this is key) and find all the relevant contacts. So when someone gets a business card, they could enter the person's name, email, phone number, address, etc. and then be able to search their collection by name, or occupation (web designer, print designer, programmer etc.) As I assume this would require more than just flash, we would have to assume that if someone wanted to be able to access this online they would need webspace with php or whatever.
But in the end the person would end up with an online rolodex (or just on thier home computer), which is something that everyone could use, plus it could be altered easily to make something else.
So yeah, thats my idea for a tutorial. I just thought the idea of accessing your contacts online was a cool one, and it has other applications, plus its something challenging in flash that shows someone how to integrate a lot of different things into something usable.
Let me know what you think