News Archive

Today, ActionScript.org celebrates our 11th birthday. Thank you all we've come a long way from this, to this, to what you see today. And we couldn't have done it without our amazing community of volunteers and enthusiasts. So thanks to you all, and happy birthday!

FITC Amsterdam has been announced, and as always we've gotten an exclsuive discount for ActionScript.org members. Discount code Actionscript provides 10% off any FITC Amsterdam 2011 tickets. The super early bird deadline is November 25th. (No, we don't get kickbacks. We just love you!)

Please be aware we will experience some scheduled downtime on the 17th of August due to a server upgrade. We should be back up and running from 4am CDT.

We're trying to stay with the times and have integrated some social plugins recently. Please don't forget to Like us via the Facebook plugin in the right column of each page. You can also share all articles, tutorials and even forums posts via the integrated Facebook and Twitter buttons to!

Want a free ticket to Flash In The Can in Toronto? We have one to give away. Read more here.

Planning on going to FITC in Toronto? The first 10 people to use discount code 'ihatesnow' save $100 on FITC Toronto 2011 WORKS ticket. More here. Also 2 VIP tickets to FITC Toronto being auction to raise funds for Japan relief. Ends Friday 1pm EST. More here. Finally, Early bird pricing has been extended until March 27th. Don't forget you can always score a 10% discount using our members' code: ActionScript10.

We recently sent Ruben Swieringa (actionscript.org community member) along to Flash In The Can (FITC) in Amsterdam. Read his review here.

If you're thinking of going along to FITC, we've managed to get our members a 10% discount on tickets. Read more here.

We'd like to wish all our members a happy, safe and prosperous 2011. Thanks for your support and we look forward to working with you throughout the year!

Today, ActionScript officially turns 10 years old. We'd like to thank everyone who has made this site what it is. From the authors, to the users and advertisers, it's been a privilege to be part of such a strong community which, hopefully, has helped so many people learn. You can read the thoughts of one of our founders, and contribute your own memories, here.

Adobe today announced the official launch date for CS5 (April 12th) and are already planning a launch briefing online. Read more and share your opinions via this link.

We were recently contacted by a group who are petitioning Google AdWords to accept ActionScript 3 in banner ads. As some of you may know, Google only allow ActionScript 2 (or lower) in AdSense ads, and a lot of developers have issues with this. If you'd like to throw your support behind this movement, you can 'sign' the Facebook petition.

We'd just like to wish everyone a very safe and happy holiday period for 2009, and a very happy New Year! We're sure 2010 will continue to be an exciting year, and we look forward to sharing it with you!

Some people have been noticing issues with forum uploads over the last fortnight. These have been resolved and things should now be back to normal. Apologies for any inconvenience.

One of the very first sections of ActionScript.org was the open source Movies Section, which was sorely in need of an update. While it might not look any different, the section has been revitalized and is now ready to accept those FLA's you've got sitting around. Imagine how much use they could be to someone like you, trying to do exactly the same thing in a month's time! Why not add them now?