Finamore Design

Triggering a background audio track on and off in ActionScript 3.0 is a bit more involved than in previous version of the language. (more…)

I finally received my official documentation certifying that I have completed the Web Development program at New York University’s School of Continuing Professional Studies. I completed the program with a 4.o average. The classes I took included: PHP Programming, MySQL with PHP, Web Development With XHTML and CSS, Web Architecture and Infrastructure, and Flash: Advanced Intensive.

Where We’ve Been, Where We Are Today, Where We Are Headed, and How We Will Get There.

Yesterday
The WWW was released by CERN for public use in 1992. Instantly, it was used as a place where companies put information for ‘easy’ public access. Mission statements, product lists, press releases, etc. The original sites were entirely textual in nature, using hypertext links to navigate from page to page.

A year later the first graphics-based web browser, Mosaic, was introduced. And still images started finding their way to the web. As connectivity speeds gradually increased, graphics became a viable option, and websites started to get more and more sophisticated.

New programming languages like PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL started appearing. These increased what we could do with the medium, and we started seeing better quality still images, audio, and video, and on-line purchasing.

By the mid Nineties, branding started to play a bigger role in web design. Companies started to focus more on the user’s experience and how it related back to their corporate image. In order to achieve optimum branding, some sites opted for the ‘cool factor’ of technologies like shockwave and flash. But this came at a price. Larger files meant slower download times, and there was the plug-in issue. Few people wanted to download a plug-in installer, run the installer, restart their browser, then go back to the site only to sit and watch a loading bar. File size and download times was a big issue when dealing with a 9600bps modem. Even though modems were getting faster, people started to move away from flash-based sites. (more…)

Adobe has launched a new service, CSS ADSVISOR, that lets you find solutions to CSS and browser compatibility issues, share solutions and workarounds you’ve discovered with the community, and comment on and improve existing solutions.

Find solutions for browser specific bugs in Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Firefox, Opera or Safari or CSS property issues,including Backgrounds, Borders, Colors, Floats, Fonts, Margins, Padding, Positioning, Text and Width/Height.

GenesisInc.TV is an independent digital video network and on-line community designed to entertain and explore our common technical, corporate, spiritual and religious history. Their program “Genesis Inc.” is a sitcom that shows a light-hearted view of the inter-office politics of corporation responsible for the creation of the planet Earth. Their original website was put up in a hurry to spotlight their content. They soon realized that they were not projecting the brand image they wanted for their program.

Challenge: After discussions with the client, the goals for the new brand image and site were as follows: - Develop a corporate identity that could serve the dual purpose of being both the identity for the corporation named in the show and the identity for their website. - Develop a clear and consistent navigation system for the .tv site - The design must be easy to integrate with their existing database system. - Client wanted to add both a Blog, Forums, and a Store Front to the website.

Results: The website promotes the Genesis Inc. identity and is now a useful tool for generating revenue. The client now proudly promotes their content and are generating more and more hits every day.

I am constantly being asked what RSS is and how to use it. Luckily, my friends over getusb.info wrote an easy to understand article all about RSS.

Check it out…

How can I use RSS?

At GetUSB.info we receive emails from time-to-time asking about the RSS feed feature we provide and how it can be used. Today we are taking a few minutes to cover what an RSS feed is, how you can use it, what you need and how to validate the ones you subscribe too.

When you have decided to build a website, before you open dreamweaver or photoshop or any other application that is going to help you complete thiis task, there are some questions you must first consider:

1. What are you going to communicate?
2. What is your criteria for success?
3. Who is the audience?
4. What technologies is the audience using?

The answers to these questions will help you stay focused on your end goal, building a successful website. Once you have these answered you can then move on to deciding how to develope the look and feel of your site. (more…)

Color Theory is one of those subjects that takes years to fully understand. Some people have even turned it into a career. Here I will try to cover some of the basics theories of Color Theory and show you some ideas you should think about when developing designs of your own. (more…)

You use your portfolio to showcase your creativity, but how creative is the portfolio itself? This article is a refresher on creativity, the importance of it and how to apply it towards your portfolio. (more…)

or How To Develop Your Website’s Information Architecture (IA)
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