Alessandro from http://sephiroth.it has launched a new version of his image gallery tool. Its GUI looks like Picasa2 from Google. It is very powerful and smooth. There are also some new features from Flash8 implemented.
Have a look at it.
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For a flash game platform a friend and i were searching for a security solution.
The problem with flash is that a possible hacker could decompile swf-files and looking for the URL where the score of the game is uploaded. For sure obfuscater is a possibility, but we are searching for a method which is not decompileable in any ways.
In flash there are some properties of movieclips which are not readable with the common AS Decompiler (Sothing, Burak, etc.). And there are undocumented methods and AS 1.0 hacks which made it nearly impossible to understand the code.
With this primitive possibilities we have tried to build a secure checksum. This checksum will be send to server where a PHP script check if it is valid or not. The important thing was to generate a key with all these parameters which is not readable threw a Decompiler. For a better camouflage we use some hacks with __resolve, static variables, pseudo functions and a little bit we obfuscate the code.
As a summary we can say, a pretty secure solution, but we know the disadvantages. If there is the chance to win a big price, maybe 99% of possible attacks will be a failure, but the 1% percent left is enough anger. Never use only flash based solutions for things wich require security standards and obfuscate what you can.
For an increase of security we build-in some other features, like Sessions, SSL(Secure Socket Layer) and a random based interval where we check the validation. Another possibility would be given threw a XML-Socket, but maybe this is oversized for 99% of all flash games.
Since my first day with Typo3 i had a love-hate with it. On the one side you are able to do really complex and interactive layouts with TypoScript and template architecture, but on the other site the available extensions are not very good.
I want an extension where i can set a number of content variables, add a custom stylesheet-style, easy to maintenance and there should be a posibility for an assimilation into different backend requirements.
But i think I have to program my own extension 
.
While I searched for an easier alternative to Typo3 i found a nice Open Source CMS gallery.
The greatest feature on this website is the live-preview of the available CM – Systems. I think Mambo could be an alternative.
Mambo has a very nice backend interface and functionality seems to be similar to the standard Typo3 features. But i have to read a lot of recensions before i am going to start a new adventure with a new CMS.
I have played around with some action script and the new flash player 8. There seems to be a lot of new functionality inside, filters, bitmaps, etc.
If you also wanna play around you need a Hex-Editor, Flash MX 2004 and Flash Player 8 installed.
Insert the following Action Script into the first frame of a new movie. Create a new dynamic textfield with the instancename “textF”.
[as]
function returnObjs(obj) {
for(var i:String in obj) {
if(typeof(obj[i]) == “object” || typeof(obj[i]) == “function”){
_root.textF.text += ”
objroot name: ” + i + “, value: ” + obj[i] + ”
“;
returnObjs(obj[i]);
} _root.textF.text += “name: ” + i + “, value: ” + obj[i] + ”
“;
}
}
returnObjs(flash);
[/as]
Export the flash movie and open the generated “.swf” with the Hex-Editor. Now you have to change the value of Byte number three. It will maybe look like this.
13 57 53 07 CF 01 00 00
By this exmaple Byte number three has the value “07″. This value you have to change to “08″.
Save the file and open it with flash player 8. Now in the textfield there are the names and the values of the new functions, try to play around with it.
Macromedia has released a Beta version of their flash player. The newest player has version number 8 and is a public beta release.
Here you can get the player for testing it.
This is the first sign that the new flash authoring enviroment, 8Ball will be released soon. My anticipation is getting greater than great;), because the new flash version has included filter and some other useful features for designers. I also hope that Action Script 2 will get an update and some new classes and components.
From the german publisher Galileo there is a book available which is very good to start into this complex and roomily theme.
Recension:
Die ersten drei Teile des Buchs führen in die Thematik PHP, MySQL und XML ein und bieten zusätzliche Verweise sowie Vor- und Rückgriffe. Das erlernte Wissen ist dann im vierten Teil gefragt: im praktischen Workshop kommen alle Elemente zum Zuge.
Hier zeigt sich, dass sich das Flash-Format mittlerweile nicht nur zur Darstellung von Animationen und Comics eignet, sondern auch für komplexe Infografiken und datenbankgestützte Anwendungen.
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