2009年Drupal Flash动态开发实战指南

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《Drupal与Flash 2009》是一本专门针对Drupal 6开发者的最新技术书籍，由Travis Tidwell编著，由Packt Publishing出版。该书深入浅出地介绍了如何利用Adobe Flash CS3和CS4构建动态且内容丰富的应用程序，与Drupal平台相结合，为网站设计和用户体验增添了新的可能性。书中涵盖了关键知识点，如： 1. **Drupal基础**：首先，读者将回顾Drupal的基本概念和架构，以便理解如何将其与Flash集成。这包括模块系统、主题定制以及内容管理的基础操作。 2. **Flash技术应用**：作者会详细介绍如何在Flash中创建交互式元素，如动画、图形用户界面（GUI）和数据绑定，以及如何确保这些元素与Drupal后端的数据同步。 3. **Drupal API整合**：书中会讲解如何通过Drupal API与Flash进行通信，实现数据获取、存储和展示，让Flash应用能够无缝访问Drupal的内容库。 4. **案例研究和实践项目**：书中提供实际的开发案例，帮助读者掌握如何在真实环境中实施所学的技术，比如创建动态地图、内容滑块或交互式图表。 5. **版权和许可**：章节开头的版权声明强调了该书的使用权规定，指出未经出版商书面许可，任何复制、存储或传播行为都必须遵守严格的版权条款。 6. **质量保证**：尽管作者和出版社尽力保证信息的准确性，但书中的内容不带有任何形式的保证，使用者需自行承担可能的风险。 7. **支持与服务**：Packt Publishing通常会提供额外的学习资源和支持，包括在线文档、社区论坛和后续更新，以帮助读者持续学习和解决问题。《Drupal与Flash 2009》是一本实用的指南，不仅适合有一定Drupal基础的开发者，也对希望通过Flash技术提升Drupal站点功能的设计师和开发者具有价值。通过阅读这本书，读者可以了解到如何将这两者结合，创造出既美观又功能强大的Web应用。

Preface

This book is an in-depth discussion and tutorial session on how to integrate Flash

applications with the Drupal CMS. It describes the best techniques and practices for

integrating Flash technology with the power and exibility of Drupal—by building

real-life Flash applications.

In this book, you will learn how to build Flash applications that show text from

within Drupal and also present images, music, and video within a single Flash

application. You will also be able to take advantage of the expandable elds and

content ltering provided from the CCK and Views module to add exibility

and power to your Flash applications. Finally, you will learn how to add your

own custom functionality to Drupal and then utilize that from within your Flash

applications, leaving you with a world of possibilities.

This book starts out as a simple introduction to Flash and Drupal technology, where

you will create a simple Flash application and then embed that within Drupal. From

there, each subsequent chapter will build onto the previous chapter and you will

tackle new and challenging tasks. For each new task, you will take a step-by-step

approach to building a real-life application that utilizes the features introduced

within that chapter. You will also explore alternative design approaches that

eliminate the current design challenges that developers face when building

Flash-driven Drupal sites; and all this while staying true to the object-oriented

principles that govern the foundation of the ActionScript 3 language. By the end

of this book, you will be able to apply all the lessons learned from this book to any

other use case you may encounter.

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What this book covers

Chapter 1 sets the stage for the reader to learn how Flash and Drupal can combine to

create a dynamic, content-rich experience for our users. We will learn how to embed

Flash applications within Drupal, as well as learn about some important modules

that make it easier to work with Flash in Drupal.

Chapter 2 builds a "Hello World" application. We will say hello to the world in Flash

using Drupal-driven content. However, unlike any other "Hello World" tutorial,

we will learn the important concepts of asynchronous programming and how that

relates to working with Drupal content in Flash.

Chapter 3 covers how to add custom content to our Flash applications using the

popular Content Construction Kit (CCK). We will illustrate this concept by building

a hypothetical Recipe Flash application designed for a Drupal cooking web site.

Chapter 4 shows us how to use Drupal managed images to give our application a

little visual are as a visually stunning Flash application would not be complete

without the integration of images. We will build on from the previous chapter by

adding an image to our Recipe Flash application.

Chapter 5 explores how to use Drupal to manage a list of audio nodes and also builds

a Flash application to play that music. When it comes to multimedia, Flash is the

portal of choice for playing audio on a web sites.

Chapter 6 expands our custom media player to not only play music, but also show

Flash videos managed from our Drupal web site, which is built onto the concept

from the previous chapter. In addition, we will learn some important concepts of

object-oriented practices while we reuse common components to build a media

player for Drupal.

Chapter 7 explains the basics of how to take an existing Flash application and break

apart the components for remote communication. We achieve this by rst abstracting

out separate functionalities into two separate components, and then laying the

foundation for a communication gateway between the two different components.

This is an essential rst step to create a robust and easily maintained system, where

Flash applications can be separated on a Drupal web site, thus implementing a

hybrid Flash integration approach.

Chapter 8 creates the necessary components required to implement the hybrid

approach. This chapter focuses on creating the bridge between two different Flash

applications. Once we create this bridge, we will have the ability to control our

media from a remote Flash application. In other words, we will be building a remote

control for our media player that can be placed anywhere on the page, separate from

the media player.

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2205 hilda ave., , missoula, , 59801

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Chapter 9 builds a media player whose playlist is driven from the power of the

Drupal Views module. Arguably, the most important aspect of any content-rich web

site is its ability to build lists of each piece of content in a meaningful manner. The

Drupal Views module gives the administrator the ability to manage the contents of

their site in a meaningful list of content to present to the users. By combining this

power within Flash, we can learn how to create a playlist of video nodes for our

custom media player.

Chapter 10 shows how to utilize user management within a Flash application by

building a User Login Flash widget. One of the most important aspects of the Drupal

CMS is its ability to manage its users and protect the content of that site using a

permission-based role system.

Chapter 11 shows how to add content to our Drupal web site while at the same time

keep our data safe from malicious software. Not only can Flash be used to show

Drupal content, but it can also be utilized to add and manipulate Drupal content

from a remote Flash application.

Chapter 12 will sum up all lessons learned in this book by building a ve-star voting

mechanism in Flash. We will learn how to build a custom Voting Service as well

as create our very own Flash driven ve-star voter compatible with the popular

FiveStar module.

What you need for this book

We need to install Drupal version 6, Flash CS3 or CS4, and Apache-MySQL-PHP

(AMP) for this book.

Who this book is for

This book is written for developers who wish to build dynamic Flash applications.

Although, we will be using Drupal for our Content Management System, the lessons

learned within this book can easily be applied to other content management systems

such as Joomla or WordPress. Because of this, you are not required to be familiar

with Drupal. Any interaction with Drupal will be described in full detail so that

anyone can follow along. As for Flash, it is not necessary to be familiar with how to

use Flash since that too will be covered in this book. However, it is recommended

that you have some modest understanding of ActionScript and PHP since there are

many code examples in this book.

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2205 hilda ave., , missoula, , 59801

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