Flash with Drupal -- Table of Contents -- Flash with Drupal -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewer -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code for the book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Flash with Drupal -- Why Flash with Drupal? -- Who is this book for? -- Getting started with Drupal -- Installing Drupal -- Installing Apache-MySQL-PHP (AMP) -- Creating the Drupal database -- Creating a database user -- Increasing PHP memory -- Installing Drupal -- Adding content to Drupal -- Getting started with Flash -- Creating a new Flash project -- Setting up the workspace -- A: The Stage -- B: The Toolbar -- C: The Timeline -- D: The Properties panel -- E: The Color Palette -- F: The Library -- Creating a Flash application -- Creating a background -- Rectangle properties -- Adding a gradient -- Adding text to a Flash application -- Text properties -- Compiling our Flash application (making a SWF) -- Publish Settings -- Adding Flash content to Drupal -- Installing a contributed Drupal module -- Adding Flash! -- Summary -- 2. Building a "Hello World" Application -- How Flash and Drupal communicate -- Understanding web services -- Synchronous versus asynchronous programming -- Setting up Drupal for web services -- Installing and configuring the Services module -- Servers and Services -- Installing AMFPHP -- Services configuration -- Creating a Services key -- Services settings -- Service Permissions -- Building a web service-driven "Hello World" application in Flash -- Step 1: Creating our Flash application -- Step 2: Creating a main.as ActionScript file -- Step 3: Connecting to Drupal -- Using the NetConnection class -- Connecting to a remote gateway -- Using the NetConnection call routine.

Step 4: Session handling -- Connecting to Drupal using system.connect -- Step 5: Drupal says "Hello World" -- Loading a node in Flash -- Programming without race conditions -- Step 6: Hooking up the text -- Step 7: Passing the node ID using FlashVars -- Using FlashVars in a Flash application -- Step 8: Adding it to Drupal -- Summary -- 3. Flash and CCK -- Overview of a typical recipe web site -- Using Drupal's Content Construction Kit -- Creating a new content type -- Adding custom fields to your Recipe content type -- Adding a new field -- Changing the default Body field -- Showing CCK fields in Flash -- Building a Recipe widget in Flash -- Adding dynamic TextFields for Drupal content -- Using ActionScript to show Drupal CCK fields -- Using the Services Administrator -- Showing CCK information in ActionScript -- Showing the node description -- Showing the ingredients and instructions CCK field -- Adding ScrollBars to our TextFields -- Creating a Drupal node template for Flash -- Using the Content Template module (Contemplate) -- Summary -- 4. Drupal Images in Flash -- Image handling in Drupal -- ImageField for CCK -- Installing the ImageField module -- Adding an Image field to our Recipe content type -- Adding an image to our Recipe node -- Verifying that the image is attached -- Adding an image to our Recipe Flash application -- Adding a MovieClip container for our image -- Using ActionScript to load the Recipe image -- Working with the Image path -- Creating a loadImage function -- Loading an Image -- Resizing an image -- Preserving the width and height ratio (scaling) -- Using Drupal's ImageCache with Flash -- Creating an ImageCache preset -- Adding an ImageCache image in Flash -- Changing our ActionScript for ImageCache -- Adding the new Recipe Flash application to Drupal -- Summary -- 5. Drupal Audio in Flash -- Working with audio in Drupal.

Installing the getID3 library -- Setting up the Audio content type -- Creating an Audio node -- How our player will be different (and better) -- Building a custom audio player for Drupal -- Examining the Audio node using Services Administrator -- Referencing the audio file path -- Writing a custom AudioPlayer class -- Playing audio in Flash -- Using our AudioPlayer class to play audio -- Adding controls to your custom audio player -- Adding a play and pause button -- Creating a base button MovieClip -- Adding the PlayButton movie clip -- Drawing a play icon -- Creating a pause button from the play button -- Linking MovieClips to ActionScript -- Adding the AudioPlayer to the stage -- Modifying the AudioPlayer class to use play and pause -- Step 1: Adding the SoundChannel -- Step 2: Adding load, play, and pause functions -- Step 3: Reference the mcAudioPlayer MovieClip -- Step 4: Hooking up our buttons! -- Declaring playButton and pauseButton as buttons -- Modifying our main.as file to use our new AudioPlayer -- Summary -- 6. Flash Video in Drupal -- Working with video in Drupal -- Creating a video content type -- Adding a video file field -- Installing and configuring the jQuery Media module -- Configuring the jQuery Media module -- Installing a media player -- Creating a video node -- Building a custom video player in Flash -- Creating a MediaPlayer base class -- Adding play and pause button instances to MediaPlayer -- Removing uncommon code from MediaPlayer -- Modifying the AudioPlayer class to derive from MediaPlayer -- Extending and overriding base (super) class functionality -- Creating a VideoPlayer class -- Working with Video, NetStream, and NetConnection -- Initializing our video variables -- Creating the video object -- Adding video functionality -- Adding video load -- Adding play and pause functionality.

Creating a new VideoPlayer MovieClip -- Linking the VideoPlayer to Drupal -- Loading and playing our Drupal video -- Adding our custom media player to Drupal -- Summary -- 7. The Hybrid Approach Part 1: Componentization -- What is the hybrid approach? -- Creating a media player control bar -- Creating a ControlBar class -- Removing the ControlBar dependency from MediaPlayer -- Adding the ControlBar to the stage -- Communication between ControlBar and MediaPlayer -- Creating a communication gateway -- Using static functions -- Using the this pointer -- Making the connections -- Adding the ControlBar to our Flash project -- Removing the control bar from the MediaPlayer -- Summary -- 8. The Hybrid Approach Part 2: Remote Control -- Client-side Flash communication -- Flash to JavaScript communication -- Calling a JavaScript function from Flash -- Calling a Flash function from JavaScript -- Initializing the ExternalInterface -- Adding the MediaGateway initialization to main.as -- Adding outgoing messages to the MediaGateway -- Adding remote or local functionality -- Building a JavaScript Gateway -- Locating a Flash application using JavaScript -- Creating the gateway functions between two Flash applications -- Flash and JavaScript synchronization -- Step 1: Create an array of communicating Flash applications -- Step 2: Flash calls to see if the JavaScript Gateway is ready -- Step 3: Flash application registers with JavaScript -- Step 4: JavaScript initializes our Flash when all have registered -- Using our remote control within Drupal -- Adding the JavaScript Gateway to Drupal -- Adding our Media Player to Drupal -- Changing our Content Template -- Adding the Remote Control -- Adding block visibility for video and audio node types -- Creating a FlashNode template -- Summary -- 9. Flash with Drupal Views -- Using the Drupal Views module.

Views: Installation and Configuration -- Setting up a view -- Creating a new page view -- Adding fields to a view -- Adding a Filter to our view -- Using the Views Service -- Step 1: Install the Views Service -- Step 2: Configure user permissions -- Step 3: Verify it works -- Building a Flash Playlist using Drupal -- Creating a node teaser -- Creating a teaser background -- Using the timeline to add different teaser states -- Adding a title to the teaser -- Creating a Teaser class -- Building a ListView class -- Adding our ListView to Flash -- Adding the ListView to our Media Player -- Creating a Media Region -- Populating the list view -- Summary -- 10. User Management -- Drupal user management -- Adding new user roles -- Adding permissions to a user role -- Creating new users and assigning them roles -- The User Service module -- Installing the User Service -- Configuring permissions -- Configuring the User Service module -- Building a Flash user login block -- Welcoming our logged-in users -- Creating a login button -- Adding some status text -- Creating a mcLogin movie clip -- User handling within Flash -- Hooking up our login button -- Checking for a username and password -- Logging into Drupal -- Adding a user responder -- Logging in -- Logging out -- Summary -- 11. Adding Content to Drupal -- Drupal Services security -- The API key -- API key configuration -- The allowed domain and crossdomain.xml -- How to use the API key -- Building a Drupal service in Flash -- The DrupalService class -- Adding the API key to our DrupalService -- Adding arguments to the service call -- Adding the base URL -- Adding the TimeStamp -- Adding the nonce -- Adding a hash -- Adding DrupalService functionality to main.as -- Building a node editor in Flash -- Creating view, edit, and add tabs -- Adding normal, hover, and selected states.

Duplicating the mcView for the edit and add tabs.