Flash news application

Introduction

I decided to create my own Flash based news application after I spent many hours helping friend setup Java applet that displayed latest news. My Flash application is available in many configurations that suit many different needs.

With my Flash news application you can display news feeds/announcements that are either stored in XML format on your computer or another server. You can generate your own news items using provided ColdFusion source code (you need ColdFusion server in order to run ColdFusion script). The news you generate is of your own choice. Today many web sites offer RSS feeds which my ColdFusion script uses to create news XML file as often as you like. You may choose to use the application to display announcements to your web audiance. Why not try the demo for 30 days?

Please note that in many cases RSS feeds that show latest news are copyrighted by the web site that created them. Please read licensing information for every RSS feed before using it. Most personal blogs are free. As for news, its usually free for personal or non-commercial use. I provide you only the means of displaying news. As for actual news content, you need to work it out with content provider(s).

Features

• Freedom to display the news/announcements/advertising you want - you are no longer limited by the news feed provided by a third party.
• Flash based architecture ensures that almost 100% of your web site's audience can view news provided by you through Flash news application.
• Small size and great speed - the application that loads XML from your server is less than 2kb in size.
• Very low price of only $7.99 USD
• Configuration options that allow you:
• Ability to choose text size and font color
• Ability to change background images - banner advertising
• Set default background image and background color
• Text doesn't have to be static, it can slide either from top to bottom or vice versa at selected speed
• Set default or custom time (different for each item) each news item is shown
• Choice between modes in which news link is open in user's browser (_top, _self, _blank, _parent)
• HTML can be used to modify display of text (HTML tags supported by Flash only)
• Can choose the color of application's frame
• Use connector component to access XML data on remote websites
• 2 different display modes, one 550 by 60 pixels, the other 400 by 50 pixels
• All source code, including Flash MX 2004 source code, is included in the full version allowing you to make more elaborate modifications to the original software product. Compiled versions for both Flash player 6 and 7 are provided.

Examples

I have created separate examples page. On this page you can see different configurations of Flash news application. To access the sample page, please click here.

Documentation and license

This product comes with full manual to make the process of setting up your own news feed.

• Manual (Full documentation)
• License

Contact information

This application support web site is the one you are currently in. Please use contact form to e-mail the author about any questions and suggestions you have.