In this part of the series we will create the functionality required for composing the card and in the next one for sending and viewing.
By the end of this article your application should look similar to this:
Christmas eCard, part I - Composing
Falling behind with your Christmas cards routine? Afraid your cards won’t make it in time through the jam-packed Post Office? No worries! After all it is 21st century – the time of tiny cell phones and electronic mail as our main communication tools. So why not an eCard? Get creative with your digital camera and put together something fancy in a matter of minutes.
That’s what we’ll build in this two-part series – an eCard card application, and we we’ll do it in Flash.
You will be able to use it for yourself or, to attract more traffic, offer it to your web site visitors as a free service.
A user will be able to pick an e-Card from the available selection, change the text and the color of the greeting and type the message. The recipient will receive an email with the link to the page where this personalized card can be viewed. To accommodate for this features we will build an image browser and a color picker widget.
Alex July
Alex July is a Vancouver-based (Canada, British Columbia) Web Developer/ Graphic Artist who has an extensive experience in both creative realms.
He is also a host of Linecraft.com where he is showcasing his skills and sharing experience with the developers community. For the past 3 years Alex has been focusing on the development of Rich Internet Applications using Macromedia Flash technology.
When away from the computer Alex is practicing Martial Arts, playing guitar and enjoying time with his wonderful family.