Gaia How-To Guide #1: Global Navigation

January 15th, 2008 by Steven Sacks

http://www.gaiaflashframework.com/wiki/index.php?title=Global_Navigation_Made_Easy_with_Event_Listening

I have released the first in a series of How-To lessons showing how to use leverage Gaia in building Flash websites. This first lesson shows how to use Gaia's Events to quickly create a fully functional Global Navigation quickly and easily.

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Posted in Gaia, Tips/Tricks

4 Responses

  1. corban baxter

    wow Steven this is REALLY exciting. This could change how I work forever! I literally just stumbled on it but seeing the screencast alone makes me very excited to see what I might be able to do with your product. Thanks for making this product and being opensource great work!

    I plan to dig into this some and post a blog write up about it! thanks again! I will let you know when!

  2. tk

    I'd suggest to include this line:

    buttons[i].mouseChildren = false;

    in the initButtons function, could help save some time ;)

  3. dinesh

    thanks Steven.. for your hardwork and sharing the great work with us !!

    I using GAIA.. for my clients website.. but Problem is with the global navigation, the site has several Secondary links under the primary links.. but i could not implement your NavLessonAS 3.0
    is there any idea so that i can come over.. ?? thanks a ton.. :)

  4. Steven Sacks

    Please post support questions on the AS3 forum.

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About Steven Sacks

I am a professional Flash developer with over 13 years of programming experience. I have consulted for high-profile agencies and companies in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York, and developed numerous award-winning websites and rich internet applications for clients including Adobe, Fox Sports, FX Networks, Anheuser-Busch, GE, DirecTV, ESPN, The Weather Channel, Home Depot, and Coca-Cola.

I am the author of the open-source Gaia Framework for Adobe Flash, which dramatically reduces development time and makes developing Flash sites much easier.