Over in the new forums at codeandvisual I’ve been posting a series of video tutorials covering the basics of usig XML and how you can create a simple Flash CMS using Rainbow Live.
Rainbow live is the easiest and most flexible way to create a CMS for your Flash websites and files and with the release of version 1.5 it’s become even easier and more flexible. Try it now!
It’s exciting times at Code and Visual as we are happy to announce a new upgrade for Rainbow Live Flash CMS that sees the addition of a rich text editor for live text formatting!
Using the Rich Text Editor you are now able to add formatting to your XML text directly in Rainbow, with a live preview to show you exactly how Flash will render the text. Change font, style, colour, size and alignment, even add HTML links.
Click on the HTML button to view the raw HTML that Flash generates, or edit it yourself.
Download your free upgrade from: here.
The Rich text editor has been one of the most requested additions for Rainbow, which already includes other features such as image and file upload, password protection, admin and client modes, node repositioning, template creation and many more. This addition will help Rainbow Live become more powerful as a Flash CMS solution for XML driven websites, components and files. As always, we are always aiming to improve Rainbow, so please feel free to let us know your thoughts, comments and requests.
Warnings for working in Rich Text Mode
With great power comes great responsibility. When you are working with the Rich Text Editor, remember that any fonts you wish to display have to be embedded into your Flash file. If you select a font that isn’t embedded you might find that some of your text displays blank. You may choose to set your display TextField to the “use Device Fonts” option, which will display unembedded fonts - but remember the person viewing your Flash file needs to have the same fonts installed. Just like when designing websites, it’s safer in this case to stick to standard fonts such as Arial, Verdana, Courier or Times New Roman. As with any update, please make sure to back up your XML and RBW files before uploading.
May 29
A new update to Rainbow Live is now available, fixed a couple of small bugs and added some new features.