Flashblocks Flash CMS

Welcome to Flashblocks Flash Content Management System
Simplicity, expandability and power; Update Flash websites from any computer, anytime, anywhere. Flashblocks, content management, for Flash Designers, allowing you and your clients to easily create, update, and arrange Flash content from any web browser.
Content is edited intuitively while browsing, therefore there is practically no learning curve nor client training required. Simply login, mouse over glowing areas in your Flash website, select an editor, and immediately begin changing content.

Flashblocks requires PHP on the server and works with Flash player 7-10. Flashblocks work with actionscript 2.0 with the actionscript 3.0 version out later this year.
Watch the Video Tutorials to Get Started.

Flashblocks works with MX 2004 , Flash 8, and Flash CS3 with actionscript 2.0.

Flashblocks ML Custom Modules
Flashblocks ML comes with many custom modules to get you up to speed quickly. You can find these in the flashblocks_demoSite.fla.

  • List Module
  • Quotes Module
  • Gallery Module
  • Template example
  • Menu system
  • News system
  • Mp3player
  • Contact form
  • RSS subscription
  • PayPal shopping cart
  • and more.

Note that in order to use the PayPal shopping cart module you will need to first sign up with PayPal for a free business account.

Flashblocks ML works with Flash components
Simply drag and drop an Editblock component onto one of the following user interface or video components and watch it become accessible from Flashblocks.

  • Button
  • FLVPlayback FLV video player component
  • Label
  • TextArea
  • TextInput
  • More can be easily be added.

Flashblocks ML works with text and images
Drag and Drop an Editblock component onto any dynamic text field and it's content will now be editable while logged into Flashblocks.
Drag and Drop an Editblock component onto a Mediablock component and now you may insert images that will be dynamically resized and cropped to fit the Mediablock's dimensions.

The new XMLeditor
The new XMLeditor allows you to edit an XML file in a very user friendly way. Several modules in the demo use the XML editor so you can try it out right away. The XMLeditor is another opportunity for Flash developers to easily and quickly extend existing scripts and components, that use XML, to work seamlessly with Flashblocks ML. Now your clients can naturally manage the contents of XML files.

The File Manager
Manage files and directories from Flashblocks. Upload, download, preview, rename, copy, create, and delete files and directories directly from your Flash website with the Flash based file manager.

Flashblocks ML Features:

  • Multilingual Administration - Flashblocks has been translated into Dutch, English, French, and German. Translate Flashblocks easily into any language by customizing the XML language files.
  • Multiple Administrators - Create multiple Administrators with specific editing privileges.
  • Multiple XML Data Files - Flashblocks data files can be created and managed easily through the user friendly Flashblocks ML user interface.
  • Multilingual Flash Websites - Load new XML data files in real time allowing refreshed content such as languages, artists, profiles, etc.. without having to refresh the website.
  • Flash SEO - Flash Search Engine Optimization can be achieved by simply linking to the Flashblocks ML data files. Flashblocks data files look like HTML.
  • XML Editor - The new XML Editor allows you and your clients to edit any XML file though the Flashblocks user friendly interface. This is a very powerful option giving you control over a myriad of existing scripts and components through Flashblocks ML.

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