Okay, astronomers, you’ve had your fun. We’ve all had our good laugh. Hardy har har!

Now, it’s time to bring Pluto back. We can and must restore it to a full-fledged planet with all the rights and privileges that come with planet status.

Did we drop Saturn because of its rings or density? Did we just relegate Uranus’s rank as a gaseous giant because of it’s odd rotational axis and potentially embarrassing pronunciation? No.

So Pluto has it’s eccentric orbit and doesn’t “sweep” enough debris from it’s orbit. Can you sweep enough debris from your orbit? I think not. So maybe Eris is larger than Pluto. Pluto still has multiple moons. Earth can’t say that.

And so, IAU, enough is enough, bring our beloved Pluto back. The joke is over.

Before I post all the files, I want to thank all who attended my workshop. We gathered quite the range of experience. I had so much fun, and I appreciated the input you gave. I hope you take more SuperQuest courses in the future.

Here you go folks!

Flash Files

These are the source files (.fla), shockwave movies (.swf), web pages (.html), & necessary JavaScript (.js) to both edit and post animations. They are all zipped, so you will need to save them (right-click > Save Target As…) and then extract the zipped files.

• Flash-driven Website Files – here are all the files I used to create the flash-driven website:
  • the Flash CS3 source file (lost.fla)
  • the style sheet (styles.css)
  • the xml files
  • the graphics (you’ll note I added extra images since the class ended). Note: I used the <img> tag in the xml files to show them
• Image Scroller Files - Image Gallery
• Simple Frame by Frame Animation - me, talking to myself
• Simple Motion Guide Animation - just a box moving on a loop
• Simple Spotlight Mask - this was the spotlight of the image of the Golden Gate Bridge
• Spotlight Mask - this was the night-time forest spotlight

PowerPoints

• Flash-driven Websites Saved My Life
• Flash Animations in a Nutshell
• XHTML Tags

forward.onRelease = function() {
    if (_root._currentframe == 6) {
        gotoAndStop(1);
 }
 else  {
  nextFrame();
 }
}
back.onRelease = function() {
    if (_root._currentframe == 1) {
        gotoAndStop(6);
 }
 else  {
  prevFrame();
 }
}
stop();

SuperQuest Teacher Training

Wikimedia Commons – Featured Pictures – here’s a great site to find some cool photographs

Here’s the mostly complete ActionScript code for the SuperQuest Workshop: Flash-driven Websites Saved My Life:

/**********************************

  /* Load XML Files for main windows

  /***********************************/

  var myXML:XML = new XML();

  myXML.ignoreWhite = true;

  myXML.load('home.xml');

myXML.onLoad = function(success) {

  if(success) {

  // trace(myXML.firstChild);

  var contentTXT = myXML.firstChild.childNodes[2];

  contentWindow = contentTXT;

  var headerTXT = myXML.firstChild.childNodes[0];

  header = headerTXT;

  var side_columnTXT = myXML.firstChild.childNodes[3];

  side_column = side_columnTXT;

  }

  }

  home_btn.onRelease = function() {

  myXML.load('home.xml');

  gotoAndStop('home');

  }

  characters.onRelease = function() {

  myXML.load('characters.xml');

  gotoAndStop('characters');

  }

  /**********************************

  /* Load XML Files for navigation buttons

  /***********************************/

  var myButtons:XML = new XML(); // declare variable

  myButtons.ignoreWhite = true;

  myButtons.load('buttons.xml');

myButtons.onLoad = function(success) {

  if(success) {

  var homeTXT = myButtons.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[0];

  home = homeTXT;

  var charactersTXT = myButtons.firstChild.childNodes[1].childNodes[0];

  characters = charactersTXT;

  var plotTXT = myButtons.firstChild.childNodes[2].childNodes[0];

  plot = plotTXT;

  var theoriesTXT = myButtons.firstChild.childNodes[3].childNodes[0];

  theories = theoriesTXT;

  }

}

stop();