Dapper Napper - Minimalist but smart

[alikzam13]

By your post i was expecting a shitty page, so i was plesently surprised. You need a skip button for that flash intro. Its short, but still :P

I love the layout and the transition's. Never really seen something that behaves like that before. Very creative :) gj

Ohya, and their work is awsome too :thumbsup:

[Aelius]

Thanks, alikzam. There is actually a skip button. Perhaps I should lift it higher on the page - you're the second person to mention that!!

Their work is great, isn't it? Difficult to top content like that!

[alikzam13]

Ya man. Just make it so you can see it. Their work is awsome. Very creative and it looks like sci-fi and very innovative :)

[shamhead]

lovely site, i really dig the minimal feel :)

just one question, dont suppose youll let me in on the secret on how to do that dynamic resizing? (of the main box upon selection of a menu item)

and how'd u get the nav to follow it?

cheers

[Aelius]

Cheers, shamhead,

It's a bit complicated to go into here, but if you can do basic actionscripted movement with intertia, you can do this. I just used the same method for the scale, setting target height and width parameters.

There's an excellent chapter in Foundation Actionscript (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/190345073X/ironlung08) which takes you through this.

Once you can control the size and position of a movie clip, you can then attach another movieclip at an offset (the attached menu). Just get the main box's _y position, add it's height and then add the offset, then make this the destination for your attached movie clip.

Sorry if this isn't much help, but the actionscript is a pain in the arse to explain, and Friends of Ed do it much better than I do!!!


Good luck!!
:beer:

[shamhead]

cool, thanks Aelius, ill read up on it!

my previous experience of actionscript consists of, Copying/Pasting/TryingToModify/PullingMyHairOut/

on (release) {
giveupAndHaveAbeer(1);
}

:)

[Aelius]

Ha ha ha ha.

Here's a couple of online tutorials you might find useful:
Basic Animation via Actionscript (http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/beginner/Animation_Via_Actionscript/index.shtml)
Motion using Get and SetProperty (http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/object_movement_mouse/index.shtml)
Motion Using Actionscript (http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/Motion_using_Actionscript/index.shtml)
Actionscripted Movement (http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/actionscripted_movement/index.shtml)

There are quite a few more at www.actionscript.org (http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials.shtml), but these are the basic ones.

Once you can do positioning, height and width are just gravy!:)

[shamhead]

excellent, thanks very much. Ill definately have to incorporate some of this new-fangled-dynamic-movement stuff into my new site.

[bumskee]

hey, i loved it, it's really clean and very professional.
i dun know if this Q is appropriate, but how much would a website like dat sell for???

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