# New designers resource site!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [January 18, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525 "2003-01-18T15:01:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![kev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@kev](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kev)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/1 "2003-01-18T15:01:48Z")

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Here’ my latest site I created -

Web & Mutimedia Designers resource portal!

Here’s the link: [http://www.liquidsource.co.uk](http://www.liquidsource.co.uk)

All done in Flash! including the google search facility!

Please give your feed back, i.e - Would you use this site alot, is it easy to navigate, are the links relevent for designers? and just a general comments are more than welcome!

This is what’s in store for the future:

Stage two - All links will be implemented into a database - easyier to manage and the size will reduce greatly (those links take up alot of space you know:)) And also I will introduce advertising.

Stage three - sub-catagories will be introduced, giving the site a broader scope. Most used sites will also be featrued!

Thanks

And don’t forget to submit any usefull links!

Kev 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/2 "2003-01-18T19:42:35Z")

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Pretty cool. 2 things make it a lil more visual. Too text heavy usse sme icons to represent sections. Also change the scrolling menu to onClick events a couple of time my mouse accidently went over a link while I was reading and I had to find my place again. I am always down to use a nice resource. just make a few tweaks. Keep us posted on your progress.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/3 "2003-01-18T19:43:06Z")

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In your google search, if you don’t put anything in your text box it brings up this page…

[http://www.google.com/custom?q&percent\_done=100&total\_bytes=340334&loaded\_bytes=340334&q=](http://www.google.com/custom?q&percent%5Fdone=100&total%5Fbytes=340334&loaded%5Fbytes=340334&q=)

Perhaps you can make it go to [google.com](http://google.com) instead?

Also maybe make the navigation links move the content when clicked instead of rolled over, I kept changing sections when I didn’t want to because I moved my mouse.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/4 "2003-01-19T20:46:26Z")

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Thanks guyz, Yes I will change the the sections to on click! I ment to do that a while ago, but totally forgot! It drives me crazy sometimes also! Thanks.

As for the google search when empty! thanks I had never tested it when empty - I’ll check it out

- Is there a script that will check if anything is inputed ito the next box,i.e if yes then do search. If no, end?

3d-iva - “Too text heavy usse sme icons to represent sections.” - Can you explain this in a little more detail, I don’t fully understand! Thanks

Keep em coming!

Kev 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/5 "2003-01-19T22:14:02Z")

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if (yourTextBox == “”){  
//do this  
}

That is going by if you use a var name for the text box. If you use an INSTANCE name of a textbox it would be something like…

if (yourTextBox.text == “”){  
//do this  
}

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/6 "2003-01-20T00:46:53Z")

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Just be a lil more visual…Use some icons so over time as a person uses the site they will be come used to seeing certain visual representations and immediately recognize that the sections deals with a certain subject matter. I love when sites use visual representations, this is just my opinion though. It also makes the site more interesting. JMO

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**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/7 "2003-01-20T10:00:58Z")

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lostinbeta - thanks for the code - I’ll try and implement it tonight! Thanks again!

3d-iva - ahh I see what you mean know - yes that is a great suggestion - I’ll try and create that when I slim the file size down in my next release!

Thanks again guyz

kev

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/8 "2003-01-20T17:18:07Z")

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No problem Kev.

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**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/9 "2003-01-20T21:39:22Z")

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lostinbeta - tried it and I got lost - I’m using flash 5 btw.

The text box has the variable name of ‘q’

Can you give me a more full example using the above?

Thanks

Kev

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/10 "2003-01-20T21:44:36Z")

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Yeah, sorry, that was my mistake, I wasn’t thinking clearly.

```auto
if (_root.q == null or _root.q == " ") {
	_root.q = "nothing";
}

```

This checks to see if it is empty (null) or just has a blank space (" ") and if either of those are true it puts the text “nothing” inside.

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**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/11 "2003-01-20T22:06:22Z")

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I tried this and I get this error - Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler  
if (\_root.q == null or \_root.q == " ") {

I am supposed to put this in the search button, yes?

I have this -

if (\_root.q == null or \_root.q == " ") {  
\_root.q = “nothing”;  
}  
on (release, keyPress “\<Enter\>”) {  
getURL (“[http://www.google.com/custom?q](http://www.google.com/custom?q)”+q, “\_blank”, “GET”);  
}

Sorry if I am missing something, I am useless at actionscripting.

Thanks

Kev

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**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/12 "2003-01-20T22:08:28Z")

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Well as the error message stated, the if statement must be included inside an on handler.

Such as on (release), on(press), etc.

```php

on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") {
if (_root.q == null or _root.q == " ") {
	getURL("http://www.google.com", "_blank");
} else {
	getURL("http://www.google.com/custom?q"+q, "_blank", "GET");
}

```

How does that work?

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**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/13 "2003-01-20T22:24:31Z")

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Nearly there - keep geting this error

- Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Google search, Frame=20: Line 1: Statement block must be terminated by ‘}’  
on (release, keyPress “\<Enter\>”) {

Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Google search, Frame=20: Line 6: Syntax error.  
}

Any ideas?

Kev

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**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/14 "2003-01-20T22:29:45Z")

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Same thing… the error states the the on handler wasn’t closed. My mistake… again. I added the else statement, but forgot to close it, so it considered the on handler closing as the else statement closing.

```php
on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") {
if (_root.q == null or _root.q == " ") {
    getURL("http://www.google.com", "_blank");
} else {
    getURL("http://www.google.com/custom?q"+q, "_blank", "GET");
}
}

```

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**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/15 "2003-01-20T22:34:14Z")

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Great, thankyou so much! I know this must of been a bit of a pain for you 🙂 but I have learnt alot, and maybe others reading it will too!

Thanks and take care, maybe one day I can return the favour!

Kev

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**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-designers-resource-site/11525/16 "2003-01-20T22:35:22Z")

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Just doin’ my job 😉