Example screenshot:

twitter-template2009.zip (30KB)

Yudu have the aim of making on-line publishing free and is great for eMagazines, eBooks, eDocuments  and much more.  You can see an example of this great service on the latest Gig Guide edition, complete with page turning software.  Yudu is flexible and free, with many options to a wide range of users.  To see what Yudu can do for you visit their site yudu.com and choose the user that represents you best.

If you have been to the main Realising Designs site pages, you may have noticed the new chat box in the bottom-left.  This excellent service can be used to help customers get the information they need to buy from you and is provided by Hab.la.  Best of all, it can be delpoyed easily with a little bit of Javascript and customised through your Hab.la account.  Here is a demo video, which should get you started:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egRReNCbINY

We have combined ours with the Pidgin chat client, giving lots of useful information such as how a user found your site, the pages visited, their rough location and whether or not they have visited before.  If you would like to do use Pidgin too, you can follow the step-by-step guide here: www.hab.la/tutorials/pidgin.html

I have made a zip file with all you need, including the Flash file and a full example for you – DOWNLOAD. To get your image working, you will need to change the image URL and set the Flash size to your image size – don’t forget to change it in both the <embed> and <param> tags. You can also set the number of snowflakes, which will default to 200 if not included.

Any problems or thoughts then please leave a comment.

<param name="flashvars" value="myImage=yourImage.jpg&snowflakes=100" />

<embed src="snowy-image.swf" flashvars="myImage=yourImage.jpg&snowflakes=100"...

The original falling snow code has been in my possession for a long time, so I will endeavour to find the author and post my thanks – James