09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 1 Cascade Server Flash & Data Integration 2009 Cascade Server User’s Conference Justin Klingman Manager, Web Design & Content Management Beacon Technologies, Inc. September 29, 2009

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 2 Introduction Who am I? Beacon Technologies, Inc. Automate, Grow, and Showcase Your Business Cascade Server Consultation, Development, & Hosting Custom Software Development, Search Engine Marketing, Web Design, Creative Media, Hosting

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 3 Introduction My Cascade Server World Purchased in April 2005 as “PublishXML” Official partner of Hannon Hill Participate on the Product Advisory Council Conduct end-user training

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 4 Introduction About today’s session Use XSL and XML to integrate Flash projects within your site Provide easy ways for end users to maintain Flash applications using Data Definitions in Cascade Server Strategy for organizing files for Flash projects

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 5 Benefits End user can update Flash Time & expense savings End user won’t be able to mess up Flash code

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 6 30,000 Foot View Flash player written to read its data from an XML file Create Data Definition with necessary data elements Data Definition attached to the homepage Data Definition outputs data via XSL into Flash player’s XML file format

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 7 Step 1: Develop Flash Design Identify elements end user will update Develop Updatable elements read by Flash from XML file Create XML file your way…Cascade will adapt using XSL Get it working outside Cascade

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 8 Step 2: Import into Cascade Load files into Cascade Use separate directory for Flash files (.swf,.js,.xml, etc.) Turn off write access for end users Import images to be used to folder editable by end user

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 9 Step 3: Data Definition Include all updatable elements for XML file from Step 1 Can have data elements for other functionality

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 10 Step 4: Embed Flash Use XSL to embed exactly like HTML file from Step 1 Hidden from Cascade using CDATA Flash does not display in Cascade Develop way for end user to see what they’re doing

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 11 Step 5: Enable Front End Attach Data Definition Attach XSL Use current-page block if not using Edit homepage and fill out data

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 12 Step 6: Flash XML File Convert Flash XML file to page asset Output as XML using target Use simple XML template Indexes homepage Data Definition Will overwrite XML file created for Flash in Step 1 Not directly editable by end user Will need to be published by end user

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 13 Step 7: Publish Publish to Web server to test You’re done Bask in your easy success Thank your Flash developer Gloat to other developers Tell your boss it took weeks Don’t tell him/her that if it took one day

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 14 Additional Ideas Expand to pull in data from across site News, Student Bios, Calendar events, Sports scores, etc. Can use same technique for other applications Silverlight, Java applets, JavaScript,.NET, PHP, etc. Control full flash sites with Cascade

09/29/ Cascade Server User's Conference 15 Questions? Remind me to repeat the question! My Contact Information: Justin Klingman Beacon Technologies, Inc