November was a great month for us all: new features on FC, special offers, and a lot of new files submitted but only the best ones got featured.  And believe me it was hard to choose because we know you’ve all worked hard. For those of you whose files haven’t been featured this past month, be ambitious and creative! The Featured box awaits you.

This New York Flash developer likes to keep things interesting. He’s got 4 components on FlashComponents but one in particular got my full attention, and you can see why:

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1. You keep forgetting your friends’ birthdays.
2. You forgot your own birthday!
3. You miss deadlines. You haven’t delivered a project in time for some while now.
4. Your forgot you bought plain tickets to Tahiti.  Helloo, that was three days ago.
5. You forgot you took 2 weeks off work. You kept working. Auch!

Usflashmap probably had one of these reasons in mind (or more)when he developed this smart calendar. Or just got tired of writing to-do lists. Nowadays,

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I’m sure you’re already thinking about the winter holidays. I know I am and it looks like our developers are too, as we’re starting to receive beautiful Flash e-cards, banners and even Christmas packages. You know you’ll need one for your website, to cheer up your visitors, so here’s the first batch to choose from:

There’s many more Flash files, Christmas based, to come and be sure we’ll keep you posted! Cheers!

We have created a great library of image, audio and video files that you can use freely in your commercial projects. This way, you won’t waste anymore time or money searching for websites or directory listings from where to download files. You have it all gathered in this nice library where you will find a lot of amazing creations that can be used for commercial or non-commercial purposes and that will complete your projects.

The FC Library consists of three lists with links for each of the three categories: image, audio and video. As you will notice, every resource we chose to include in our library has a description regarding the necessity of creating an account on that website, the terms of use, the diversity of files you can find there and how you can download them.

If you know of any other great image, audio or video resources, please contact us and we’ll add it to the library. Share your resources with the community you’re part of! We would all appreciate it!

This past month has been pretty full. New files, new features, new policy and some excellent featured Flash components. If you got a spot in the Featured Product box in October, that means you’ve earned it because you’ve got skills, so congrats!

If you’re a Flash freelancer and need projects to work on, let everyone know. We’ve added a new feature on FC and you can now let users know you’re available for freelance work, including customizing your own Flash components at a users’ request.

You can add this feature by logging in to your FC account, going to My Account-> My Profile-> Edit and then checking the Freelance box. This will then appear on your author page and users can see it and send you project proposals .  Hope you find this new feature useful and enjoy using it!

Yesterday I read about Guns N’ Roses (yes, I’m a huge fan ) being sued for copyright infringement and got to thinking: in a world where everybody copywrites their own words, phrases on Twitter, people are going crazy when it comes to it. Some are afraid of it, some are revolted and even associate it with censorship. But what does constitute a valid copyright infringement case? Is it theft or is it inspiration? Moreover, what’s the difference between a creator and an author?

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I read an article today about how using the latest trends in website design can help your business grow. When it comes to e-commerce development, Flash galleries and slideshows are a must if you want to get ahead of your competition.

“If you want to play with the big boys, be like the big boys!”

That’s what Peter Crisafi said. He is the Vice President of dzine it, a web development company from Manhattan specialized in ecommerce web development. Crisafti acknowledges that

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Lee announced on TheFlashBlog that the Latin Flash Tour is approaching. It’s going to start on 7th of November in Santiago, continue in Buenos Aires, Lima, Bogota, San Joes, and finish with Mexico City, on the 18th.

You can find more info either on TheFlashBlog or on their website that will be up and running soon enough: http://www.latinflashtour.com.

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