A user recently had a compilation issue on FDT; see here for the thread on Github. There was a stray dependency in the as3-navigator library which we took the opportunity to cleanup, as well as updating the AssetLoader to the latest version, 2.3.4.

The fix worked out, and so the latest BirdBase is actually available within the demo site, rather than on the BirdBase repo. We’ll get around to checking the core code and ensuring it really is a proper release before we update the main repo.

This means that the demo site should compile cleanly on Flash Builder, FDT and with Sprouts/Rake. Thanks to Alistair Colling for reporting the issue.

Apologies for the long break – we’ve been finishing off the production site.

Trying to get the filesize and dependencies down as part of the optimization process. So here’s version 0.8.2.

The BirdBase Demo Site has been updated to use the latest – development version – of SWFAddress.

If you see errors like this:

[Fault] exception, information=ArgumentError: Error #1063: Argument count mismatch on com.asual.swfaddress::SWFAddress$/_setValue(). Expected 2, got 1.
at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/_callIn()
at Function/()


Then update your SWFAddress Actionscript and Javascript from either the Demo Site on Github or the Asual repository here.

The BirdBase Demo Site has been updated to use the latest BirdBase lib, 0.8.2, and we will push the changes into the BirdBase repo shortly.

A one-line fix that corrects the behaviour of a site to redirect to its root if you refresh the browser.

https://github.com/vishvish/BirdBase

Simplifies font loading.

Previously, fonts were a separate part of the Bootstrap and only one SWF was supported, with registration of fonts happening during Bootstrap. This also meant that fonts were REQUIRED.

Now, fonts are integrated into asset loading, so developers do not have to REQUIRE fonts to run the application. Fonts should now be registered within their library, and BirdBase no longer takes responsibility for it.

To assist building your own fonts library, please see this post for detailed information.

Source and SWC available on github: https://github.com/vishvish/BirdBase/downloads

Removes the path construction for loading the configuration and the fonts. We’ll just load them from the path you specify in the FlashVars and the config. Previously we would prefix the asset base path. It’s easier to manage if we don’t do this.

Available on github as usual. Source and SWC:

https://github.com/vishvish/BirdBase/downloads

The codebase for version 0.7 has been pushed to the master branch on github.com.

A SWC is available for download here: https://github.com/downloads/vishvish/BirdBase/birdbase-0.7.swc