USA Christmas Map with Capitals, Snowfall and Jingle Bells Music!

USA Map with State Boundaries, Alaska, Hawaii, Capitals, and Music.

Template Information:

• Snowfall!
• Christmas Music MP3
• FlashMX 2004 FLA source code files included
• Only 205KB SWF file size (75KB without music)
• Scalable size of the map
• Powered with FlashEffects v.2!
• All map objects are separate objects, split by layers
• Customizable colors, mouse over effects and URL

This map was desiged for Macromedia users to help in thier projects. Having this in mind, the map is delivered with FLA sources, as a fully editable multy-layered Flash MX2004 file. Simple AcutionScript procedures were added to help customize map in seconds: Change colors, actions for for city and state mouse press.

You can easlity show or hide map layers, and add your own information. Mapping outlines in vector format always assures maxumum quality at any size of the flash mavie.

Map Layers

We deliver only ready-made map teplates: All mapping shapes and outlines in every map are stored in separate properly-named objects to make customization possible in a minute. All graphics are also distributed into layers.

city_state_captal: USA State Capitals are titled instances of the city movieclip. You can easily create new edit and remove cities, as well as change URL. City mouse press can follow the same rule based on the city name, or can have a custom URL.

state_shape: 'state_shapes' object with all state shapes. State objects are called after the state name (example: South Dakota , Wyoming ) and includes 2 objects inside ('l' for outline and 's' for shape). Alaska and Hawaii included.

state_name, state_name_lines: static layers with US State names

usa_shape: United States outline used for shadow effect.

Snowfall Effect New!

Our designers added falling snow effect to create fairy fascinating Christmas atmosphere. It is done with ActionScript code, enabling realistic snowfall right on your screen, underneath the map. Christmas Map color settings were also adjusted to look better on dark background.

Christmas Music New!

Christmas Jingle Bells MP3 music is set to background playback.
Size: Currently compresed to 130KB in mono mode.

FlashEffects! New!

FlashEffects is set of additional graphics and ActionScript functions you can easily adjust for your needs that make this map template load and serve more consistent and accurate.

• preloder: Visualize loading process for slow connection users
• randomization: random visualization of states, one by one, once the movie is loaded
• fade-in: dynamic fade-in effect for a set of layers after the states show up.
• Attach_sound: Assign sound effects for mouse over and press effects to states and cities.

Manage Map Template

State URL

It is possible to set a custom link for each state or leave it undefined and follow the same scheme based on the state name.

var stateURL=new Array()
stateURL[' Utah ']='http://utah.com'
stateURL[' Texas ']='http://texas.com'

function stateOnPress(state) {
if (stateURL[state]!=undefined)
{
           getURL(stateURL[state],'_blank') }    // THIS STATE URL
else {
           getURL('http://www.google.com/search?q='+state,'_blank') } //DEFAULT EVENT
}

City URL

For more convenience, there is already a way to specify city URL simply, in a minute:

• Set up a custom URL for each city:
  var cityURL=new Array()
  cityURL[' Denver ']='http://denver.com'
  cityURL[' Phoenix ']='http://phoenix.com'
  
• Set up a general rule for the rest of cities, based on the city name:
  function cityOnPress(cityName) {
  if (cityURL[cityName]!=undefined)
  {     // THIS CITY'S URL
        getURL(cityURL[cityName],'_blank')
  }
  else
  {     //DEFAULT EVENT
        getURL('http://www.google.com/search?q='+cityName,'_blank')
  }
  }
  

City Title Position

You have a possibility to adjust X and Y shift for each city title:
var cityNameXShift=new Array()
var cityNameYShift=new Array()
cityNameXShift[' Denver ']=-22
cityNameYShift[' Denver ']=5
cityNameYShift[' Carson City ']=-5
cityNameXShift[' Sacramento ']=-15