Links

Lingo and Director Resources

Below are links to various Director and Lingo Resources. See especially the Direct-L and Lingo-L mailing lists below.

Click here for a corrected list of links that are wrong in the Lingo in a Nutshell and Director in a Nutshell books.

This Links Page

• http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell/links.html

O'Reilly and Associates DiaN and LiaN pages

• http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/directnut/
• http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lingonut/

DiaN and LiaN home pages and downloadable examples

• http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell/
• http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell/examples.html
• http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell/downloads/index.html
• http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell/chapters/index.html

Macromedia

Macromedia Home Page and Mirror Sites

• http://www.macromedia.com
• http://www-euro.macromedia.com
• http://www-asia.macromedia.com

Director Developers Center (Searchable Database of Tech Notes and Tips)

• http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/
• http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/

Shockwave Developer Center

• Shockwave downloads: http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/
• Shockwave Developers Room: http://www.macromedia.com/support/shockwave/

Dreamweaver Support

• http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/

Director and multimedia-related Newsgroups

• http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/tn3100-dirnewsgroups.html
• news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.general.info
• news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.director.basics
• news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.director.lingo
• news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.director.multiuser
• comp.multimedia
• alt.multimedia.director

Beta Programs

• http://www.macromedia.com/support/programs/beta.html

Free and Priority Access (fee-based) Technical Support

• http://www.macromedia.com/support/programs/
• http://www.macromedia.com/support/programs/priority.html

Phone Support

• MacroFacts (fax information) 1-800-449-3329 or 1-415-863-4409
• Technical Support 1-415-252-9080
• Main Operator: 1-415-252-2000

Requests and Feature suggestions for future versions of Director

• wish-director@macromedia.com

User Groups

• http://www.macromedia.com/support/programs/usergroups/worldwide.html

User Conferencess, TradeShows, and other Events:

• http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/

Developer Locator (find a developer in your area, or register as a developer)

• http://www.macromedia.com/locator/

Director 8.5 Features and Upgrade Pricing

• http://www.macromedia.com/software/director/productinfo/newfeatures/
• http://www.macromedia.com/software/director/upgrade/

Free D8.5.1 updaters and maintenance releases

• http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/downloads.html
• http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/upndown/

Xtras developer programs and support

• http://www.macromedia.com/support/xtras/

Third-Party Xtras

• http://www.macromedia.com/software/xtras/director/

Free Xtras

• http://www.openxtras.org/

Xtra Developers Kit (XDK)

• http://www.macromedia.com/support/xtras/xdks/xdk.html

Web Sites

• Zeus Productions: http://www.zeusprod.com
• UpdateStage: http://www.updatestage.com or
• Director Online: http://www.director-online.com
• Maricopa: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director
• Other third-party web sites: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/net.html
  http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/tn3104-dirwebsites.html
• Web Review - all things web-related http://www.webreview.com/

FTP Sites

• UpdateStage: ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/update/
• Maricopa: ftp://ftp.maricopa.edu/pub/mcli/director

Mailing Lists

If you have the bandwidth, these mailing lists are sometimes useful resources for Director, Shockwave, Xtras and Lingo questions. These mailing lists generate a lot of mail, much of which is off-topic. Subscribe using DIGEST mode to get one big mail message a day rather than hundreds of separate e-mails.

DIRECT-L (Director and Lingo)

• Digests Tips: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/digest/digestit.html
• Archives: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/digest/index.html
• MailList: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/direct-l/index.html
• Send e-mail to listserv@uafsysb.uark.edu with SUBSCRIBE DIRECT-L yourFirstName yourLastName in the body of the message.

Lingo-L (Lingo) and the Lingo User's Journal

• http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi

Xtras-L (Xtras for Director)

• http://www.trevimedia.com/mailinglists/
• Send e-mail to listserv@trevimedia.com with SUB XTRAS-L yourFirstName yourLastName in the body of the message.

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