One of the most important things you must do before you submit an application to the iTunes store is create an app icon.

Let's face it. Your icon is your app's first impression. If it's poorly made, people will likely assume your app is, too.

This tutorial isn't going to be about making an app icon. But it will be about preparing it for submission to iTunes.

It's been a long haul but we've finally made it to the end. In this tutorial, which is Part 4 of the four-part tutorial series on building a custom Flash music player, I'll finish up by building the volume slider.

Ecommerce websites can stream video and audio on blog posts, product detail pages, or most any other part of the site. The ability to accommodate this trend and build a custom Flash music player can make your work stand out.

In this tutorial, which is Part 3 of this four-part series, I'm going to build the progress bar so there is a visual representation of the music playing.

The Internet is a broadcast medium. You can easily stream video and audio on blog posts, product detail pages, or most any other part of a website.

In Part 2 of this four-part tutorial, I'll focus on developing the "play" button and on passing events to the controller, for my custom Flash audio player.

Music or podcast players are popping up on some important ecommerce sites.

In Flash, a preloader can give a user good information about the progress of a download.

Last week, in Part 1 of this series, I demonstrated how to build a custom AssetLoader class that loaded an image and placed the image on the stage. This week, in this Part 2, I'm going to finish it up by displaying the progress of the image in the form of a progress bar and percentage text.

For the next couple of weeks I'll be explaining how to build a custom preloader that will display the progress of an image as it loads. This is the first installment of the series.

In this tutorial, I'll create an AssetLoader class and use the built-in Loader class (part of ActionScript) to load our image.

A typical toggle button has two states: on and off.

It's useful when you want a user to choose one of two options. The most common toggle button we see is the checkbox. In this tutorial, I am going to create an iPhone-like on and off switch.

I'll start by examining the interface and discussing how it will work. Then I'll create a custom Toggle class that will handle the user interaction.

If you have been following this series of tutorials, "Build A Flash-Powered Content Slider from Scratch," your slider should be working. This is the fourth, and final, installment. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 we published previously.

Now we're just going to add a few extra features that will make it even better.

This tutorial is third part in an ongoing series created to demonstrate how to develop a powerful, Flash content slider.

If you've already seen Part 1 and Part 2, you know that we're getting close to completing our content slider. In fact, by the end of this tutorial, you should have a working prototype.

In this video, I tackle the controller, which will be represented by the Slider class.

Content sliders help many developers solve overcrowding on a home page.

This is the second article in a four-part series about developing a robust content slider using Adobe Flash. The first article, "Build A Flash-Powered Content Slider from Scratch, Part 1," we published earlier.

Content sliders are an extremely popular feature in modern website design, particularly for online retailers. These sliders are often implemented with JavaScript, but there are many cases when an Adobe Flash-based content slider may offer more flexibility or a more polished finished project.

As an example, check out the Flash-powered content slider at DaHuer.