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I’m always impressed at the creativity, variety and from time to time, the non-sensuality of what paraphernalia a company is willing to slap it’s logo on. So I’ve decided to document all of the little odd bits’n'bobs that proudly display the Adobe logo and showcase the artefacts here for your viewing pleasure. From the obligatory USB thumb drive to the obscure Steel Collapsible Coat Hanger, if it has an Adobe logo on it you’ll find it here.

It’s been almost 3 months since I’ve joined Adobe as a Product Specialist and I must say it’s easy to see why they’re the industry leader in digital content creation and digital marketing. The crew at Adobe are an incredibly switched on, dedicated and intelligent group of professionals.

I’ve joined at an exciting time as the company looks to strengthen it’s place as the digital marketing leader, the upcoming launch of CS6 and the range of incredible touch and mobile applications about to drop.

It’s been far too long since I’ve posted, a lot has been happening professionally and personally of late.

Time to start posting.

Here’s a quick overview to adding social media buttons to an EDM. For the most part this is possible and simple to implement.

Very cool.

Adding Facebook

Adding a “LIKE” button to an EDM is as simple as using the following code:

 
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.reborn.com.au&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=80 target=">

<img title="Facebook Like Button" src=" http://www.scottking.com.au/likebutton.jpg" alt="Facebook Like Button" />
</a>
 

All you have to do is:

1. Change the URL to the page you want ‘liked’
2. Change the img location and upload your “Like” button image.

Adding Twitter

Adding Twitter uses much the same medthod, simply use the following code:

<a href=”http://twitter.com/share?url http://www.scottking.com.au &amp;text=Scotts&nbsp;Blog&amp;via=websiteaccount&amp;related=myaccount“>Tweet this</a>

And all you have to change is:

1. Change the URL to the page you want ‘liked’
2. Change the text (remember to escape any special characters)
3. Add an image icon similar to the Facebook implementation.
4. Specify your website name / account after the via variable
5. Specify your Twitter account after the related variable

Google +1

Unfortunately the new Google +1 uses JavaScript so at present there is no way to implement a “+1” directly into EDMs.

However Google’s +1 could be implemented using the alternate method outlined below.

An Alternate Method

An alternative is that when you click the Social media button, ‘Like’, ‘Tweet this’, ‘+1’ button you are taken to the hosted version of the newsletter and the relevant social media service can be called and overlayed as a div above the hosted version of your edm.

Creating effects such as Smoke or Fire is always a bit of a trick, it’s something I’ve wanted to have a crack at for a long time and finally got the opportunity recently.

Smokin:

http://scottking.com.au/portfolio/worldkitchen/

Exciting stuff! Away 3D now has GPU support of the Molehill APIs for the up-coming Flash 3D player upgrade!!! Finally proper 3D accelerated 3D hits the web!!! Bring it on!

Further reading:

http://away3d.com/away3d-4-0-alpha-release-broomstick

First post of 2011 and it’s all about some experiments. Firstly with a 3D bump mapping algorithm which I decided to apply to some awesome Jasper Goodall works after seeing him speak at Semi-Permanent.

Check it out:
http://scottking.com.au/portfolio/jasp/

Jasper Goodall 3D Test

As the Technical Director at Reborn I worked alongside the owners to build the company from 12 employees to 30 within 12 short months. I watched the company develop from a small digital agency into a fully fledged creative agency with the might to take on the best in Australia.

Recently launched, a web site to showcase 158 Collins Road for Barnes Realty.

http://www.158collinsroad.com.au