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Especially on the iPad, the prototype gets heavy and you might find errors because of this. Keep in mind that all pages are loaded into a single website. In the /build panel you can select the device you are prototyping for. TAP currently works best for iPhone and iPad.

Get your iPhone or iPad and start the prototype from your homescreen.

Open the “/build” panel in your browser and click “build prototype”.

Export the file to Dreamweaver Libary items and replace the folder on the server.

Make changes in your Fireworks document.

Add the bookmark to you homescreen and run the app from there.Įxport settings in Fireworks Rebuilding the prototype

Get your iPhone or iPad and go to the URL in Safari (/path_to_prototype/foldername/).

If you have made some mistakes, the page will tell you.

Save the settings and click “build prototype”.

You can also upload the homescreen icon and start-up screen from here.

In the /build panel you can set up your prototype.

Open the “/build” panel in your browser (Safari works best) by opening /path_to_prototype/foldername/build ( example of a build panel).

Set the file access properties (chmod) of this folder so you can create and change files in this folder (777 works for sure).

This can also be a local server on your PC or Mac!

Upload your complete set of TAP files to a server that can execute PHP.

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If you are ready for a test run, export the file in Dreamweaver Library (.lbi) format to the empty Library folder found in the zip file (images in subfolder).

Test the mockup as you would normally do by exporting to HTML and images. (you cannot use slices with this method).

Link the pages together using hotspots.

Create the screens with Fireworks as you would normally. Every application state should be made as an individual page.

Download the ZIP file for this article, it contains some folders with PHP and jQuery and jQTouch scripts.

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Some of the features work on Android phones as well. PHP must be installed, you must be able to set some rights on folders. But have used this method with CS3 and CS4 as well. Technically, TAP is a library of files containing custom developed PHP and Javascript (JQtouch & JQuery) code that makes the prototype come to life. Video playback and animated images can be integrated.Allows the designer to lay out the whole interface in Adobe Fireworks, a program likely familiar to many designers and to set the rest up through a simple web interface.Caches the prototype on the device, so it loads instantly and responds as snappy as a native application.Supports gestures like swipe left, right, up and down and change orientation of the device.Animates transitions between screens with effects like slide cube, dissolve, flip, pop, slide-up and swap.

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Runs full screen without the default Safari browsers navigation at the top and bottom of the screen.But what makes this tool interesting for designers, is that without any coding, they can make a prototype that: Having a click-through prototype is not so special in itself. With TAP we use the iOS web browser to display what is essentially a mini website with clickable images of the application interface. TAP falls into the category of “Smoke-and-Mirrors”, where technology is used to create the illusion of a working product. It is recommended to read through this article to understand what TAP is and what it can do. If you need to prototype a Teleportation app, check out this manual. Other very useful tutorials can be found on Smashing Magazine, part 1, 2 and 3. The most important being able to use page transitions, swipes (by using the jQTouch jQuery plugin) and caching of the application. It is an updated version of our earlier work, found on our website, or at the Adobe Developers Connection.

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This tutorial shows you how to use our method to make your Fireworks prototype work for the Apple iPhone and iPad. If you like to make iOS prototypes quickly, please take a look at InVision ( some of our thoughts on this tool) or Flinto. It costs an awful lot of time to maintain a tool like TAP. There are now many good prototyping alternatives 3. Before you continue, please note that we stopped working on our TAP project.