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XML Mini Slideshow for Gallery2 and Now Gallery3
Copyright (C) 2009 Wayne Patterson http://www.flashyourweb.com
This program is freeware.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*Note on Gallery style urls and Flash
Flash interprets &(ampersand) as a break, so you will need to replace them with the unicode equivelent %26 in the url only.
Continue adding your additional vars with the &(ampersand).
You can also take advantage of the Dynamic, Keyword or even the experimental Tags modules via the mode command:
Here we poll for images no larger than 600x600 in album 49
Embedding/Usage
1. Upload minislideshow.swf and your mediaRss(.php) file to your gallery2 base directory.
(if you have previous version of mediaRss.php, there have been some changes)
2. Edit line 30 of your mediaRss(.php) to reflect your setup (default will work for most).
* Hint: If your gallery is embedded the embedUri needs to reflect you CMS' embedUri
3. Place the following in your webpage where you want the mini slideshow to appear: (please consider using the swfObject method described below)
The above code sample would render something similar to:
Flash player 9,0,115,0 or above is required to view this demo, click here to upgrade.
Edit the g2_itemId in the xmlUrl to reflect the album you want to be displayed and also the site url.
* Hint: If you have url rewrite enabled, you may have to temporarily disable it to see the g2_itemId in your album's url.
* Hint: To allow fullscreen mode, add allowFullscreen="true" to your embed code. - Must have the latest FlashPlayer(9,0,115,0) to have wmode="transparent" and allowFullscreen="true" at the same time.
External Variables(case sensitive)
External Variable
Description/Possible Value
shuffle
true or false
showDropShadow
true or false
delay
number in seconds to display a slide
transInType
Transition in. Default Fade. (see Available Transitions below)
transOutType
Transition out. Default Fade. (see Available Transitions below)
noLink
Can be true. Default false.
showTitle
top or bottom. Default false.
altLink
Replace all links with a single alternate link for the whole slideshow. Default false.
linkTarget
Specify the target for all links in the slideshow. Default _parent.
titleColor
Title text color. Default FFFFFF(white).
titleBgColor
Title text background color. Default 333333(charcoal).
true or false - use the full image instead of the thumb. Perfect for large displays (enables fullscreen icon)
fullscreenIcon
hide the fullscreen icon when usefull is used Default false.
showControls
true(autohide) or false or always - show the controlBar. Default true. updated in 2.0.7
autoStart
true or false Default true. added in 2.0.7
loop
true or false - restart after last image. Default true. added in 2.0.7
preload
number of images to preload. Default 4. added in 2.0.6
siteInfoText
create a link back to your site in the right-click context menu eg. Copyright 2009 FlashYourWeb.com
siteInfoUrl
link url for siteInfoText eg. http://www.flashyourweb.com
allowScaling
if you are using full images (useFull) images will scale to fill the screen in fullscreen mode. Default false. added in 2.0.8
showLoader
Show/Hide the loader animation and image count while loading. added in 2.0.8
mp3Url
If you include an mp3Url, music will start as soon as its loaded and the slideshow is playing.
A small mute button will also be available. added in 3.0.0
customLink
Use the value of a custom field as your link. Effectively allowing for each image to have its own link. Full details here. added in 3.0.0
useResizes
When useFull with G3 you can choose resizes instead of fullsize. added in 3.0.0
Add your external variables to your xmlUrl separated with an ampersand (&) ie.
xmlUrl=http://yoursite.com/gallery2/mediaRss.php?g2_itemId=1486 & shuffle=true & showDropShadow=true & delay=3
& transInType=Fade & transOutType=Random
Available Transitions(case sensitive)
Transition
Description
Blinds
Reveals the movie clip object by using appearing or disappearing rectangles.
Fade
Fades the movie clip object in or out.
Fly
Slides the movie clip object in from a specified direction.
Iris
Reveals or hides the movie clip object by using an animated mask of a square shape or a circle shape that zooms in or out.
Photo
Causes the movie clip object to appear or disappear like a photographic flash.
PixelDissolve
Reveals or hides the movie clip object by using randomly appearing or disappearing rectangles in a checkerboard pattern.
Rotate
Rotates the movie clip object.
Squeeze
Scales the movie clip object horizontally or vertically.
Wipe
Reveals or hides the movie clip object by using an animated mask of a shape that moves horizontally.
Zoom
Zooms the movie clip object in or out by scaling it in proportion.
Random
A mix of all.
Embedding with swfObject
swfObject uses javascript to sidestep IE7 and Opera's "Click here to activate and use this control" blunder by writing the flash object to the page after it fully loads.
Its the preferred method to embed flash these days.
1st. Include swfObject in the head of your site.
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.yoursite.com/swfobject.js"></script>
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