free package
Fully functional, no restrictions
Easy to install on any website
XML customizable
GPL Licensed
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paid package
NO watermark:
plus a Flash component (AS3) which can be used in Flash projects
Features
- Papervision3D engine
- different camera views and rotations
- customizable plane view and rotation of the first (head) and last (tail) images
- slideshow function
- mirror effect
- unlimited number of images of multiple formats
- skinnable scroll bar
- external PNGs for play/pause buttons
- supports images of different widths and heights
- extensive tooltip customizations
- customizable overall width and height
Installation instructions for:
How to install this 3D Stack on your website
Step 1. SWF embedding
Download the 3d-stack.zip package and put all the files from this package into the same folder with the HTML file in which you want the component to be embedded.
You should know first of all that the SWF file is the one that actually represents the component, while the other files (settings.xml, images.xml and JPGs in the images folder) are the assets that the SWF file uses.
A short explanation on how SWFs and XMLs interacts you will find here.
Open your HTML file with a text editor and insert somewhere between the <head> </head> tags the following lines:
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var flashvars = {};
var params = {};
params.scale = "noscale";
params.salign = "tl";
params.wmode = "transparent";
var attributes = {};
swfobject.embedSWF("3dstack.swf", "3DStackDiv", "600", "260", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>
For a fast and easy publishing, the best thing to do is to have the SWF file, the HTML file which embeds the SWF, the swfobject.js file, and the assets that the SWF uses (XMLs, JPGs folder) in the same folder.
If that is not possible, please read this detailed article on how to specify the paths correctly.
The above code itself isn’t enough to publish the SWF file on your webpage. You just need to add a div somewhere in the body section of your page (between the <body> </body> tags of your HTML file).
So, in a specific location of your HTML body section insert this div:
<div id="3DStackDiv"></div>
Step 2. Customization
You’ll be able to define a maximum size of 1680 in width and 1050 in height in the 3rd and 4th arguments of the swfobject.embedSWF() function above. Usually the same values as for widthComponent and heightComponent (which you will set below).
Now you will have to define the properties of your 3D Stack.
You can do that by editing the settings.xml file, or much simpler, set your values on the Live Demo above and press Generate button, then press Copy and paste over the existing content of settings.xml file.
If you intend to have multiple 3D Stacks on the same page, for the same 3dstack.swf file you’ll need to have different settings. Please read here how publish a component twice on the same page.
Now all you have to do is to put your own images, add the tooltip text and add the behavior for when clicking each image. All these through the images XML file. Open the XML file with a text editor and define in each row the image path, the URL to go to when clicking the image, the target (_self for the same browser window, or _blank for a new browser window), and the tooltip text.
You can have as many images as you like. To add a new image add a new row in the XML file.
To add Lightbox functionality (showing a bigger image and a description when clicking on an image) please read this article.
If you’ll want to use the 3D Stack in Flash projects (FLA files), the 3D Stack is available as a Flash component (MXP file) in the commercial package
Instructions on how to use the 3D Stack component in Flash you will find here.
To be able to remove the FlashXML.net label from the top-left corner you will need to purchase the commercial package
Make sure your Wordpress version is greater than 2.8 and your hosting provider is using PHP5.
1. There are two files to download:
a. WordPress Plugin that you have to install and activate
b. Free package
2. Create a new folder inside your wp-content folder called flashxml, inside this folder create a new one called 3d-stack-fx and copy the content of the free package there
3. If you copied the free package to a location different than the one above, go to 3D Stack FX from the Settings tab from your WordPress Dashboard and update the path accordingly
4. Add [3d-stack-fx][/3d-stack-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page.
5. If you want to make the 3D Stack FX part of your theme, edit the template files and add <?php stackfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> where you want it to show up
6. Customize your 3D Stack FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite wp-content/flashxml/3d-stack-fx/settings.xml
7. To use your own images, upload them to wp-content/flashxml/3d-stack-fx/images and update the wp-content/flashxml/3d-stack-fx/images.xml file accordingly
Additional settings file
To embed the 3D Stack FX more than once, you will need another settings file and (probably) another set of images. Let's assume your new file is called settings2.xml. Add [3d-stack-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/3d-stack-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the file name as the first argument of the stackfx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php stackfx_echo_embed_code("settings2.xml"); ?>).
No Flash support text
To support visitors without Adobe Flash Player, you can provide alternative content by adding the text between [3d-stack-fx] and [/3d-stack-fx]. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the stackfx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php stackfx_echo_embed_code("","Alternative content"); ?>).
If you have PHP4
To make it work with PHP4, add [3d-stack-fx width="600" height="300"][/3d-stack-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the width and height as the third and fourth argument of the stackfx_echo_embed_code() function call. Don't forget to provide your own width and height values, since 600 and 300 are just examples.
Getting rid of the FlashXML.net label
To remove the FlashXML.net label from the top-left corner you'll need to buy the paid package. Once you'll do that, simply use the SWF file from the paid package to overwrite the SWF file from the wp-content/flashxml/3d-stack-fx/ folder.
Make sure your Joomla version is 1.5 and your hosting provider is using PHP5.
Joomla Module Instructions:
1. There are two files to download (both under GPL License):
a. Joomla Module that you have to install and enable
b. Free package
2. Create a new folder inside your Joomla folder called flashxml, inside this folder create a new one called stackfx and copy the content of the free package there
3. If you copied the free package to a location different than the one above, update the Path from module's parameters accordingly
4. Customize your 3D Stack FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/stackfx/settings.xml
Joomla Plugin Instructions:
1. There are two files to download (both under GPL License):
a. Joomla Plugin that you have to install and enable
b. Free package
2. Create a new folder inside your Joomla folder called flashxml, inside this folder create a new one called stackfx and copy the content of the free package there
3. If you copied the free package to a location different from the one above, update the Path from module's parameters accordingly
4. Add {stackfx}{/stackfx} where you want the Flash to show up in your article
5. Customize your 3D Stack FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/stackfx/settings.xml
6. The default name for the settings file is settings.xml, but if you want to use another file (for example settings2.xml), specify the name like this: {stackfx settings="settings2.xml"}{/stackfx} where you want the component to show up in your article
7. In some cases the width and height will not be read from the settings.xml file but you can specify them like this: {stackfx width="400" height="300"}{/stackfx}. Don't forget to provide your own width and height values, since 400 and 300 are just examples.
Getting rid of the FlashXML.net label
To remove the FlashXML.net label from the top-left corner you'll need to buy the paid package.
Once you will do that, simply use the SWF file from the paid package to overwrite the SWF file from the flashxml/stackfx/ folder.
Below you will see instructions on how to install and use the 3D Stack Component in Flash (available for Flash CS3, CS4, and Flash Player 9 or later).
For basic instructions on how to integrate the 3D Stack ’s SWF file into HTML/PHP, click here.
You can watch an installation video tutorial of a very similar component in Flash (3D Carousel Menu FX) by clicking here.
In this video you will see:
- how to create an instance of the component on the stage: from the Components panel (Ctrl+F7) drag & drop the component on the stage
- how to give a name to that instance for further use in ActionScript: click on the component instance on the stage and from the Properties panel (Ctrl+F3) enter a name in the text input
- how to access the properties of the component (read or modify) during different moments of your Flash application
Any property of the Component could be accessed that way. The names of the properties are identical with the ones from the settings.xml file.
The properties of the component can be of any of the three types: Number, String, Boolean. We assume it’s intuitive of which type each property is.
Warning! Setting the parameters of the component in the Component Inspector window (Shift+F7) and in the same time having a settings.xml file populated with different values for each property, the properties from the settings.xml file will have priority (meaning that a parameter set in the Component Inspector will be ignored if that parameter is also defined in the XML file)
For now, this component doesn't dispatch events, but stay tuned for an update.
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Mfalla
Posted 15 Days AgoTks a lot for your response, I am using the original images.xml file, all I changed was the images to avoid any typing error. Besides I did the installation twice I got the same result.
Hi,
Please redownload the 3D Stack FX from our website because we made some changes to it. Also, You’ll have to make again your changes to the settings.xml and images.xml files because they’re a little bit different now than the old version you’re having.
Mfalla
Posted 18 Days AgoI installed Free 3D Stack FX and no text images messages appear, in a 325W by 400H component box size. What am I doing wrong ? Tx a lot for your response
Hello,
Please look at this fragment of your images.xml file :
<image url=“images/01.jpg” link=“http://www.flashxml.net” target=”_blank” title=“Hello”/>
It is missing the close tag, all of your images are missing that.
The above line of code should look like this:
<image url=“images/01.jpg” link=“http://www.flashxml.net” target=”_blank” title=“Hello”/></image>
NC
Posted 23 Days Agoalso, does this support lightbox feature or some sort of popup similar to CoverFlow?
Hi,
It supports lightbox, but you need to follow this tutorial.
We’ll implement very soon the same feature as the one for Coverflow FX.
Thank you.
NC
Posted 23 Days AgoIs it possible to have this particular animation go back to slide #1 after completion? For example, we do not wish to utilize the scroll bar but we don’t want people stuck at the final slide without ability to “rewind”
Hi
In your settings.xml set the value of ifLastPicture to atFirst.
Thank you.
Noel
Posted 28 Days AgoWhen I change the settings.xml file in the directory it nothing happens, no change. Why? and how do I do? I followed your procedure to the letter …
Thank you
Hello,
The problem might be that your browser has cached the previous version of the xml file, and will not load the new one. You need to empty your browser’s cache, and reload the page, or view the page with another browser/from another computer.
Noel
Posted 28 Days AgoYou post “specify the name like this: {stackfx settings=“settings2.xml”}{/stackfx} where you want the component to show up in your article”
Or should I put this line? which file?
Thank you
Ramon
Posted 30 Days AgoHi,
Is it possible to decrease the distance between each photo? I would like to make it closer.
Thanks
Hi,
I’m sorry but this feature is not implemented.
Rob
Posted 3 Months AgoHi, I cannot get the hyperlink urls to be clickable. Please help:
http://www.rivershoredodge.ca/rc/3d-stack/default2.html
Thanks.
Rob
Posted 3 Months AgoFor the life of me I cannot get the images to be clickable:
http://www.rivershoredodge.ca/rc/default2.html
I have copied exactly the index.html file for the code and edited the images.xml file to show my images… but they are not clickable. Please help before I decide to purchase.
Thanks,
Hi,
It seems that there is a small problem. We’ll try to fix it as soon as possible.
gmoraleso
Posted 4 Months AgoOops… sorry, got the controls from Flash Component Site!!!
I imagine that when I saw the files, the package was not updated with this new controls.
As always, GREAT WORK
Thanks!!!
Guillermo
Hi,
I’m glad you figured how to download the updated package.