free package
Fully functional, no restrictions
Easy to install on any website
XML customizable
GPL Licensed
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plus a Flash component which can be used in Flash projects
Features
- an engaging new 3D Wall with lots of properties to customize
- multiple types of wall: inside & outside curvature, flat
- customizable number of columns and lines, items spacing, radius, speed
- perspective and camera distance from wall variables
- customizable movement and tweening functions
- blur and glow effects for the images
- wall reflection
- skinnable scroll bar
- different appearance of images upon loading
- multiple properties for the tooltip
- optionally you can go to an URL on clicking an image instead of enlarging it
Installation instructions for:
How to install this 3D Wall on your website
Step 1. SWF embedding
Download the 3d-wall.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("3dwall.swf", "WallDiv", "600", "360", "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="WallDiv"></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 width and height of the component which you will also set below.
Now you will have to define the properties of your 3D Wall.
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 Walls on the same page, for the same 3dwall.swf file you’ll need to have different settings.
You'll be able to choose from the predefined scroll bar skins from MyBar folder, or you can create your own skin using the intuitive Bar.xml file.
All is left to do is to put your own images or swf's inside your 3D Wall. You'll be able to do this through the images.xml file. In the images.xml file from the downloaded package you will see how these details are specified so you could change them with your own custom details. Also the tooltip text can be added through this file.
You can have as many images clips as you like. To add a new image add a new item tag in the XML file.
3dwall.swf has about 100 KB and embeds only the Verdana font. To be able to embed any other font you’ll need the 3D Wall Flash component.
If you’ll want to use 3D Wall in Flash projects (FLA files), the 3D Wall FX is available as a Flash component (MXP file) in the commercial package
Instructions on how to use the 3D Wall FX component in Flash you will find here.
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-wall-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 Wall FX from the Settings tab from your WordPress Dashboard and update the path accordingly
4. Add [3d-wall-fx][/3d-wall-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page.
5. If you want to make the 3D Wall FX part of your theme, edit the template files and add <?php wallfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> where you want it to show up
6. Customize your 3D Wall 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-wall-fx/settings.xml
7. To use your own images, upload them to wp-content/flashxml/3d-wall-fx/images and update the wp-content/flashxml/3d-wall-fx/images.xml file accordingly
Additional settings file
To embed the 3D Wall 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-wall-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/3d-wall-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 wallfx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php wallfx_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-wall-fx] and [/3d-wall-fx]. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the wallfx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php wallfx_echo_embed_code("","Alternative content"); ?>).
If you have PHP4
To make it work with PHP4, add [3d-wall-fx width="600" height="300"][/3d-wall-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 wallfx_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-wall-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 wallfx 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 Wall FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/wallfx/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 wallfx 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 {wallfx}{/wallfx} where you want the Flash to show up in your article
5. Customize your 3D Wall FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/wallfx/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: {wallfx settings="settings2.xml"}{/wallfx} 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: {wallfx width="400" height="300"}{/wallfx}. 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/wallfx/ folder.
Below you will see instructions on how to install and use the 3D Wall Component in Flash (available for Flash CS3, CS4, and Flash Player 9 or later).
For basic instructions on how to integrate the 3D Wall’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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junior junior
Posted 3 Days Agoi have to loaded both the 3d wall or the flash carousel but both trigger an error when activated ? would you know why? i have tried multiple times and same result , please help. thank you
Hello,
Please send us a link to your website and we will look into the problem. If you are using wordpress or joomla, send the login details to your admin and ftp to support[at]flashxml.net as well.
Kevin Hamler
Posted 3 Days AgoDoes 3d wall FX support .png files and transparency? I don’t want all of my images to be rectangular.
Thanks again!
Hi,
Yes, it supports PNG files.
Kevin Hamler
Posted 3 Days AgoI purchased 3d Wall FX, and have a few questions:
1) I’m confused between the use of Component Inspector parameters, and the settings.xml file. What’s the difference, and how do you use them separately?
2) I don’t want the scroll bar, and cannot seem to get rid of it.
Thanks!
Hi,
1. You could customize the component from Component Inspector or from settings.xml.
You can use them separately or both, but changes from Component Inspector have priority.
2. To get rid of the scroll bar in your settings.xml file set the bar type to none:
e.g.
Kevin Hamler
Posted 5 Days AgoHello! Is it possible to link an image to allow it to launch a Powerpoint presentation? Thanks!
Hi,
Do you use this component on a html website or locally?
Carl
Posted 7 Days AgoHello,
I am trying to implement this on wordpress…
Unfortunately after following the instructions explicitly I am not able to see anything. It isn’t printing the html of [3d-wall-fx] [/3d-wall-fx] so I think it must be something in the settings.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Hi,
Send to support[at]flashxml.net the login details to your wordpress admin and to your ftp so we can help you.
Tracey Johnson
Posted 7 Days AgoI have uploaded the flash files and tested in IE & firefox but the preloader does not seem to stop.. What could be causing this?
Hello,
We visited your website and the component appears to be working just fine. My guess is that you have some issues with your internet bandwidth, and it might be taking longer for the component to load all the photos. We have sent an e-mail with a screenshot of the component on your website, as proof of it working just fine.
iwa
Posted 7 Days AgoThanks, that works.
iwa
Posted 7 Days AgoThank you for the reply.
I did try to set it up on the javascript part, like so:
var flashvars = {};
flashvars.settingsXML= “settings2.xml”;
and on settings2.xml I added the line for imagesXML like so:
<settings> <General_Properties> <showAbout value=“true”/> <widthComponent value=“1000”/> <heightComponent value=“500”/> <backgroundColor value=“0”/> <widthPlane value=“200”/> <heightPlane value=“55”/> <imagesXML value=“images2.xml” /> </General_Properties>
.......
but that didn’t work either :(
Hi,
Please redownload the free version from here because there is a newer version that fix this problem and try again.
iwa
Posted 7 Days AgoHi,
I purchased the commercial version and trying to load different images.xml to no avail.
You can see the test page at http://69.27.45.53/~kickin/test/gallery.html
If you check the HTML source, you will see that I tried to load it thru the JavaScript
var flashvars = {}; flashvars.imagesXML= “images2.xml”; flashvars.settingsXML= “settings2.xml”; var params = { scale: “noscale”, allowfullscreen: “false”, salign: “tl”, bgcolor: “#333333”, base: “.”, wmode: “transparent”}; var attributes = { align: “center” }; swfobject.embedSWF(”../gallery.swf”, “gallery”, “1000”, “500”, “9.0.28”, “../expressInstall.swf”, flashvars, params, attributes);
and also set it up on settings2.xml to load images2.xml, but still doesn’t work
Could you please help?
Hi,
First of all the feature to specify a different images xml file through flashvars it’s not implemented. Only the settings xml file can be specified like this.
To make your 3D Wall work you have to update the value of imagesXML attribute from your settings file to images2.xml.
Thomas Dorris
Posted 8 Days AgoI wanted to follow up on my questions below.
1) It appears lightbox functionality does not work under IE, at least not when used within a joomla architecture.
2) With lightbox functionality, you can scale all the main images down to thumbnails and have a lightning fast 3D-wall effect. It’s very responsive and loads very quickly and I’m sure scales up to several hundred images because the full resolution image is only loaded after the user clicks an image in the wall.
3) But without lightbox functionality, you will need to balance performance of loading and scrolling all the full resolution images upfront against responsiveness and CPU load necessary to do so. It’s a tradeoff and if supporting the IE browser is a consideration of yours, it’s a tradeoff you’ll need to make.
In my personal experience, I could reasonably live with about 30 images of about 400 × 250 resolution before I felt the wall’s responsiveness and/or the image quality started to suffer.
FlashXML.net has mentioned that they are working on a better lightbox solution, which will certainly help. But until then, you’ll need to keep the factors above in mind.