Accordion FX
Features
- customizable width & height
- unlimited number of images
- advanced text effects, zoom image effects
- auto play options
- resizable to the extent of 1680 x 1050 pixels
- HTML/CSS formatted text
- supports images (JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP) and SWFs
- external PNGs (changeable) for play/pause and next/previous buttons
- FREE ARCHIVE
- - Fully functional, no limitations
- - Easy to install on any website without Flash
- - XML configurable
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PAID ARCHIVE
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) - - customizable AS3 components for new or current Adobe Flash projects
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- FREE INSTALL
- FLASH INSTALL
- WORDPRESS
- JOOMLA
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Non-Flash users:
To install this component for FREE in your website read the step by step instructions
Flash users:
If you want to use this component in a new or existing Flash project, read the Flash installation details
How to install this Accordion on your website
Step 1. SWF embedding
Download the accordion.zip archive and put all the files from this archive 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("accordion.swf", "AccordionDiv", "600", "300", "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 tags of your HTML file).
So, in a specific location of your HTML body section insert this div:
<div id="AccordionDiv"></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 (which you will set below).
Now you will have to define the properties of your Accordion.
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 select all (Ctrl+A) and copy-paste over the existing content of settings.xml file.
If you intend to have multiple Accordions on the same page, for the same accordion.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 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 text in CDATA tags.
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 Accordion in Flash projects (FLA files), the Accordion is available as a Flash component (MXP file) in the commercial archive
Instructions on how to use the Accordion 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 archive
Below you will see instructions on how to install and use the Accordion Component in Flash (available for Flash CS3, CS4, and Flash Player 9 or later).
For basic instructions on how to integrate the Accordion's SWF file into HTML/PHP, click here.
You can watch an instalation 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 dispach events, but stay tuned for an update.
Make sure your Wordpress version is greater than 2.8 and your hosting provider is using PHP5.
1. Download or purchase the Accordion FX Flash component
2. Create a new folder inside your /wp-content/ directory called flashxml/accordion-fx and copy the content of the archive to this folder
3. Install the plugin or upload the accordion-fx folder along with all its files to /wp-content/plugins/ directory
4. Activate the plugin from the Plugins tab in WordPress Dashboard
5. Go to Accordion FX from the Settings tab and update the path in case you used a different one
6. In the post editor use the following tag to embed the Accordion FX: [accordion-fx][/accordion-fx]. You could also add <?php accordionfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> in the PHP file of your theme
7. Customize your Accordion FX using the Live Demo above. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/accordionfx/settings.xml
8. To use your own images, upload them to the flashxml/accordionfx/images folder and update the flashxml/accordionfx/images.xml file accordingly
Additional settings file
To embed the Accordion 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. From the post editor, use the following code: [accordion-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/accordion-fx]. From the PHP files of your theme, add the file name as the first argument of the accordionfx_echo_embed_code() function call. If you use a separate set of images, don't forget to create a new XML file for that and update the value in the settings file.
No Flash support text
To support visitors without Adobe Flash, you can provide alternative textual content. From the post editor, add the text between [accordion-fx] and [/accordion-fx]. From the PHP files of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the accordionfx_echo_embed_code() function call.
If you have PHP4
To make it work if you're using PHP4, add the following code [accordion-fx width="600" height="300"][/accordion-fx] in the post editor. From the PHP files of your theme, add the width and height as the third and fourth argument of the accordionfx_echo_embed_code() function call. Don't forget to provide your own width and height values, since 600 and 300 are just examples.
Make sure your Joomla version is 1.5 and that your hosting provider is using PHP5.
Joomla Module
1. Download or purchase the component
2. Create a new folder inside your Joomla directory called flashxml/accordionfx/
3. Unzip the archive and copy the contents to flashxml/accordionfx/ directory
4. Download the Joomla Module and install it
5. If you used a different folder than flashxml/accordionfx/, update the Path parameter
6. Visit the live demo from the top of this page and customize your settings
Joomla Plugin
1. Download or purchase the component
2. Create a new folder inside your Joomla directory called flashxml/accordionfx/
3. Unzip the archive and copy the contents to flashxml/accordionfx/ directory
4. Download the Joomla Plugin and install it
5. If you used a different folder than flashxml/accordionfx/, update the Path parameter
6. Use {accordionfx}{/accordionfx} where you want the component to show up in your articles
7. Visit the live demo from the top of this page and customize your settings
8. 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: {accordionfx settings="settings2.xml"}{/accordionfx} where you want the component to show up in your articles
Getting rid of the FlashXML.net label
To remove the FlashXML.net label from the top-left corner you'll need to buy the commercial archive.
Once you will do that, simply use the SWF file from the commercial archive to overwrite the SWF file from the flashxml/accordionfx/ folder.
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Hello,
Is it possible to make it full screen?
Thanks
Hello,
At the moment, such a feature is not implemented.
However, if this is something that you must have, you could contact us at *custom[at]flashxml.net” and, for an extra fee, get the functionality that you want.
Here is the link:
http://naamta.com/test
Hello,
We have checked your website and the component works just fine. The play/pause button is where it should be, as well as the arrows, which appear when you pause the component. You’ll find screenshots of this on your private email address.
I’m working with another component, I like your work! I’ve installed it on another site and for some reason I have lost the play/pause button and arrows in Firefox & Chrome, however it’s showing in Safari.
Any ideas?
Hi,
Please give us the link to this website and we will check it why the button it’s not showing.
Never mind…I disabled light box and it worked :).
I absolutely LOVE your products and just bought a license. Quick question, though…I’d really like to use the Accordian as a menu. Is there any way to make an image clickable and have it link to another page instead of just enlarging the image?
Thanks for your help!
Hello,
I purchased the Accordion FX component a couple of days ago, it works great on the front page of my joomla site, under the banner1 position. However I am having a problem with loading it into another page on the site in another position. I tried to add another accordion fx module to the site, and i uploaded all the files again into a new path “flashxml/accordionfx-vertical/ “ and placed it in the “Left” position but it will not work. the horizontal version I have on the main page over rides the position. The settings and images are all grabbed ok and work fine, but the position remains banner1 and will not go to the “left” column. when I disabled the one for the homepage, the vertical one starting working fine in the right column (left)..
ok having said all that. I tried to create another xml settings file and have it appear in an article instead of using the module. but it will not work! {accordionfx settings=“settings2.xml”}{/accordionfx} will not load the flash anywhere. not even {accordionfx}{/accordionfx} works in any article..
How can this be fixed???? thanks
Hi,
You can install the module only once.
If you want to add this component in your articles using the code, you’ll have to also install the Accordion FX plugin from here.
I was trying the free archive, but i have a question, is possible to add more than 8 elements? like 11?
Hi,
You can add as many as you want. Just add another <photo> tags like the ones that are already present in the images.xml file. Also, you can change the number of elements displayed by changing the value of elements from your settings.xml file.
Hi,
I followed your instructions and installed succefully the accordion component.
Now I cant customize anything, any change in the settings.xml is useless.. Any idea ?
Thanks
Hi,
Please give us the link to the page where you added this component and we will take a look at it.
Hello, i was confuse with update images.xml , can you help me ? what should i change to make this plugin works.
Hi,
Please give us the link to the page you added this plugin and be more explicit about your problem.
Hi there,
where can I find the complete syntax of accordillonFX?; I mean the list of parameters…
Thanks
Riccardo
Hello,
Could you be more specific?
If you are referring to the general configuration of the component, it is in the settings.xml file.