Banner Rotator FX

Published on Oct. 5th 2009
76.604 downloads
You need to have Adobe Flash Player installed in order to view the component. You can download it from here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Features

Version 1.0.1.7556 - 28.10.2011 (view changelog)

- over 100 transitions to choose from
- supports JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, SWF
- autoTiming (optionally, each image lasts according to the length of the text; otherwise, you can specify the duration in seconds for each image)
- you can have random images and/or random transitions
- Zoom and Ken Burns image effects
- resizable to the extent of 1680 x 1050 pixels
- if the images are random, the Banner uses the fair advertising policy (you won't see an image twice until all other images are shown)
- images of any sizes can be used; they will be automatically adjusted according to the imageFitting option
- each image can optionally have different particularities, different from the overall properties of the Banner, like transition, image effect, text options, text effects
- HTML and CSS formatted text


Other features:

- the font can be embedded or not
- you can show text only on mouse over, or you can pause the slideshow on mouse over
- once the current image is loaded and displayed, the next image can be loaded in background so the preloader would appear as least as possible


You can find here a list with all the transitions.

Installation instructions for:

Step 1. SWF embedding

Download the banner-rotator.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";
params.allowScriptAccess = "always";
params.allowFullScreen = "true";
var attributes = {};
swfobject.embedSWF("BannerRotatorFX.swf", "BannerRotatorFXDiv", "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="BannerRotatorFXDiv"></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 bannerWidth and bannerHeight (which you will set below).

Now you will have to define the properties of your Banner Rotator.

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 Banner Rotators on the same page, for the same BannerRotatorFX.swf file you'll need to have different settings.

All is left to do is to put your own images, add the text, add the behavior for when clicking each image, and optionally add specific banner settings for each image. All these through the images XML file. Open the images.xml file (or whichever file you specified as the imagesXML property in the settings.xml file) 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), the duration in seconds for each image, and the text in CDATA section. To add specific properties for each image simply add a new attribute in the XML entry corresponding to each image.
You can have as many images as you like. To add a new image add a new row in the XML file.

Here's how an XML entry (corresponding to an image) should look:

<photo image="images/01.jpg" url="http://www.flashxml.net" target="_blank" duration="7" transition="57" effect="ken burns" dur="7" direction="bottom" vpos="center" width="250" func="Elastic" type="wide">
<![CDATA[<head>This is the head section</head><body>This is the body section</body>]]></photo>

You will find the full list of specific particularities which you can set for each image in the images.xml file. When you specify one of these properties, the corresponding overall setting of the Banner will be ignored.

BannerRotatorFX.swf embeds only the Arial and Verdana font. To be able to embed any other font you'll need the BannerRotatorFX Flash component. As an alternative you can use non-embedded fonts.

If you'll want to use the Banner Rotator in Flash projects (FLA files), the Banner is available as a Flash component (MXP file) in the paid package

Instructions on how to use the Banner Rotator component in Flash can be found here.

You can see an example on how to add a product in your Wordpress article/page here and how to add it in your theme or as a widget 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 banner-rotator-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 Banner Rotator FX from the Settings tab in your WordPress Dashboard and update the path accordingly

4. Add [banner-rotator-fx][/banner-rotator-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page

5. If you want to make the Banner Rotator FX part of your theme, edit the template files and add <?php fxbannerrotator_echo_embed_code(); ?> where you want it to show up

6. Customize your Banner Rotator FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Download the ZIP file and use the included settings.xml file to overwrite wp-content/flashxml/banner-rotator-fx/settings.xml

7. To use your own images, upload them to wp-content/flashxml/banner-rotator-fx/images and update the wp-content/flashxml/banner-rotator-fx/images.xml file accordingly

 

Additional settings file

To embed the Banner Rotator 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 [banner-rotator-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/banner-rotator-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 fxbannerrotator_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php fxbannerrotator_echo_embed_code("settings2.xml"); ?>).

 

Add as widget

To add the Banner Rotator FX as a widget, go to Widgets from the Appearance tab in your WordPress Dashboard, then drag and drop the Banner Rotator FX from Available Widgets to the widget area you want. You can specify a different settings.xml file and an alternative content for users without Adobe Flash Player from the widget's settings.

 

No Flash support text

To support visitors without Adobe Flash Player, you can provide alternative content by adding the text between [banner-rotator-fx] and [/banner-rotator-fx]. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the fxbannerrotator_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php fxbannerrotator_echo_embed_code("", "Alternative content"); ?>).

 

Change WMODE

By default, the WMODE value is transparent but you can change it to window from the Banner Rotator FX in the Settings tab in your WordPress Dashboard. For widgets, this can be done from the widget's settings. If you want to have a different WMODE value in a specific place, it can be done like this: [banner-rotator-fx wmode="window"][/banner-rotator-fx]. If you're using the PHP function, here's an example on: <?php fxbannerrotator_echo_embed_code("", "", 0, 0, "window"); ?>.

 

If you have PHP4

To make it work with PHP4, add [banner-rotator-fx width="400" height="300"][/banner-rotator-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 fxbannerrotator_echo_embed_code() function call. 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'll do that, simply use the SWF file from the paid package to overwrite the SWF file from the wp-content/flashxml/banner-rotator-fx/ folder.

1. Download the free package. You need to host all the included files from the package on your own domain because Facebook doesn't allow file hosting.

2. Log in to your Facebook account.

3. Search for the Static HTML: iframe tabs application and select it.

4. Click on Add Static HTML to a page button and you'll be prompted for the page where you want the app to be added.

5. Once added you'll see on the left side menu of your page a new tab with a star icon called Welcome. Click on it to edit it.

6. Add the following HTML embedding code in the text field:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var flashvars = {};
flashvars.folderPath = "http://www.yourdomain.com/product_folder/";
var params = {};
params.scale = "noscale";
params.salign = "tl";
params.wmode = "transparent";
params.allowScriptAccess = "always";
params.allowFullScreen = "true";
var attributes = {};
swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.yourdomain.com/product_folder/ProductName.swf", "DivFlashComponent", "600", "400", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>
<div id="DivFlashComponent"></div>

Don't forget to use your own URL for the product's location, name, width and height.

7. Click preview to see how it looks or save changes. The product is now added to the Welcome tab of your page.

8. Optional: To change the tab's name, called by default Welcome, edit your page, go to the Apps tab and click Edit Settings option next to the Static HTML: iframe tabs application to enter the name you want.

9. Optional: To make the tab your default landing tab (first thing your visitors see on your page) edit your page and go to the Manage Permissions tab and change the Default Landing Tab.

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 do that, simply use the SWF file from the paid package to overwrite the SWF file from the location where you hosted all the files from the free package.

The module is used for adding the product in one or more pages in a given position (e.g. top, bottom, sidebar) while the plugin is used for adding the product inside a specific article.

You can see an example on how to install a module in your Joomla 1.5 website here, how to install a plugin in your Joomla 1.5 website here, how to install a module in your Joomla 1.6 website here and how to install a plugin in your Joomla 1.6 website here.

Make sure your Joomla version is at least 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 (version 1.5 or version 1.6, 1.7 & 2.5) 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 bannerrotatorfx 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 Banner Rotator FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Download the ZIP file and use the included settings.xml file to overwrite flashxml/bannerrotatorfx/settings.xml

Note that the Joomla Module can only be used once in your website.

 

Joomla Plugin Instructions:

1. There are two files to download (both under GPL License):

    a. Joomla Plugin (version 1.5 or version 1.6, 1.7 & 2.5) 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 bannerrotatorfx 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 plugin's parameters accordingly

4. Add {bannerrotatorfx}{/bannerrotatorfx} where you want the Flash to show up in your article

5. Customize your Banner Rotator FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Download the ZIP file and use the included settings.xml file to overwrite flashxml/bannerrotatorfx/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: {bannerrotatorfx settings=settings2.xml}{/bannerrotatorfx} 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: {bannerrotatorfx width=400 height=300}{/bannerrotatorfx}. Don't forget to provide your own width and height values, since 400 and 300 are just examples.

 

Changing WMODE

By default, the WMODE value is transparent but you can change it to window from the module/plugin's parameters. If you want to have a different WMODE value in a specific article, it can be done like this: {bannerrotatorfx wmode=window}{/bannerrotatorfx}.

 

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/bannerrotatorfx/ folder.

Below you will find instructions on how to install and use the Banner Rotator FX Component in Flash (available for Flash 8, CS3, CS4, CS5 and Flash Player 8, 9, 10 or later).

You can see an example on how to install a product in Flash 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 an 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 does not dispatch events, but stay tuned for an update.

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Comments

Massimo

Posted 4 months ago

Hi, can duplicate in the same page the module?
Tks

FlashXML Support

Hi,

Please read this FAQ.

Harry

Posted 4 months ago

Hallo,

I tried to install the Banner rotator but i don’t see my banner.
I only see white space

here it is working but i want to implement it on my home page
between Find and catagories.

http://www.monu.nl/published/banner/

the script where i am trying is webshop of www.shop-script.com

any help?

Regards.

Harinder

FlashXML Support

Hi,

Sorry, but we can’t connect to your website. Make sure you sent us the right link.

Torben

Posted 4 months ago

Hi,
I’m having trouble displaying non-English characters, for example the German letters “ö”, “ä”, or “ü” — they are simply left out.
I tried switching from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8, but unfortunately it did not have any effect… (those letters just disappear)
If I try html encoding like &uuml; it is printed as such… (&uuml; istead of “ü”)
What else could I try?
Thanks a lot in advance…
Torben

FlashXML Support

Hi,

Please open settings.xml and change the value of embedFont attribute to false. Clear your browser’s cache and reload the page before testing the changes.

Timothy

Posted 4 months ago

Hi, I asked for your advice a little while ago on the integration of your excellent work with Typo3. After checking with our developpers, here is their feedback:

“I guess you’d like to have (different) flash banner(s) in the head section of each page, right? But with different content and/or settings depending on the area of the website. I guess we can’t include this banner rotator that easily since it’s not so easy to configure it. When I look at http://www.flashxml.net/short-explanation-on-how-fx-components-read-xml-files.html – it says that the HEAD section needs to contain the loading code including the path to the settings.xml file (which then links to the single images) – and the BODY section (which also contains the heading of you page!) of the page contains only a DIV that has a certain class where the rotator is placed via JavaScript magic.
This leads us to the problem, that a regular editor cannot add/modify the settings that are needed for this (would be located in TypoScript). An alternative would be to build a small extension that adds those settings to the page settings so that an editor is able to modify e.g. the path to the settings.xml file.

The extension is not published anymore, but I am simply wondering if such development is something you have in your roadmap or could consider as this is the best banner rotator I have found to date.

Thanks

FlashXML Support

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback, but I have to unfortunately tell you that we are currently not having any projects in this directions. For now you can only add the component via HTML embedding code.

nailette

Posted 4 months ago

hello, and modify the width and height of the banner but now the picture is not complete you can do out here

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Please give us the link to your website so we can understand what is the problem.

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