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Banner Rotator FX

Published on Oct. 5th 2009
108.430 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 1.0.2.8555 - 02.04.2012 (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:

Download the banner-rotator.zip package, extract it and copy all the resulted files and folders in the same location as the web page in which you want the product to be displayed. As an alternative, you can copy all the resulted files and folders in a different folder.

From the downloaded package, the SWF file represents the actual product while the other files (XMLs, images) are the assets that the SWF file uses. A short explanation how SWFs and XMLs interacts can be found here.

Open the HTML file with a text editor (like Notepad or TextEdit) and add the following code where you want the product to be displayed:

<div id="DivBannerRotatorFX"></div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
 var flashvars = {};
 var params = {};
 params.base = "";
 params.scale = "noscale";
 params.salign = "tl";
 params.wmode = "transparent";
 params.allowFullScreen = "true";
 params.allowScriptAccess = "always";
 swfobject.embedSWF("BannerRotatorFX.swf", "DivBannerRotatorFX", "600", "260", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params);
</script>

Don't forget to replace the 600 and 260 from the swfobject.embedSWF() function above with your own width and height that you specified in the settings.xml file through bannerWidth and bannerHeight elements. Also, don't forget to update the paths as specified in this FAQ article if you copied the product's files in a different folder.

CUSTOMIZATION

You can customize the Banner Rotator FX using the Live Demo above, press Generate button, then select all the generated code (Ctrl+A) and copy-paste it over the existing content of settings.xml file or you can edit the settings.xml file with a text editor.

To use your own images edit the images.xml file with a text editor and define in each row the image path, the url to go to when an image is clicked, the target(_self for the same browser window or _blank for a new browser window) the duration in seconds and the text in the CDATA section. To add specific properties for each image add a new attribute to each image in the XML file.
Here's an example:

<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>Your title text here</head><body>Your description text here</body>]]></photo>

You can have as many images as you like. To add a new image, add a new row in the XML file.

If you want to get rid of the flashxml.net label from the top-left corner visible in the free version you have to purchase the product and use the paid version instead.

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.

 

No Flash support text

To support visitors without Adobe Flash Player, you can provide alternative content by adding the text between {bannerrotatorfx} and {/bannerrotatorfx}.

 

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.

The Banner Rotator FX component is available for Flash 8, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5 and requires Flash Player 9 or later. To use this product in Flash you need the MXP file that is available only in the paid package.

You can see an example of how to install a component in Flash Professional 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 any of these 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).

This component doesn't dispatch events, but stay tuned for an update.

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Comments

Anna-Belle

Posted 3 years ago

I purchased both the Rotating Banner and the Cover Flow and am VERY happy with both …Sure there are some (very) minor glitches and restrictions but overall both work just fine! I’ve surfed the net for quite some time looking for a reasonably priced Flash-based banner and was quite disgusted at some of the licenses cost..anywhere from $45 dollars and up and you didn’t get have as much as what you get with the Rotating Banner.Even the free version is great ..it only has a very small unobtrusive logo instead of a whole mass of annoying advertizing.
Great job! Keep up the good work and thanks for not being greedy!
Anna

Laura

Posted 3 years ago

Three questions:

1) When autoStart=true, is there a way to force the play/pause button to start in the correct state? It’s always showing as the Play arrow instead of the Pause icon, until you click it twice (pause then play again).

2) Everything works fine if I set autoTiming=false and add duration to each image in the XML. But it I set autoTiming=true, the duration is basically 0, so the images rapidly switch with no pauses. How do I set a global duration so I don’t have to include the same duration with each image?

3) Is there documentation available that lists all the possible XML settings?

Thanks!

FlashXML Support

Hi,

1. That’s weird. Normally the button starts in the correct state.
Could you give me a link to your website I’ll check it out.

2.When you set the value of autoTiming to false, you tell to the banner component to load the duration time from the images.xml file. If you don’t specify a duration it will be 0.
The default transition time when the autoTiming is set to true is calculated using the currentTransition number.

3. Sorry there’s no documentation for each possible XML settings.

user

Posted 3 years ago

“Sorry there is no documentation for transitions.
You could use the above live demo of the Banner Rotator FX, to see how they work.
I think it’s better this way because you’ll actually see live the transitions. So it’s easy to select the ones you desire.
Last thing, you press the Generate button an copy the generated xml content in your settings.xml file.”

Really, easier for potential customers to spend an hour or two running each transition and writing down what so they can use this product is better than you providing some documentation to show what the parameters all mean!?!

I am thinking about buying the product, but that attitude really makes me think twice as I will be buying many licences to use in my clients sites, and support (which includes basic documentation) is really an esiental part of any non-free product!

If anyone is actually interested and dosn’t have the hour I just spent, find below a list of the 107 transitions. Some of the decriptions are a little vague of cause, but at least if gives you an idea of where to look for the transition type you are looking for.

1 – Fade
2 – Box Mask
3 – Accordion Sweep Tight
4 – Accordion Sweep Large
5 – Star Mask
6 – Circle Mask
7 – Accordion Turn Large
8 – Water Drop Mask
9 – Rectange Drop Step
10 – Fish Eye Mask
11 – Rectange Pryamid mask
12 – Line, sweep, reviel
13 – Dot Sweep
14 – Accordion Sweep Medium
15 – Ball Bounce Grow
16 – Rectange grid Grow
17 – Rectange grid full height Grow
18 – Star Large Mask
19 – Circle Grid Grow
20 – Rectange grid sweep right
21 – Star Large Mask
22 – Square Mask to center
23 – Circle Random Grid
24 – Rectange grid full height Top and Bottom Sweep
25 – Rectange grid Grow
26 – Erase from corner
27 – Rectange grid full height Top and Bottom Sweep
28 – Circle Grid Grow
29 – square Dot Sweep
30 – Rectange grid full height Grow
31 – Circle Grid Grow
32 – Image Slide Up
33 – Image Slide Up Bounce
34 – Image Slide Up, Hard start
35 – Image Slide Up Bounce
36 – Image Slide down small bounce
37 – Image Slide down No Bounce
38 – Image Slide down Quick, slight overshoot
39 – Image Slide down hard start
40 – Image Slide down Big bounce
41 – Image Slide down Big bounce
42 – Image Slide Left
43 – Image Slide Left
44 – Image Slide Left
45 – Image Slide Left
46 – Image Slide Left
47 – Image Slide Right
48 – Image Slide Right
49 – Image Slide Right
50 – Image Slide Right
51 – Image Slide Right
51 – Image Expand Right
52 – Image Expand Right
53 – Image Expand Right
54 – Image Expand Right
55 – Image Expand Left
56 – Image Expand Left
57 – Image Expand Left
58 – Image Expand Left
59 – Image Expand Left
60 – Image Expand Left
61 – Image Expand Left
62 – Image Expand Down
63 – Image Expand Down
64 – Image Expand Down
65 – Image Expand Down
66 – Image Expand Down
67 – Image Expand Up
68 – Image Expand Up
69 – Image Expand Up
70 – Image Expand Up
71 – Image Expand Up
72 – Image Expand Center
73 – Image Expand Center
74 – Image Expand Center
75 – Image Expand Center
76 – Image Expand Center
77 – Image Expand Center
78 – Image Expand Center
79 – Image Expand Center
80 – Image Expand Up Center Bottom
81 – Image Expand Up Center Bottom
82 – Image Expand Up Center Bottom
83 – Image Spin out Center
84 – Image Spin out Center
85 – Image Spin out Center
86 – Image Spin out Center Fast
87 – Image Spin out Center Full Width From start
88 – Image Spin out Center Full Width From start
89 – Image Spin Expand out Center
90 – Image Spin Expand out Center
91 – Image Spin Expand out Center
92 – Image Spin Expand out Center
93 – Fall twist top left
94 – Fall twist top left
95 – Swing in top left
96 – Swing in top left Bounce
97 – Swing in top right Bounce
98 – Swing in top right
99 – Swing Pause in top right
100 – Swing in top center right
101 – Swing in top center left
102 – Swing in top center right
103 – Fall in forward Top Center
104 – Rise spin in bottom Right
105 – Rise spin in bottom Right
106 – Rise spin in bottom Right
107 – Fall in from bottom Right

Alan

Posted 3 years ago

So I have found it caches images, then when you for example change images, in firefox anyway you have to clear cache… Surely there must be a setting where you shouldn’t have to do this???.............I spent hours just thinking it was not finding my changed images, when in fact it’s a cache issue!!

FlashXML Support

Hi,

I’m glad that you found the source of the problem.
Just send an email with an archive (containing the component) to support at flashxml.net if you want me to make the banner prevent the cache saving.

Alan

Posted 3 years ago

I’m sorry but spending many hours on this in firefox 3.6 it does not update any changed images, after trying it in IE7 The images update to reflect changed images, I would there for say this script is very, very very buggy indeed….And really useless for cross browser support..

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