Banner Rotator FX
Key features:
- 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
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- - Fully functional, no limitations
- - Easy to install on any website without Flash
- - XML configurable
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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 Banner Rotator on your website
Step 1. SWF embedding
Download the banner.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("banner.swf", "BannerDiv", "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="BannerDiv"></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.
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 Banners on the same page, for the same banner.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.
banner.swf embeds only the Arial font. To be able to embed any other font you’ll need the Banner Flash component. As an alternative you can use non-embedded fonts.
If you’ll want to use the Banner in Flash projects (FLA files), the Banner is available as a Flash component (MXP file) in the commercial archive
Instructions on how to use the Banner component in Flash you will find here.
Below you will see instructions on how to install and use the Banner Rotator Component in Flash (available for Flash 8, Flash CS3, CS4, and Flash Player 9 or later).
For basic instructions on how to integrate the Banner Rotator’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 Banner Rotator FX Flash component
2. Create a new folder inside your /wp-content/ directory called flashxml/banner-rotator-fx and copy the content of the archive to this folder
3. Install the plugin or upload the banner-rotator-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 Banner Rotator 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 Banner Rotator FX: [banner-rotator-fx][/banner-rotator-fx]. You could also add <?php bannerrotatorfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> in the PHP file of your theme
7. Customize your Banner Rotator FX using the Live Demo above. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/bannerrotatorfx/settings.xml
8. To use your own images, upload them to the flashxml/bannerrotatorfx/images folder and update the flashxml/bannerrotatorfx/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. From the post editor, use the following code: [banner-rotator-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/banner-rotator-fx]. From the PHP files of your theme, add the file name as the first argument of the bannerrotatorfx_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 [banner-rotator-fx] and [/banner-rotator-fx]. From the PHP files of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the bannerrotatorfx_echo_embed_code() function call.
If you have PHP4
To make it work if you're using PHP4, add the following code [banner-rotator-fx width="600" height="300"][/banner-rotator-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 bannerrotatorfx_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/bannerrotatorfx/
3. Unzip the archive and copy the contents to flashxml/bannerrotatorfx/ directory
4. Download the Joomla Module and install it
5. If you used a different folder than flashxml/bannerrotatorfx/, 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/bannerrotatorfx/
3. Unzip the archive and copy the contents to flashxml/bannerrotatorfx/ directory
4. Download the Joomla Plugin and install it
5. If you used a different folder than flashxml/bannerrotatorfx/, update the Path parameter
6. Use {bannerrotatorfx}{/bannerrotatorfx} 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: {bannerrotatorfx settings="settings2.xml"}{/bannerrotatorfx} 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/bannerrotatorfx/ folder.
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Hi,
Thanks for the previous reply. But still it doesn’t solve my problem. Let’s say I have added the code <?php bannerrotatorfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> in my header.php file. And I have made 4 different settings.xml files, setings1.xml, settings2.xml, settings3.xml and accordingly I have set the images.xml files, images1.xml, images2.xml, images3.xml. I have uploaded my images in the images folder per your site instructions.
NOW how can I have in my shop category header to show the images from the images1.xml, in my services category to show images from the images2.xml and in my general category to show images from the images3.xml file? How can I have wordpress to understand what the visitor of my web site is looking and therfor to show images for this category? I hope I have explained better this time.
Thanks in advance
Hi.
I had purchased Blur Menu FX and Banner FX.
I can use it, but I cannot install the extensions for both components.
When double clicking the MXP files, the following message appears:
“This extension requires the following products: Flash 8 or greater. The extension will not be installed.”
Is there a solution or a workaround for this issue? Is Double clicking the only way to install the extension?
I have Flash CS4 and Dreamweaver CS3.
Thanks
David
hi how are u please i can not install this plugins (bannerrotator) i need a very clear exemple
Have some little problems and questions :
1) Once I put the [banner-rotator-fx][/banner-rotator-fx] code into the page editor, once I look at the published page on the website, there are some strange lines before, around and after the flash that I have no clue what to do in order that thy DO NOT appear ????????? ANY SUGGESTIONS ???
2) What do I have to do IF i.e I put the <?php bannerrotatorfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> code into the Page.PHP in order that the flash ONLY APPEARS on the Front Page OR any page I choose to put it ??????
Would be GREAT if anybody could help !!!! Many many thanks in advance !!!!
Hi,
Please send to support[at]flashxml.net the login details to your wordpress admin and to your ftp so we can check the issue you’re having.
Hello,
I installed, activated, created the folder in wp content and uploaded 2 test banners, inserted the [banner-rotator-fx][/banner-rotator-fx] code into the HTML of my TEST 2 post…don’t see anything. Help!
seattlefashionprofessionals.com
http://www.seattlefashionprofessionals.com/2010/07/29/test-2/
Hi,
Please send to support[at]flashxml.net the login details to your wordpress admin and to your FTP so we can check it.
Hey there,
I need to integrate Google Analytics into the Flash Banner Rotator FX component so I can track click throughs. Do you have any documentation on this or can you point me in the correct direction?
Thanks,
Chuck
Hi, I’m from mexico and I need to put accents in the texts (for example México) could help me to know how must be configured to accept text with accents.
Hi,
You’ll need to follow this tutorial that explains in detail how to use special characters with this component.
Thank you.
Hi,
How can I use the banner rotator in the header of wordpress? And how can I have a new settings2.xml file for example, to show different images for different categories? Or pages in wordpress?
Thanks in advance
Hi,
To use the Banner Rotator in the header of your wordpress website, you’ll have to add this code:
in the header.php file of the theme you’re using.
To have a different settings file that load a different sets of images, you have to create a news settings file, for example settings2.xml and another images file, for example images2.xml. In the settings2.xml you have to specify the value of imagesXML to the newly created images2.xml.
I use Opera 10.60
I tried to paste your code but the result is bad
Hi,
We checked again your website using IE, Chrome, FF, Opera and your drop down menu is over the banner rotator. Are you still having issues with it?
Just updated to the new version for Word Press. Banner is now gone. I changed the short code and still nothing. my site is portoconnorchamber.org. Every time I update I have issues. I really appreciate your plugins, it is just frustrating on this one. If you need any other details please let me know. I don’t have anything in place of the banner it’s just blank. It should appear directly above the first line which says: “Welcome to majestic Port O’Connor” Please let me know what I can do.
Thanks!
Jax
Hi,
We changed the way our plugins have to be installed to fix the update problem. Please read carefully and follow these steps to add the plugin to your wordpress.