free package
Fully functional, no restrictions
Easy to install on any website
XML customizable
GPL Licensed
Watermarked :
paid package
NO watermark:
plus a Flash component (AS3) which can be used in Flash projects
Features
- Papervision3D engine
- multiple camera and plane views
- auto play options
- extensive tooltip properties
- unlimited number of images
- supports multiple types of images
- customizable overall width and height
- supports different images widths and heights
- configurable reflection
- optional scroll bar with multiple skins
- external PNGs (changeable) for play/pause buttons
Installation instructions for:
How to install this Cover Flow on your website
Step 1. SWF embedding
Download the coverflow.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("coverflow.swf", "CoverFlowDiv", "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="CoverFlowDiv"></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 widthComponent and heightComponent (which you will set below).
Now you will have to define the properties of your Cover Flow.
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 Cover Flows on the same page, for the same coverflow.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 tooltip 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 tooltip text.
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 Cover Flow in Flash projects (FLA files), the Cover Flow is available as a Flash component (MXP file) in the paid package
Instructions on how to use the Cover Flow 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 paid package
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 cover-flow-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 Cover Flow FX from the Settings tab from your WordPress Dashboard and update the path accordingly
4. Add [cover-flow-fx][/cover-flow-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page.
5. If you want to make the Cover Flow FX part of your theme, edit the template files and add <?php coverflowfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> where you want it to show up
6. Customize your Cover Flow FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite wp-content/flashxml/cover-flow-fx/settings.xml
7. To use your own images, upload them to wp-content/flashxml/cover-flow-fx/images and update the wp-content/flashxml/cover-flow-fx/images.xml file accordingly
Additional settings file
To embed the Cover Flow 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 [cover-flow-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/cover-flow-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 coverflowfx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php coverflowfx_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 [cover-flow-fx] and [/cover-flow-fx]. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the coverflowfx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php coverflowfx_echo_embed_code("","Alternative content"); ?>).
If you have PHP4
To make it work with PHP4, add [cover-flow-fx width="600" height="300"][/cover-flow-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 coverflowfx_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/cover-flow-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 coverflowfx 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 Cover Flow FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/coverflowfx/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 coverflowfx 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 {coverflowfx}{/coverflowfx} where you want the Flash to show up in your article
5. Customize your Cover Flow FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/coverflowfx/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: {coverflowfx settings="settings2.xml"}{/coverflowfx} 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: {coverflowfx width="400" height="300"}{/coverflowfx}. 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/coverflowfx/ folder.
Below you will see instructions on how to install and use the Cover Flow Component in Flash (available for Flash CS3, CS4, and Flash Player 9 or later).
For basic instructions on how to integrate the Cover Flow’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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Issac
Posted 27 Days AgoHi, We bought the full version of the coverflow component, but have a problem in that we need to supply the XML “on-the-fly” to the component, as we build the coverflow contents dynamically in flash (external flash move which generates the XML embeds the coverflow component inside it). Is there a way to pass the content of settingsXML rather than supply a URL?
Hi,
You mean, you want the settings.xml to be embedded in the SWF file?
IF yes then this feature is not implemented.
But it could be as custom work.
If you’re interested please send an mail to custom at flashxml.net
Noel
Posted 28 Days AgoHow do you have the cover flow FX transparent ?
Thank You
Hi,
You have to change the value of backgroundAlpha attribute from your settings.xml file to 0.
Markus
Posted 29 Days AgoHi
Trying out the free version before deciding whether to buy.
Trying to customize the component but appearantly it doesnt read the settings.xml file.
<script type=“text/javascript” src=“Flash/swfobject.js”></script>
<script type=“text/javascript”> var flashvars = {}; flashvars.folderPath = “flash/”; var params = {}; params.scale = “noscale”; params.salign = “tl”; params.wmode = “transparent”; var attributes = {}; swfobject.embedSWF(“Flash/coverflow.swf”, “CoverFlowDiv”, “1024”, “320”, “9.0.0”, false, flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>
All files that came with the component are in the ‘Flash’ folder in my asp.net project.
Thanks
/Markus
Hi,
Give us the link to the website where you have this component and we will check it.
support
Posted 29 Days AgoHi,
How do I completely turn off tool tips?
To remove tooltips you’ll need to delete the text from CDATA section from images.xml and also in your settings.xml fle set the values of backAlpha and borderThickness to 0. Where are the detail instructions on how to use this product?
You’ll find detailed instructions on how to use this product in FREE INSTALL, FLASH INSTALL sections and also on the FAQ page.
And descriptions of each item such as Usehook & HookSize etc?
Every modification that you make on the live demo for each property will show you what exactly a property does.
e.g. useHook creates a hook for tooltip (text), with hookSize you can specify the size of this hook
If something is not clear please don’t hesitate to contact us.
ben
Posted 30 Days AgoHi, I purchased & downloaded the commercial version of Cover Flow FX for flash .
How do I completely turn off tool tips?
Where are the detail instructions on how to use this product?
And descriptions of each item such as Usehook & HookSize etc?
Not just how to the flash install instructions that is listed on your website.
thanks
Ben Britt
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Mike
Posted 1 Month AgoI can’t find where to add the following information from step 6. Could you help me out.
6. In the post editor use the following tag to embed the Cover Flow FX: [cover-flow-fx][/cover-flow-fx]. You could also add <?php coverflowfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> in the PHP file of your theme
Here is the code from my theme funtion:
<?php
if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) ) register_sidebar(array( ‘name’=>‘sidebar_full’, ‘before_widget’ => ‘<li id=”%1$s” class=“sidebaritem”>’, ‘after_widget’ => ‘</div></li>’, ‘before_title’ => ‘<h2 class=“widgettitle”>’, ‘after_title’ => ‘</h2><div class=“sidebarbox”>’, )); register_sidebar(array( ‘name’=>‘sidebar_left’, ‘before_widget’ => ‘<li id=”%1$s” class=“sidebaritem”>’, ‘after_widget’ => ‘</div></li>’, ‘before_title’ => ‘<h2 class=“widgettitle”>’, ‘after_title’ => ‘</h2><div class=“sidebarbox”>’, )); register_sidebar(array( ‘name’=>‘sidebar_right’, ‘before_widget’ => ‘<li id=”%1$s” class=“sidebaritem”>’, ‘after_widget’ => ‘</div></li>’, ‘before_title’ => ‘<h2 class=“widgettitle”>’, ‘after_title’ => ‘</h2><div class=“sidebarbox”>’, )); register_sidebar(array( ‘name’=>‘footer_left’, ‘before_widget’ => ‘’, ‘after_widget’ => ‘’, ‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’, ‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’, )); register_sidebar(array( ‘name’=>‘footer_middle’, ‘before_widget’ => ‘’, ‘after_widget’ => ‘’, ‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’, ‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’, )); register_sidebar(array( ‘name’=>‘footer_right’, ‘before_widget’ => ‘’, ‘after_widget’ => ‘’, ‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’, ‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’, ));
add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘add_welcome_interface’);
function add_welcome_interface() { add_theme_page(‘welcome’, ‘Theme Options’, ‘8’, ‘functions’, ‘editoptions’); }
function editoptions() { ?> <div class=‘wrap’> <h2>Theme Options</h2> <form method=“post” action=“options.php”> <?php wp_nonce_field(‘update-options’) ?> <p><strong>Greeting Heading:</strong></p> <p><input type=“text” name=“greeting” value=”<?php echo get_option(‘greeting’); ?>” /></p> <p><strong>Welcome Message:</strong></p> <p><textarea name=“welcomemessage” cols=“100%” rows=“10”><?php echo get_option(‘welcomemessage’); ?></textarea></p> <p><strong>Please enter your FeedBurner ID below: </strong>(What’s your ID? Answer: after enabling email subscriptions at FeedBurner (under Publicize), you can find your feed ID easily by looking at the number that shows up in the address bar, which once you are logged into your feed should end with id=XXXXXXX. You can also see it in the code generated for your email subscription form.)</p> <p><input type=“text” name=“feedid” value=”<?php echo get_option(‘feedid’); ?>” /></p> <p><input type=“submit” name=“Submit” value=“Update Options” /></p> <input type=“hidden” name=“action” value=“update” /> <input type=“hidden” name=“page_options” value=“feedid,greeting,welcomemessage” /> </form> </div> <?php }
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I don’t know where to put the other code in the post editor either. Thank you for your help, I really appreciate.
Mike
Satish Alwani
Posted 1 Month AgoI purchased a copy, and I cant seem to get lightbox to work. From the comments im told lightbox is already pre-supported, but that doesnt work Neither does it work when i do whats told in http://www.flashxml.net/adding-lightbox-to-flash.html
Any help on this?
Hi,
Make sure you added the code from step 3 from this tutorial in the html file that embeds the SWF file. Also, make sure the path to those files is correct.
Mike
Posted 1 Month AgoI uploaded the Cover Flow FX zip file into Wordpress and I also installed the plug in. When I try to activate it I get an error saying there is no header? Can you please help. I love your programs and want to add them to my site. Thank you for your help.
Mike
Hi,
There are two files you have to download: the one from step 1 is the archive with the flash component that you have to copy to the specified location from step 2 and the second one is the plugin itself that can be downloaded from step 3 and has to be installed in your wordpress. Please read carefully the install instructions.
Gabriel Mazzotti
Posted 1 Month AgoI do that and now it works but only for images, If I try to use the Fancybox with a URL it shows me a loding images that never stop and never opens the fancybox with the URL. Can you check?
http://www.matangamusic.com/index.php
Regards
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Re:
I do that (change target to _self ) but it is still not working, can you check?
Regards
I buy your script two days ago but I tryed and tryed and can´t do the fancybox work, can you check it please, http://www.matangamusic.com/index.php
Thanks
Regards
support
Hi,
In your images.xml file set the target to _self.
This should do it.
Posted Today
support
In your images.xml at the link attribute try to use quotation marks.
e.g.
link = “javascript:LaunchFancybox(‘images/21.jpg’)”
Because now it appears like this.
link = “javascript:LaunchFancybox(?images/21.jpg?)”
Hi,
Try to set the type to iframe:
e.g.
$.fancybox({href:url, type:'iframe'});Leonardo
Posted 1 Month AgoHi,
I wanna know if is possible hide the scrollbar and just have next/previous buttons, if I buy the .fla is easy to customize this ?
Hi,
We could do this for you as a custom work for an extra fee. Please send your request to custom[at]flashxml.net.