Flash XML - Cover Flow FX (comments page 6)

Cover Flow FX

Home > Components > Cover Flow FX

free package

Fully functional, no restrictions
Easy to install on any website
XML customizable
GPL Licensed
Watermarked :

DOWNLOAD NOW

paid package

NO watermark:
plus a Flash component (AS3) which can be used in Flash projects

Please read the license details before buying:

Personal License(single use) details

The "Personal License (single use)" grants you a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to make use of this product in a single non-commercial* website (or application**), your own work or client work.

* A non-commercial application is an application which is not owned by a company and it does not generate money, directly or indirectly.
The Personal License applies for applications owned by individuals (i.e. websites that does not generate money in any form), non-profit organizations, schools and universities, foundations.

** An application can be a website, a software, an electronic document such as a PowerPoint presentation or an e-book, a printed document, a video production

There is no restriction on the number of copies of this product within the same application. For example, with one Personal License you can include this product in all the pages of your website. But you will need two Personal Licenses for two different websites.

If you want to use this product in multiple non-commercial applications owned by:
1. you or your non-profit organization - you must purchase a Personal License for each different application, or you can purchase the Special License
2. your clients - you must purchase a Personal License for each different application. The Special License does not apply in this case. Contact us if you want to purchase an Extended License which will allow you to use this product in an unlimited number of applications owned by your clients.

WARNING !

You will need the Commercial License if this product will be included in an application that is owned by:
1. a company, even if the application in which this product will be included does not directly generate income
2. an individual, when the application in which this product will be included generates income in any form (i.e. a website with paid advertising)

You are not allowed to include this product in applications that are for sale.

You are not allowed to directly or indirectly license, sub-license, distribute, redistribute, sell or resell this product.

Commercial License(single use) details

The "Commercial License (single use)" grants you a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to make use of this product in a single commercial* website (or application**), your own work or client work.

* A commercial application is an application which is owned by:
1. a company, even if the application in which this product will be included does not directly generate income
2. an individual, when the application in which this product will be included generates income in any form (i.e. a website with paid advertising)

** An application can be a website, a software, an electronic document such as a PowerPoint presentation or an e-book, a printed document, a video production

There is no restriction on the number of copies of this product within the same application. For example, with one Commercial License you can include this product in all the pages of your website. But you will need two Commercial Licenses for two different commercial websites.

If you want to use this product in multiple commercial applications owned by:
1. you or your company - you must purchase a Commercial License for each different application, or you can purchase the Special License
2. your clients - you must purchase a Commercial License for each different application. The Special License does not apply in this case. Contact us if you want to purchase an Extended License which will allow you to use this product in an unlimited number of applications owned by your clients.

WARNING !

You are not allowed to include this product in applications that are for sale.

You are not allowed to directly or indirectly license, sub-license, distribute, redistribute, sell or resell this product.

Special License(multiple use) details

The "Special License (multiple use)" grants you a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to make use of this product in an unlimited number of commercial and non-commercial websites (or applications*) owned by you OR your company.

This Special License does not apply if you want to use this product in multiple commercial applications owned by your clients. In this case you must purchase a suitable license (Personal or Commercial) for each different application. Contact us if you want to purchase an Extended License which will allow you to use this product in an unlimited number of applications owned by your clients.

* An application can be a website, a software, an electronic document such as a PowerPoint presentation or an e-book, a printed document, a video production

WARNING !

You are not allowed to include this product in applications that are for sale.

You are not allowed to directly or indirectly license, sub-license, distribute, redistribute, sell or resell this product.

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.

Similar products

Comments

Page:
<
1
...
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
...
30
>
loading comments...

Gabriel Mazzotti

Posted 1 Month Ago

I do that (change target to _self ) but it is still not working, can you check?

Regards
_________________________________________
Re:
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

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?)”

Gabriel Mazzotti

Posted 1 Month Ago

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

Hi,

In your images.xml file set the target to _self.
This should do it.

Tom

Posted 1 Month Ago

Hi guys,

Thanks a lot for your answer !!! Great support !!
Anyhow, I tried your code in Wordpress and it did not work.
Doesn’t matter ‘cause I found out how to make it work !
I would like to share with you the code in case somebody faces the same problems.
Here we go :

<?php if (is_front_page()) {?>
<?php coverflowfx_echo_embed_code(); ?>
<?php }?>

Again, many thanks for your always great support !!

Hi,

Thanks for sharing this with us.

Tom

Posted 1 Month Ago

the code <?php coverflowfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> once I put it into my page.php code works great.
NOW, my questions is, WHAT would be the PHP code I have to use IF I ONLY want it to appear i.E in the front page ?????
Is there any “ if is_front_page() “ whatsoever code I have to add to the “ <?php coverflowfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> “ ???????
IF SO, how would this code look like ?????
Many many many thanks in advance for any advise in this matter !!!!!!!!!!

Hi,

You should try this:

<?php
if ( is_front_page() ) {
<?php coverflowfx_echo_embed_code(); ?>
}
?>

Don

Posted 1 Month Ago

Please forgive if this has already been answered. I am using CoverFlowFX Commercial version. I have 7 flash videos (each about 10 minutes in length) that I have uploaded to my server in a VIDEO file. I have edited the IMAGES.XML to properly point to this files, but the program now takes WAY TOO LONG to begin “streaming” in live mode from my server.

Is there a way to “EMBED” the videos into COVERFLOW FX from VIMEO.COM? I have uploaded my videos to a paid account which I have with them and they can handle the “streaming” so the videos will load much faster. If you can please share with me (especially via EMail) the steps required to make this happen, I would really appreciate it. OR if you have some pointers about how to make this presentation work with the video files on my server, either way. I would really appreciate some advice. Thank you for your time.

Hi,

The videos are not loading because the coverflow.swf looks for an crossdomain.xml file that is located in the root of your folder.

Try to create a crossdomain.xml file an place it in the root folder of your website:

e.g.

<cross-domain-policy>
<site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies="master-only"/>
<allow-access-from domain="*"/>
</cross-domain-policy>

Josh Arcadia

Posted 1 Month Ago

Hi… how can I contact ‘Matt’ who posted 12 days ago or how can I reply his post to show him the solution…

“Do you folks do work for hire? I would like something similar created for my own use. Thanks and keep up the good work

<a href=“http://sendtextmessage.net”>Send Free Text Messages</a>”

Hi,

Please check your mail.

Saiful Safuan

Posted 1 Month Ago

hi,

yes, i have sent it to that address. i do not know if my hosting provider is giving the problem or what. i have resent it again.

thanks.

Hi,

We received your email and we sent you the correct package. Also, we updated our website as well. Thanks for lettings us know about this issue.

Saiful Safuan

Posted 1 Month Ago

hi guys,

i have sent you guys email with the file that i have downloaded but not yet received any response.

thanks

Hi,

We didn’t get any message from you. Are you sure you send it to support[at]flashxml.net?

Romain Renoux

Posted 1 Month Ago

Hi
i have purchase the coverflow fx but i have some error on IE 8

TypeError: Error #1090: Echec de l’analyse XML : le format de l‘élément est incorrect. at classes.ScrollBar::MyBar/onXMLLoad() at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction() at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent() at flash.net::URLLoader/onComplete()

look at my url : www.rom1.fr/PXL/wordpress

Hi,

Please follow these steps to add this component to your WordPress website.

Saiful Safuan

Posted 1 Month Ago

hi there,

i deleted cache on both firefox and ie. it still appears for less than a second and just gone.

Hi,

Please send to support[at]flashxml.net the archive you purchased and we will make the changes to remove the label.

loading comments...
Page:
<
1
...
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
...
30
>

See all comments

Do you have a question?

you will get an answer in 24 hours, tops.

Cover Flow FX

free package

paid package

Features

Installation instructions for:

How to install this Cover Flow on your website

Similar products

Comments

Do you have a question?

Galleries

Image Viewers & Slideshows

Image Menus

Audio & Video

News Readers

Widgets

Text Menus

Utils & Tools