Cover Flow FX
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
- FREE ARCHIVE
- - Fully functional, no limitations
- - Easy to install on any website without Flash
- - XML configurable
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PAID ARCHIVE
- - Label FREE (
) - - customizable AS3 components for new or current Adobe Flash projects
- DETAILS
- FREE INSTALL
- FLASH INSTALL
- WORDPRESS
- JOOMLA
- LICENSE
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 Cover Flow on your website
Step 1. SWF embedding
Download the coverflow.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("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 commercial archive
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 commercial archive
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 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 Cover Flow FX Flash component
2. Create a new folder inside your /wp-content/ directory called flashxml/cover-flow-fx and copy the content of the archive to this folder
3. Install the plugin or upload the cover-flow-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 Cover Flow 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 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
7. Customize your Cover Flow FX using the Live Demo above. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/coverflowfx/settings.xml
8. To use your own images, upload them to the flashxml/coverflowfx/images folder and update the flashxml/coverflowfx/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. From the post editor, use the following code: [cover-flow-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/cover-flow-fx]. From the PHP files of your theme, add the file name as the first argument of the coverflowfx_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 [cover-flow-fx] and [/cover-flow-fx]. From the PHP files of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the coverflowfx_echo_embed_code() function call.
If you have PHP4
To make it work if you're using PHP4, add the following code [cover-flow-fx width="600" height="300"][/cover-flow-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 coverflowfx_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/coverflowfx/
3. Unzip the archive and copy the contents to flashxml/coverflowfx/ directory
4. Download the Joomla Module and install it
5. If you used a different folder than flashxml/coverflowfx/, 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/coverflowfx/
3. Unzip the archive and copy the contents to flashxml/coverflowfx/ directory
4. Download the Joomla Plugin and install it
5. If you used a different folder than flashxml/coverflowfx/, update the Path parameter
6. Use {coverflowfx}{/coverflowfx} 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: {coverflowfx settings="settings2.xml"}{/coverflowfx} 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/coverflowfx/ folder.
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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… 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
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Hi,
Please check your mail.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Well something is wrong with you guys, I understand you changed the way it works/install but the isntructions are not accurate…
-Standard configuration says there’s a /flashxml folder that doesn’t exists
-Instructions mention to upload to ‘certain folders’ such .XMLs and .JPGs but now your plugins doesn’t install folders at all, just readme’s, screenshot, and the main .php
So is me, or you think we are regular Einsteins?
Hi,
Sorry about that.
Please tell me exactly where do you encounter difficulties so I can help you.
We’ll take it step by step and we’ll install this component in your project.
Thank you.
hi,
question 2 is solved. you’re right about the lightbox.
but question is still not solved.
Hi,
Please try to clear the cache of your browser.
hi there,
i have purchase the coverflow component. my questions are:
1. why the flashxml still appears about less than a second before the all other images are loaded?
2. why are my links in the cover flow are not clickable?
thanks
Hello,
For the first problem we are going to need a link to your website to view the problem ourselves.
As for the second problem, you probably have lightbox activated. If this is not the case, we revert back to the necessity of having a link to your website.
I’m getting an error when opening the page
it seems to be looking for the crossdomain.xml file http://riverriver.com/crossdomain.xml
See my site here:
http://www.riverriver.com/design/?page_id=5
Hello,
Could you be more specific as to the type of error? We’ve tried your page and everything is working just fine, the component loads and functions as it should.