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
- finite or infinite scrolling
- supports different thumbs dimensions
- multiple scrolling properties
- customizable speeds on rolling out and over the scroller
- expand/zoom effects on rolling over a thumb
- low CPU usage
- external assets for arrows and preloader
- color and transparency roll over effects
- customizable reflection
- 20 customizable tooltip properties
- supports JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF for the thumbs, configurable through images.xml file
- overall dimensions resizable to the extent of 1680 x 1050
Installation instructions for:
How to install this Image Scroller on your website
Step 1. SWF embedding
Download the image-scroller.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("FXImageScroller.swf", "ImageScrollerDiv", "600", "300", "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="ImageScrollerDiv"></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 width and height on the live demo (which you will set below).
Now you will have to define the properties of your Image Scroller.
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 Image Scrollers on the same page, for the same imagescroller.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.
imagescroller.swf has about 40 KB and embeds only the Verdana font. To be able to embed any other font you’ll need the Image Scroller Flash component.
If you’ll want to use the Image Scroller in Flash projects (FLA files), the Image Scroller is available as a Flash component (MXP file) in the paid package
Instructions on how to use the Image Scroller 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 image-scroller-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 Image Scroller FX from the Settings tab from your WordPress Dashboard and update the path accordingly
4. Add [image-scroller-fx][/image-scroller-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page.
5. If you want to make the Image Scroller FX part of your theme, edit the template files and add <?php imagescrollerfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> where you want it to show up
6. Customize your Image Scroller FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite wp-content/flashxml/image-scroller-fx/settings.xml
7. To use your own images, upload them to wp-content/flashxml/image-scroller-fx/images and update the wp-content/flashxml/image-scroller-fx/images.xml file accordingly
Additional settings file
To embed the Image Scroller 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 [image-scroller-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/image-scroller-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 imagescrollerfx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php imagescrollerfx_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 [image-scroller-fx] and [/image-scroller-fx]. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the imagescrollerfx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php imagescrollerfx_echo_embed_code("","Alternative content"); ?>).
If you have PHP4
To make it work with PHP4, add [image-scroller-fx width="600" height="300"][/image-scroller-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 imagescrollerfx_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/image-scroller-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 imagescrollerfx 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 Image Scroller FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/imagescrollerfx/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 imagescrollerfx 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 {imagescrollerfx}{/imagescrollerfx} where you want the Flash to show up in your article
5. Customize your Image Scroller FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/imagescrollerfx/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: {imagescrollerfx settings="settings2.xml"}{/imagescrollerfx} 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: {imagescrollerfx width="400" height="300"}{/imagescrollerfx}. 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/imagescrollerfx/ folder.
Below you will see instructions on how to install and use the Image Scroller Component in Flash (available for Flash CS3, CS4, and Flash Player 9 or later).
For basic instructions on how to integrate the Image Scroller’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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Spookus
Posted 1 Month AgoHow do I make my setting.xml link an absolute path within Flash? Every time I alter the components inspector in Flash, the output gives me an error. The link is http://goldentechspreview4.ning.com/ and the site works locally, but not on my server. I don’t have access to the FTP of the server, so I can not add the file/path that it’s looking for. Thanks anyone for any assistance:-)
Hi,
Please re-download the commercial archive because we made some updates.
The latest version allows you to customize the component via Component Inspector.
Simon Hall
Posted 1 Month AgoHi
I have tried everything i know and still not loading the images on the electrical.html page.. the settings and file locations are exactly the same as on my local machine when i tested it so is there something server side that needs to be taken in consideration?
Hi,
Are you sure that you’re trying to embed the Image Scroller in the electrical.html page?
I’m asking you this because I checked the source of this html page and there is no trace for embedding code.
You can check it yourself, open your page in a browser an press Ctrl+U.
You’ll see what I’m talking about.
Simon Hall
Posted 1 Month AgoHi
Thankyou for response. if I leave the script tag as <script type=“text/javascript” src=”../js/swfobject.js”></script> for the swfobject.js file how should i modify the path for the images.xml?
This is the first image line from the images.xml file….
<photo image=“images/Design_electrical.jpg” bigimage = “images/big/Design_electrical big.jpg” target=”_blank” lightboxinfo=“Description for image Electrical Design” url=“http://www.integrated-electrical.co.uk/electrical.html”><![CDATA[Electrical Design]]></photo>
All my images for the website are in the ‘images’ folder which is in the root folder of the site!
Thanks
Simon
Simon Hall
Posted 1 Month AgoHi
Not sure if my post reached you earleir…
I installed the scrollerFX and it works great on my site, locally on my pc. When I uploaded my site it trys to load (red square sequence) but doesnt display the images! I have palced the images.xml, settings.xml, imagescroller.swf in the root folder of the domain (www) I have inserted the following scrip as the swfobject.js is in the ‘js’ folder… In the image folder the src is as follows image=“images/Design_electrical.jpg etc….. I think its a path issue but whatever i try including inserting the flashvars.folderPath = “my_path”; to create the correct pathway. Are the xml files ok in the root directory? I assumed the swfobject.js wont run directly from the root folder and have tried it but no go…..
Is it possible to have a look at the site and advise what the problem may be? www.integrated-electrical.co.uk/electrical.html
Script code added to the electrical.html:
<script type=“text/javascript” src=”../js/swfobject.js”></script>
<script type=“text/javascript”>
var flashvars = {};
var params = {};
params.scale = “noscale”;
params.salign = “tl”;
params.wmode = “transparent”;
var attributes = {};
swfobject.embedSWF(“imagescroller.swf”, “ImageScrollerDiv”, “600”, “190”, “9.0.0”, false, flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>
K Rgds
Simon
Hi,
You have some wrong path to your photos in your images.xml file. Please make sure you’re using the correct ones.
Daniel
Posted 1 Month Agook guys now it works. i just repeated all the instructions as i did earlyer. sorry for the previous post. you can delete both my posts!! your plugins really rocks! bye
Hi,
We’re glad you made it work.
Daniel
Posted 1 Month AgoHi guys, i’ve accordion already installed and working on my mainpage. i use wordpress.
i placed the php code into my sidebar (not as a widget)and everything works fine, customizations too!
now i can’t do the same in a page post with image scroller. Neither in this way [image-scroller-fx][/image-scroller-fx] nor with the php code <?php imagescrollerfx_echo_embed_code(); ?>
although i noticed that inserting the php code in a generic page(the base page that host the posts)
it works. so what is not working correctly with embedding the plugin in the posts?
this is my site www.danielepezzella.it and in the home you can see the accordion component on the side bar. now, i’d like to install the imagescroller on the friends page and thumbnail their websites. please give me a light, i really like your components!!!!
frank
Posted 1 Month AgoNot to sure how to do that. I am to upload every type of extension to my web host, but when I change out the images to a image source that comes from my domain, the flash script stops working. When I change out images from my computer by creating a new folder and images, the flash script seems stalled. If I used the image folders that were previously created in the zip folder and upload those to my web host, it doesn’t work. My goal is to be able to randomly change out images that will be displayed on my website. How can I make this work? Thanks again.
Hi,
Could you please give me a link to your website?
I’ll check it out.
Thank you.
frank
Posted 1 Month AgoHaving a hard time changing image path in settings to my web host and file. Can not make any changes unless it’s done locally. Have any suggestions.? Thanks
Hi,
You could try to generate settings.xml file dynamically using PHP scripting code, ASP or others.
Carmine
Posted 1 Month AgoCan you please tell me why this cannot be easily embedded in an html page. I just paid $12 for it on flash components and didn’t realize that it was available for free here. I don’t mind having paid for it, but it sounds that there is many errors still with this specific component. All i want to do is embed this component on one of my pages, the page also has a flash navigation bar, I can’t align this image scroller in the area I’d like for it to be in. Can you tell me why? I will forward this to the support@.
Hello,
If you’ve managed to embed the object, then I presume that you have followed the tutorial found here .
Now, further clarification – the component is available for free download only with a watermakr on it, in the upper left corner.
As for successfully arranging the component in your page, the component is put in a certain div table (checkout the tutorial mentioned above). Use that div’s id in your css file to align the component properly.
chuck
Posted 1 Month AgoAre you guys still working on Imagescroller FX? I have downloaded this 3 times in the last week, and the files keep changing (now I see you have added multiple image sets). Previously, the title/description for the lightbox was not working properly. I tried fixing it myself in the javascript code without any success. Now it appears to be fixed. If you ARE still working on this component, can you please post update comments so I can wait until it is complete?
Hi,
We make updates on our components each time we fix a bug or we add some new features.
We’ll consider your suggestion for creating a section for changelog.
Thank you.