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
- unlimited number of text items
- customizable menu width and height (up to 1680x1050)
- possibility to embed multiple fonts
- any menu and text orientation and align
- use any colors and roll over effects
- choose the item expanding direction and scale ratio
- text padding inside item
- item corner radius
- specify URL and target for each item in the XML file
- different tween functions and durations for expanding and color tween effects
Installation instructions for:
How to install this Text Menu on your website
Step 1. SWF embedding
Download the textmenu.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, menu.xml) 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("textmenu.swf", "TextMenuDiv", "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 (XML files) 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="TextMenuDiv"></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 menuWidth and menuHeight (which you will set below).
Now you will have to define the properties of your Text Menu.
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 Text Menus on the same page, for the same textmenu.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 text and add the behavior for when clicking each text item. All these through the menu.xml file. Open the XML file with a text editor and define in each row the text item, the URL to go to when clicking the item and the target (_self for the same browser window, or _blank for a new browser window).
You can have as many text items as you like. To add a new item add a new row in the XML file.
If you’ll want to use the Text Menu in Flash projects (FLA files), the Text Menu is available as a Flash component (MXP file) in the paid package
Instructions on how to use the Text Menu 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 text-menu-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 Text Menu FX from the Settings tab from your WordPress Dashboard and update the path accordingly
4. Add [text-menu-fx][/text-menu-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page.
5. If you want to make the Text Menu FX part of your theme, edit the template files and add <?php textmenufx_echo_embed_code(); ?> where you want it to show up
6. Customize your Text Menu FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite wp-content/flashxml/text-menu-fx/settings.xml
Additional settings file
To embed the Text Menu FX more than once, you will need another settings file. Let's assume your new file is called settings2.xml. Add [text-menu-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/text-menu-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 textmenufx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php textmenufx_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 [text-menu-fx] and [/text-menu-fx]. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the textmenufx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php textmenufx_echo_embed_code("","Alternative content"); ?>).
If you have PHP4
To make it work with PHP4, add [text-menu-fx width="600" height="300"][/text-menu-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 textmenufx_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/text-menu-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 textmenufx 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 Text Menu FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/textmenufx/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 textmenufx 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 {textmenufx}{/textmenufx} where you want the Flash to show up in your article
5. Customize your Text Menu FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/textmenufx/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: {textmenufx settings="settings2.xml"}{/textmenufx} 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: {textmenufx width="400" height="300"}{/textmenufx}. 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/textmenufx/ folder.
Below you will see instructions on how to install and use the Text Menu Component in Flash (available for Flash CS3, CS4, and Flash Player 9 or later).
For basic instructions on how to integrate the Text Menu’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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Beriskunk
Posted 7 Months AgoHey men… how can i make the background of this component transparent?
Thanks a lot.
bergmans
Posted 7 Months AgoHi there,
Bought the big bundle this week, installed a couple of components through the CS4 Extension Manager, but…
There are NO FlashXML components visible in the components (Ctrl F7) panel in Flash CS4.
Un- and reinstalled the components a couple of times, restarted Flash every time, but no result…
Help!!!
Thanks in advance,
Bye
Ward
Hi,
Open the FLA that you downloaded from us.
And try to reload the components from the components window by pressing the reload button (top-right corner of the components window).
See if appears to you the installed Text Menu.
Rene
Posted 7 Months AgoHi,
is it possible to set the Background-Color (General Properties) transparent? And how?
Thank you
Hi,
From your settings.xml file in the General Properties set the value of backgroundColor value to 0.
Michelle
Posted 7 Months AgoMy mistake in my posting it has a textmenu.fla file not a textmenu.swf that has your logo.
Hi,
The free archive doesn’t contains the FLA.
Also in the free archive the SWF is labeled with our logo.
Only in the commercial archive the FLA is avaible and also the SWF has no watermark.
Michelle
Posted 7 Months AgoIn the .zip file for the free bar there is no “textmenu.swf” file that the coding is calling for. The swfobject is a .js file. I have read through all instructions and entered in all correct code to my Dreamweaver along with uploading all files with my index page, no dice – there is a textmenu.swf but it only has your FlashXML.net logo box in it – please help, not sure what I am doing wrong on install or if it is just missing a needed file. Thank you :-)
Peter
Posted 7 Months AgoHi, this menu looks great. I am going to buy it. I am just wondering is there any chance to set the same width for all these red buttons to not depend on the size of words inside?
Hi,
Sorry this feature is not implemented.
Valerie
Posted 7 Months AgoHello, I would like to know if it is possible (and in this case how) to target a frame number or frame label or movieclip rather than target a url, using the Text Menu FX. Thanks in advance for your answer.
Open your Flash IDE and create a new Flash File (ActionScript 3.0).
First you’ll drag&drop on the stage from you Components window (Ctrl F7) the TextMenu component. If the component TextMenu doesn’t appears in the Components window, then you’ll need to install it using mxp file that is found in the commercial archive.
After you drag&drop the component TextMenu on the stage.
Give an instance name to the textmenu that is on the stage using Properties window (Ctrl F3), for example: textmenu.
After that, create a new layer an call it actions.
Select the first frame from this new layer you created.
Open the actions panel (F9).
Now you need to add the event listener that listens when you click on a button.
Write the follwing piece of code in your actions panel.
textmenu.addEventListener("menuItemClick", onItemClick);Next you’ll need to write the function onClick that treats this event:
function onItemClick(e:Event):void
{ var id:Number = Number(e.currentTarget.id); gotoAndPlay(id);
}
This way you can play different frames of you project.
support
Posted 8 Months AgoWhen you create a new Flash File make sure that is for AS3. This component works only with AS3. This way the Text Menu should appear in the components window (Ctrl F7).
beriskunk
Posted 8 Months AgoI’ve some troubles to install the component on Flash CS4. The component seems to be installed fine on device central CS4, but doesn’t appear in crtl F7 components menu. What’s wrong?
Guillermo Morales
Posted 8 Months AgoGuys! You do not support words with accents!!!!!
What about your spanish language clients. “Políticas” becomes “Polticas”
Are you planning a fix on this?
I already bought full package, but have not noticed this before. :-(
Thanks
Try to set the the proper value to the folderPath, like this:
For using special characters with this component you’ll find here an article that explains in detail how to do this.