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Hi Guys,
I recently purchased Imagevue and I'm delighted with it. I need a little assistance with embedding a swf in the gallery. The file i want to embed is one of those book pageflip flash components
The link to the component is
http://s3.envato.com/files/83024/index.html
and the file dimension is 900px x 700px
Flash 8+ AS2

I'm quite new to all this programming and code.You could say that I'm even lower than a newbie.
I want to open it up in a gallery folder called "books"
I tried to upload using the instructions for filemod and I also tried to upload into a gallery folder thru the imagevue/admin section on my site but to no avail. The swf won't run properly.

Here is what happens when I attempt to upload the component using mysite/imagevue/admin
http://www.mikeivers.com/portfolio/?p=g ... pbook.swf/
Unfortunately the swf is too small to read. It really need to open as 900x700 to be legible.Also the audio clip inside the pageflip can't be heard. Would it be possible to go straight to the pageflip file from the main menu,with no initial thumbnail view, no thumnail scroller, hide the shadow and to hide the pagebuttons completely for this gallery only?

Here is the result when I use filemod
http://www.mikeivers.com/portfolio/?p=g ... ent/Book2/


For a screen shot of the files contained with the component I purchased click on the following link
http://www.mikeivers.com/portfolio/?p=g ... led-1.jpg/
Where do I up load all the different files such as scripts etc?

I appreciate any assistance you can offer.
regards
Mike

Managed to figure out the audio problem
admin section>config>audioplayer>use image folder and upload the audio clip to the gallery folder.

I had a long think about this issue and I think most of it could be resolved by using different configs for different folders within the content folder of my site. This option was mentioned Globetrotter,Karl and Pain in the following link
https://forum.photo.gallery/viewtopic.p ... ght=config
Have the developers made any progress in this area?

Sorry for late reply - I was in dialog with you about the pageflipper by email, no? How is it working out?

Multiple config files will be available in a release coming this spring ...

Hi Karl,

Thanks for the email
I uploaded the pageflip swf file to the Imagevue/filmods folder and selected it from the dropdown menu but it doesn't play properly. You can see the glitch here
http://www.mikeivers.com/web/?p=gallery ... t/4_Books/

I noticed that when you click on that link and it produces an "undefined" error, it URL in the browser changes after a couple of seconds to
http://www.mikeivers.com/web/#/content/start/

I don't know why.I'm not sure what to do next.Can you offer any more advice?

Thank you
Mike

hmm, no... unfortunately, there are all kinds of things that can go wrong when including a complex external SWF file. I could only look into it if you sent me the pageflip flash

Hi,

i had the same probs starting embed external files. I`am using the flipper since two month and it works well. Not in filemod, but well as textpage.
700px height is a little prob with a 17" widescreen or a 15" monitor.
Starting up i have projected the same huge dimensions as you. Now I use all swf with max width 470px and the textpages with 490px, so you must not scroll on a 15" or 17" screen.

You can take a look via the button below. Direct linking is not possible, go to mainmenu/links/ then click on photographers or directories for check the pageflipper on the upcoming textpage.

-bico-

Hi Bico,
Thanks you very much for your post!!!!I only have a very small amount of knowledge about coding. Can you possibly email me the code you used in your textpage?
If you click the link below you will be able to see the files inside the pageflip folder
http://www.mikeivers.com/portfolio/?p=g ... led-1.jpg/

I'm not sure if the pageflip component you are using is the exact same as mine but maybe you might know where to upload the various files inside the folder? I would be very grateful for any help you can give me!
Your website is very impressive. You obviously put a lot of work into it.
I also enjoyed your photographs. Keep up the good work!

Many thanks
Mike

hi mike,

first check your theme in config. Set the width, margin and padding for your textpage. ( attention, its a global setting for all your textpages )
For example my textpages are 745px width, margin 20px, padding 20px, the swf for this page has, in this case, max 725px width 490px height.

Save, go to manage/content, create a new folder, use it as textpage.
If your new folder is integrated in your imagevue content, link it like followed.

<img src="content/yourFolder1/yourFolder2/your.swf" height="490"/>

Then change the "textpage" in "folder" and upload your swf via admin. After uploading don`t forget change the "folder" in "textpage".

Creating a global folder ( for example using 2 languages and 1 linksection for both )in the root, outside imagevue content, needs to be absolute linked, see below...

<img src="http://www.yourdomain.xx/content/yourFo ... 2/your.swf" height="490"/>

After that, you must upload your swf via ftp to your server into the specified folder.

The height is in both examples important, cause it`s not specified until now, it should be same height as your swf.
Save and check, for align and valign the swf in middle of the page you need a little play with margin and padding in your theme.

regards
-bico-

Hello all,

Thanks a lot bico for the cool reply, i had a issue like mike & boy you sorted it
i am so happy more so to ge all info without posting all the text which was done by mike for me lol thanks mike.

Cheers!!!