WP-Plugin: NextGEN FlashViewer

Description: The famous Adobe Flash Plugins (SimpleViewer, TiltViewer, AutoViewer, PostcardViewer) from Airtight Interactive for NextGEN Gallery.

Latest Version: 0.90 - Changelog

Author: Boris Glumpler & Alex Rabe

Requires at least: WP 2.1.0

Tested up to: WP 2.5

Download: click here for the zip!

Installation

1. Upload the files in nextgen-flashviewer to wp-content/plugins/nggflashviewer
2. Go to airtightinteractive.com and download the SimpleViewer & Tiltviewer, AutoViewer & PostcardViewer
3. Rename the viewer.swf in the postcardviewer folder to pcviewer.swf
4. Upload the files viewer.swf, TiltViewer.swf,autoviewer.swf and pcviewer.swf to the nggflashviewer/flash folder
5. Activate the plugin
6. Go to Gallery->FlashViewer and change the options to suit your needs.
7. That’s it…

Update

1. Upload new files to the nggflashviewer folder using FTP (Automatic update is not supported at the moment
2. Check to see if everything works…
3. Done!!

Usage

You have two main options in displaying the three viewers. Inline or with a javascript effect. The main tag you can add in your posts looks something like this:

[simple/tilt/autoviewer=galleryID or flickr,width,height,*link*,+comma,seperated,flickr,tags+]

Let’s have a look at the inline version first.

Inline

Note that for the inline version you leave the *link* bit blank. Now to some examples…

SimpleViewer

[simpleviewer=13,500,600]

TiltViewer

[tiltviewer=14,500,550]

[tiltviewer=flickr,500,550,+christchurch+]

Enter the Flickr tags within the two + and only use these if you actually use Flickr. If you don’t enter any tags, then all Flickr images will be shown.

AutoViewer

[autoviewer=16,500,375]

PostcardViewer

[pcviewer=2,500,500]

Javascript Effect

Here you need to substitute the link in *link* for, what a surprise, the text you want as a link. I am so eloquent at times… I have the Highslide effect activated on my site, but NextGEN FlashViewer supports Thickbox as well.

SimpleViewer

[simpleviewer=12,500,600,*test*]

TiltViewer

[tiltviewer=10,500,550,*test*]

[tiltviewer=flickr,500,550,*test*,+christchurch+]

AutoViewer

[autoviewer=11,500,375,*test*]

PostcardViewer

[pcviewer=4,500,500,*test*]

The Future

I am planning to add a few more features, like adding the additional options that come with the professional versions of the viewers or making it somehow use NextGEN image tags to display galleries. Don’t expect that to happen overnight though. I am still new to this whole programming bit. If you have any feature suggestions, then leave a comment and I’ll consider it.

Bugs and other insects

If you encounter any problems, bugs or annoying mosquitos, please leave a comment and I will come running with my can of 100% deet…

Credits and Thanks

Alex Rabe did all of the work for the initial version of this plugin and then he helped me with this one. Thanks a bunch for that. I learned a lot by just adding those few bits and pieces and made me realize how much more I actually don’t know.

Boris, the sole author of Travel-Junkie.com, happened to get more than his fair share of the Wanderlust-gen and now tries very successfully to fulfill the role nature has foreseen for him. For that reason he can usually be found in some obscure, far-away region of Earth swimming with the big fish, chewing some beetle nut or chilling out in his hammock.
Contact the author or read more about him.

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Posted in Geeky Stuff on 4 April 2008 | Read article in Deutsch | Share This | Comments Feed