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Hi,
I have added images with ext *.gif @ Flash Image Rotator Block and this block is added to <SPAN id=ctl00_MainContent_ContentColumnEditor3_lblTitle><SPAN id=ctl00_MainContent_ContentColumnEditor3_lblTitle>System Homepage 3
When I view my homepage, no images could be seen.
But I do not have such issue if images with ext *.jpg are added to the block.
Does the Flash Image Rotator Block only works for images with ext *.jpg or is there any configuration to be set?
Thks,
lttia1
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The flash rotator works fine in all browsers...
all you need is for the images to be .jpg or .png, you could even rotate .swf files in there, Flash doesn't support dynamic loading of other file types onto the stage, it's a limitation of flash, not the rotator... |
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I brought this up a while ago. I have a flash rotator on the homepage and it takes up to 15 seconds for the movie to start, unless I refresh the page.
From what I can tell, it's downloading all of the images before it starts the rotator. I've dropped it to 3 images since it was up to 10 images and it's the same behavior.
As far as I'm concerned, it's about 50% useable in it's current state. It needs to start playing that rotator ASAP or else the user is staring at big blank spot the size of the movie. Whitespace isn't a bad thing, but when you're using the rotator as part of the presentation process, this rotator is close to, and I mean no ill will..., useless. |
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Matt, I played around with it back in January and gave up. I don't remember which browser, but there was at least one that didn't allow the Flash Rotator to work, at least not on my machine, nor on my wife's laptop. John just posted that he's got it working in all browsers so I gave it a shot again. After SP2 and some fiddling I've gotten it to work. Sorry I don't know what I did (perhaps many months ago) that would have gotten it going properly.
Now I'll have to see about finding a way to use it effectively. I hate gimmicky stuff like this, but I like the option to use the tool.... |
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Well, the delay is not because of the images. Images do load up quickly. Its because of the flash file (swf) that u have. SWF files have to download always before they are shown on the page.
One work-around people do generally in this case is to create a gif or a jpg from the first frame of the swf file and put that in its place. When users click on the image, they open up a popup browser and then start playing the swf. However, at that time, the swf has to download completely before it can be played.
Thats the difference between swf and a progressive file like flv. Hope that helps.
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Ittia1 and Matt, Have a look: www.missionfurnishings.comI've got a rotator block running just below the L menu. If it isn't running in your browser, htere may be a local problem. It runs on IE6 and FF. |
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I get it now.. as to why my *.bmp/gif images were not able to rotate and images @ flash rotator were not shown until page is refreshed.. :)
Thanks guys!
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I have 3 images at 5k each. Takes 15-20 seconds to load the movie. The flash rotator is OOTB from BV.
Good suggestion on the background image.
BV via .NET generates an ID for the flash movie, this ID was rendered in IE but not if Firefox (not sure why?), so I couldn't use the generated ID in the stylesheet.
1. I added a div wrapper around the flash control in Flash Image Rotator/view.ascx (id="flashome")
2. added a param="wmode" value="transparent" to the movie in view.ascx.vb so a background image will be viewable behind the movie (you may also want to do this if you have drop down menus that may overlap a flash movie)
sb.Append(ControlChars.NewLine)
sb.Append("<param name=""wmode"" value=""transparent"" />")
3. stylesheet adds the first image of the movie as the background of the div id="flashhome"
Little workaround, but it solves the issue of the blank window until the movie loads.
Does the fact that the contentblock directory is named "Flash Image Rotator" with spaces rather than dashes (-) have any implications? |
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Well....
I've had a Flash movie up on my site for a few days, 8 images. Three of the 10 or so times I've loaded my site the movie takes 20 seconds to load and run, unless I refresh when it runs right away.
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