Today v. 4.3.2. of the tool was released. It enhances the functionality of the zooming. You can now add zoom in/ zoom out buttons and define the number of zoomSteps. You can fine tune the user experience with zoomOutStartsRotation and zoomInStopsRotation options.
Existing Customers:
If you purchased the 3D Rotate Tool no more than 1 year ago (2 years for Enterprise Customers) you are eligible for a free update. Please reqest the update by email (provide your orderId or email used when purchasing the tool).
You can embed the 3D Rotate tool into your flash projects easily. There are two approaches how to do it - using the timeline or using just ActionScript. Both examples are included in the sample file which can be downloaded here: example_multiple.zip.
Also you can test it right here, just push the “Select Product” drop-down menu:
Today v. 4.3.1. of the tool was released. It focuses on fixing a bug when using the “setNewPath” command.
Existing Customers:
If you purchased the 3D Rotate Tool no more than 1 year ago (2 years for Enterprise Customers) you are eligible for a free update. Please reqest the update by email (provide your orderId or email used when purchasing the tool).
3D Rotate Tool v. 4.3.0 was released to day. New features are:
- large Image feature : Now you can define for every image it’s large version. If a view of the product is zoomed, this larger image is loaded.
- zoomingStopsRotation : if set to true, the rotation will stop if user starts zooming an view
- rotateButton : New button was added to swich between Pan mode and Rotate mode. You can decide whether show or hide this button in config.xml using the showToggleRotateButton parameter.
Exiting customers:
If you purchased the 3D Rotate Tool no more than 1 year ago (2 years for Enterprise Customers) you are eligible for a free update. Reqest the update by email, please provide your orderId or email used when purchasing the tool.
Today I’ve finised programming a new feature in the 3D Rotate Tool. What it does is that for every image you can define a “large image”. If the user zooms a view, the large image is loaded and displayed. Check it here:
Here is a simple walkthrough how to integrate this cover flow script into your wordpress blog:
First, upload the coverflow.swf, coverConfig.xml and coverFeed.xml to any folder, eg. I choose wp-content/uploads/2008/08.
Then create a new post. Push the “Show / hide the Kitchen Sink” button to show more buttons, then select the “Insert / edit embedded media” button.
A dialog appears:
Choose Flash media type, provide path to the uploaded coverflow.swf and enter your desired width and height. Select the advanced tab:
Fill in id and name if desired. The important options are the Scale and Salign options. Set them to noscale and Top left as in the image. Also the Flashvars are important: here you provide the path to the coverConfig and coverFeed.xml. In my case I have entered this value:
New flash script is avaiable at http://www.yofla.com/flash/cover-flow/ It is a mac or iTunes like cover flow script, customizable via xml file. For more details please visit the product page.
2. Upload flashZoomer.swf
Upload flashZoomer.swf to any location of your WP site, which is convenient for you. For example you can create a directory named “flashzoomer” inside the plugins folder and upload the flashZoomer.swf there. The path to the swf will look like this: /wp-content/plugins/flashzoomer/flashZoomer.swf
Please note, when using FlashZoomer v.3.2 and above you can’t set the movie size using the WP-SWFObject width and height parameters (well, you can but then also the ui elements such as buttons get scalled). If you need different sizes of the Flash Zoomer, modify and compile them and use a naming schema like flashZoomer400×300.swf, flashZoomer500×400.swf
3. Integrate by adding the [swf] tag
Example of using the swf tag
WP SWF Object takes four parameters: green — your path to the swf red — width and height of the your swf blue — flashVars with imgSrc. imgSrc defines the path to the image you want to zoom
