Joomla! with Flash电子书

Joomla! with Flash

Table of Contents

Joomla! with Flash

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewers

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Get Started with Flash in Joomla!

Why use Flash in Joomla!?

Creating Flash objects

Some tools for working with Flash

SWiSH Max

Ajax Animator

Wink

Flash charting tools

Animated Charts

amCharts

Open Flash Chart

FusionCharts

ActionScript libraries

Riva FLV Encoder

sIFR

PowerPoint to Flash converter

Setting up the development environment

Web server

Database server

PHP

Example website

Summary

2. Enhance Your Joomla! Content with Flash

Have a look at the site!

Adding slideshows

Using RokSlideShow

Showing captions and descriptions for images

Adding the slideshow to Joomla! articles

Showing Flash in modules

The Flash Module

Joomla! Random Flash Module

Adding Flash movies using Simple Video Flash Player

Showing Flash movie in a module

Showing a Flash movie in content

Summary

3. Creating Attractive Menus with Flash

The existing Joomla! menu system

Making menus attractive using Flash

Flash Floating Menu

Using the component

Using the module

Super Web Flash module for Joomla! 1.5

Some other extensions for creating Flash menus

Summary

4. Creating Flash Photo Galleries

Building Flash photo galleries

Expose Flash Gallery

Configuring Expose gallery

Creating collections and albums

Adding photos and videos to albums

Showing the album

Showing the Expose Scroller module

Using the Expose plugin

Ozio Gallery

Showing photos from Flickr

Showing photos from a folder

Configuration for skins

Tilt 3D skin

Flickr Slideshow skin

Flickr Photos skin

Image Rotator skin

LustMosaico skin

Flickr Slideoo

Accordion skin

FlashCategory skin

FlashGallery skin

Carousel skin

Imagin skin

New Gallery

Simple Flash Image Gallery (SFIG)

Dynamic Flash Gallery

Summary

5. Flashier than Ever: Maps, Charts, Custom Fonts, Multimedia, and More

Showing maps using YOS amMap

Installing and configuring YOS amMap

Adding map files

Creating a map

Map data file

Map settings file

Publishing a map through the module

Showing the map in content using a plugin

Showing charts using YOS amChart

Configuring YOS amChart

Creating a chart

amChart settings file

amChart data file

Publishing the chart through the module

Embedding the chart in content using a plugin

Showing the content in any font using sIFR

Using Flash uploader

Creating a streaming media site

Installing and configuring JVideo!

Adding videos to your site

Showing videos in the frontend

Adding videos to content

Adding Flash MP3 players

Simple MP3 Bar

UnMP3 for Joomla! 1.5

Flash MP3 Player

Visual mind mapping with Joom!FreeMind

Summary

6. Flash Decorations: Flashy Templates, Headers, Banners, and Tickers

Adding Flash in templates

Structure of a Joomla! template

Using Flash logos

Using Flash headers

Using Flexheader3

Creating a module position

Configuring the module

Using Web Flash Module to show headers

Using Flash banners

Flash tickers

Summary

7. Playing with Code

Using Joomla! content in Flash

Using content from a database in Flash objects

Developing Flash content using J-AMFPHP

Configuring J-AMFPHP

Designing services

Using services in Flash

Ensuring accessibility of Flash content

Identifying accessibility issues

Addressing common accessibility issues

Summary

8. Troubleshoot Your Applications

Issues related to Joomla!

Problems with installation of extensions

SEF problems

Issues related to Flash

Flash 10 and Joomla! Flash Uploader

Inserting a Flash object in the Joomla! header

Issues related to individual extensions

Expose Flash Gallery

YOS amChart

The Random Flash Module

Ozio Gallery

Dynamic Flash Gallery

JVideo!

J-AMFPHP

Summary

A. Resources for Joomla! and Flash

Resources for Joomla!

Resources for Flash

Summary

Index