Two more minor tweaks, both in slideshow_flash.php:

1. line 39 has a typo ... should be: "setOptionDefault('slideshow_flash_showcaptions', 'false');"
2. line 202 should be "./expressInstall.swf" instead of "expressInstall.swf" otherwise Flash will not load automatically in IE6 and IE7 if Flash plugin is not already installed.

Really great work though, Mark (mr. sheep)!

By the way, I also tweaked line 202 to 98% instead of 100% for IE to match with the input button I placed in (see above). However, Mark, if you wanted to add in the back button in your Flash object, I definitely wouldn't mind!

Please let me know if you do.

Thanks again,

Joe

I have not looked at the script, but your comment
1) line 39 has a typo ... should be: "setOptionDefault('slideshow_flash_showcaptions', 'false');"

Seems probably incorrect. If the default of 'slideshow_flash_showcaptions should be zero (false) then pass 0. passing the string 'false' will result in a value of true.

I think that option does actually use the string values 'true' and 'false' so the option value really should be 'false'... I would change it but that would be a breaking change so I'll probably save that for another major release if one is warranted.

The problem was a typo on the default option name - 'slideshow_flash_showcaptio[b]sn[/b]'. I've fixed that now so that will be included in the next version.

I'm working on a back-button for inclusion in the flash slideshow itself, that should be ready in the next day or two as I've worked out how to do it now.

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Mark

hey nice plugin. would you release the fla file so one could muck around with the gui?
cheers

Hi digitizer,

All of the files used to develop the flash part are present on the website - it was developed using the open source FlashDevelop rather than Adobe Flash, you can use that to update or make changes to it.

Let me know if you have any trouble downloading the source.

Thanks,
Mark

New version available now (v1.1.4). This includes:

[list=1]
[]New X button in the slideshow toolbar which exits the slideshow and returns to the referring album/photo.
[]Fixed typo in name for one of the default configuration keys.
[*]Fixed URL for Flash express install.
[/list]
Thanks to those who have identified problems and fixes!

To upgrade to this version, the slideshow_flash.php in zp-core/plugins/ and the FullScreenSlideshow.swf in zp-core/plugins/slideshow_flash/ both need to be replaced with the versions out of the new zip; else just follow the full instructions in Install.txt.

Let me know of any issues or problems.

Thanks,
Mark

Hey this has to be the coolest Zenphoto third-party plugin especially with Flash becoming more ubiquitous than even PDF. Like @fns, a lot of people will forgo a Smugmug account. I hope you continue to support it because people are going to love it. Brilliant.

Hi jayray,

Thanks for the feedback, glad you're happy with the plugin!

As to future support, I fully intend to continue supporting it so if you (or anyone else) have any ideas etc for improvements please let me know - obviously this is a hobby for me so can't make any promises but I'll certainly give things a go if people have suggestions.

m.

Hi mark. I can hardly think of anything to improve but if you force me to brainstorm then I can think of a few minor things.

1. The fullscreen button in your slideshow's control panel/dashboard can look a bit more intuitive. I can imagine some people not realizing that's what it is meant for.

2. You might want to have some kind of mouseover text for the dashboard buttons telling people what each button does.

Note: 1. and 2. fall under the category of idiot-proofing. Next I have a feature request.

3. Musical accompaniment for the slideshow. As far I know Zenphoto does not support such a feature although I am half expecting acrylian to correct me on this. With your slideshow you could call an MP3 file from the /zp-core/plugins folder. You could even have the option of choosing different MP3 files from your slideshow's dashboard in addition to a music ON/OFF control.

@jayray999: You are right Zenphoto itself does not support audio while a slideshow plays. However of course everything is generally possible (if you know how) by adding some extra code to the theme's slideshow.php page.

Malte. Thanks for the confirmation.

Tool tips for the buttons is something I've looked into, unfortunately Flash AS3 doesn't support them natively so it's a case of writing code to implement them, so that'll take a while. Definitely on the to-do list though.

The full-screen button is something I'd like to improve; I'm looking at loading the control graphics dynamically rather than building them into the flash file so all of that could be changed. Watch this space.

Music while playing - looking around it sounds like it should be simple to do from the examples of playing MP3s in Flash that I've seen, I'll have to have a play and see what can be done. Don't hold your breath though as it'll take quite a bit to get it sorted I imagine even if it is relatively straightforward!

Hi,
Is is possible to add thumbnails with scroller under/above image on slideshow page?
Thank you.
Etchbee

I have just upgraded to version 1.2.7 of zenphoto, since then I can't get this great plug-in to work! Any ideas??

I upgraded and mine functioned properly, but then I couldn't remember if I had modified it or not.

After downloading the source (1.1.4) I realize I did not. 1.2.7 now uses the user plugin folder which is located in the root of your gallery dir under "/plugins".

You'll have to move the slideshow files to the "/plugins" dir and they should function properly at that point.

Yes I have copy the stuff to the new plugins dir. It's still now working, it just does this http://www.gordon-valentine.com/photos2/blackpool/2000/page/slideshow_flash

A quick look at Safari's activity window:
/photos2/zp-core/plugins/slideshow_flash/js/swfobject.js - not found.
Of course as that directory does not exist anymore, it's /plugins now for third party plugins.

I have got it working now, I had to edit the slideshow_flash.php file. And change the following lines 202, 203 and 211.

you changed
/plugins/slideshow_flash/
to
/slideshow_flash/

I hope? I'm realizing that I had the flash in the zp-core folder as well so that's why mine continued functioning. have edited those lines myself, just didn't made it back here to post it, sorry.

Yes that's more of less the edit I had to do. It's working again now, so that's the main thing. So thanks very much for your help!!