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I’m trying to integrate flash with my storefront. I have a template that looks like this:

faculty_flash.phtml

The absolute paths work, but I’m pretty sure I want to use relative paths. Does anyone know how I’d accomplish this in Magento? Thanks.

JazzcatCB - 15 February 2008 06:31 PM

The absolute paths work, but I’m pretty sure I want to use relative paths. Does anyone know how I’d accomplish this in Magento? Thanks.

Something like this I think.

param value="{{skin url=’test_theme/flash/faculty_sidebar.swf’}}”

if it doesn’t work, try creating a flash folder in the ‘images’ folder then try this:
param value="{{skin url=’images/flash/faculty_sidebar.swf’}}”

Great. I’ll give it a shot. Thank you very much Chinesedream.

Unfortunately, neither approach worked. Am I right in assuming that anything enclosed by {{}} gets replaced by a path string in the html? Because this didn’t happen. The html source contained the original {{}} directive. Apparently, my template file isn’t being parsed by Magento.

Ah Sorry, I was working on a CMS static page last night and gave you the wrong one.

Try this:

param value="<?=$this->getSkinUrl('test_theme/flash/faculty_sidebar.swf')?>"

Is your theme default? If not, I think you need to match with your custom theme, make sure that in the in the admin configuration, the ‘themes’ under the Design is called.

You don’t need to use your theme name ‘test_theme’ in the getSkinUrl - so you only need <?=$this->getSkinUrl('flash/faculty_sidebar.swf')?>

Hey, that worked perfectly! Thanks chinesedream and ohminu. Is there documentation anywhere that lists what methods are available? How did you discover this method chinesedream?

JazzcatCB - 18 February 2008 07:36 AM

How did you discover this method chinesedream?

There are a number of examples in the default phtml files that show the relative path for linking images , so I thought it must work for swf as they are basically the same principle

Hey Friends -

I’m trying to add a Flash slideshow to my homepage cms, as such:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="485" height="300" id="slideshow" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="http://shopmedpro.com/store/ss/slideshow.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="http://shopmedpro.com/store/ss/slideshow.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="485" height="300" name="slideshow" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

All I get is a blank white area; What am i missing?

THANX!

Hi,

u need this smal part of JS also.
This is how it works if u put it into a static block.

Thanks for the reply!

Ok, so are you saying put all of that code in the static block? If the absolute path to the swf is

http://shopmedpro.com/store/ss/slideshow.swf

where do I put that in your code?

And what is this in English:

alert(”Diese Seite erfordert die Datei \"AC_RunActiveContent.js\".");

THANK YOU so much for your generous help !

the bottom bit (between the object tags) did the trick - i didn’t even need the js!

thanks :o]

@BlackDesk: “Diese Seite erfordert die Datei” means: “this page need the Data” - i.e. indicating that “AC_RunActiveContent.js\"." is missing.

I vistited your web site - nice Flash already working!

I am also impressed by your Service Request Form, that includes both Text fields and boxes. Are the information forwarded to the Shop Owner per email, or does the input show up in the Admin Panel? Hmmmmm..., I wish I could manage to do that myself. 

I can not get this to work, here is what I’m putting into the code from the CMS homepage maybe that’s my problem?

and my xml file is this

Are other peoples flash files working because they are not using an xml file?
I’ve tried a few other ways as well, following the code of other sites who have this working, but I just can’t get it to work. I think it has something to do with the xml file because there is a window area there that says it’s a flash file if you right click. It’s just the images won’t load?

Please help
thanks

I’m having this same problem! I have an SWF that is locked so I can’t alter the path of the XML file.

Is there any way to make this work?

solomfb - 07 August 2008 08:44 PM

I can not get this to work, here is what I’m putting into the code from the CMS homepage maybe that’s my problem?

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="685" height="500" id="slideshow" align="middle">
    <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
    <param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
    <param name="movie" value="http://www.resourcedist.com/resource-store/skin/frontend/default/default/images/store-slideshow/slideshow.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
    <embed src="http://www.resourcedist.com/resource-store/skin/frontend/default/default/images/store-slideshow/slideshow.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="685" height="500" name="slideshow" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
    </object>

and my xml file is this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gallery>
<album title="Resource Brands" description="Images of Resource Brands" 
lgpath="skin/frontend/default/default/images/store-slideshow/gallery/album1/large/">
<img src="home-rotation-images-riviera.jpg" />
<img src="home-rotation-images-given.jpg" />
<img src="home-rotation-images-paris.jpg" />
<img src="home-rotation-images-roger.jpg" />
<img src="home-rotation-images-AA.jpg" />
<img src="home-rotation-images-venom.jpg" />
<img src="home-rotation-images-jessup.jpg" />
</album>
</gallery>

Are other peoples flash files working because they are not using an xml file?
I’ve tried a few other ways as well, following the code of other sites who have this working, but I just can’t get it to work. I think it has something to do with the xml file because there is a window area there that says it’s a flash file if you right click. It’s just the images won’t load?

Please help
thanks

hey guys, have you found a solution to your problem?

i am as well trying to embed a flash flow-style menu to my homepage. i did what i saw in the forums, basicly put

to my homepage from backend. the component is there, but the pictures won’t show. my pics are in a folder called flash_images, in the same folder (images/media) as the swf file.i have no idea what’s wrong or what to do with the xml file!

anyone can help?

thanks!