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VirtueMart General => Your Live Sites => Topic started by: RedLight Traitor on October 14, 2007, 03:54:39 AM

Title: virtuemart + flash
Post by: RedLight Traitor on October 14, 2007, 03:54:39 AM
I hope you guys like it:  http://www.shopknowlabel.com (http://www.shopknowlabel.com)
Title: Re: virtuemart + flash
Post by: Nirm on October 14, 2007, 09:21:42 AM
really nice!!
Title: Re: virtuemart + flash
Post by: RedLight Traitor on October 15, 2007, 09:50:12 AM
thanks for the comment!
Title: Re: virtuemart + flash
Post by: Nirm on October 15, 2007, 09:56:58 AM
Would be great if you could outline the mods you have made and how have you  linked flash categories to VM. There was a tutorial on how to create Flash products in VM (www.joomlastorm.com) but sadly that site is down. Are you familiar with the new Adobe Air platform. There is a lot of buzz about building desktop apps that connect to remote apps. I found this amazing cart through the Adobe site take a look http://www.allurent.com/page.php?id=38

Title: Re: virtuemart + flash
Post by: tcherno on October 17, 2007, 09:44:57 AM
Yeah! Nice products layout! Very simple, efficient.
I wonder how you achieved to link virtuemart and flash together...  :P

Maybe very fun for a portfolio...
Title: Re: virtuemart + flash
Post by: RedLight Traitor on October 18, 2007, 05:34:50 AM
Actually the flash file was just a custom flash file that feeds information through a simple XML file. In the XML file you basically put in numbers and urls for:  FRONTimage, BACKimage, transition time, item spacing, and URL to link to individual product. Easy to do and the flash file just took a little bit of time that's all. I might consider selling it for cheap if it helps people.
Title: Re: virtuemart + flash
Post by: lob73 on October 24, 2007, 09:42:08 AM
Uaouuu! Really nice! Congratulations!
How did you managed the 2 images in the product description?
What SEF program are you using? It works very smooth...
Title: Re: virtuemart + flash
Post by: Nirm on October 24, 2007, 12:37:47 PM
Johnny,

How difficult would it be to create XML on the fly using PHP -  if you could do that the Flash product front end could act as a template to accept XML data and the whole system would be dynamic?
Title: Re: virtuemart + flash
Post by: RedLight Traitor on November 09, 2007, 20:01:37 PM
Thanks for the kind comments!

I'm using sh404sef (w) as my SEF_URL components. It's pretty easy to setup and get going once you know the basics. Most people have trouble incorporating SSL and configuring mod_rewrite WITH htacess.

As for the 2 small images in the description. That was done MANUALLY. It was tedious but gave me what I wanted. Just go and create a small image in the description and then set it to open to a pop-up window of the bigger image when clicked. Took a lot of time and I wish I knew how to program more so I could have made it more CMS-like.

XML could definitely be edited using PHP and turned into a mambot or something and the system could very well be a dynamic component as opposed to a static flash file. I didn't go all the way since the client gave us such a low budget but I could definitely look into it in the future.
Title: Re: virtuemart + flash
Post by: AC on August 26, 2009, 20:53:52 PM
This is a great fix and it is just what I'm looking for. What is your "cheap" price for your work?
Title: Re: virtuemart + flash
Post by: Guillo on March 29, 2011, 19:44:50 PM
That looks very nice! What editor are you using to create the XML file used to place the Flash file??