virtuemart + flash

[RedLight Traitor]

I hope you guys like it:  http://www.shopknowlabel.com

[Nirm]

really nice!!

[RedLight Traitor]

thanks for the comment!

[Nirm]

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

[tcherno]

Yeah! Nice products layout! Very simple, efficient.
I wonder how you achieved to link virtuemart and flash together... 

Maybe very fun for a portfolio...

[RedLight Traitor]

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.

[lob73]

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...

[Nirm]

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?

[RedLight Traitor]

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.

[AC]

This is a great fix and it is just what I'm looking for. What is your "cheap" price for your work?

[Guillo]

That looks very nice! What editor are you using to create the XML file used to place the Flash file??