Setting Up Your Easy Photo Gallery (AS2)

This product uses a .php file to access the pictures in the 'pics' folder. When using .php files, the .php files will only work when they are online. To start using this product, first follow the steps listed below to get it working for the first time.

 

1. Extract all of the files in the .zip folder that you have downloaded.
2. Upload the following files into a folder on your server:
   • AC_RunActiveContent.js
   • EasyPhotoGallery.swf
   • EasyPhotoGallery.xml
   • EasyPhotoGallery.php
   • index.html
   • 'pics' folder with all of your pictures
3. Open the EasyPhotoGallery.xml file on your computer and change <PHP_PATH>http://www.yoursite.com/picReader/EasyPhotoGallery.php</PHP_PATH> to show the exact address that the EasyPhotoGallery.php file is located on your server.
4. Re-Upload EasyPhotoGallery.xml to your server.
5. Start your web browser and browse to the location of the index page that you have just uploaded.

 

The product should now be working successfully. Now you should be able to preview your file straight from Flash, as long as your folder setup on your computer is the same as online, and your PHP_PATH in the .xml file points to it's location on the web.

Note for previewing from Flash: The Flash file gets information from the .php file online, so it will read the contents of the 'pics' folder located online, but your flash file will look for the pictures located in your 'pics' folder on your desktop. So, make sure the contents of your 'pics' folder are the same in both locations if you are trying to preview straight from Flash.

The .XML File

• PHP_PATH - Put the absolute path of where your PHP file will be located.
• STARTUP_GALLERY - Put 'true' if you want the gallery to show first, or 'false' if you want the first photo to show first.
• SLIDESHOW - Put 'true' if you want to have a slideshow, or 'false' if not.
• SLIDESHOW timer - The number of seconds the slideshow run off of.
• THUMB_SIZE width="80" height="80" - Put the width & height that you want your thumbnails to be (This does not change the next & previous buttons image sizes).

Your Photos

• Name your photos as you would like them to appear in the EasyPhotoGallery. This is how they will display as their title.
• Your images can be any size, and you do not have to create thumbnails.
• Copy your images into the 'pics' folder.

The .FLA file

• Drag the EasyPhotoGallery movie clip onto the stage.
• Resize the EasyPhotoGallery movie clip to whatever size you would like
• Note: The EasyPhotoGallery will look stretched out within the .fla, but will resize & align itself correctly when it's published.
• Publish the .fla
• Upload all of the supplied files into the same directory on your site.

This file uses Caurana Tweener

Documentation for Tweener can be found at http://code.google.com/p/tweener/

Licensing for Tweener can be found at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

 

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