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01DecFlash XML Banner Rotator

Almost everyone that has a website wants a XML based Banner Rotator, since they are so easy to make in Flash I thought I would give out the one we sometimes use.

Features Include:

XML Based Image Loading
Ability To Randomize The Order
Custom Display Time For Each Banner

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Anonymous

Hi!
This banner is very nice. I need a width of 700 px. How could i change this. I have always a free space on the right side. Please help me? I go crazy.

Thank you.
Wolverene

Awesome! I see that there are buttons in the library but they don’t appear on the display. How can it be made to appear there. It is useful for a user to play stop pause and go back and forth. thanks.
Anonymous

small problem I am trying to includ this into the template of my site but been a dynamique template it look like the banners.xml file is not found so where and how can I put the full path to the xml file?

templates/template ?>/XML_Banner
Manish

sounds good!

I want to make a flash header just like
http://www.hulu.com/
Can you help me on that ?

http://www.weberdesignlabs.com Stephen Weber

The code you are seeing does not currently do what you are talking about, however with some modification that could be accomplished. If you are not familiar with Actionscript I would suggest hiring a freelance developer to help you out.

vinothsn

can you send flash 8 version in file
Vahur

Hello,

Could you please tell me where could i change the flash size so that it works. I opened the *.fla file and changed the size and imported the movie but it would not work, there is a black box in the right corner. I would like to change the size to 700×240, i allready changed the pictures to that size.

Thank you in advance,
Vahur
Ken

thanks for the great flash rotator! I’ve just one issue. I’m trying to display banners that are 846w by 258h, for some reason I’m getting a large black space on the right side of the banner and it’s cutting off about 30% of the banner itself. any ideas?

my settings:

‘codebase’, ‘http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0',
‘width’, ’846′,
‘height’, ’258′,
‘src’, ‘XML_Banner’,
‘quality’, ‘high’,
‘pluginspage’, ‘http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
‘align’, ‘TL’,
‘play’, ‘true’,
‘loop’, ‘true’,
‘scale’, ‘noscale’,
‘wmode’, ‘opaque’,
‘devicefont’, ‘false’,
‘id’, ‘XML_Banner’,
‘bgcolor’, ‘#000000′,
‘name’, ‘XML_Banner’,
‘menu’, ‘false’,
‘allowFullScreen’, ‘false’,
‘allowScriptAccess’,'sameDomain’,
‘movie’, ‘XML_Banner’,
‘salign’, ‘left’

any help would be great!
thanks again!
http://www.atasozlerianlamlari.com/ atasözleri

Thank you wonderful!

I am want to too long time.. Perfect time!
Adam

Ive uploaded the files ( swf pics and js ) to a site that is not the hosting site of the page where the code is. I changed the “allowscriptaccess” value to “always” but the content still does not load. Ive changed the parameters to the full URL where the files are. is there something with the class that needs to be changed?
Nick W.

Beast! Thanks so much for this. Putting it on a site right now.
help with xml files

can someone please tell me how/where to set the directory paths?
really would like to get this working…!

i set the path in the html file for the .js and now i have a black (#000000) space showing.

im totally new to this; can someone give me ‘noob’ ‘instructions?

i have put all the files in same directory ‘XML’ but i have no idea how to set the directory paths; i am only running a local server at this point in time; so it’s all http://localhost/ etc…

i can get a “normal” .swf to run, but these referenced xml files i have no idea..please help!!
Anonymous

Where is the instruction and setup file? Script pretty straight forward except I don’t seem to be able to reference the XML file. JS doesn’t not seem to reference an VARxml….attribute to call the XML script.
sorted

Just to say thanks very much for this, gotta love the internets
Gustav

I have the following dimensions: 762×405 and the banner doesn’t allow it… For some reason is maximizing the picture. Is not showing the entire image.

http://www.weberdesignlabs.com Stephen Weber

If you want to change the size of the image, then you have to change the Flash.

Me

when published, the images don’t show, just the name of the images even though everything has been uploaded

http://www.weberdesignlabs.com Stephen Weber

Check your paths in the XML then. If you are using relative paths, then change to absolute and if that fixes it then your relative paths were wrong. Also if the images are loading from another site, check for your crossdomain issues.

Westcoastenergy

Gotta say! Sure wish I stuck to the forum when i downloaded the file, all the answers are in here if you look. I saw a lot of re-posts that weren’t necessary but regardless. Great Job Man!!! Easy to tweak and it works like a hot damn! Love it!

CheerS!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7FF4EN27I7GYKGHFG6SSMYQCXQ Ilyascan Yildiz

am trying to includ this into the template of my site but been a dynamique template it look like the banners.xml file is not found so where
Maria

where can i find instructions on how to install this? for someone who has never done xml before?

http://www.weberdesignlabs.com Stephen Weber

There is no instructions on installing this. It runs as is and you just have to edit the XML and maybe the path in the Flash. XML and HTML are very similar so if you have any website coding skills you should be just fine. Otherwise you might consider hiring someone to help you out.

Maria

i do not see a place in the xml files where i can change the sizing of pictures?

http://www.weberdesignlabs.com Stephen Weber

You size the pictures to your desired size in a image editing program and then connect them to the XML. You wouldn’t want it to load a much bigger image than it needs because then the load time would be much greater than necessary.

Celesh

Hi!
I really like your banner rotator
I’m trying to integrate it in another as3 project, but it doesn’t work, I just see a black rectangle..
Here’s the way I’m trying to do it:

var loaderS:Loader = new Loader();
slider.addChild(loaderS);
loaderS.load(new URLRequest(“banner/XML_Banner.swf”));

I’m not really able to use flash.. ..can you give me a little help?

Can you help me?
Thanks!
Eduardo Caliuolo

can you please send me version for flash player 8 some one can help thanks
Rahul

Hi

I was searching for one got yours. Really good. I thought you would have given swf only but I was glad to see the fla in the package. Really helpful.

Thanks
stripetg

Love this banner. Is there a way to add forward and back arrows to it?
quantamultimedia.com

good
Mike

First of all, many thanks Stephen. This is a great little tool. I now wonder if there’s a way to force a browser to reload the .xml each time the page is loaded? We’re always swapping banners out over here!

http://www.weberdesignlabs.com Stephen Weber

The flash piece will pull the XML each time the page is loaded, if its caching then you can either append a timestamp to the XML path to make it unique every time its reloaded or due that in the flash piece as well. I am sure there are a dozen other ways to solve this problem, but these are fast and easy.

Joe

I have never been more thankful for a free source of excelent flash.
Steve

Love the ease of setup, and as a simple rotator it works really well. I’ve run into a couple of problems, however: (1) I changed the html page in all 3 places from 600×300 to the size of my banners (800×450) – but your software is taking the first 600×300 of the banner and stretching it to 800×450. Have you hard-coded your 600×300 into the flash somewhere? (2) the text doesn’t go beyond about 35 characters.

Any thoughts? Thanks.
http://profiles.google.com/e11international Eddie Potros

Very lovely! Nice effect for transitions!
Intel Cybernetics

Excellent Work
Jennjenn

Can anyone help me with this? I have uploaded the files to my website. Created new images with Photoshop. Edited the code for the new images. When I click on the .swf file, it plays great. Problem is, when I try to insert the banner into one of my pages, all I get is a black rectangle. Any clue what I’m doing wrong?
Martim Diogo

Grat job on this. It works perfectly. I was having some troubles on chanching the banner size but after some time fighting wit Flash i managed to change the size and solve that black box problem. Also I removed the text layer. I will keep your script to future needs, right now it will save-me a lot of time everytime I need to change my banner content. You guys can see it in action here: http://www.ibervoice.pt

thanks
Phillip Blanton

Perfect. The only things it is missing is a back/forward buttonset, and a set of buttons to go directly to the desired pane. I’ll live without them, because this control is so good.
http://www.weberdesignlabs.com Stephen Weber

Here is the license:
http://www.weberdesignlabs.com/blog/licenses/

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