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Jun 27, 2012 6:37 AM

Hi all

 

I have an animation I made in edge - which works in Safari, Firefox and Chrome

 

I have published to a folder named HTMLResources which resides in the stack I'm using it in.

 

Inside my HTMLResources folder I have

 

Name_edge.js

Name_edgeAction.js

Name_edgePreload.js

Name.html

 

a folder called

 

edge_includes

 

and my images folder

 

 

So this all works a treat right?

 

Except when I use the web content overlay - nothing happens!? I link it to the HTML file, and have tried literally every option I can think of, my folio is PDF set at 2048x1536 from a 1024 source doc

 

I have a poster image, and transparency turned ON; user interaction turned OFF

 

I have built serveral folios to make sure, rebuilt the animation 3 times, just to make sure - exported countless times, just to make sure... but alas I cannot figure it out

 

one resolve is, when I made a completely blank page and added the animation, I loaded it up on the ipad and there was the little web loading icon, then it disappeared and nothing happened -

 

Honestly guys, I'm stumped.

 

I'm running V20 Tools with v21 builder panel, on V21 Viewer iPad 3 inDesign cs5..

 

Please help I'm loosing the will!

 

Tim

846 Views   19 Replies   Latest reply: Almute Kraus, Jun 27, 2012 3:27 PM
 
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    1. Bob Bringhurst,
    Jun 27, 2012 6:43 AM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    The HTMLResources file is only for shared assets, not the index.html file. If you're creating an HTML article, put the HTML file in its own folder along with non-shared assets and import the article.

     
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  • tim.hughes
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    2. tim.hughes,
    Jun 27, 2012 8:12 AM   in reply to Bob Bringhurst
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    No it's not a HTML article, it's just a HTML animation within a standard pdf article...

     

    That's why I'm confused

     

    Tim

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    3. Bob Bringhurst,
    Jun 27, 2012 8:18 AM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    Same issue. Put the index.html file and its assets in its own folder, and create a Web Content overlay that points to the .html file. Don't use the HTMLResources folder for Web Content overlays unless you really need to make calls to share resources.

     
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  • tim.hughes
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    4. tim.hughes,
    Jun 27, 2012 8:40 AM   in reply to Bob Bringhurst
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    I have also tried that, everything that edge publishes is in one folder

     

    I have placed this folder (that contains the index.html, the .js my images and the edge_includes folder) in the links folder and used the web content overlay to navigate to the index.html

     

     

    it just doesn't play?

     
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  • tim.hughes
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    5. tim.hughes,
    Jun 27, 2012 8:45 AM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    Screen shot 2012-06-27 at 16.42.44.png

    Folder Structure and placement of html, js and assets

     

    Screen shot 2012-06-27 at 16.43.20.png

    Overlay creator panel

     

    Screen shot 2012-06-27 at 16.43.28.png

     

    Preview...

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    6. Bob Bringhurst,
    Jun 27, 2012 8:52 AM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    Did you select the overlay frame and use the Overlays panel to set it to Auto Play with a small (0.125) delay?

     

    If so, it's possible that you created HTML content that doesn't work in DPS.

     
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  • Almute Kraus
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    7. Almute Kraus,
    Jun 27, 2012 8:59 AM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    Hi,

     

    at this moment I just wanted to post a question for the same problem. 

     

    For me it looks that there is a problem when the html5 files are in a folder deep in the folders structure of the hard disk.

    If I copy the folder created by Edge (or a folder created with Wallaby) to my desktop and than choose the xxx.html in Web Content panel all works fine in DPS.

     

    Is there a restriction to the characters used in the name of the folders? I am from Germany and we use many characters which are not standard (like ä ü etc.)

     

    Best

     

    Almute

     
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    8. Bob Levine,
    Jun 27, 2012 9:45 AM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    Much easier process in InDesign CS6, FWIW.

     

     

     

    Just place the Edge OAM package file.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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    9. tim.hughes,
    Jun 27, 2012 10:53 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    @Bob Levine

     

    I don't actually have the £800 to upgrade my work machine to CS6 - but thanks for that.

     

    @Bob Bringhurst

     

    I set those, as I was trying every Variant

     

    The HTML is a small 4 second animation that fades to transparency, as the object state, video and image sequence options in the overlay creator panel weren't working as smoothly as I wanted - I have tried and tested many options and decided to give EDGE ago, it works great in a browser, exactly as I wanted it to - but in DPS it doesn't work

     

    so maybe you're right there - the content might be unreadable by DPS which is strange, as I have put much more complex things into a web content overlay

     

    @Almute

     

    Will try that, thanks for your advice matey!!

     
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    Jun 27, 2012 10:57 AM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    Have you considered Creative Cloud?

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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  • Almute Kraus
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    11. Almute Kraus,
    Jun 27, 2012 11:23 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Thank you, that works fine. And there is no more the problem with the path.

     
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    12. tim.hughes,
    Jun 27, 2012 2:05 PM   in reply to Almute Kraus
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    How did you get it to work Almute?

     
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    Jun 27, 2012 2:06 PM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    @Bob, unfortunately, it's out of my control which way the machines are updated at work - but the cloud system is looking to be a great investment for my personal use - I hear that single edition apps are availabe with that subscription? and edge will come with it too?

     

    Tim

     
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    Jun 27, 2012 2:25 PM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    Single Edition apps are planned but not available yet. Sometime this year is all I’m hearing.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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    Jun 27, 2012 2:26 PM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    @ tiim.hughes

     

    I am working with CS6 and placed the Edge OAM package file - like Bob suggested.

    No more problems.

     
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    Jun 27, 2012 2:54 PM   in reply to Almute Kraus
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    I have CS6 on my home machine - I have placed the file and it works fine but I can't get the transparent background I am looking for

     

    I think I've used all the correct settings, do you have to publish with special options?

     

    Tim

     
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    Jun 27, 2012 2:59 PM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Thanks Bob

     
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    18. Almute Kraus,
    Jun 27, 2012 3:00 PM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    You need both to set the stage background in Edge to transparent and choose transparent in Web content panel in ID.

    For me it works. Even with objects which fade to transparent.

     

    Almute

     
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    Jun 27, 2012 3:18 PM   in reply to Almute Kraus
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    So I set the stage background to transparent, but still no Joy?

     

    when you do this does your stage background look transparent? as in the grey and white squares or is it still block white?

     

    Tim

     
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    20. tim.hughes,
    Jun 27, 2012 3:22 PM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    Cracked it

     

    Used a poster image that was a completely transparent png

     

    Thanks for the help gang

     

    Got there in the end!

     

    Tim

     
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    21. Almute Kraus,
    Jun 27, 2012 3:27 PM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    tiim.hughes wrote:

     

    Used a poster image that was a completely transparent png

     

    Yes, I forgot this in my answer. I used a transparent png too.

     

    Almute

     
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