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1. Re: Where is slideshow coming from?
kglad Sep 10, 2010 1:08 PM (in response to quality11)you can't tell much from looking at a swf. you need the fla (and possibly other source files) used to publish the swf to see exactly what's being done and you need the source files to edit the swf.
flash can load xml files and use the data to then load other assets (like images).
whether you should hire someone depends on whether you need to edit the swfs. if you do, you should hire someone. if you can just edit the xml/server-side scripting files, you may not need to alter the swfs.
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2. Re: Where is slideshow coming from?
quality11 Sep 10, 2010 1:12 PM (in response to kglad)Thanks Kglad. I do have all the fla files. How can I tell if that's the file I need to edit?
I tried adding an image to the image.xml file to see if that would work and it didn't.
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3. Re: Where is slideshow coming from?
quality11 Sep 10, 2010 1:14 PM (in response to quality11)Forgot to ask....are the original source files the images and the html file, etc? It looks like all the files are there. This is a HUGE site.
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4. Re: Where is slideshow coming from?
kglad Sep 10, 2010 1:18 PM (in response to quality11)if one of your swfs is using the xml file to load an image AND you edited the xml file correctly AND you uploaded the expected image (and with a poorly designed swf this may require the image to be a particular size) to the correct server directory, it should display.
is that all you need to do is change which images are displayed in a slide-show.
(and you can tell if the fla is all you need by opening it in flash and publishing the swf. if you see no error messages, you probably have all the source files.)
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5. Re: Where is slideshow coming from?
kglad Sep 10, 2010 1:19 PM (in response to quality11)the source file(s) are the files needed to publish the swf. that will always include a fla file and may include .as files.
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6. Re: Where is slideshow coming from?
quality11 Sep 10, 2010 1:35 PM (in response to kglad)I just copied and pasted the last image on the images.xml file four times and then Saved it and nothing changed.
<photo image="images/topaz-trill.jpg" url="" info="Imperial Topaz With Diamonds"
details="Imperial Topaz center stone of 1.25 to 1.5 carats, accented by melee Diamonds of .03 - .04. This unique design for a trillion shaped stone can be produced in a variety of metals, silver, gold or platinum. " />
<photo image="images/topaz-trill.jpg" url="" info="Imperial Topaz With Diamonds"
details="Imperial Topaz center stone of 1.25 to 1.5 carats, accented by melee Diamonds of .03 - .04. This unique design for a trillion shaped stone can be produced in a variety of metals, silver, gold or platinum. " />
<photo image="images/topaz-trill.jpg" url="" info="Imperial Topaz With Diamonds"
details="Imperial Topaz center stone of 1.25 to 1.5 carats, accented by melee Diamonds of .03 - .04. This unique design for a trillion shaped stone can be produced in a variety of metals, silver, gold or platinum. " />
<photo image="images/topaz-trill.jpg" url="" info="Imperial Topaz With Diamonds"
details="Imperial Topaz center stone of 1.25 to 1.5 carats, accented by melee Diamonds of .03 - .04. This unique design for a trillion shaped stone can be produced in a variety of metals, silver, gold or platinum. " />
The thing is....the .fla file is just a background and the .swf file has all the design and images.
Yeah, that's all I need to do is change the images in the slideshow.
I opened one of the .fla files and then did a File > Publish and no error messages.
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7. Re: Where is slideshow coming from?
kglad Sep 10, 2010 3:40 PM (in response to quality11)are the photo tags within a parent tag?
if not, the total images is probably hard-coded or encoded elsewhere. you should test for that possibility, anyway.
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8. Re: Where is slideshow coming from?
quality11 Sep 11, 2010 5:28 AM (in response to kglad)The photos are listed on the images.xml file and they are all in a <slideshow> parent tag but not sure if that's the kind of parent tag you are referring to:
<slideshow>
<photo image="images/rings-intro.jpg" url="" info="Studio33 Ring Gallery"
details="Featuring ring designs that can be made-to-order in a variety of metals and gemstones. " />
...........and so on the images are listed until the closing tag:
</slideshow>
If that's not it, where would I test the hard code? I've looked everywhere. Remember too that it is using Flashbox. Not sure if that makes a difference.
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9. Re: Where is slideshow coming from?
kglad Sep 11, 2010 7:53 AM (in response to quality11)that's a parent tag.
so, switch (instead of adding) two of the photo tags that are currently displayed. retest and make sure the gallery shows the switched image files. if not, you're not editing an xml file used by your gallery.
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10. Re: Where is slideshow coming from?
quality11 Sep 12, 2010 12:24 PM (in response to kglad)I just tried this and it seemed to work -- I switched the third and fourth one or so. Must be the first and last aren't working correctly like you said.


