Joomla! with Flash Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Get Started with Flash in Joomla!
• Why use Flash in Joomla!?
• Creating Flash objects
• Some tools for working with Flash
• SWiSH Max
• Ajax Animator
• Wink
• Flash charting tools
• Animated Charts
• amCharts
• Open Flash Chart
• FusionCharts
• ActionScript libraries
• Riva FLV Encoder
• sIFR
• PowerPoint to Flash converter
• Setting up the development environment
• Web server
• Database server
• PHP
• Example website
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Enhance Your Joomla! Content with Flash
• Have a look at the site!
• Adding slideshows
• Using RokSlideShow
• Showing captions and descriptions for images
• Adding the slideshow to Joomla! articles
• Showing Flash in modules
• The Flash Module
• Joomla! Random Flash Module
• Adding Flash movies using Simple Video Flash Player
• Showing Flash movie in a module
• Showing a Flash movie in content
• Summary

• Chapter 3: Creating Attractive Menus with Flash
• The existing Joomla! menu system
• Making menus attractive using Flash
• Flash Floating Menu
• Using the component
• Using the module
• Super Web Flash module for Joomla! 1.5
• Some other extensions for creating Flash menus
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Creating Flash Photo Galleries
• Building Flash photo galleries
• Expose Flash Gallery
• Configuring Expose gallery
• Creating collections and albums
• Adding photos and videos to albums
• Showing the album
• Showing the Expose Scroller module
• Using the Expose plugin
• Ozio Gallery
• Showing photos from Flickr
• Showing photos from a folder
• Configuration for skins
• New Gallery
• Simple Flash Image Gallery (SFIG)
• Dynamic Flash Gallery
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Flashier than Ever: Maps, Charts, Custom Fonts, Multimedia, and More
• Showing maps using YOS amMap
• Installing and configuring YOS amMap
• Adding map files
• Creating a map
• Map data file
• Map settings file
• Publishing a map through the module
• Showing the map in content using a plugin
• Showing charts using YOS amChart
• Configuring YOS amChart
• Creating a chart
• amChart settings file
• amChart data file
• Publishing the chart through the module
• Embedding the chart in content using a plugin
• Showing the content in any font using sIFR
• Using Flash uploader
• Creating a streaming media site
• Installing and configuring JVideo!
• Adding videos to your site
• Showing videos in the frontend
• Adding videos to content
• Adding Flash MP3 players
• Simple MP3 Bar
• UnMP3 for Joomla! 1.5
• Flash MP3 Player
• Visual mind mapping with Joom!FreeMind
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Flash Decorations: Flashy Templates, Headers, Banners, and Tickers
• Adding Flash in templates
• Structure of a Joomla! template
• Using Flash logos
• Using Flash headers
• Using Flexheader3
• Creating a module position
• Configuring the module
• Using Web Flash Module to show headers
• Using Flash banners
• Flash tickers
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Playing with Code
• Using Joomla! content in Flash
• Using content from a database in Flash objects
• Developing Flash content using J-AMFPHP
• Configuring J-AMFPHP
• Designing services
• Using services in Flash
• Ensuring accessibility of Flash content
• Identifying accessibility issues
• Addressing common accessibility issues
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Troubleshoot Your Applications
• Issues related to Joomla!
• Problems with installation of extensions
• SEF problems
• Issues related to Flash
• Flash 10 and Joomla! Flash Uploader
• Inserting a Flash object in the Joomla! header
• Issues related to individual extensions
• Expose Flash Gallery
• YOS amChart
• The Random Flash Module
• Ozio Gallery
• Dynamic Flash Gallery
• JVideo!
• J-AMFPHP
• Summary

• Appendix: Resources for Joomla! and Flash
• Resources for Joomla!
• Resources for Flash
• Summary

• Index