Joomla! with Flash Table Of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Get Started with Flash in Joomla!
Chapter 2: Enhance Your Joomla! Content with Flash
Chapter 3: Creating Attractive Menus with Flash
Chapter 4: Creating Flash Photo Galleries
Chapter 5: Flashier than Ever: Maps, Charts, Custom Fonts, Multimedia, and More
Chapter 6: Flash Decorations: Flashy Templates, Headers, Banners, and Tickers
Chapter 7: Playing with Code
Chapter 8: Troubleshoot Your Applications
Appendix: Resources for Joomla! and Flash
Index

• 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

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