Oct
27
2008

The Royale Flash Free Header

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The Royale Flash Free Header

Flash is a pretty wickedly versatile application for building cool elements for websites. I built a header (or I guess it can really be used anywhere) in Flash that retrieves all of its information from two XML files. It is possible to make it a slideshow or just use it as is. It best suits sites that want to feature certain items on their main page, or really anywhere on their site. The sample I created promotes five CD releases.

Features:

  • Converts to a slideshow with one option change in the data.xml file
  • Slideshow timer control
  • Retrieves all information from the info.xml file
  • Customize background images
  • Compatible with all browsers
  • Professional looking

Here are the data options:

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<data>
<item>
<slideshow>0</slideshow> //do you want it to be a slideshow, 0 = NO, 1 = YES
<seconds>8000</seconds> //if it is a slideshow, how many milliseconds before the slides switch
</item>
</data>

Here is what the info.xml files looks like:

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<info>
<item>
<image>images/image1.jpg</image> //must be 156px by 156px to fit properly
<back>images/back1.jpg</back> // background images must be 960px by 250px
<title>Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs</title>
<description>This is where you put the description of the item.</description>
<url>http://www.amazon.com/</url>
</item>
</info>
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About the author:

A freelance web developer living in Montreal who spends most of his time writing for this site and building Premium themes for WordPress. You can find him on Twitter @bavotasan.

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Discussion 9 Comments

  1. Christopher @ Web Design on February 3, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    That really is super nice! I hope we can start seeing far more WordPress -> Flash integration.

  2. John on February 22, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    Very slick! I gotta figure out how I can use this on our site. Thanks for the freebies.

  3. Tharun Thaj on April 6, 2009 at 11:36 am

    Thats a cool stuff buddy!!! Thanks for that…

  4. Poppy on May 7, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    Oh dear, I’m so stupid I can’t find he plugin once I’ve installed it. And I can’t figure out how to add a header in Magazine Basic or Feed-Me. I love these themes, but I’m just not getting how you’re supposed to use them. Is there any hope for me?

  5. CODE ONE on June 22, 2009 at 10:29 am

    you are so kinde, thanks alot . . I really appreciate your efforts.

  6. Wii on October 18, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    Hi…thanks a bunch 4 all these wonderful freebies. PLEASE, just a question: The download link for the “Royal Flash Header” isn’t working…It’s saying: “This download file appears to have disappeared!”

    I really luv the flash header…thinking it’ll be cool 4 my sites…

    thanks in advance!

  7. Wii on October 18, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    guess my question was: could u help with the download link pls?

    thanks

    • c.bavota on October 21, 2009 at 11:19 am

      I just fixed the links.

  8. Sid Randolph on July 2, 2010 at 11:39 am

    When I try to edit the info.xml file I get this error message:

    The XML page cannot be displayed
    Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

    ——————————————————————————–

    A semi colon character was expected. Error processing resource ‘file:///C:/Documents and Settings/kparker/Desktop/wordpress…

    http://www.amazon.com/Tell-Tale-Signs-Bootleg-Vol/dp/B001D06SEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=12249125...

    any idea what’s going on?