Promo Flash Gallery

Easy-to-use photo gallery intended for displaying a range of your products or sequential promo materials.

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Configuring the Gallery

An XML file is used to configure the gallery. By editing the XML file, you can add or remove gallery images as well as edit multiple appearance and behavior settings. The format of the XML file is described below.

Gallery settings are described in the <settings> </settings> tag of the XML file as follows: <parameter_name property=”…” />

For example, the thumbnail size is configured using the parameter
<thumbnail width="50" height="50"/>

Gallery images are described in the <items> </items> tag. Parameter <item source="…" description="…" /> contains information related to a particular image.

<items>

<item source="…" description="…" link="…" target="…"/>
<item source="…" description="…" link="…" target="…"/>
…………………………………………

</items>

source – image file name
description – image description
link – link to the web-page
target - controls where the new document will be displayed

possible values:

"_self" specifies the current frame in the current window
"_blank" specifies a new window
"_parent" specifies the parent of the current frame
"_top" specifies the top-level frame in the current window

XML File Format

<gallery>

<settings> <!—Gallery parameters are described in this section-->
<imagesFolder>images/</imagesFolder>
<preloader alpha="100" usePreloader="true" />
<bgImage alpha="100" source="images/bg.jpg" />
<image

align="center"
cornerRadius="10"
scaleMode="fill"
transitionEffect="fade"
useShadow="true"

/>
<thumbnail

style="gray"
alpha="100"
cornerRadius="5"
size="50"
color="0x808080"
colorOnRollOver="0x666666"
colorOnClick="0x999999"
fontName="Verdana"
fontSize="80"
fontColor="0x000000"
fontColorOnRollOver="0xffffff"
fontColorOnClick="0xffffff"
useShadow="true"

/>
<thumbBar

useThumbBar="true"
position="bottom"
scrollSpeed="10"

/>
<caption

position="bottom"
visibleMode="onRollOver"
bgAlpha ="40"
color="0xFFFFFF"
bgColor="0x000000"
fontName="Verdana"
fontSize="12"

/>
<slideshow

start="false"
delay="3"
loop="true"
stopAutoOnClick="true"

/>
<buttons

navigationButtons="true"
slideshowButtons="true"
style="black"
size="30"
cornerRadius="10"
color="0x333333"
alpha="60"

/>
<sounds

onRollOver="sounds/over.mp3"
onClick="sounds/click.mp3"

/>
<picasa user="" albumID="" />

</settings>

<items>

<item source="1.jpg" description="Image 1" link="" target="_blank"/>
<item source="2.jpg" description="Image 2" link="" target="_blank"/>
<item source="3.jpg" description="Image 3" link="" target="_blank"/>
. . .

</items>

</gallery>