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Flash Incorporation

3 October 2008 at 8:49am Last edited: 3 October 2008 8:49am
I'm building a site that uses flash buttons instead of css (only 6 pages). Is there a way to incorporate these flash buttons using SilverStripe CMS?
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Re: Flash Incorporation

3 October 2008 at 9:05am
It shouldn't be a problem. Just setup your flash buttons to link to the page URLs you setup in the CMS.
Then just hard code the stuff in a template.
If you want it so every time you make a new page in the CMS a flash button is made, doubtful.
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Re: Flash Incorporation

3 October 2008 at 11:37am
you could get the flash to generate the menu based on a xml feed of the parent sections from silverstripe.
I have seen plenty of xml driven menus on FlashDen.
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Re: Flash Incorporation

7 October 2008 at 7:08am
LeeUmm,
Thanks for the reply. I'd really just like the ability to edit the current pages (that are referenced by the flash buttons) in the CMS. Is this a possibility?
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Re: Flash Incorporation

7 October 2008 at 3:05pm
Nice idea about the XML, didn't think of that. Not much of a Flash guru
Yes, you can edit the pages just fine, it has nothing to do with the Flash buttons unless I'm not understanding your post.
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Re: Flash Incorporation

7 October 2008 at 10:41pm
Hi Duane
I'm using flash a lot in my silverstripe cms and it's working great...
I haven't tried using flash in menus though, but maybe you could try creating a menu control inside your swfobject javascript code and add it in your varibables parametre. I've used a lot of controls inside javascript code, and it actually works. It would then be something like this:
var so = new SWFObject("$project/yourFlashFile.swf", "header", "950", "160", "7", "#FFFFFF");
so.addVariable("myMenuArray","<% control Menu(2) %>$Link, $MenuTitle;;;<% end_control %>");
so.write("yourDiv");From here you could get to the array inside flash and create your dynamic menu... Use code like this in flash:
var flashMenuArray = root.loaderInfo.parameters.myMenuArray;
if(!flashMenuArray) flashMenuArray = "yourDefaultLink1;;yourDefaultTitle1"
flashMenuArray = flashMenuArray.split(";;;");As said this is only theory, haven't tried it nor worked with it, but maybe it's helpful.
Hope to hear from you if you find an easier solution.Joel
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Re: Flash Incorporation

11 October 2008 at 2:24am
Hi Joel,
I'm still learning the SS system, so you're talking a bit over my head. In the mean time, I thought I'd just create a css menu below the footer, then I can just use action script for the flash buttons to direct them to the appropriate URL extension. The only drawback is that you can't change the page name/extension in the cms without changing the action script as well.
Duane
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