Black Velvet XML Template with Deep Linking

That text needs to be manually changed in the FLA file. In the library panel there’s a movie clip called “footerinfo” (or something like that… going off of memeory). Double-click that to open it and edit it however you’d like. Then publish a new swf.

Glad you like the file, and thanks for the compliments! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks! Yes, you can add and link a facebook & twitter icon in the footer section. Though, it has to be done manually… in the Library panel of the .fla file there’s a movie clip called ‘footerInfo’ (or something similar… I’m going from memory). You need to open that to update/edit the contents.

Once that movie clip is open you can import whatever graphics/icons you want to the stage. Then for each icon, select it,create a movie clip out of it, and give it an instance name. Then within the footerInfo movie clip create a new layer to add some actionscript. Select the new blank kayframe and open your actions panel.

In the actions panel you’ll need to create click listeners… if your icons instance name is ‘twitterBtn’, this is what you need to add:

twitterBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, twitterClick);
function twitterClick(e:MouseEvent):void {
  var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest('https://twitter.com/#!/yourusername');
  navigateToUrl( req, '_blank' );
}

Make sure to publish a new swf… hopefully this will help you out and isn’t too confusing! If you have some knowledge of Actionscripting you should be able to figure it out, if not, you can email me through my profile page for more help.

Thanks again for your purchase!

You are welcome! I’m hoping to finally have a new product submitted in the next couple days.

I’m not sure if I’m fully understanding your whole question, but here’s some info:

In the “BlackVelvet.as” file go down to line #314

private function createCoverUps():void {

    // Create mc
    menu_coverup = new Sprite();

    // Draw the graphics
    menu_coverup.graphics.beginFill(0x000000,.7);
    menu_coverup.graphics.drawRect(0,0,100,100);
    menu_coverup.graphics.endFill();

    // Add the cover up to the stage aligner
    stageAligner.addObject(menu_coverup,"TOP_LEFT",0,0,1,1);
}

The following line is setting the coverup to be Black with an opacity of 70%:

menu_coverup.graphics.beginFill(0x000000,.7);

You can manually change the color to whatever you want (using hex values). Then save the file an export a new swf.

If you’re talking about having a different color coverup for different pages, I don’t have anything like that built into the site.

But, hopefully this helps you out!

Walter – That link isn’t working for me for some reason… but, I think I understand your issue. There isn’t anything built in to have a background block behind menu items. I could customize the file for a slight fee (it’s been a while since I’ve worked with this file, so it’ll take a little time) if you’d like. Please send me an email through my profile page if you’re interested.

Thanks!

I don’t think you’ll get this to work with Joomla, WordPress, or any other CMS system. The site is built to run off it’s own xml… which, you could relate to being it’s own CMS system.

You’ll just need to upload the contents of the site directly to your server and follow the help documents on how to set it up.

If you’re looking for a theme to use with Joomla, you’re on the wrong site. You need to head over to ThemeForest and go to the Joomla section – http://themeforest.net/category/cms-themes/joomla

But, hopefully you’ll be able to make use of this purchase.

Thanks for your purchase!

The backend management is through xml files. There’s isn’t a “dashboard” to modify anything online. It’s manual process to edit the xml files, and then upload them to your server.

I don’t know how much more I can explain if you’re not familiar with using xml… you’ll probably just have to do some research. But, if you look through the help you can hopefully get a hang of what you need to do.

Glad you saw it. I should add that into faq page. Thanks for your purchase and compliments!

The best way to do this is to open the file: com/metaphorcreations/blackvelvet/MusicPlayer.as

Go down to line #183, which should be within the createNextBtn() function. Add the following line to the end of the function:

nextBtn.visible = false;

This will hide those buttons and disable the user interaction. Make sure to save the file and publish a new swf or else the modification won’t show up.

Joe i made a mistake, i click “report” rather then “reply” and i lost your input can you re-post that info again. Sorry about that…

I think it’s back, but here it is again (I’ve done that before, too… they need to put a reply button on every box)

The best way to do this is to open the file: com/metaphorcreations/blackvelvet/MusicPlayer.as Go down to line #183, which should be within the createNextBtn() function. Add the following line to the end of the function:

nextBtn.visible = false;

This will hide those buttons and disable the user interaction. Make sure to save the file and publish a new swf or else the modification won’t show up.

There isn’t any way to change the into… it’s just a sample to show that you can load your own external swfs (so you’ll have to create your own and replace it).

I also lost/deleted the .fla I used to create it when I swapped computers a while back, otherwise I’d give you that file to mess around with.

Sorry.

Thanks for the compliments. I don’t think it is possible without some modifications to the file.

If you’re trying to view the index.html file from your desktop you are most likely running into Flash security issues. Please refer to the FAQ page concerning this.

How are you trying to play the .swf? I need a little more information… If you open the .fla in Flash and test it ( cntrl-enter or command-enter ) the site should show up normally.

Otherwise if you upload the contents of your download to your server and navigate to the index.html file everything should also run as it’s supposed to.

If you’re attempting to open the index.html file from your desktop you will need to refer to the FAQ page about setting your security.

If you have moved files out of the original download folder and are trying to load the site you are probably missing some of the required files.

Hopefully this helps you out.

Thanks for your purchase!

In the download folder of the template open the index.html and the screen goes black. The flash file “blackvelvet_template.swf” if it works in flash.

I do not see any safety message as comment in the FAQ when I run the file index.html

thanks

Thank you very much JoeMC, and this solved the problem, it works perfectly.

Thank you very much, I hope not to have more problems, thanks.

Did you republish your swf? None of the changes will take place unless you publish a new swf file after you modify an .as file.

Thanks for your purchase!

Thank you

Pretty much all of the text colors can be changed in the blackvelvet_styles.css file. There are a couple pieces of text in the site that would have to be manually changed in the .fla file, though. Any other elements that can be modified externally would be setup in the blackvelvet_setup.xml file… so, colors and alpha of the footer/header, etc… Hope that hleps.

Thanks for your purchase!

No problem. Check out the FAQ page about removing the vignette.