GRIDD XML Template, is a versatile XML driven flash template to showcase any work on a creative way, featuring a grid layout, which is fill of thumbnails that can be link to an Image, External Flash, Mp3, Link. With this you have a wide range of possibilities on how the end looks can be and functionality.

With 9 modules included you can customize to a different with no effort:

• Image Gallery
• About US
• News
• Video Gallery
• YouTube Gallery
• Mp3 Gallery
• Background Audio
• Link
• Contact Form

Main Features

1. Fully customizable via XML files.
2. Multifunction Grid format, you define what does each thumbnail represent (Image, Video, SWF , Audio Files, Links, YouTube Video).
3. All text can be edited (or translate to other language), add html tags.
4. DEEPLINKING is embedded, so every image or SWF has a unique web address you can link directly back to.
5. SOE friendly since all thumbs can be link directly.
6. Control thumbnail navigating with mouse click, mouse wheel or keyboard.
7. Image slideshow player with timer & controls.
8. Define Image Zoom and user selectable map image.
9. Set grid appearance with thumbs in Color or B&W.
10. Personalize template with your logo, colors and contents.
11. Add Social Network links.
12. Auto Image Scale on resize.

General Configuration Settings:

Here you can configure the layout and look of the template, in the help file included your find the ranges and recomendation for each value so you feel more confortable playing with the settings.

//main configuration settings
textLoading = Add legend to a big image loader
splahImage = Logo image name
rows = Number of rows in the thumbnail grid
colums = Number of colums in the thumbnail grid
borderW = Spacing in pixels between thumbnails
scaledThums = Indicates if you want to shuffle or randomize the  original order of the thumbnails, according to the XML.
randomposition = Indicates if you want to have a sequential or random  thumbnail appearance in the grid.
imagePath = Indicates the thumbnail directory
bigimagePath = Indicates the Big Images directory
bgColor = Background color

//images slideshow player settings
slideshow = Indicate if you want to activate the image slidewshow function and show it controls
updateHours = Indicates slide show hours between images
updateMinutes = Indicates slide show minutes between images
updateSeconds = Indicates slide show seconds between images
showzoom = Indicate image zoom is alowed
zoomPorcent = Indicates the image zoom porcent when activated

//footer
showFooter = Indicates if you want to show the page footer (this footer holds the social icons, volumen control, fullscreen button and credits
playerON = Indicates id the background music player is activated or not (the external audio player is not afected by this setting)
site_Url = Add a link to the footer credits
copyWrite = Add footer credits text
copyWriteColor = Add Footer credits text color
socSpacing = Indicates spacing in px between social networks icon in footer

//audio settings
audioON = Indicates if the background music player is activated or not (the external audio player is not afected by this setting)
vol = Indicates the starting background music volume level
audioPath = Indicates the directory where the bacground music file is
audioTrack = Indicates the background music mp3 file name

Social Icons Configuration Settings:

//Social Icon settings
nameS = Indicates icon Rollover text
iconS = Indicates location if the social network icon
icon_link = Indicates the link to go when the icon is press

Thumbnail Configuration Settings:

//Thumbnail settings
name = Indicates the title of the thumbnail
thumb = Indicates the file name of the thumbnail
loadItem = Indicates the name of the big image
BW = Make thumbnail Black & White as the starting color
zoomIn = Allow big image to be zoom-in?<br /><![CDATA[Add Your Text, special characters and HTML tags here, html tag must be declared in the style.css file]]>    <br />

Modules

Image Gallery

This module is the main feature of the template, and is the only module integrated into main Flash, this is responsible for the layout of all thumbs, appearance and menus. For either the thumbnails or big images you can use PNG , JPG and GIF files.

Text & Images

This module has automatic scroller show feature, it can be resize & color customize, you can add html tags to text and special characters.

News

This module is a modern news reader with automatic scroller show feature, list headlines first, and after you select one view in full window, you can add html tags to text and special characters.

YouTube Player

This module is a YouTube player, and can play as many videos you configure in the xml, we use YouTube Flash API to call and control the player behavior. Just add embeding link for each video.

Single MP3 Files

This is a link to an mp3 file; that will play in instead of the background music. The file type is automatically detected it’s send to the music player. Note: audioplayer in the main file must be enabled.

Links

This is a simple hyperlink located at the thumbnail, same as with the single audio file, the link is automatically detected and send to getURL with “_blank” as default. No other action will be generated.

Contact Form & Map

This is not the typical contact form, we added and interactive map to it, that can be any image (png, jpg or gif), and it can be panned just by hovering over the image, it will auto detect the image edges and set the hover boundaries, you can also activate the zoom tool and see your map in more detail. The contact form uses PHP mail function to send email from your server.

Map starting coordinate locator. This is a tool that will help you identify a desired starting coordinate for your map. Just press SHIFT +A at run time and you’ll see the map coordinates above the map, use this values and add the to the XML file.

CREDITS :

• IMAGES , some images used in this template preview but not included in file are distributed and license by http://www.photos8.com, please support them.
• VIDEOS Loops shown:
  Bold Titles Logo Revealer by placdarms
• YOUTUBE videos, Are link from official/authorize artist feeds.
• SOCIAL icons, I used the social media icons distributed by www.komodomedia.com Please make a donation like I did if you plan to use them on your project.

MC also includes:

• Percentage Loader.
• Full screen selector.
• Smooth Auto Center on window resizes.

And more…

FILES INCLUDED :

1. CS3 file
2. Flash 8 file
3. Main html
4. AS Files
5. Help File

Simple “Drop and Use” utility, very easy to implement, well commented and you can customize.

• Simple ‘Drop and Use’
• AS2 ,Flash 8 and Higher
• Vector made

Interactive, Pin, Push Pins, 3D, map, US, USA , world, XML , customizable

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