deploying a CoverFlow Flash control @ DH ?

deploying a CoverFlow Flash control @ DH ?

Posted by: PGNet
Posted on: 2009-06-18 17:16:00

i'm interested in deploying a "Flash-based" control on my shared/DH website.

i've read,

http://media.dreamhost.com/
http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Flash_Media_Player

and know that DH have provided a control, as well, that can play converted-to-FLV flash videos.

not being -- nor wanting to become -- a Flash (or CS, or AS, or Flex, or anything Adobe ...) developer/author, i'd _like_ to deploy a commercial, CoverFlow-like "Flash CS" control:

http://www.digicrafts.com.hk/components/curve-menu-cs

not knowing much about Flash, and even less about the environment/capability
provided @/by DH, my question is simple ...

... can I buy this control, drop it "into" my website, wrapped with appropriate html/js/whatever, and use it? i.e. is the DH environment sufficient to _deploy_ this control?

the stated reqt for the control's deployment is:

"Publishing environment:
Flash Player 9+, ActionScript 3.0 ".

do we have that @ DH? and can "this" be done without an authoring environment?



Re: deploying a CoverFlow Flash control @ DH ?

Posted by: sXi
Posted on: 2009-06-18 17:57:00

In reply to:

... can I buy this control, drop it "into" my website, wrapped with appropriate html/js/whatever, and use it?


No, it's a component that you plugin to FlashCS to ease the creation process - basically a designer's tool/template.




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Re: deploying a CoverFlow Flash control @ DH ?

Posted by: PGNet
Posted on: 2009-06-18 18:26:00

well, rats! thanks for the clarification, though -- saved me the cost of trying.

perchance do you know if there _are_ any flash-based CoverFlow-like 'widgets' out there that i _could_ drop-in my website, and use? commercial is certainly ok, almost preferred, imho.

i'm looking to flash so as to have compiled, better performance --- there are bunches of JS-based tools out there, but, so far, the ones i've come across are either poorly implemented, or painfully slow.

Re: deploying a CoverFlow Flash control @ DH ?

Posted by: PGNet
Posted on: 2009-06-18 18:41:00

just randomly stumbled on this ...

PictureFlow4
http://www.yaelle.com/?p=477

which both has a 'generator' page to help get the drop-in html wrapping correct, and, in its readme referes to:

"JW FLV Player if used (X 39 on http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/)"

which i believe is the FLV player DH has licensed/deployed.

maybe a starter? now to find & read the docs to see if anything else is req'd that DH doesn't provide ...



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