No SWF Allowed in Portfolio?

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• Started 1 year ago by jacenwon
• Latest reply from Devin
• This topic is resolved

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• flv
• Portfolio
• SWF

1. 

   jacenwon
   Member

   Good evening, and thank you for such a wonderful theme!

   I'm setting up the theme on my server, and noticed that there's no SWF support for the portfolio section. Why is that? Do you plan on adding SWF and FLV capabilities anytime soon? I have quite a bit of motion graphics in my portfolio, and I'd really like to showcase it using this awesome theme.

   Thanks for your help in advance,

   Jace

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   jacenwon
   Member

   I took a look at prettyPhoto's website and documentation, and it seems it allows the usage of SWF:

   http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyphoto-jquery-lightbox-clone/#prettyPhoto

   Is there some way I/we can activate this functionality?

   - Jace

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   Dude
   Dude

   You can try to upload your swf files by going to "Media" > Add New. Then go to the post/page editor page and click on "Add external video by URL". A popup window will be displayed where you can enter the url to your swf file.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   jacenwon
   Member

   Hey, Dude... thanks for the response.

   Yeah, I had tried that initially, but there's no playback at all. The lightbox comes up in the correct dimensions of the SWF, but it's just blank. I've used prettyPhoto before, and I know it's possible, but I just can't seem to figure out why it's not working within the Angular theme.

   Any other suggestions? Is it possible for you to give it a try on your end to see what may be causing it to not work?

   Thanks again, bruv.

   - Jace

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   Dude
   Dude

   Hey!

   Can you post a link please (to the page where you're trying to use the swf file). I'd like to investigate the source code.

   Regards,
   Peter

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   jacenwon
   Member

   Hey there, Dude... no problem.

   Here's a portfolio example with a SWF file: http://www.jasonwbrown.com/portfolio/work-item/bad-company-digital-ad/

   You'll notice that the SWF runs fine when opened in a new browser tab or window, however it doesn't want to run within the lightbox.

   I really appreciate your help, man...

   - Jace

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. 

   jacenwon
   Member

   My apologies... this is the correct link: http://www.jasonwbrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bad.swf

   Thanks again, Dude.

   - Jace

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. 

   Dude
   Dude

   Very strange. The lighbox seems to open properly and the swf file is also linked/connected to the lightbox. It looks like the lightbox messes with the swf path though because the swf file source path which is submitted to the flash player is ?w.jasonwbrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bad.swf and not http://www.jasonwbrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bad.swf

   Maybe try to follow the instructions here: http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyphoto-jquery-lightbox-clone/ and add the width/height parameter to the url.

   Posted 1 year ago #
9. 

   jacenwon
   Member

   You know what... I tried this before I had posted this thread, however, I used the traditional HTML method of adding H x W, and it failed. Now if I include it in the prettyPhoto format ---- http://URL.swf?width=792&height=294" rel="prettyPhoto[flash]" ---- it works just fine.

   Thanks so much for the assistance, Dude. Y'all are alright in my book.

   - Jace

   Posted 1 year ago #
10. 

    Devin
    Moderator

    Hey Jace,

    I'm glad Dude was finally able to help sort the issue out for you! I'm sure others have had or will have the same question so hopefully this helps them as well :)

    Cheers,

    Devin

    Posted 1 year ago #

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