# Cool site effects

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/cool-site-effects/2882>\
**Category:** ActionsDev\
**Created:** [October 7, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/cool-site-effects/2882 "2008-10-07T04:33:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![davedesigner](https://discourse.softpress.com/user_avatar/discourse.softpress.com/davedesigner/32/61_2.png) [@davedesigner](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/davedesigner)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/cool-site-effects/2882/21 "2008-11-03T17:53:04Z")

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I did not test the transparent version, only listing the coloured  
background version to keep things simple.

But I see what you mean, getting this code…

```
  {xmlfile:"default.xml", loaderColor:"0xCCCCCC"}, {wmode:  

```

“transparent”}

to appear inside the code Freeway generates for the flash file.

Anyone want to chip in? feel free.

David

On 3 Nov 2008, at 16:33, Eelco Deuling wrote:

> Yes, thank you. However, this wont work.  
> There is a diffirent portion of code in your freeway example:
> 
> This code is from the transparant example:
> 
> swfobject.embedSWF("Carousel.swf", "carousel1", "100%", "100%", "9.0.0", false, {xmlfile:"default.xml", loaderColor:"0xCCCCCC"}, {wmode: "transparent"}); It seems there is a different sort of code to embed the swf file. The important bit however (according to the explanation found on www.flshow.net ) is: {wmode: "transparent"} If i manualy change the code it works, even with the swf included with your example so, its not in this file but in the code (and in the code of the xml file). I have to use HTML markup but there i get stuck: whatever i do it wont work. Maybe it is the code Freeway uses to embed the swf file. I could use the Source code snooper action to change this but i was wondering if it was possible to do it more gracefully? ...and excuse me for my terrible English: its disgusting, i know!

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**Author:** ![davedesigner](https://discourse.softpress.com/user_avatar/discourse.softpress.com/davedesigner/32/61_2.png) [@davedesigner](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/davedesigner)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/cool-site-effects/2882/22 "2008-11-03T18:06:00Z")

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I was thinking it might go in

Menu \> Item \> Extended \>

But it gets surrounded by “quote marks”

On 3 Nov 2008, at 17:53, David Owen wrote:

> > I could use the Source code snooper action to change this but i was  
> > wondering if it was possible to do it more gracefully?

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**Author:** ![Keith\_Martin](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/7c8e57/32.png) [@Keith\_Martin](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Keith_Martin)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/cool-site-effects/2882/23 "2008-11-03T18:12:36Z")

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Sometime around 3/11/08 (at 11:33 -0500) Eelco Deuling said:

> I could use the Source code snooper action to change this but i was  
> wondering if it was possible to do it more gracefully?

Much more gracefully than Source Code Snooper!

1. Select the SWF file

2. Choose Item \> Extended (or type command-option-X)

3. With the ‘embed’ tab selected, click the ‘New’ button

4. Type “wmode” into the Name field and “transparent” into the Value  
field. Without the quotes, naturally.

Freeway’s code for using SWF files won’t be the same as everyone  
else’s - but that’s fine; there are multiple ways to do this. All you  
need to do is add in the extended attributes for the embed tag and  
they’ll be put into that long list of attributes that Freeway makes.

I do this to add the allowFullScreen=true attribute to my SWF  
panoramas when I deliver them using Freeway. (Although I’ve taken to  
doing it all in a lump of markup code instead because of a quirk  
Freeway has in recognising files as being different or not. Long  
story.)

k

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/cool-site-effects/2882/24 "2008-11-03T18:39:54Z")

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Dear Keith,

It works!  
Me and my client will be very happy!  
…and i have learnded a bit more to…

Thanx!

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**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/cool-site-effects/2882/25 "2008-11-16T18:47:54Z")

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Dear David,  
it is wonderfull, funny and working n ow. looks just fine. i realy wanted to thnk you!!!  
just one question… ( alway’s a ‘’‘just… isnt’ it?)

how do i get the links /urls to work?? it’s not important, but they don’t do anything LOL…  
would be nice, but again, not important…and since your daddy-carousel-tut- now…thought i ask you…

have a great sunday…

and again, thanks for taking the time!  
it realy is such a nice item.  
🙂  
Eus

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**Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/cool-site-effects/2882/26 "2008-11-17T09:11:41Z")

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Make sure you correctly edit the xml file called default.xml, this  
should contain all your links for each image.

```
  <photo href="http://www.flshow.net/" target="_self">./images/ 

```

DCP\_0730.jpg

You must have edited this file to add the images, you just amend the  
link at the beginning of the line.

By default it contains a URL back to the Flash Carousel site. [http://www.flshow.net/](http://www.flshow.net/)

David

On 16 Nov 2008, at 18:47, eus wrote:

> how do i get the links /urls to work?? it’s not important, but they  
> don’t do anything LOL…  
> would be nice, but again, not important…and since your daddy-  
> carousel-tut- now…thought i ask you…

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