[Pro] pop window

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Hi,

I trying to create a pop up window that ‘pops up’ in the middle of the screen and the shows a youtube video - not using the lightbox as I cant format this, - just a simple pop up window set to a certain size, with certain background etc and centered is all I’m after? I have created the small page to appear already…

Please help!

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Spawn New Window Action has the ability to center the spawned window
on the screen, along with all the usual size and chrome and controls
settings. Which lightbox are you having difficulty styling?

Walter

On Jan 11, 2011, at 9:24 AM, Justin Easthall wrote:

Hi,

I trying to create a pop up window that ‘pops up’ in the middle of
the screen and the shows a youtube video - not using the lightbox as
I cant format this, - just a simple pop up window set to a certain
size, with certain background etc and centered is all I’m after? I
have created the small page to appear already…

Please help!

Cheers

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Great thanks! I must have missed this action - I new there was something somewhere, thanks

The scriptylightbox action? It has its own fonts with colours - also when it launches a youtube video it give it a white border? even if I give it dimensions…

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I am trying to accomplish the same thing - have just the actual video from youtube pop up in a separate window. I tried the Spawn New Window Action, but I am getting the whole page, not just the video. Plus, the action says that the destination page must be within the same domain as the calling page.

Is it possible to only have the VIDEO itself pop up and play? If so, whatever pointers you could pass along would be greatly appreciated - thanks!

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Does the YouTube Pro Action have a pop-up variant? I haven’t used it
myself. Also, the original ScriptyLightbox can display a YouTube video
alone in a lightbox, all you need to do is go to YouTube, find where
they have the iframe code (it’s in one of the embed options) and copy
the URL of the iframe to your clipboard. Back in Freeway, draw your
thumbnail image, and apply a link to it with that URL (Apple - K,
External tab, paste the URL where indicated.) That’s nice and neat.

Walter

On Apr 11, 2011, at 7:33 AM, Buck wrote:

I am trying to accomplish the same thing - have just the actual
video from youtube pop up in a separate window. I tried the Spawn
New Window Action, but I am getting the whole page, not just the
video. Plus, the action says that the destination page must be
within the same domain as the calling page.

Is it possible to only have the VIDEO itself pop up and play? If
so, whatever pointers you could pass along would be greatly
appreciated - thanks!

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Thanks Walter. I haven’t been able to find a pop-up variant with the YouTube pro action. So. . . I’m trying to follow your instructions regarding the ScriptyLightbox action. Does the page have to actually be uploaded to the server for it to work, or should everything work simply by (in Freeway) ‘Previewing in Browser’?

It’s not working for me when I preview it in the browser, and I’m not ready to upload it to the server yet.

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Please follow these steps and see how it goes for you:

  1. Draw a thumbnail graphic on the page.

  2. In your browser, visit the YouTube video you wish to embed. Click
    on the Embed button. You will see a textarea containing a complete
    iframe tag. Copy this code to your clipboard.

  3. Paste the code somewhere that you can edit it. (For best results,
    do not use a “helpful” application like Word or Pages when editing
    code, as any quotes may become “curled” and breakage can occur. Or
    worse, links will be interpreted as links, and become clickable! My
    favorite free text editor is CodeWrangler, from the makers of BBEdit. http://barebones.com
    ) You’ll have something like this: <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3uqSbE_5FiY " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. Delete everything but
    the content of the src attribute, so you end up with this: http://www.youtube.com/embed/3uqSbE_5FiY .

  4. Copy this bare URL from your text editor, and return to Freeway.

  5. Select your image, and open the Hyperlink dialog with Apple-K.
    Click on the External tab, and paste your URL into the field provided.
    Okay out of the dialog.

  6. If this is your only thumbnail (you’re not doing a gallery group of
    them) simply apply the ScriptyLightbox Action directly to your
    thumbnail image. If you have more than one, then select an HTML box
    that is the parent of all of your thumbnails, and apply the action
    there – you only need to apply it to the parent element to have all
    children get the behavior for free.

Preview in a browser, or upload and test from your server. You should
see the movie in the popup in either case.

Walter

On Apr 11, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Buck wrote:

Thanks Walter. I haven’t been able to find a pop-up variant with
the YouTube pro action. So. . . I’m trying to follow your
instructions regarding the ScriptyLightbox action. Does the page
have to actually be uploaded to the server for it to work, or should
everything work simply by (in Freeway) ‘Previewing in Browser’?

It’s not working for me when I preview it in the browser, and I’m
not ready to upload it to the server yet.

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Awesome! I didn’t realize that I needed to delete everything but the actual content of the src attribute - thank you!

A follow question… the video now pops-up and plays, but it is enormous, even though I have the Media Width and Height settings in the Scripty Lightbox action set to a predefined H and W of 480 x 390.

I’ve actually tried previewing it with my browser open to difference sizes and the pop-up opens to whatever size my browser window happens to be.

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You can’t change the dimensions of the iframe when you do this – it’s
always going to zoom up to fill the screen. It’s the price you pay for
youtube…

Walter

On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Buck wrote:

Awesome! I didn’t realize that I needed to delete everything but
the actual content of the src attribute - thank you!

A follow question… the video now pops-up and plays, but it is
enormous, even though I have the Media Width and Height settings in
the Scripty Lightbox action set to a predefined H and W of 480 x 390.

I’ve actually tried previewing it with my browser open to difference
sizes and the pop-up opens to whatever size my browser window
happens to be.

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