new: mambo IFR

pgruach · 17.05.2005, 22:42

I made this module because I wanted my headings in a custom font. I came across the replacement script IFR which fitted my needs. I molded (and altered) that into a module.

So what does it do?
Replaces a given elements text with a flash movie.
This is an adaptation of the famous IFR script.
So the glory goes to Shaun Inman (www.shauninman.com)

"Why a module and not a mambot?", I hear you ask. Well,
I tried it, but failed. 3 reasons:
- Mambots change the content before it is placed into the
template. So I cannot easily find out in what divs or
tables the content is placed and what to search for.
- The (content) mambots I looked at, all did something to
the row content, so they did nothing with headers and
titles. And that is excactly what I did want to do with
this script.
- The original IFR is already scripted to do a dynamic
replacement on a window.onload event. Didn't have time
to change that!

Probably it is possible to make a mambot that does what
this module does, but I didn't have the time to sort that
out.

eyezberg · 18.05.2005, 00:13

Thanks a lot already, will test..
Check this out:
http://forum.mamboserver.com/showthr...light=ytw+sifr

mamboguy.com · 18.05.2005, 00:47

Have you posted this as news on http://news.mamboserver.com yet?

pgruach · 18.05.2005, 08:40

That site is news to me

Is this news worthy then? Well, I posted on there now....

er16004 · 18.05.2005, 17:26

pgruach, I can't thank you enough for the work you've done on this module. I've been waiting for something like this. I've installed sIFR on a couple of my non-Mambo sites, but have hesitated on integrating it into Mambo.

With that being said, there are a few things that might need adjustment in your module. You state in there that in order to change the font size, you need to edit the Flash file to do so. I haven't looked at your code, but this isn't necessary in sIFR and most users won't have the ability to do so. Is there any way to code in a font size change as you have with the element width & height?

The reason I'm asking this is that initially, .swf files I've made that work fine in other sIFR installations appear too large for standard use of your module. In fact, the font size seems to change as you change the width of the element.

I did have errors with it not displaying in IE (no prob in Firefox) when you change the assigned element and such.

Just a few thoughts for you. You're on the right track and I think you're module is about 95% there. Great job, overall!

pgruach · 18.05.2005, 17:38

thanks man!

The flashfile is displayed in a way it does not resize. I could change it to just let it ajust to the height or width that you give it. But that has other disadvantages.

I'll take a futher look into it.

The best thing is to be able to change the fontsize in dynamically in the flashfile. I am not a vivid flash user, so I don't really know if that is possible. The text is in a "dynamic" text field. And the posibilities to adjust the style are limited with textfields. I'd also like to dynamically make it underlined or italic. And now that I'm on the subject, id there a way to use a external ttf font file with flash? That would really be easy! Then you can just upload a ttf file and you don't even have to touch the flash file.

Anyway, the module works for me for what I need right now. But I guess it isn't 50% there if you take the above into account

PS. read the README.TXT in the zip...

er16004 · 18.05.2005, 18:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgruach

PS. read the README.TXT in the zip...

Sorry, I'm one of those that dives right in.

I don't think you can use a TTF file. If you were wanting to use TTF files, then you don't need any of this. You could just embed the font. I've done that before on Mambo sites, but it's not a great way to design/code websites. That's why sIFR was created.

In sIFR, you can adjust the properties of how the .swf file behaves and appears by adjusting the CSS that goes with it.

Which brings up another point: is your module based on sIFR and if so, what version?

pgruach · 18.05.2005, 22:06

No, this mIFR is not based on sIFR... so maybe there will be a mIFR 2.0 coming out soon!

If someone else feels a calling...

mIFR - a dIFR-ent IFR

er16004 · 19.05.2005, 16:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgruach

No, this mIFR is not based on sIFR... so maybe there will be a mIFR 2.0 coming out soon!

If someone else feels a calling...

mIFR - a dIFR-ent IFR

Well, that would explain the differences we've discussed. If you're not familiar with sIFR, here's the home page for it: http://www.mikeindustries.com/sifr/

I would recommend sIFR over any other IFR because it's a collaboration of many ideas and it's gaining momentum everyday.

Let me know if you need help or testing when you get ready to upgrade mIFR.

Thanks!!

jonas37 · 01.06.2005, 04:09

Hi.
Your modules is great.
However I have a small problem that propbaly you can help me.
I'm trying to use your module in a portuguese website.
Word's with special portuguese letters like "Ç" or "Ã" dont show.
In fact the word "introdução" (introduction) is cut on the first special letter and just show INTRODU

Can you help me?