Hey guys, I wish I had this info when I was starting a few weeks ago. To make a site like
http://www.e78.org which is a multimedia site, for a rock and roll band.
I will explain what tools you need, some free, some cheap, some you can find somehow. Hopefully I will make this more detailed, to help people get a general site going. I'm using Mambo 4.5.1 and Mambo 4.5.2. If you don't know how to use myphp and create a mysql database and user for the mambo installation to kick, thats another episode.
Here is what I will discuss,
1. The Intro Flash Loader:
2. The Flash Header:
3. Listen to Music:
4. The Video Test:
5. The Message Forum:
6. The Chat Room:
7. The Image Gallery:
8. The Best Calendar:
1. The Intro Flash Loader: ($74) Trendy Intro Flash Builder, its quick, lets you add pictures and music, worked for me. If your good at macromedia flash mx, you dont need this, I did, you can obviously do all of this in flash mx, although it will take time.
***How to re-direct a flash intro to mambo? Easy, when you install mambo, alawys install it to (i use /root/home) /root/mambo. Have your flash intro point to /root/mambo/index.php.
***If you want your mambo directory in /mambo or /home, and then notice
www.yoursite.com doesnt point to it, do the following:
create a file called .htaccess, insert
Redirect /index.php
http://www.YOURSITE.com/home or /mambo
Save and upload to your WWW folder, not your mambo folder.
2. The Flash Header: ($27) Mix-Fx
http://www.mix-fx.com/ it created a nice header for me, i could have done Alot more with it, but it worked for me to be simple. Once again, if your good at macromedia flash mx, u dont need this. Saved it as an html page, opened that page, and cut out info i wanted, and inserted it into a Rhuk_Planetfall template, over-writing header information
***You would go to /root/mambo/templates/rhuk_planetfall/index.php and edit it, below <body bgcolor="#101010"> and before <td class="top_right_box", you would replace the header info with something similiar to
Code:
<center>
<object classid="clsid
27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#4,0,0,0" width="650" height="150">
<param name="SRC" value="index.swf">
<embed src="index.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="650" height="150">
</embed>
</object>
</center>
3. Listen to Music: ($24) I used Wimpy Player,
http://wimpyplayer.com/ for the streaming music and. Essentially I created a new link on the Main Menu, new window Without navigation, linked it to my .html file, which is a certain size etc, and edited a .xml file for the music playlist. Downloaded a free skin and edited it.
4. The Video Test: ($29) Wimpy Video
http://www.wimpyplayer.com (must be registered to see) Is on there with a video file, im awaiting one of the band members to finish editing his clips, then I will use a free program to convert his mpg to a .fla file, and use it in the video version of wimpy player.
5. The Message Forum: ($Free) I ended up with Simple Board,
http://tsmf.jigsnet.com, its not as fancy as the other boards, but, it integrated flawlessly with my existing mambo users, and installed as a component for easy backend administrating.
6. The Chat Room: ($5) Flash Chat
http://wwww.tufat.com/ (must be registered to see) Is really damn sweet, with options to change skins of the chat rooms, sounds, smileys, user profiles, oh, and its integrates with mambo's user database Easily! Totally worth it. It has a nice backend to login and administer rooms, options, logs, etc. Login to see it on main menu.
7. The Image Gallery: ($Free) Zoom Media Gallery
http://zoom.ummagumma.nl/mikedeboer/index.php As with all products I selected, I tried all the other ones. This one integrated very easily into mambo, with a very sweet backend. As with all components, I changed options to make it smoother. The great features of this include dynamic slideshows, ability to let users upload to a folder (or all folders) all through the front end. Also, instead of uploading file by file, you can take 50 pics, make a .zip file, and just upload that. Automatically creates thumbnails for you, u can comment, rate, etc. I made it so a user who registers can upload to public folder, and I can move from there.
** After installing, I just went to Menu//Main Menu// New, Component, and you will see Zoom Media Gallery. Save it, then start the configuration.
8. The Best Calendar: ($15) Easily Simple PHP Calendar,
http://www.easilysimplecalendar.com I tried out all the mambo calendars, they just didnt touch this one. With a nice GUI backend to login and administer events, and a module available so you can place this bad boy anywhere on your site, its a must have. There is a few skins it comes with, CSS files to make it any colors you want, etc. For my module, check out
http://www.easilysimplecalendar.com...read.php?t=2979 and there will be more instructions to how you install this on mambo.
9. I realize I need to spend some time in Photoshop, and Dreamweaver, and make the graphics of the site cooler, but no worries, cuz I'm done with everything all, all the content is now modified by the band, etc.
This wana-be tutorial will hopefully become more detailed, I would like it to cover step by step of installing each item here. If anyone finds this useful, please say so, and I'll spend the time to do so.
Pass the Info Please!
Diske52
You New? Here's how to make a mambo site, with flash, chat, messages and more 
not the tutorial. You've still got the mambo favicon.ico up 
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