Extension:Flashow

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<flashow>http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/6ZB4AQBhhrlnl2Tn2|width=213|height=175</flashow>

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Flashow Release status: unknown
Implementation	Tag
Description	embeds a widget that runs flash movies
License	No license specified
Download	version 0.01
check usage (experimental)

The Flashow extension (FlashOnWeb) will allow the display of flash movies which are stored on a site Web outside of the wiki. For a Flash extension which allows the display of flash movies within a wiki, see Flash.

[edit] Syntax

[edit] Base Syntax

<flashow>url|attribute=value|...</flashow>

[edit] Attribute Reference (hope so)

• width=px or % (Modify the width of the object)
• height=px or a% (Modify the height of the object)
• play=true/false (Start playing the file or wait at first frame, default:true)
• loop=true/false (Loop the animation, default:true)
• quality=low/autolow/medium/high/autohigh/best (Predefine the quality)
• devicefont=true/false (Change the look of the text used in flash file)
• bgcolor=#?????? (? -> Hexadecimal integer: 1-9, A-F)
• scale=showall/noborder/exactfit (Automatically adjust content to width and height)
• menu=true/false (Show or hide the menu on right-click)
• align
• salign
• base
• wmode
• SeamlessTabbing
• flashvars
• name (object-specific)
• id (embed-specific)
• movie (object-specific)
• src (embed-specific)

[edit] Examples

<flashow>http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/6ZB4AQBhhrlnl2Tn2|width=213|height=175</flashow>

You can see what it's give on the french wikisite President2007.biz: Homepage - Directly to the video

[edit] Code/Downloads

• Flashow v0.01

[edit] Installation

1. Click on one of the versions above. Be careful: concerning the 0.01 version, it's really my first php script. So, It's absolutely with NO GARANTEES. --Eric larcher 15:09, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
2. Copy the code into a file (e.g. Flashow.php)
3. Save the file in the extensions directory of your mediawiki folder
4. Add the line include('extensions/Flashow.php'); to the end of your LocalSettings.php file (The name of your file is case sensitive!)

Now you can use the extension with <flashow>...</flashow> in the wiki

[edit] Comments

[edit] Should be ok with Dailymotion.com and Youtube.com

I have tested Flashow withe teh Web services Dailymotion.com and Youtube.com. I encountered non problems until now.--Eric larcher 15:09, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Also works with iFilm.com, but iFilm uses the "flashvars" attribute, so you've got to modify the code of the extension as detailed below. Faithx5 20:09, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No idea for others places

[edit] Known Bugs and limits

• With Flashow v0.01, only parameters width and height are effectives.

• What the comment above means that despite all the attributes listed above, only width and height actually work. If you look at the script, find the section

 #get parameters from argument-array
  $width = @$args["width"];
  $height = @$args["height"];

Note only two paramters are listed. For example, I needed to pass flashvars, so to the above i added;

  $flashvars= @$args["flashvars"];

You also need to edit the output string to include the parameters you add. In my case;

   $output = '<object width="' . $width . '" height="' . $height . '>
   <param name="movie" value="' . $url . '"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent">
   </param>'''<PARAM NAME="FlashVars" VALUE=' . $flashvars . '</param>'''
   <embed src="' . $url . '" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" 
   '''flashvars=' . $flashvars . '''' width="' . $width . '" height="' . $height . '"' . '></embed>
   </object>';

Thanks for the great extension. Though I would have taken an extra few minutes to release something a bit more 'ready for prime time'.

[edit] Alternatives

• Flash
• Flash swf
• Flash Extension

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