Navigation
Random image
Popular content
Monthly Archives
Search
Who's online
My first Flash post using my new Flash node
You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialise correctly.
UPDATE - Flash node is now an official Drupal contribution and you can download the latest versions directly from the Flash node project page.
This also means that if you experience any problems or find a bug then you can raise issue requests directly at the project page.
Success!
This is my first post, using my prototype Flash node... I have done nothing clever to insert this. I created a new flash post, set the size, whether to appear in body, teaser or both, and then I hit Submit.
I've posted some other bits of Flash on the site, to test if the module can handle multiple Flash elements...
I have unashamedly used the image module as a start point, and this code is very much pre-alpha. There is still a lot of redundant image material in it, and there are some clunky elements at the moment, but this was intended to be a proof of concept. No longer true - I have removed the redundant elements, so the code is now much cleaner!
The new module allows you to create a node of type flash. You attach the Flash file, specify the size, the Flash version, and whether the flash content should appear in the teaser, the body, or both.
Hit submit, and your node is generated using the ufo method, so it is "unobtrusive" too!
I have attached the module, along with a copy of ufo in the zip file - feel free to download it and try it out - but do bear in mind the alpha status of this work!
I'd love to get feedback from anyone who tries this module out. It needs some more love and attention to optimise it though, but I really have to stop working on this for a while and do some other jobs!
New zip added 18-04-06 : This is ready for testing in the real world!
Comments
Version 1.3 ready for testing!
Ok, I have got a working version of the flash node. To use it download the attached zip and install the flash folder inside your modules folder.
When the module is enabled you can create nodes of type flash that can have Flash attached to them. You can choose whether to have the Flash element displayed in just the teaser, just the body, or in both. The Flash files are stored in a dedicated folder under your files folder, and the node takes care of managing them. Delete a flash node and the corresponding flash file goes too.
The Flash itself is generated for viewing using unobtrusive javascript, so pages remain XHTML compliant.
Currently this module doesn't have a block mode - that will come later, and I'm interested in developing something like img_assist for it too, to allow Flash material to be re-used in other nodes.
Watch this space...