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The download for the Xspf Jukebox has been posted. I have worked hard to create a dynamic php download session, so that instead of downloading every file, a .tar.gz package is created on-the-fly, containing only the requested skin file and the necessary swf file. I also created a php display to automatically find and display all skins on the site. As always, you can find a link to all of the source files, as well as an example on how to create your own skins. In the works is a skin upload page, for user-submitted skins, and a skin creator, to help in creating them. For right now, if you would like your skin displayed and available for download, email me the skin.xml and images folder, containing all used images. Remember to use relative urls when creating skins, (ex: image=”images/ipodblack.png”). See and get it here.
This and all other projects on this website have taken a lot of time and energy, and are offered here for free. You can support these and future projects by donating!
The download to my Flash XML image slideshow has been posted. Gallery is open-source, and is one of the most advanced image slideshows on the web. Make use of titles, captions, audio, watermarks, alpha channels, and most of all, transitions. There are 13 current transitions, with more on the way, as well as subsets of some transitions, to make over 43 possible effects. Get it here.
As you can see, the layout has changed quite a bit and is slowly becoming cleaner and more accessible. I am using a new theme for wordpress, Vistered Little by Nik, and have begun moving my projects to be part of my blog rather than part of the main site. Now is a good time to replace any links you have bookmarked, as everything will be moving. As soon as the changes to the blog and projects has been completed, I will recreate my Flash homepage to reflect the same.
Thats right, the ‘XSPF Web Music Player’ is no more, my jukebox has been completely rewritten, losing the last snippits of code from Fabricio Zuardi’s original. The Jukebox is fully skinnable, every function previously available has been recoded to support skinning and resizing. The first skin, iPod Black, is a partial demo of what is possible. It supports both audio and video, and works the same way as the normal player. There are 3 files associated with the player, the actual swf file, which while having around 400 extra lines of code, has been cleaned up so that it is the same size as the Xspf, a measly 16kb. Next is the skin.xml file, which contains the instructions for creating the player look, and lastly is the background image. There are two versions, a Flash 7 version for higher browser support, or a Flash 8 version for PNG and alpha channel support. As of now there is no download, but in the next few days I will be remaking my website to support the posting, previewing, and downloading of skins, as well as releasing a few more of my own skins. As for player updates, I will be adding an image loader for greater image options (resize, rotate, color change). The one drawback I can find is in the font display, the user must have your specified font on their computer to view the player correctly, otherwise they will see the default system font (usually Times New Roman). There has only been one function addition, and that is the ability for the alphabetize function to disregard a ‘The’ at the beggining of an artist title, the same way iTunes does. For example, ‘The Beatles’ would come alphabetically before ‘Cake’. To turn this off, and alphabetize normally, pass the variable ‘forceAlphabetize=1′.
View it Here.
This is the last update of a skin that doesn’t play music or have all of the functions of the current player. By next week there should be a the XSPF 5.0 player will be available that anyone with a little bit of time can customize to their liking. This also calls for a web update, the current jukebox page will be updated to support the posting, displaying, and downloading of personal skins. Lastly, there will be instructions and documentation on using my “skinXML”. Download and start creating now, if you think you can do it without instructions. Here.