Joomla Mosaic Gallery FX
The module is used for adding the product in one or more pages in a given position (e.g. top, bottom, sidebar) while the plugin is used for adding the product inside a specific article.
You can see an example on how to install a module in your Joomla 1.5 website here, how to install a plugin in your Joomla 1.5 website here, how to install a module in your Joomla 1.6 website here and how to install a plugin in your Joomla 1.6 website here.
Make sure your Joomla version is at least 1.5 and your hosting provider is using PHP5.
Joomla Module Instructions:
1. There are two files to download (both under GPL License):
a. Joomla Module (version 1.5 or version 1.6, 1.7 & 2.5 or version 3.x) that you have to install and enable
b. Free package
2. Create a new folder inside your Joomla folder called flashxml, inside this folder create a new one called mosaicgalleryfx and copy the content of the free package there
3. If you copied the free package to a location different than the one above, update the Path from module's parameters accordingly
4. Customize your Mosaic Gallery FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Download the ZIP file and use the included settings.xml file to overwrite flashxml/mosaicgalleryfx/settings.xml
Note that the Joomla Module can only be used once in your website.
Joomla Plugin Instructions:
1. There are two files to download (both under GPL License):
a. Joomla Plugin (version 1.5 or version 1.6, 1.7 & 2.5 or version 3.x) that you have to install and enable
b. Free package
2. Create a new folder inside your Joomla folder called flashxml, inside this folder create a new one called mosaicgalleryfx and copy the content of the free package there
3. If you copied the free package to a location different from the one above, update the Path from plugin's parameters accordingly
4. Add where you want the Flash to show up in your article
5. Customize your Mosaic Gallery FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Download the ZIP file and use the included settings.xml file to overwrite flashxml/mosaicgalleryfx/settings.xml
6. The default name for the settings file is settings.xml, but if you want to use another file (for example settings2.xml), specify the name like this: where you want the component to show up in your article
7. In some cases the width and height will not be read from the settings.xml file but you can specify them like this:
. Don't forget to provide your own width and height values, since 400 and 300 are just examples.
No Flash support text
To support visitors without Adobe Flash Player, you can provide alternative content by adding the text between .
Changing WMODE
By default, the WMODE value is transparent but you can change it to window from the module/plugin's parameters. If you want to have a different WMODE value in a specific article, it can be done like this: .
Getting rid of the FlashXML.net label
To remove the FlashXML.net label from the top-left corner you'll need to buy the paid package.
Once you will do that, simply use the SWF file from the paid package to overwrite the SWF file from the flashxml/mosaicgalleryfx/ folder.