more than one carousel on a site

[joshuaturk]

I cannot figure out how to place another carousel on the same flash site, not even on the same page, I thought all i have to do was duplicate the symbol and change xml path, but that didn't work, maybe cause there is library elements that conflict with duplicating??

please help!

thanks,
josh

[aleus]

I'm having the same problem trying to place a single carousel on different pages, but on one "site".

In the "Carousel.as" I've tried to rename the XML file (and path) to something else so i can have the different carousels have a different set of images to call from:

xml = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = Delegate.create(this, dataLoaded);
xml.load("notcarousel.xml");
}

I've tried keeping all paths in order. I've got a directory of images for each page (5). So i'd like to have 5 different html files, have 5 different carousels, but I can't find why I cannot rename "carousel.xml" or put it in a lower directory so it's not used by ALL pages.

Please advise.

[Adrian]

Hello,
I am sorry, only one instance of the carousel will work. A solution would be to export two versions of the carousel and load them using the MovieClipLoader class or the loadMovie method.

[amib77]

i havent tried this but maybe this will work. since the files are beeing loaded to the user pc try changing all the name of all the files as to not have the machine think its the same one. i had the same problem once with the xml file. so that may work but ill get back to you once i try.

[brandonsadkins]

i was able to actually get two instances of this working on one page at the same time. it took a little messing around, so i don't have the exact steps, but basically make sure they are named differently, of course. carousel1.swf and carousel1.xml and then carousel2.swf and carousel2.xml. both xml files need to go in the root folder i believe.

however, put carousel2.swf in a folder called "c2" or whatever you want, then load it into the page. for some reason it seems to allow 2 carousels fine if they aren't in the same folder on your webserver. make sure the paths are correct to the .xml files and you should be fine.

the only caveat to this, is they affect each other's speed because of processing issues. its almost too much "load" for the page to handle.

here's an example (this site is not in use, this was a test page. the site is coming soon and things will be done somewhat differently):

DJ M-Squared.com


update: make sure the carousel.as file points to carousel2.xml when exporting carousel2.swf

[shaun.guyver]

I am having the same problem, and I have:

Published four versions of the carousel (carousel1.swf, carousel2.swf etc)
Loaded them into separate movie clips
Loaded separate xml files
Edted thumbnail.as to target the individual movie clips and individual xml paths

...and still it will only load one carousel.

Take a look at my problem here: Sounding Good New Design

You can load one carousel fine, but try to load another and it re-loads the previous one and not any nother. Could somebody perhaps check through my files? I'd be happy to send them.

Thanks

Shaun Guyver

[shaun.guyver]

don't worry I've fixed

[geoffrey7]

Originally Posted by shaun.guyver

don't worry I've fixed

Hi shaun.guyver, mind to share how u code on the actionscript there? cause i need to load more than 1 carousel too.

[pidjy]

Hello

You can have as many instances of the carousel as you want.

here is how I do that

Create as many folders as instances you need (every folder with a specific name ex carousel1 / carousel2 / carousel 3 ...). Unzip the advanced-3d-carousel-menu.zip in each folders. Create the same folders (empty) on your web server.

Step two : for each carousel, you gotta modify the "Carousel.as" file and write an absolute URL for the XML file

ex: xml.load("carousel.xml"); will become : xml.load("http://www.myserver.com/carousel1/carousel.xml");

Step 3 : open each .fla and save them with a new name. generate the .swf file fore each .fla in a its folder.

Step 4 : modify the .xml file and enter absolute URL for each image.

Step 5 : upload each folder content on the corresponding folder on the webserver.

I'am sorry my english is bad... but I hope this message will help you.

Check out that test-webpage with 3 differents carousels 3 diff carousels