FlowBox our popular Lightbox plugin Stack has now received a major update compatible with Stacks 1 and 2.

Almost 3 years old … yes it has been around that long :D , we have now given it a Stacks 2 refresh . In addition to new functionality this still makes Flowbox a powerful addition to your Rapidweaver Stacks Toolbox.

The previous Flowbox was great and was the first to bring automatic lightbox video playback as a Stack but as we have seen with web design methods as well as ‘fashion’ we have now integrated native HTML5 (Video ) playback in a lightbox with Flowplayer still being used as last resort.

Not happy with the old flowbox way of handling YouTube and Vimeo? This has also changed for the better with automatic link support for

• Vimeo e.g http://vimeo.com/34025760

• YouTube e.g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ychmsJR6Rkk

Yes, YouTube and Vimeo will use the latest HTML5 player formats

Last of all a lightbox would not be complete without supporting images and this is also built into Flowbox as well as the gallery mode via a rel-tag. Note RapidWeaver pages already have rel tags internally so you will find this gallery mode is active , but you can change the rel tags to say just have Video specific ones or YouTube specifc via the RapidWeaver add link custom options.

There is no complicated link code to add to your page , or add/buy another html5 , youtube or vimeo stack or an iframe module of this stack into FlowBox . If you have a movie, audio file or a youtube or an image link once Flowbox is added to your Stacks page the rest is automatic to help speed up your workflow.

Add your links to your media

• Add Flowbox

• Publish

• Perfect with Pulse CMS or DropCMS Stacks that will allow you to edit and and HTML links without RapidWeaver.

Changes and New Functionality in FlowBox Stack

• HTML5 Video is primary medium for playback, with FlowPLayer for FallBack for non HTML5 browsers

• 5 preset Lightbox styles combined and built in (there were two separate stacks in the old version)

• Native YouTube and Vimeo link detection. Yes, YouTube and Vimeo will use the latest HTML5 player formats suitable for iPad

  Vimeo e.g http://vimeo.com/34025760

  • YouTube e.g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ychmsJR6Rkk

• Image lightbox support for external image links

Live Demo

We are using the new FlowBox Code over at our FlowBox Product Page with examples of FlowBox opening YouTube, H.264 Video , Vimeo and Images.

How do I use Flowbox 3 ?

Well we made this short video that shows you how easy this How to Use FlowBox 3

Previous Customers - Important

All previous customers of Flowbox will receive a free complimentary upgrade via a separate email (already sent on Jan 15th 9am UK time) on getting the new Flowbox. We used two different shopping carts when Flowbox was sold in 2009 and have merged all these customers details into one mail blast.

Please make sure that you are white-listing email from symfonip.com , with the sheer number of customer emails we send we will not be replying or manually intervening if they require additional approval from your spam - captcha engine.

Customers prior to Jan 2010 will need to use the email download link. Customers who purchased post Jan 2010 can get their download via our Self Service download link too if you cannot wait for your email ;) SymfoniP Order LookUp

Upgrading:

FlowBox 3 is a brand new Stack and will require that you remove any previous copy of Flowbox Light or Dark stacks in your Rapidweaver page. Only then can you use the all new FlowBox 3rd generation stack.

Problems

Open a support ticket at http://support.symfonip.com and we can review the issue.

Enjoy

A new set of image slider/carousel add-ons for the awesome Stacks Plugin are now available for all you RapidWeaver fans. These EZCarousel Stacks make it really easy for you to use images/photographs from your favourite image hosting services whether that is 
- Flickr
- Picasa
- or even 500px

We did not stop at just adding images into a slick carousel slider … we have also integrated lightbox functionality so there is no need for you to add additional stacks, code to make this all happen. 
Again, like all our previous stacks we aim for timesaving when you want to add cool effects to a RapidWeaver Stacks page and we hope you like this new set.

Required: Stacks Plugin Version 1.4 or higher
Flickr: A Flickr API Key and Set ID
Picasa: A Picasa User and Album Name
500px: A User name

Go check out our demo page 

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Welcome to two great time saving stack add-ons that will enable you to publish the latest Videos from your YouTube or Vimeo User accounts.

Want to show off your video portfolio/family/music videos but do not want to add in each video link manually, buy another lightbox stacks to add in, and then integrate some nice css and tooltip effect. Don’t worry this stack has you covered in all of the above and at a sweet price!

Features:
* Set one time only , it will always pull the latest videos published dynamically
* Built in prettyPhoto ( a free to use ) Lightbox effect for playback of Vimeo or YouTube Video (iPad and iPhone compatible)
* Built in Tooltip effect to show Titles over the thumbnail poster image
* CSS3 hover effects for video thumbnails
* Select size of Video thumbnails (YouTube: small and medium; Vimeo: small, medium, large)

Let us show you how these two Stacks work, we will keep the information in one user guide as the stacks are pretty similar just with different configuration settings. to suit what video service you want to use.

Check out the Live demo over on our EZVideo product page

Some Sample Screenshots ….. 

Options: Easy YouTube

Preview /Published Mode

1. The active Thumbnail
2. The tooltip
3. The Thumbnail grid for Vimeo or YouTube, all other images are slightly faded out till you hover over them

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symOrbit is an image slider plugin for RapidWeaver with a difference, it also has Vimeo and YouTube video playback in an elegant lightbox/overlay effect. Yes, all included in one plugin package!

A lot of our customers have asked for such a feature set and we have built all of this into symOrbit. There is no need for additional lightbox stacks or code inserted to make use of this functionality to launch and playback your favourite Vimeo or YouTube content directly in your RapidWeaver page and web-site.

Features:

• YouTube & Vimeo latest Universal players supported in an all inclusive Lightbox, just add the link and that’s it and enjoy playback on the iPad and iPhone too.
• Drag and Drop Images slide images supported
• Add Titles(Captions) to be displayed in the Image Slider
• Slider Transition effects ( fade, horizontal or vertical slide)
• Full control over timing and animations
• Full control over lightbox settings (opacity, color, animation speed and more)
• Pluskit and Blocks Page Block Import Supported.

Learn more about symOrbit over at our Online User Guide or view the Live Demo on our symOrbit Product Page

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