| The AllVideos Bot/Plugin for Joomla 1.0.x (version 1.0) (Our "historic" first post!) |
| Sunday, 11 June 2006 | |
Important!The present website will always feature the latest update of the AllVideos Bot/Plugin for Joomla 1.0.x.For the latest news, bug reports, requests and all previous and current versions, please check out the official project page in Joomla Forge at http://forge.joomla.org/sf/projects/allvideos. Please show your support by rating or commenting on the bot at the official extensions page HERE . Thank you for your support! WhatThis mambot gives you the ability to embed online streaming videos inside your content (items). Supported video providers are Google Video, YouTube, iFilm, Vimeo and Metacafe! If you want other providers included, just send me an This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it !Once you download the bot, install it through the backend as you would with every bot/mambot/plugin. This bot is compatible with Joomla 1.0.x and mambo 4.5.2.x and above. HowTo embed videos to your content use the following Bot Strings per video provider:1. For Google Video use: { google}video_id{ /google} For example if the link on your browser displays http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3406925506469882756 then you video_id is 3406925506469882756, that means, just the number at the end of the link! 2. For YouTube use: { youtube}video_id{ /youtube} For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdXTDovB9K8 then you video_id is cdXTDovB9K8, that means, again just the number at the end of the link! 3. For iFilm use: { ifilm}video_id{ /ifilm} For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2732615 then you video_id is 2732615, that means, yes you've guessed too, just the number at the end of the link! 4. For Vimeo use: { vimeo}video_id{ /vimeo} For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.vimeo.com/clip:78198 then you video_id is 78198, that means, yes you are a genius, again just the number at the end of the link! 5. For Metacafe use: { metacafe}video_id/video_name{ /metacafe} For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.metacafe.com/watch/143709/i_get_knocked_down/ then you video_id/video_name is 143709/i_get_knocked_down. This one is a tricky because you need to ommit the last slash (/)! Keep also in mind that when you choose to adjust the width and height of your videos (through the parameters inside the bot) it is best to maintain a 4:3 aspect ratio and add about 5% to 6% (5,75% to be exact) of your target width to your height (for the video controls, like play, pause etc.) so that your video will not stretch and look ugly! If you want to have videos from all 5 providers, I suggest you keep that rule in mind! But test the dimensions before posting, iFilm and MetaCafe are the "headache". So if you choose to have a width of say 600px, then your height should be (600 x 3/4)px + (600 x 5,75%)px = 485px. But keeping it at the default 400px width and 323px height will suit most people's needs, since this dimension is similar to the dimensions of the original online videos! Well? What are you waiting for? Go post some videos on your site! |
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| Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 January 2007 ) |
