=== Simple Flash Video === Contributors: SimpleThought Link: http://www.simplethoughtproductions.com/category/simple-flash-video/ Tested up to: 2.5.1 Requires at least: 2.3.1 Stable tag: 1.3 Tags: JW, FLV, MP4, Flash, Simple, Video, Shadowbox, Simple, Stats == Description == The Simple Flash Video Plugin builds on the plugins that all ready allow easy posting of .flv or .mp4 files on the popular Wordpress platform. Simple Flash Video allows for all of the JW FLV options to be utilized via its config.xml file and post level overrides. With this plugin you can easily post .flv or .mp4 videos to your blog and have your viewers instantly watch the video without having to fully download the video before watching. It also combines the popular Shadowbox utility to allow for the videos to float over the website content for a clean look. Additionally it now includes Simple Stats which allow for highly detailed information on the viewing of your videos that are hosted played on your site. This plugin was built from the ground up to take full advantage of the JW FLV Player and Shadowbox. Code has been used from the Flash Video Player by Joshua Eldridge as per the licence agreemnet. When you put the [video...] code in your plugin it will be replaced by a Link to the video that will open in a Shadowbox window. If a .jpg file is in the same directory with the same name as the flv it will also use that photo in the link. If no image is found it will simply place a Text link in your post. If you wish you can also disable the Shadowbox feature in the post command. == Installation == 1. Download and unzip Simple Flash Video. 1. Transfer Simple-Flash-Video directory to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 1. CHMOD the congig.xml file to be writeable by all 666 or higher 1. CHMOD the stats folder to be writable by all 666 or higher 1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 1. Configure the plugin as you desire via the options menu. Click save to keep the file. You can also edit the config.xml manually 1. Visit the SFV Stats page via your dashboard to have it update the code for your website 1. That's it! You're done. You can now enter the following into a post or page in WordPress to insert a video: [video filename=video/video.flv /] 1. After a while check the SFV Stats link on your admin home page to see the latest stats == Frequently Asked Questions == = I have activated the plugin, but don't see the video player. What do I do? = Check and make sure that you have the appropriate hook in your template file for the header: `` without the '' = How do I change a setting for a single post? = If you just want to change a single value for one video you can do it by modifying the code in your post. To Change the hight you would simply put: [video filename=video/video.flv height=500 /] You can put any of the variables in this way using all lower case variablenames without spaces in the name. = How do I change the defaults? = The config.xml file contains all of the current variables of JW FLV 3.16. You can modify this file to change any of the default settings that the plugin will use. = Help! I can't figure this out!? = No problem! Give us a shout using the contact form @ http://www.simplethoughtproductions.com/contact/ and we will see if we cant help you. We also recommend posting a comment on the version of Simple Flash Video player to allow the community to assist as well. Find the post for your version @ http://www.simplethoughtproductions.com/category/simple-flash-video/ == Screenshots == 1. Plugin Activated on Wordpress 2. A video link created by the plugin 3. Post content to create a video link 4. Config file to control the JW FLV Player 5. Video Overlay == Usage == To use the plugin simply put: [video filename=/path/to/file/whatever.flv /] into your blog post replacing the path with the real path to the file. You can add additional parameters to code to be passed onto the flash player as well as control the plugin. All player options are supported. You can also pass thickbox=off to turn off thick box and simply have the player show in the post. You can also set embed=true to use embed code instead of the SWFObject code. Example of more advance usage: [video filename=/path/to/file/whatever.flv thickbox=off embed=true width=400 height=320 callback=/stats.php /]