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 

I am pleased to announce our new MP3-Audioplayer supporting pure HTML5 and Flash playback for the browsers that do not support native MP3 playback in HTML5 mode.

The player is ready with 6 preset color palettes that are selected inside the Stack Options. Our User Guide in our support area covers these presets.

Again like our previous stacks , you just add once only to your Stacks Page where you want the player to appear and , create a link(or links) to your MP3 file (our User guide has an example of this ) .
We then create the player for you for all your MP3 links! Simple, awesome and fast.

Perfect for
- Audio Store Pages
- Podcast playback
- showcasing your bands music

Remember your MP3 audio file can be anywhere , Dropbox public folder (fast and easy to setup), or even on your own web host . All that we require for playback is that your browser can access the file correctly where-ever it is hosted.

Learn More about this RapidWeaver Stack for Audio Over at our product page 

We have just finalised our 500px Powered Image Stack Add-ons. Bringing more ease of use to both pro and novice users as well as flexibility to RapidWeaver Stacks plugin based pages.

Here is our current line-up; and yes these are all dynamic...  upload a new image to your 500px stream and this will be displayed in RapidWeaver.

ez500px Slide Gallery - simple but effective fade gallery effect , want to see you Thumbnails just hover over the gallery

ez500px Lightbox Thumbnail Gallery - auto display of Thumbnails and integrated lightbox pop-up effect . Enter 500px username and away you go , yes you can also use the light box effect on its own too.

ez500px Supersized Background - you wanted that cool supersized background effect with your 500px image stream then here is is with

As a special launch discount for these new 500px powered Stack Add-ons as well as our existing stacks and plugins use discount code 'the500px' at our store checkout and save 19%. (offer is valid till Midnight Friday 22nd July EST)

Wanting more than just these Add-ond check out our bundles already saving you over 40%

Note: You do need the Stacks plugin from YourHead.com to use this Stacks add on,
Optional: a 500px.com Account
Please use your own images in 500px , act responsibly with other artists creative and copyrighted work !

Just as we have completed a new plugin release for the ImageWall collection, we have gone back to creating some useful stacks for RapidWeaver. This time round we focus on the rising star in photograhy image community circles 500px.

Our stacks communicate with 500px and pick up the latest images available in your photo collection so these can be added in a snap to your RapidWeaver pages.

The first two off the launch pad are :

ez500px Lightbox Gallery

In this awesome stack, you can retrieve the latest images published on 500px and display them in a snap in RapidWeaver combined with a fantastic lightbox effect.
This is all included in one stack package.

Check out the other features :

* Set one time only , it will dynamically retrieve your latest 500px Images
* Built in prettyPhoto ( a free to use ) Lightbox effect for displaying your images (iPad and iPhone compatible)
* Built in Tooltip effect to show Titles over the thumbnail image
* CSS3 hover effects for image thumbnails
* Select three sizes of Image thumbnails that can be used in page display
* No coding experience is necessary!

ez500px SlideShow Gallery

There are times when you need a superfast SlideShow to present your images then this is perfect for the job.

• Automatic Thumbnail generation
• Image Thumbnail Navigation , Slide-Up Preview of Thumbnails
• SlideShow option and timer controls
• Scaling Zoom or Show Original Aspect Ratio of Images
• CSS3 box Shadow Effect Control
• Built in Caching

You can learn more and see the new '500px' powered stacks in action on their respoective product pages

Please use your own images in 500px , act responsibly with other artists creative and copyrighted work !

The summer vacation season has not kicked in here just yet and we have two amazing plugins that are destined to show off your summer snaps or portfolio images in a simple and slick way.
We have two plugin flavours available; one for Flickr and Picasa Web Album ( yes that also includes Google + photo album too) to get you started in publishing your images super fast.

Each of our Plugins come fully loaded with an extensive set of customisation options that give you complete control over the Flickr and Picasa Wall effects
Like all of our products we want to make it simple as well as providing time-saving wow factor Just take a look at what is included already:

• options to control all aspects of CSS
• use Images you have uploaded to Flickr or Picasa in your Web site to show off your portfolio or a sub set of the portfolio to your visitors
• Instant Time-Saving results - add Plugin, Enter User and /or album details - Boom!
• Built in LightBox Mode with navigation control
• Full Control over Wall thumbnail Image Sizing and Wall spacing between the thumbnails
• Change background colors, add gradient backgrounds even add a background image for CSS background effect!
• Change Image Frame borders
• Beautiful on iPad and iPhone
• Kiosk Mode : just have the wall images appear on your page in Full Screen

No extra Stacks or plugins are required to achieve this knockout effect , we have included everything all in one package

Check out the Live Demos for FlickrWall and PicasaWall

Requirements:
Publicly available images from Flickr (user, set or group) or a Picasa web album ( yes that also includes Google+)
Best results are seen in Modern web browsers, you know who you are :)

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

It is just a few weeks past the second year we have been supplying awesome Stacks and Plugin goodness to the RapidWeaver community but also my birthday very soon , no dates or years mentioned okay ;)

As a special 'birthday' offer to all of you in the community we are slashing 30% off all Stacks , Plugins and even Bundles (yes that is everything) till March 31st midnight UK time (7pm Eastern USA)

Use discount code 2ndyearthankyou at the Store Checkout as shown below.

Remember March 31st Midnight UK Time, 7pm Eastern USA this very special offer will no longer be available.

Where to use the discount code

Grab a bargain at our store whilst you can and stay tuned for more developments from us in 2011.

Our popular image slider plugin for RapidWeaver has just been updated to Version 1.12 with even more transition effects

Grab your update from our symNivo product page or use RapidWeaver (5 upwards) 'Check for Updates'

List of new transition effects available

We are pleased to announce a new set of stacks once again to make your life easier (re)using your images stored in Picasa, Flickr or even MobileMe and create a great looking gallery / portfolio supersize background effect in your web page.

The stacks are sold in 3 editions for the respective Image Hosting services you use or you can even buy the bundle and save also :)

What can be easier ..... ?

• Choose your stack,
• install ,
• Add the supersizer stack for the service you use
• Configure your gallery/album this can be the Flickr Inout (set, group, user)  or the Picasa/MobileME user ID and album-id
• Publish 

Features:

• Image Protect (no right clicking to save background image)
• show off your Album with up to 150 images, all cloud based so no resources or paths to add in your RapidWeaver project
• only for Public Visible Albums
• Flickr SuperSizer supports images from a Set, User or Group.
• No API keys required