As this is an update to an existing post I will dispense with a basic introduction. The major difference between this post and the previous is that the new version uses Actionscript 3. Here is the deep linking example of SimpleViewer 2 and SWFAddress 2.4.
What you will need to download:
SimpleViewer 2
SimpleViewer 2 has been released and I will have an update of my SimpleViewer SWFAddress code shortly. Most of the code is done – I just have to do some testing. You can check out a preview example here. Update: the post has is up here.
Borrowlenses.com
I recently rented a lens from Borrowlenses.com and over all it was a good experience, but there were a few issues. They have strict address requirements, which in some ways are understandable based on the value of the gear. This does however limit shipping to basically your business or home via FedEx with a signature requirement, no hotels and no P.O. Boxes. The other issue was that the lens was sent to me very dirty, good thing Photoshop can fix it, but still would be nice if had been cleaned before it was sent.
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SimpleViewer is an flash gallery that has gained some popularity on the net. Like with anything in this world of ours, it has strengths and weaknesses. It’s primary strength is that it allows people who do not know a lot about flash to set up a flash gallery. One of it’s weaknesses is that it does not handle deep linking in flash. Adding deep linking to SimpleViewer allows you to link to an individual image within the gallery instead of just being able to link to the base Flash movie clip. In this article I will show you how to add deep linking to SimpleViewer using SWFAddress.
With the integration of SWFAddress, the browser history will update every time you click a thumbnail, allowing for the use of the browser’s back button. You also get a nice clean URL, and the updating of the URL allows users to link to individual images which wouldn’t be possible otherwise.
I will be focusing on a Multiple galleries example, but you could easily adapt this if you only have one gallery.
Here is an Example of the finished working code or you can check out my galleries.