Web Publishing

The web pubishing feature creates a file that can be played by a web browser so that viewers can see you project while surfing the internet. This is similar to the way flash files are created and published. Below are the basic steps for publishing a project on the web.

To publish a project on the web

1. In the File menu, click Web Publishing.
2. Adjust the settings and click OK.
3. The Confirm Web Publishing Result dialog box will appear. Click FTP Upload.
4. Adjust the FTP settings so that it sends the files to your web server and click OK.

Inserting your project into an HTML file

This document shows you how to insert code into an HTML file (web document) so that it will play your project after you have published it for the web. Here, we assume that you are already familiar with basic HTML editing and the basic concepts of web publishing. For more information on web publishing with Flying Popcorn, see Publishing your project on the web.

When you publish a project for the web, it creates a JavaScript file with the same name as your project (projectname.js). You need to insert this JavaScript file into your HTML file. To do so, upload the Javascript (*.js) file onto your web server in the same directory as your HTML file. Then insert the following line of code in the body of your HTML file:

<script src="projectname.js"></script>

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If your HTML file contains this code, the project will play inside the HTML file. All you have to do is cut and paste this code into the body your HTML file.

The JavaScript file calls the web player and plays the project in the HTML file. It will be created automatically by the web publishing function. For your information, its code is as follows:

document.write( '<object classid="clsid:1AF62A94-4774-41B9-BFB7-8458F8D74BAF" id=" PopPlay7"' )
document.write( ' width=" 640" height=" 480" ' )
document.write( ' codebase=" popcorn7.cab#version=1,0,0,3" > ' )
document.write( ' <param name="UrlPath" value="projectname.bin"> ' )
document.write( '</object> ' )

Adjusting the Web Publishing settings

The following are the settings found in the Web Publishing dialog box. You can access this dialog box by going to the Publishing menu and clicking Web Publishing. For more information on web publishing, see Publishing your project on the web

1. Select Folder: Select the folder where you want to save the web play files. The default folder is C:\Program Files\Popcorn7\webfolder\projectname.
2. Page Range: Sets the range (start page and end page) of the pages to be made into the Web Play File.
3. Window Settings: Opens the Play Window Settings dialog box. For Web Play Files, only the Play Window Size can be set. The user can select any size for the play window. You will not be able to change the play window size once the Web Play File has been created. For more information, see Adjusting the play window settings.
4. Convert text to image: When this option is checked, the text objects will be converted into images when creating the Web Play File. If the text is not converted to an image, and the Flying Popcorn content is run on a computer that does not have the fonts used in the Flying Popcorn content, the text will be distorted, so it is best to check this option when creating the Web Play File if a large number of different fonts are used. In order to decrease the size of the file, you can use the default fonts and not check this option. When you do check this option with the character unit processing setting, each character is converted into an image file, thus the number of files as well as the overall file size will be large. So, it is better to use the string unit processing settings when converting text to images.
5. Include used fonts: Includes the font files used in creating the Web Play File. If the computer where the Web Play File is run does not have the fonts used to create the Flying Popcorn content, the included font will be temporarily installed on the computer and the text will appear properly.
6. Exception fonts: This opens a text file that lists all of the fonts that will not be included in the resulting file. To add a font, type it in on a new line.
7. Compress result data into single (*.BIN) file: The resources (images, sounds, etc.) used to create the Flying Popcorn content will be compressed and saved into the result file as a single BIN file.
8. Use capture video stamp: The first frame of a video object can be used as an image where In/Out effects can be set. If the captured image is not used, the overall project file size will be reduced, but the In/Out effects will be ignored.
9. Keep (do not change) media filenames: Converts the project while maintaining the same media file names. Make sure that there are no overlapping media file names.

Other Web Publishing Settings

1. Save current settings and use as default settings: Saves the current settings and uses them as the default settings for future web publishing.
2. Don't copy Web Player (popcorn7.cab): Does not copy the popcorn7.cab file into the result folder. This option is usually used together with the Folder URL of the Web Player (popcorn7.cab) option. It means the popcorn7.cab file will be sent to the user from the URL.
3. Create reference HTML files: Creates useful sample HTML files for your reference.
4. Rename the result HTML file (and others also): Changes the result HTML file name with the selected name. Other related BIN file names will be changed also.
5. Folder URL of the result BIN on the web server: Specifies the folder URL of the result BIN file to play.