Virtual Tour Editor Plugin
vtoureditor.swf
Version 1.16.1
Flash only
- The Virtual Tour Editor Plugin is a special plugin for local/offline editing of virtual tours that were made with the MAKE VTOUR droplets.
- The plugin loads the original tour.xml file and modifies it.
- Only the <view> element and the <hotspot> elements in current <scene> element will be modified by the plugin functions, all other xml code in the tour.xml will be kept unchanged.
- The plugin allows to set the startup view for each scene - just pan/zoom to the view and press the appropriate button.
- Hotspots can be added, moved or deleted. When adding hotspots, the tour skin needs to provide a skin_hotspotstyle style for the new hotspot. The assigned scene of the hotspot will be stored as linkedscene attribute of the <hotspot> element. The skin_hotspotstyle style should use it and load the correct scene with it.
- A simple xml editor for modifying simple things like the tour / pano titles or changing some settings in the tour.xml is also included.
- All changes will work immediately, the tour can be browsed with the applied changes.
- For saving the modified tour.xml the Flashplayer File API will be used. This allows to save and overwrite the original tour.xml file by using the system save-as dialog.
- The MAKE VTOUR droplets are also creating a tour_editor.html by default - this file loads the original tour and dynamically adds the Virtual Tour Editor Plugin. When the editing is done, this file and the vtoureditor.swf can be removed.
Usage
- To begin either just start / open the tour_editor.html or manually include the vtoureditor.swf plugin.
- Here the startup screen with the editor buttons.
- Browse through the scenes by using the skin navigation and pan/zoom to the startup view you want to have for the current scene and press the button to save it.
- For adding hotspots first press the button, then drag/move the hotspot to the position where you want to have it.
- When done press the button - a new dialog with a list of all scenes from the tour will be opened - select the scene where the hotspot should lead and press again.
- For editing the tour.xml directly press the button. This can be used to change the tour or pano titles.
- When the xml was modified, the tour must be reloaded by using the button.
- When all is done, finally save the new tour.xml by using the button. Browse in the file browser to the location of original tour.xml and overwrite it.
Plugin Attributes
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xmlfilename (optionally)
- Set a custom name for the xml file that contains the <scene> elements.
- By default either the name of the given startup xml file or 'tour.xml' will be used.
- That setting need to be defined already at plugin-startup, changing it later will be not possible.