Posts by Lee-K

Thanks Sam for your careful reading of my post. I think you answered all of my current questions. I will give those suggestion a try later today and let you know for sure.

Hi Sam,
Thanks for your reply and comments on panopress and use of spaces in path names.

What about the embedpano.js script that I saw in the krpano shortcode example. Don' I need to deploy that to my web site?

I was successful with panopress yesterday but the rotation speed was too fast and I could not affect any changes by adjusting the autorotation parameters in my tour.xml file which I did upload back to the web site after each change. I tried changing the speed from 0 to 30 in increments with no effect.

I am also trying to learn how to do the shortcode per krpano documentation examples without the use of panopress. Any help there would also be appreciated.

Part of my confusion is that I have a set of krpano output files and a set of viewer files from the krpano distribution and it is not clear which files to deploy from these two sets and where they should be located on my Wordpress web site. I have attached a screenshot of the top level of each of these two sets of files. I would specifically like to know which of the viewer files (e.g., krpano.XX, embedpano.js) from the krpano distribution I need.

I have also attached a screen shot of my current web site deployment.

Thanks.

Hi tmhok,

I have already successfully used panopress to deploy the pano, but I am trying to understand how to do it without panopress and that is why I am asking these questions.

I did notice with panopress that I can not control the pano rotation speed by editing the tour.xml file. Changing the rotation speed does not seem to have any effect.

First time deploying a krpano virtual tour to my Wordpress web site and need some help since the documentation was not clear.

I used PTgui and the krpano MAKE VTOUR (MULTIRES) droplet.bat. The Virtual Tour views great when viewing it locally using Internet Explorer and the tour.html file.

I have uploaded all the Virtual Tour Files to my Wordpress site in public_html/wp-content/uploads/panoramas/my_pano.

(1) Where do I upload the embedpano.js file? What is the recommended location?

(2) Do I also have to upload the other files in the krpano Viewer folder (e.g., krpano.html, krpano.js, krpano.swf, and krpano.xml) since I already have a tour.html, tour.js, tour.swf, and tour.xml in my virtual tour folder?

(3) In this shortcode example below:

(a) Do I use krpano.swf or my tour.swf?
(b) Why am I not using my tour.html in the shortcode instead of the .swf file?
(c) Is the pano.xml replaced by my tour.xml?
(d) Can I assume that the target: "pano" should be entered "as is" and references the div id="pano"?

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

<div id="pano" style="width:600px; height:400px;"></div>

<script>
embedpano({swf:"krpano.swf", xml:"pano.xml", target:"pano"});
</script>

A section of real-code which matches my situation would be helpful.

Thanks.

Is there a way for a user/viewer to dynamically control the display of hot spots in a VR Tour?

The user should have a control for turning on/off the hot spot display since the display of hot spots often hurts the overall appearance of the panorama. Also the use and appearance of hot spots could be a user preference.

Apparently every time I manually edit the tour.xml using a text editor, I have to also edit the file properties and select "unblock" after completing my edits.

****** On further check, this was not true. The properties only have to be changed after file is saved from the tour_editor.

Solved the problem by checking Windows 7 Properties on the tour.xml file. After saving the tour.xml in the editor, the properties have to be manually changed each time.

The procedure is to (1) right click on tour.xml file, (2) select "properties", (3) select the "general" tab, (4) under the security section, the "unblock" button must be pressed, (5) select "apply" or "ok", and (6) re-launch tour.html.

This fixed the problem and I can now add hot spots and execute viewer without any problem. I have attached a screen shot of the properties pop-up window for reference.

I did also try the krpano viewer in Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox to eliminate possible browser problems.

I have created a virtual tour with four 360 VR panos. The virtual tour executes good on my local computer. I used the tour_editor.html to add a single hot spot to get from one pano to another. I tested it and it works fine within the editor. When I launch the viewer (tour.html) without the editor, I get the following error:

"Fatal error: tour.xml - loading failed! (Error: Permission Denied)" (see attachment)

I have examined the tour.xml file and the code to add the hotspot is there and it looks good (see attachment).

I am running the tour.html locally on my Windows 7 computer. I have set Adobe Flash Player global security settings to allow local viewing of the html file on my computer. I am running krpano 1.18.5.

Probably a simple cause but it is not apparent to me.