Ultra Flash Player 7.8 (20-in-1)
1.  Introduction
     This is 21-in-1 dnn module,powerful yet easy to use. It capable of producing a multitude of functions including:
      1: Image rotator     
      2: Image numeric navigate(classical) 
      3. Image numeric navigate(integrative) 
      4. Image numeric navigate(black)  (new in v7.3)
      5: Mp3 player
      6: Traditional mp3 player                    
      7: Flash video player   
      8: Simple flash video player
      9: Multimedia player          
      10: YouTube video feeds player   
      11: Anarchy media player     
      12: Flipping book player 
      13: Banner topic player  
      14: Ajax light box image album
      15: Ajax fancy box image album(new in v7.8)
      16: Ajax light box video album
      17: Simple image album
      18:Wmv/Wma Player
      19: Silverlight album
      20:3d image slider
      21: Embed video player

      Package contains two sub modules, Ultra Flash Player (UFP) and UFP_Category.   UFP module is mainly used to play media and UFP_Category module is used to provide category list navigate for it. 

                                               General setting of UFP module
    Note, v7.8 can only be used on dnn 6.x sites only. If your site still under dnn 4.x/5.x,please check v7.7 at http://www.snowcovered.com/snowcovered2/Default.aspx?tabid=242&PackageID=23147.

2.  General highlight features

      Powerful yet easy to use 
      Uses the asp.net 2.0 wizard control to easily guide you step by step. All you need to do is follow the wizard, click “previous” or “next”. It’s as easy as ABC
     
      Multiple play list support
      Play item lists can be added from a single file, portal folder, or dynamic generate based portal directory.  Also supports play list from existing xml file,  It also support external url like ASX /ATOM +Media/RSS + iTunes/RSS + Media/SMIL and XSPF format feeds.  Flash video player/mp3 player also support Rtmp/http stream list.

    Template support. 
     Both UFP and UFP_Category view interface are template based. You can customize your  own display template, change item  layout or add additional information as your wish. Note, you need be familiar with .net syntax to customize your own template.

     For flash video player/YouTube video feeds/mp3/multimedia player, the brand new skinning functionality allows you to completely customize its looks. V6.5 contains 27 flash skins as below.


       Customize url parameters support
       You can pass a “FolderId“ in url parameter to let module play sub medias under a certain folder . Or pass a “MediaFile“ parameter to let module play that file directly.

       Plug-in support
       Plugin is an Actionscript-based bit of software that builds new functionality into the flash Player. V6.2 introduce a new plug-in - Viral.  In v6.3 ,we added a new plug-in - Google Analytics.

       Full localization support and online help support
       All settings are self-explanatory utilizing the standard DNN help menu system.

 
3.Feature detail and live demo of UFP sub module
      
       3-1  Image Rotator Player       View demo
       Image Rotator Player enables you to show a couple of photos in sequence, with 10 transitions style(fade,flash,bgfade,blocks,bubbles,circles,fluids,lines,slowfade,random) available. It supports rotation of an RSS, XSPF or ATOM playlist with JPG, GIF and PNG images. Watermark logo and background music enabled.Each play item can have a link url. The link target property and navigation bar  are controllable.Additionally,there is  a wide range of flashvars(settings)  for tweaking both behavior and appearance.

     3-2  Image numeric navigate(classical)       View demo
      “Image numeric navigate(classical)” is a popular image rotator style. It supports up to 9 rotator files(jpg,gif,swf,png) with a numeric navigation bar under right bottom corner.Each play item can have a link url, v5.9 allows you link to either in new window of self window.


      3-3  Image numeric navigate(integrative)     View demo
      " Image numeric navigate(integrative)"   feature works very similar like "Image numeric navigate(classical)" , but it use different display style and it has no image limitations.


       3-4  Image numeric navigate(black) (new in v7.3)      View demo
      " Image numeric navigate(black)"   also support unlimited images.

       3-5  3d image slider        View demo
       3d image slider is an image slider initially conceived to create 3D transitions between slides, turned out to be a convenient and multifunction solution that can be applied in a range of website building areas, from content slider to feature slider and image & banner rotator.Additionally,there is  a wide range of flashvars(settings)  for tweaking both behavior and appearance.




     3-6  Mp3 Player       View demo
     Mp3 Player  is the easiest way to add live music or podcasts to your website. It supports playback of Mp3 files or an RSS, XSPF or ATOM playlist .Watermark logo enabled. It also enables add link url and  cover image to each play item .Additionally,there is  a wide range of flashvars (settings) for tweaking both behavior and appearance. The skin list is also applied to this player.



     3-7  Traditional Mp3 Player       View demo
     This player is first added in v3.x,but has been replace by a new mp3 player since v5.x. However, many customers like its clean and elegant layout and request us to readd it. V6.5 offer a option to use it but not thorough. In v6.7, we introduce all the control options to this player to meet customers need.
     Traditional mp3 player works very similar as above mp3 player, but it doesn't support display image in list, and it also can't applied the skin list. 

     
       3-8  Flash Video Player     View demo
       Flash Video Player  supports playback of any format the Adobe Flash Player can handle(flv/3gp/aac/f4b/f4p/f4v/m4a/m4v/mov/mp4/sdp/vp6) ,It also supports RTMP, HTTP, live streaming, various playlists formats(ASX /ATOM /RSS + iTunes/RSS + Media/SMIL/XSPF ), a lot of settings to make it more powerful.


      3.9 Embed video player.(new in v6.9)  View demo
      V6.9 add a new “Embed video player” to let you play video from embed code via light box style easily. Module will automatic detect embed video width/height and display smoothly!.


       3-10  YouTube Video Feeds Player     View demo
       YouTube Video Feeds Player allows you play lists of videos that either reflect YouTube user behavior, such as top-rated and most viewed video feeds, or were selected by YouTube staff, such as recently featured and mobile video feeds. Many of these feeds are shown on the videos tab of the YouTube website. These feeds are updated every few minutes.




      3-11  Wmv/Wma Player       View demo
      Wmv/Wma Player (built for Microsoft Silverlight) is a simple yet flexible player for displaying Windows Media streams, video and audio on your website. While not yet widely installed and not as feature-rich as Flash, Silverlight offers an excellent solution to publishers who have their content encoded in a Windows Media format. The WMV Player features the same extensive list of settings as the Flash video player, with the exception of playlist support.


      3-12 Simple Flash Video Player       View demo
      Simple Flash Video Player is another way to play flash video files(flv). It has a compact , wimdows media player interface like. It doesn't have too much control options like above Flash Video Player,but it has its own advantage. 
      Click the "Read More " button will display the flay list. Click the first button on the top right  coner will display the file url to let you download. Click the second button on the top right  coner will play it in in full screen.

       3-13  Multimedia Player       View demo
       Multimedia Player supports playback of  media files of any format the Adobe Flash Player can handle, like images(jpg/png/gif/swf),music(mp3),and video(flv/3gp/aac/f4b/f4p/f4v/m4a/m4v/mov/mp4/sdp/vp6). It also supports RSS, XSPF and ATOM playlist .It also supports watermark logo and enables add link url and covert image for each play item.Additionally,there is  a  wide range of flashvars (settings) for tweaking both behavior and appearance.

       3-14  Anarchy Media Player       View demo
       Anarchy Media Player  is a javascript plug-in that  will scan your page content, find all  hyperlinks to media files(mp3,flv,mov,mp4,m4v,m4a,m4b,3gp,wmv,avi,asf) ,and generate related  script to play it.
        If other module(Text/Html/ Blog//Forums /Rss/Links,etc) content has a link to mp3, flv, mov, mp4, m4v, m4a, m4b, 3gp, wmv, avi or asf files. It will also take effect.
        For example ,a link to a mp3 file will became as

     3-15  Flipping Book Player       View demo
     Flipping Book Player supports pages containing jpg/jpeg/swf  files.  It optimal use of the CPU resources. and automatic caching pages. It supports full preloading or loading on deman. The flipping pages can be flipped either by mouse clicking or by dragging. You can also controll automatic corner flipping.. and more.

        3-16  Banner Topic Player        View demo
         Banner Topic Player is an amzing feature which enables you add a list of background images and a list of banner topic images. You can set link url and weighting to both background and topic topic image. The topic image also has a title and caption property. Every time the page load, it will select a random background image based its weighting and then rotator topic images(with its title and caption) above it. Click background image or topic image will navigate to the target url as specified.

       Note , currently this player only works well in 950*500 banner images.

        3-17 Silverlight Album         View demo
        Silverlight Album  is a scabble feature that uses the MS Silverlight script to display pictures. This feature currently supports up to 12 pictures(gif,jpg,jpeg) and has an impressive effect but its width and height are fixed and  does not have many control settings options.


    

       3-18  Ajax light box image album       View demo
       Ajax Light Box Image Album  is a integration of the well know light box script. If you set  item link url to image files(gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png) and click , it will  overlay images on the current page. You can control album list roll/image widht/image height and other settings for  for tweaking both behavior and appearance.
       This feature can also take effect to other content of the same page.

       3-19  Ajax fancy box image album(new in v7.8)       View demo
       Fancy box image album is works like “light box image album”, but it loads fast and support switch images by mouse wheel. We strongly recommend you use this feature to replace the old "light box image album" in most cases.
    
      3-20  Ajax light box video album       View demo
      Ajax Light Box Video Album  is also a  integration  of another Ajax videobox script. If you set item link url to Youtube/Metacafe/Google Video/iFilm  videos, or link to video/image/flash directly(swf,jpg,jpeg,gif,mov,wmv,asx,flv,3g2,3gp,aac,f4b,f4p,f4v,m4a,m4v,mov,mp4,sdp,vp6..) and click, it will  overlay these videos on the current page.  You can also control album list roll/image widht/image height and other settings for for tweaking both behavior and appearance.
       This feature can also take effect to other content of the same page. Note, this feature require xhtml doctype compatible.

      3-21 Simple image album        View demo
       Simple image album  is similar  to Ajax Light Box Image Album except the light box effect. Album has image/title/caption and link url property. You can control whether to show these fields.  You can also control album list roll/image widht/image height and other settings for  for tweaking both behavior and appearance.


      3-22  Vertical Switch Image Rotator       
      Vertical Switch Image Rotator is mainly for legacy support. We don't recommend new customers to use it.

4  Features of UFP_Category sub module
    UFP_Category module is an extension of the “Dynamic Generate Play Mode” feature which introduced since v5.5.  It is an independent module which provides category list navigation for Ultra Flash Player module instance.  Each category corresponds a folder under portal site. It has properties like title, image, and description. Click category item will display related files under it and its sub directories (if recursive option is checked) in Ultra Flash Player instance. 

      For more information,expand "convert video to .flv or h264(.mp4) format section" which in module edit control.
      Note, we build this video convert application for free. You can download it at http://DnnModule.com/FreeDownload.aspx. 
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6. Upgrade discount
      All modules from DnnModule.com are customer-driven.The first version of Ultra flash player is released on 2007.Now v7.8 is the 34th generation of this product.We have received many suggestions from our customers since the first release, this module can't be making out without customers help .

     As a return to their favor, we carry a long term policy as to offer 100% upgrade discount to customers who bought the previous version. So in theory anyone who bought previous can upgrade to newest version with free(even you bought v2.x on 2007).
     
     However, because v7.8 require dnn 6.x to run.To avoid unnecessary upgrade, this time we only set 90% upgrade discout. If your site is based dnn 6.x and you want to get free upgrade, please let us know, we will change upgrade discount to 100% to you.

7 Some admin screen shots (Click to view picture)

7-1. General Settings

7-2: Image Rotator Player Flash Settings
7-2.1 Basic Settings for image rotator
7-2.2 Color Settings for image rotator
7-2.3 Appearance Settings for image rotator
7-2.4 Playback Settings for image rotator
7-2.5 Interaction Settings for image rotator

7-3: Multimedia/flash video/mp3 player Flash Settings
7-3.1 Basic settings for multimedia/flv/mp3 player
7-3.2 Color settings for multimedia/flv/mp3 player
7-3.3 Appearance settings for multimedia/flv/mp3 player
7-3.4 Playback Settings for multimedia/flv/mp3 player
7-3.5 Interaction Settings for multimedia/flv/mp3 player

7-4. Flash numeric rotator flash settings

7-5.Anarchy Media Player Settings
7-5.1 Video general
7-5.2 Mp3 play settings
7-5.3 Flv player settings
7-5.4 QuickTime and mp4 file play settings
7-5.5 Windows media play file settings

7-6: Play list Settings for image rotator/flash video player/mp3 player/multimedia player mode
7-6.1 Play list type
7-6.2 Play list
     A: Add item from file
     B: Add items from folder
     C:Add item from RTMP
     D:Add item from Http

7-6.3 Using existence play list.

7-6.4 External Url

7-7:Play list settings for flash numeric rotator mode
7-7.1 Play list
7-7.2 add from portal file
7-7.3 add from portal folder

7-8: Play list settings for anarchy media player mode
7-8.1 add from single file
7-8.2 add from portal folder

7-9.Wizard interface

7-10.Full localization support and online help support

7-11.Flipping Book Player Flash Setting
7-12.Banner Topic Player Flash Setting
7-13.Light Box Image Album/Light Box Video Album/Image Album flash settings


     It's hard to put all the screen shots here(there are too many). For more detail ,please visit http://DnnModule.com/Modules/Ultraflashplayer.aspx.

8 DNN Version Compatibility
    Dnn 6.x only.

      All modules from DnnModules.cn are customer-driven.The first version of Ultra flash player is released on 2007.Now v7.8 is the 35th generation of this product.We have received many suggestions from our customers since the first release, this module can't be making out without customers help . As a return to their favor, we carry a long term policy as to offer 100% upgrade discount to customers who bought the previous version.

     However, because this version require dnn 6.x to run. To avoid unnecessary upgrade, this time we only offer 90% upgrade discount. If your site has upgrade to dnn 6.x and like to have v7.8, please let us know.
 
     Thanks for your support.

Version Difference

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