Embedded Awesomeness!

All DreamHost hosting packages include access to these two extremely useful Flash-based plugins. Be it photo slideshows or embedded video, we've got you covered!

Flash Image Rotator

Here's the HTML code for the above:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://media.dreamhost.com/swfobject.js"></script> <div id="imagerotate"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a> to see this player.</div> <script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject('https://media.dreamhost.com/imagerotator.swf','mpl','300','157','8'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addVariable('height','157'); so.addVariable('width','300'); so.addVariable('file','playlist.xml'); so.addVariable('shownavigation','true'); so.addVariable('autostart','true'); so.addVariable('linkfromdisplay','true'); so.write('imagerotate'); </script>

Important Note! For the image player to work you need to copy imagerotator.swf to your own site! For the Media Player you should just link to the one hosted here though.

The Flash Image Rotator enables you to show several photos in sequence with fluid transitions between them. It supports rotation of an RSS/XSPF playlist with JPG/GIF/PNG images, a wide range of flashvars (settings) for tweaking both behavior and appearance and an extensive, documented javascript/actionscript API.

You'll need to create a XML playlist (here's the one for our slideshow above) for any images that you wish to use, but it's really not that hard and the comprehensive documentation in our wiki will have you up and running in no time!

Flash Media Player

Here's the HTML code for the above:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://media.dreamhost.com/swfobject.js"></script> <div id="player"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a> to see this player.</div> <script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject('https://media.dreamhost.com/mediaplayer.swf','mpl','320','240','8'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addVariable('height','240'); so.addVariable('width','320'); so.addVariable('file','sample.flv'); so.write('player'); </script>

The Flash Media Player supports playback of a single media file of any format the Adobe Flash Player can handle (MP3,FLV,SWF,JPG,PNG or GIF). It also supports RSS/XSPF playlist (with mixed mediatypes), a wide range of flashvars (settings) for tweaking both behavior and appearance and an extensive, documented javascript/actionscript API.

To create your FLV-format video, you'll need to go to the Goodies > Flash Media area of our web panel where we have a tool to convert avis, mpegs, and movs to FLV automatically for you!

You'll then need to paste some code into your web page to have the player display properly. For more information, be sure to check out the comprehensive documentation in our wiki. You can be up and running within minutes!