LOLFlash
12-20-2011, 07:47 PM
Hi
I need to run server for 5 kiosks with Flash content. Not much interactivity mostly slide shows, presentations video and RSS feeds.
It has to be with timely based content management where you can schedule what kiosk plays what content depends of time and day.
Layouts good to have manageable too for each kiosk.
What I'm planning is Zend Application tight to database and every 2 sec request from each kiosk for layout update.
if update present remove old swf loaders and place new loaders with links provided by server.
and have couple swf on server : rss.swf, presentation.swf, slideshow.swf, video.swf available to load in any container.
as soon as swf loaded it requests data from server specifying kiosk id and dimensions of its layout.
each loaded swf module has own local timer to update own content
each touch on screen resets global timer and local timer for 1 min
available buttons non screen: next <-> prev , "more info" in each container
All what I have is 3 days to build it form scratch this why looking for simple approach.
Because swfs need to be in AS2 what I'm not good at, I want to move all logic into PHP and keep variables in tables.
any opinions appreciated
I need to run server for 5 kiosks with Flash content. Not much interactivity mostly slide shows, presentations video and RSS feeds.
It has to be with timely based content management where you can schedule what kiosk plays what content depends of time and day.
Layouts good to have manageable too for each kiosk.
What I'm planning is Zend Application tight to database and every 2 sec request from each kiosk for layout update.
if update present remove old swf loaders and place new loaders with links provided by server.
and have couple swf on server : rss.swf, presentation.swf, slideshow.swf, video.swf available to load in any container.
as soon as swf loaded it requests data from server specifying kiosk id and dimensions of its layout.
each loaded swf module has own local timer to update own content
each touch on screen resets global timer and local timer for 1 min
available buttons non screen: next <-> prev , "more info" in each container
All what I have is 3 days to build it form scratch this why looking for simple approach.
Because swfs need to be in AS2 what I'm not good at, I want to move all logic into PHP and keep variables in tables.
any opinions appreciated