SlideShowPro News

02.05.08 | SlideShowPro for Flash 1.7.0 Released

The final release of SlideShowPro for Flash 1.7.0 is now available for download in the Account Center. This release went through about three weeks of beta testing, where a handful or problems / optimizations were made thanks to the numerous SlideShowPro for Flash users who helped kick the tires.

So, what's new in this release? Here we go...

• Volume control in the media player (for both audio/video)
• Navigation can now be positioned on top
• Media player can now be positioned on top
• Auto-start option for videos (toggle off/on). When off, you can assign a preview graphic, and a "play" button is displayed over the preview.
• Media RSS support
• "Content Format" option to control the size of imagery (full screen or normal) SlideShowPro Director publishes, or are grabbed from a Media RSS feeds containing multiple image options should format imagery for.
• New album preview style: "Banner".
• New "Crop to Fit All" option to fill the whole component area (instead of content area)
• Preloader and timer can now be aligned to any of the 8 clockwise points.
• Preloader and timer can now be positioned inside the content area or inside content (latter looks best with 'floating' style imagery)
• Two new preloader styles -- "Spinner" and "Pie Spinner"
• Control knob for media player video scrubber
• Multiple XML files from different sources can be combined/loaded as one gallery using OPML
• Completely revised caching system for better bandwidth consumption
• Padding controls for captions, albums and the gallery

Additionally, the download archive comes with something new: a "standalone" version of SlideShowPro for Flash in SWF form that's accompanied by an editable XML file (for modifying parameters). This allows developers who do not own Flash to modify and use SlideShowPro for Flash.

If you want to read the whole nitty gritty, check out the whole version history here.