Adding a Panoramic to the Project.

• I recommend going through the Creating a Panoramic Site tutorial if you are new to this. It is a general tutorial, but it's the foundation of this project. And that you already did an external FLA for your new pano.
• Create your new "pano_NEWPANORAMIC.fla" from the "pano_TEMPLATE.fla" on the server.
  
  • First rename the "pano_TEMPLATE.fla" to "pano_GARDENNAME.fla", where GARDENNAME is the short name we use for new Garden. [ Ex."Imagination Grows Garden" is "imgrows", so the file would be called "pano_imgrows.fla" ]
    We will use the short name for all external files relating to that Panoramic.
  • Import your two image slices and put them together has in Creating a Panoramic Site. The template is even easier to use, because the movie clips are already created and named. You just need to put the images into each slice movie clip and make sure the two slice 1 instances and slice 2 are lined up right.
  • To add hotspots to the panoramic, edit each slice and place invisible buttons on a layer above the image. The flags are in the library already, just put them in the rollover spot of a button.
  • You will probably want to change the default view in the 1st frame of the root timeline. This controls what you first see when it's loaded into the interface.
  • Now Publish your movie and you should be all set. You should have "pano_GARDENNAME.swf".
• Create a new include file and place it in the include directory. I'd just copy another "PAR_name.as" file and then save it as "PAR_GARDENNAME.as" and we can edit it from there.
  • Just leave panoToLoad = this._name; , headline = toolTip; and view = 0; as is.
  • Change the agentMessage to whatever you'd like. Except you can use the ' character as of now.
  • Change agent to what agent you'd like, it'll just be one word description, like "bee".
  • If there is some teacher info for that panoramic, then set teacherInfo = true, else set it to false. If teacherInfo = true then you must set teacherInfoLink = AN URL FOR INFO.
  • Finally, if there is a video for that panoramic, then set normVideoFlag = true;
• Now we need to place a QTVR of the garden in /ecards/qtvr/
  Call it "GARDENNAME.mov".
• Now we need to place a JPG of the garden in /ecards/jpg/
  Call it "GARDENNAME.jpg".
• Now we need to make three html files under the /magnify_pano/ folder.
• I'd just copy another garden file in the directory that each of the three files exist and edit them to reflect the change.
• Make a "GARDENNAME.html" file in the /magnify_pano/ -- this is a frameset for the next two
• Make a "GARDENNAME_content.html" file in the /magnify_pano/content/
• Make a "GARDENNAME_bottom.html" file in the /magnify_pano/bottom_bar/
• If there is a garden video for this panoramic then you need to make 4 files under /videoTour/
  • Put your video in /videoTour/videos/ and call it "GARDENNAME.mov".
  • Make a "GARDENNAME.html" file in the /videoTour/
  • Make a "GARDENNAME_content.html" file in the /videoTour/content/
  • Make a "GARDENNAME_bottom_bar.html" file in the /videoTour/bottom_bar/
• Now open up the newest "main_interface.fla".
  • Go to the Library: under the folder Map Node/NODE TEMPLATE/
    
  • Duplicate "MAP NODE: template" and name it "MAP NODE: GARDENNAME".
  • Duplicate "tooltip TEMPLATE" and name it just "tooltip".
  • Make a new folder under the right garden section A-H, or in Z if it's outside those areas. Call the folder "Node: GARDENNAME". Then place the two movie clips you just created in that folder.
  • Now edit the "MAP NODE: GARDENNAME" you just made. Go to the second frame and select the tooltip movie clip instance on the stage ( Box that reads, "TOOLTIP TEXT" ). Once selected, Swap that movie clip with the "tooltip" you just made.
  • Now edit the new "tooltip" and enter the full title of the panoramic in the text field ( make it look pretty ).
  • Back to edit "MAP NODE: GARDENNAME", in the first frame of 'logic' layer change 'tooltip' to the title you just entered for the toolTip movie clip. Now change #include "includes\PAR_NEWGARDEN.as"
  • Now in the root timeline, edit 'map'. Place the "MAP NODE: GARDENNAME" movie clip in the layer that falls into. Give it an instance name of "GARDENNAME". Move it to where you want it on the map. And that's about it.