Chapter 7 [ 207 ] DIVX and AVI (HD videos) WMV and WMA (Windows Media) PNG, JPG, GIF (images) Metacafe.com Brightcove.com YouTube.com video.Google.com video.Yahoo To download this extension, visit http://extensions.joomla.org/ and search for "JMultimedia Suite". Joomla! and audio and radio channel integration Presenting audio and radio from external sites is an ever increasing request, and extensions have been springing up regularly that provide solutions. As with video, a number of audio solutions are available for Joomla! that also collaborate with external resources. See the extension listings in Chapter 5 for some Joomla! audio solutions. • • • • • • • • This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by jackie tracey on 23rd February 2010 953 Quincy Drive, , Brick, , 08724 Collaborating with External Sources [ 208 ] LCPlayer - Radio / TV (M) The LCPlayer allows you to enter in any URL of a radio feed, or television feed, and have this played in your Joomla! site via the LCPlayer module: The module works by an administrator adding in the URL of a radio or TV feed. These stations will be available to the user from a drop-down menu. The administrator can set permission for this user menu as well as adjust the player width and logo image. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by jackie tracey on 23rd February 2010 953 Quincy Drive, , Brick, , 08724 Chapter 7 [ 209 ] To download this extension, visit http://extensions.joomla.org/ and search for "LCPlayer". Joomla! and photo integration Joomla! works well with images and the opportunities for displaying photos and galleries from external resources is vast. Here are some of the more popular extensions used for this purpose. A number of image extensions for Joomla! also offer the ability to display content from external resources. UniversalPlayground - Flickr slideshow plug-in (P) The UniversalPlayground - Flickr slideshow plug-in displays slideshows from your Flickr account with a simple lightbox effect: This extension uses the phpFlickr library, Slimbox (a lightweight visual lightbox clone), and the TripTracker slideshow scripts. A single photo, or complete gallery sets, can be displayed by entering a simple expression into your articles, for example: [flickr photo=xxx] (where xxx is replaced by the photo ID number). This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by jackie tracey on 23rd February 2010 953 Quincy Drive, , Brick, , 08724 Collaborating with External Sources [ 210 ] The plugin contains numerous parameters for customization: A Flickr API key is required to enter into your plugin, and a link to this is available from the module and developer's website. To download this extension, visit http://extensions.joomla.org/ and search for "UniversalPlayground - Flickr slideshow". Flickr + Highslide (M) The Flickr + Highslide module extension displays photos from Flickr within your Joomla! site using the Highslide JavaScript effect: This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by jackie tracey on 23rd February 2010 953 Quincy Drive, , Brick, , 08724 Chapter 7 [ 211 ] Highslide is an open source media and gallery viewer written in JavaScript. The module displays an elegant looking display of Flickr content and contains the following features: 13 unique ways of displaying your photos Eight different gallery styles Displays photos from a photoset Displays all photos of a user Displays photos in latest or random order Ability to change the size of images and thumbnails Ability to separate photos into pages Displays the titles of photos The module will require your Flickr account ID. It also offers numerous styling parameters: To download this extension, visit http://extensions.joomla.org/ and search for "Flickr Highslide". • • • • • • • • This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by jackie tracey on 23rd February 2010 953 Quincy Drive, , Brick, , 08724 Collaborating with External Sources [ 212 ] Joomla! and weather integration For busy news and community portals, offering a weather forecast is a popular requirement. Google Weather is a popular resource for the source of weather information for these extensions, and this is due to the global solution it provides. There are numerous other weather extensions also; here are some popular ones. Google Weather - Plugin (P, M) The Google Weather - Plugin is a lightweight plugin that uses the Google Weather Forecast API to display the current weather in your Joomla! Articles: By using simple plugin tags to trigger the plugin, it is possible to include {WEATHER CITY, COUNTRY} into your content and the plugin will do the rest! The plugin is installed via the Extension Manager and then congured using the Plugin Manager. Numerous styling options are available and the plugin can be congured using custom CSS. You can display the weather as often as you like using the plugin tags throughout your articles. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by jackie tracey on 23rd February 2010 953 Quincy Drive, , Brick, , 08724 Chapter 7 [ 213 ] A Google Weather plugin is also now available, to easily display weather in a module position. To download this extension, visit http://extensions.joomla.org/ and search for "Google Weather". Z Weather (C,M,P) Z Weather is a component, module, and plugin that displays weather for U.S. cities using data provided by the National Weather Service. Forecasts, current conditions, and weather alerts are supported. Weather for either a single city or multiple cities can be displayed: Numerous display options are available, including single-day and multiple-day forecasts, 3-hour (new!), 12-hour, or 24-hour forecast display, pop up weather window (overlib), and vertical and horizontal layout options. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by jackie tracey on 23rd February 2010 953 Quincy Drive, , Brick, , 08724 Collaborating with External Sources [ 214 ] The component, module, and plugin are installed via the Extension Manager and then congured using the applicable managers. Each element provides its own set of parameters and conguration options in order to display the weather as you would like: To download this extension, visit http://extensions.joomla.org/ and search for "Z Weather". eWeather (C,M) eWeather is a component (with an additional module) which will show a visually appealing display of current conditions and weather forecast in your Joomla! pages. The weather data is supplied by The Weather Channel via an XML feed: This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by jackie tracey on 23rd February 2010 953 Quincy Drive, , Brick, , 08724 Chapter 7 [ 215 ] One nice feature of the component is to allow your site visitors to select their own city and the ability to see a ve-day forecast. There is, however, some "Weather Channel" advertising throughout the display of information. eWeather is a powerful component allowing congurations within the component conguration settings. These include: New overview and management of installed regions/countries Default conguration of a city Weather forecast for up to ve days Date/time format freely denable Proxy denable New icon styling packs are now available to customize the look of your site. An accompanying module is also available to display the weather in any module position: • • • • • This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by jackie tracey on 23rd February 2010 953 Quincy Drive, , Brick, , 08724 Collaborating with External Sources [ 216 ] To download this extension, visit http://extensions.joomla.org/ and search for "eWeather". Joomla! and news channel integration There are a number of good news channel extensions available to pull external news in and display this on your site pages. Using RSS techniques, it is possible to manually perform this process, but the following extensions make things nice and easy. Google News (M) The Google News Module embeds Google News stories into any module position on your site. It allows your site visitors to see the headlines and previews of Google News, which you have selected to show: This module contains numerous parameters, including the ability to lter topics, adjust the size, country, and language that gets displayed. It is a simple module, but perfect for those wanting to easily display Google News in their Joomla! website. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by jackie tracey on 23rd February 2010 953 Quincy Drive, , Brick, , 08724 . (images) Metacafe.com Brightcove.com YouTube.com video.Google.com video.Yahoo To download this extension, visit http://extensions .joomla. org/ and search for "JMultimedia Suite". Joomla! and audio and radio channel integration Presenting audio. 209 ] To download this extension, visit http://extensions .joomla. org/ and search for "LCPlayer". Joomla! and photo integration Joomla! works well with images and the opportunities for. 08724 Collaborating with External Sources [ 216 ] To download this extension, visit http://extensions .joomla. org/ and search for "eWeather". Joomla! and news channel integration There