JsIFR3
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This plugin integrates the Scalable Inman Flash Replacement (sIFR) in Joomla 1.5. There are more than 14 different plugin settings that can be modified in the Joomla backend, for example text-color, font-weight etc. 11 fonts are allready included and custom fonts can be used aswell of which we offer a variety on our homepage. The sIFR version is sIFR 3 - r436 which is the newest and most stable version so far.
Version 1.9.3 was updated to sIFR3 r436 so that you can use the service of sifrgenerator.com
Multiple styles are now available in the JsIFR3 Pro version! Find it in our download section. (http://extensions.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=7915&Itemid=2)
That is a BIG LIE... they have about 10 fonts there and there is a link that says "If you want to upload your fonts check documentation" -- HA HA which leads to the commercial version of the extension.
There is NO POINT to download the free version because you can NOT use it with the fonts you want.
You're wrong. Of course you can use any font with the free version. If your desired font is not included in the plugin all you need to do is create a font file as described step by step in the instructions on our website: http://www.freakedout.de/jsifr3/jsifr3-create-custom-fonts.html
We can not include more fonts in the plugin package because they are very big and it would increase the file size to an unreasonable amount.
To be honest it's really unfair calling us cheaters and liars without even trying to get in touch with us as this misunderstanding could have been clarified within minutes. If you have any problems with our extensions please post in the forums or use the contact form to get in touch with us. Thank you.
I would have gladly marked this plugin as Excellent but the developer (Pete) needs to learn how to communicate with people and get off his high horse. I realize his plugin is free, but we as the community do not depend on rude developers, they depend on us to try their plugins, write reviews, and promote their business. I would've paid $30 for this plugin just to avoid his attitude.
Just to clarify: Your first approach to contact us ended with: "help or I'm forced to write a negative review.". I was so impressed how much you seem to appreciate that we take the time to develop software and offer it for free that my answer was: "That really encourages us to make more of it". However, at the same time I helped you to figure out why the plugin didn't work for you, which turned out to be caused by not reading a bold printed sentence in the instructions. If I made the impression of being arrogant or rude to you I'm very sorry to have hurt your feelings.
- Pete
Hello ohsonew,
Actually you don't need the flash editor. Our instructions clearly state that you can use sifrgenerator.com which is extremely easy to use also for beginners. We simply can't include every single font that exists because the plugin would be several hundred megabytes big. In case you want to use a font that is not included we have detailed instructions on our website. If you then still need help feel invited to post in our forums and we'll explain things or point you in the right direction. Also I'd like to point out that there is no coding involved whatsoever except double clicking and using your keyboard.
Thanks, Philip - webdesco
After messing with sIFR for hours (and giving up on it working the way I wanted) this little plugin is just amazing. In less than 5 minutes I had the font converted and installed on the site.
For my next project I will be getting jSIFR Pro, for the added flexibility.
Upon my experience you have to check all site pages in all browsers to proof the proper look for all replaced styles. Once you faced some misalignments, first of all check component or module to find if it is properly coded.
Also, author's response is quick.
Good job, Pete!
To put it mildly i was wrapped with what it achieved and how much it brightened my site. Even more, i had a small issue i needed help with and the site admin had it fixed in minutes and then sent me an email recommending another plug in that may of been of help to me..the guy was sensational.
Absolutely Awesome!!!!!
Installed without a hitch, and after I enabled it it works PERFECT - I'm astonished this kinda thing is free, to the team behind it - GREAT JOB!!
All the best,
e
Once question though, is it possible to override each title by CSS? I have different module title that needs to be in different colours. If so, how do I go about it?
Thank you for your review.
It is not possible to set font-colors for sIFR by CSS.
If you need several font-colors you could use the JsIFR3 Pro version to set up to five different styles.
Thanks a bunch for the support, I wanted to install this plugin on my commerce template in Joomla and contacted the owner via his site with my problem, within a hour he emailed me back with a solution that worked perfectly on my site the way i wanted it.
Cant wait for the new version with the dif styles...
Thanks :)
I guess most users will be interested in making their own fonts usable with JsIFR3. An easy way would be www.sifrgenerator.com , but it can't produce flash files in the 432 format used by this plugin... Until there is an update for this plugin, you can do the following to update it yourself:
1. install this plugin
2. download the original sIFR for 436 format from http://dev.novemberborn.net/sifr3/nightlies/
3. overwrite the sifr.js file in /plugins/system/jsifr3 with the new version of the same file you find within sifr3-r436.zip
4. convert any true type font using www.sifrgenerator.com
5. upload the resulting sfx file to /plugins/system/jsifr3
6. go to JsIFR3 plugin administration page in joomla, select "custom" font and enter the name of the sfx-file without ".sfx"
7. activate the plugin and there you are.
Additional tipp:
You will probably want to remove some tags from the "css selector" entry on the plugin config page, so that not each and every heading will be flashed.
The current version uses sIFR3 r436 which is sifrgenerator compatible :)
But I have a problem in integrating sifr in the top navigation of the sites.
Whenever I define the CSS selector in the sifr plugin, It shows the sifr text on the navigation menus but the cursor remains as 'text'. It does not change to 'pointer. Also when working in IE, siFr area of the link is not clickable.
I dont guess why these problems are occuring. After defining the right CSS selectors. for your information we are using a custom font.
You have most likely used a wrong css-selector so that sIFR doesnt recognize the element as link. If your code looks like (ul class="menu")(li)(a href=...) then you should use ".menu li" as selector and not ".menu li a" as one might think.
The only problems I had with this plugin was that I needed to use multiple styles of the same font, and as near as I could tell there was no way to use more than one style at a time with this plugin. I actually ended up modifying it and changing the details in the XML file and installing this same plugin twice so I could use two styles on the same site.
The other problem was that on my content headings, it would crop the last 10-30 pixels of the text off, making it unreadable.
Other than that, I was able to get it to work very well. You can't beat the price :), and I'm thankful for developers like this who are making good quality stuff for others to use.
Bottom Line: A very strong component if you don't need a lot of flexibility.
However, if you have a lot of modules, plugins and templates, it's hard to locate the exact css class. I got this nice plugin for Firefox called "web developper" (http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/). After install, right-click on your page/web developper/css/view style info, and now you have all the classes your selection belongs to. Just write the class in the JsIFR3 plugin and you're set.
Would it be possible to have more than one style on a page? For example a font for the menu and a different font for a heading?
We are working on a new version that will enable up to three different fonts/settings on the same page. Release date will be around end of january 2009.
