Utech Spinning Earth
This sophisticated little Flash animation of our spinning planet looks real and can be inserted via simple shortcode. Incredibly it is smaller in file size than many static jpg picutures. It shows the planet earth smoothly spinning in the right direction (!) and will run even with older versions of Flash therefore it is highly compatible. Unlike conventional movie clips, it is extremely small in size (less than 50kB!), yet rich in graphical content. Other rotating globes are either huge in file size or have very basic graphics. A sophisticated algorithm “wraps” a single picture around a sphere, and therefore produces the best of both worlds; a small file and great looking graphics.
Quick Start
Put the following shortcode anywhere on your post or page to insert the Spinning Earth:
[spinningearth]
Use the ‘size’ parameter to change the size of the planet:
[spinningearth size=100]
Change background color to black and set size to 160:
[spinningearth size=160 color=000000]
Complete list of parameters of this version
size
Changes the size of the earth in pixel
wrap
can be left, right, center or none (default is none)
Determines placement of the globe on the page. Please note text will flow around the globe with ‘left’ or ‘right’ option.
brightness
Range from 0 to 100, default is 50
color
Sets background color, default is white FFFFFF
‘url’
modify link
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.