SEND PANORAMAS VIA EMAIL!
This tutorial will teach you to embed a panorama into your rich
HTML email.
Basically, all we have to do is refer to the global location of
our applet and panoramic image rather than the local location.
(a) Create a HTML page with a panorama using the code
below. Paste the code into a blank text document and save it
as panorama.html
(b) Have your email client use the file you have just created as
stationary. For example: To make Outlook email client use your panorama
as stationary...
TO MAKE OUTLOOK USE YOUR PANORAMA STATIONARY
- Open Outlook.
- Choose the 'Options' from the 'Tools' menu.
- Choose the 'Mail format' tab and click the 'Stationary Picker'
button.
- Click the 'New' button.
- Enter a title for the new stationary in the 'Name' field.
- Now click on the 'Use this file as template' radio button.
- Click 'Browse' and find the panorama.html file you created earlier.
- Click the 'Next' Button
- Click 'OK' from the 'Edit Stationary' Dialog box.
- Click 'OK' from the 'Stationary Picker' dialog box (make sure
your new stationary is highlighted in the list)
- Click 'Apply' and 'OK' in the Options dialog box
TO MAKE OUTLOOK EXPRESS USE YOUR PANORAMA STATIONARY
- Open Outlook Express.
- Choose the 'Options' from the 'Tools' menu.
- Choose the 'Compose' tab and click to create a tick in the 'Mail'
checkbox in the 'Stationary' section of the dialog box.
- Click the 'Select' button on the same level as the check box
and find the panorama.html file you created earlier.
- Click 'OK' when you've found the file.
- Click the 'Apply' button at the bottom of the 'Options' dialog
box and 'OK' to continue.
(c) Send your panorama message. Be sure to test your work by sending
a sample to yourself or a friend first.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE EXAMPLES OF EACH OF THE 360 DEGREES OF
FREEDOM PRODUCTS IN PANORAMAS CLICK BELOW-
360 Pano Viewer
360 Flash Pano Viewer
360 Pano Banner
3D Object Viewer
CREATING THE HTML FILE FOR USE AS AN EMAIL TEMPLATE
Look at the code below and you will see the codebase aspect of the
APPLET tag refers to an address starting with 'http://'. This is
the global reference to our panorama applet.
Also notice that one of the parameters of the applet tag refer
to the global location of a JPEG image. This is the reference to
the panoramic image we'd like to send via email.
The text in blue is the code which needs to stay the same. The
text in red is the part you'll have to customize. You'll notice
that I haven't gone into any detail to explain some of the functions
of the various parameters. Instead, you can follow this link to
find out how out about the other parameters - PARAMETER INFO
<HTML>
<HEAD>Insert
your header information here as normal</HEAD>
<BODY>
<APPLET code=RubberNeck.class codeBase=http://www.360dof.com/
height=228
width=430
archive="rubberneck.zip">
<PARAM name='enablefiltering' value='true'>
<PARAM name='revealhotspots' value='true'>
<PARAM name='incRate' value='50'>
<PARAM name='actions.length' value='1'>
<PARAM name='rooms.length' value='1'>
<PARAM name='actions[0]' value='PositionAction'>
<PARAM name='actions[0].time' value='5000'>
<PARAM name='actions[0].isRel' value='true'>
<PARAM name='actions[0].pos.zoom' value='0'>
<PARAM name='actions[0].pos.yaw' value='360'>
<PARAM name='actions[0].pos.pitch' value='0'>
<PARAM name='rooms[0]' value='CylinderRoom'>
<PARAM name='rooms[0].initAction' value='0'>
<PARAM name='rooms[0].image' value='panorama.jpg'>
</APPLET>
Your message to go with the panorama can
be put here.
</BODY>
</HTML>
If you have any questions regarding this
process please email Support
RETURN TO TOP
|
