PURE Player IVP WordPress Plugin

The PURE Player IVP Pluginis a WordPress plugin that allows you to simplify the process of embedding the object tag needed to display a packaged panorama image in the Pure Flash player. You can get more information about Immervision’s Pure Tools at their website.

Below is an example panorama displayed in the Pure Flash Player using this plugin. Right now this plugin only support the packaged Pure Tools IVP option and one panorama per post. You can also visit http://www.move360media.com for many, many more examples.



Installation

Installation is fast and easy. Following these steps will get you started:

  1. Unpack the *.zip file and extract the /PureToolsIVP/ folder and the files.
  2. Using an FTP program, upload the /PureToolsIVP/ folder to your WordPress plugins directory (Example: /wp-content/plugins).
  3. Open your WordPress Admin panel and go to the Plugins page (link on the top menu). Locate the “Pure Tools IVP Player” plugin and click on the “Activate” link.
  4. Once activated, go to the Options > Pure Tools IVP Player.
  5. Set the Player Height, Player Width, Panorama Directory, and Player Directory. NOTE: ImmerVision’s recommendation is to always place the IVP panoramas in a folder below the folder containing the PurePlayer.swf file. For example:

    /ivp/PurePlayer.swf
    /ivp/panos/mypano.ivp

  6. Using an FTP program upload your IVP player and a packaged IVP panorama to the panorama directory and player directory.
  7. That’s it, you’re done. You can now add Pure Tool package IVP Panoramas to your post. See the Usage sections for more details.

If you would like to test this plugin here is a zip file that contains a single IVP file and the Pure player (PurePlayer.swf). Download, unzip, FTP to your IVP and player directory for testing.

Download: Sample IVP (651)

Basic Usage

To use this plugin in its basic form enter the name of your IVP file into your post on its own line surround by the <ivp> tags. For the example above I entered the following.

<center>
<ivp>statueBig.ivp</ivp>
</center>

Of course filename.ivp would be the name of your packaged ivp.

Advanced Usage
You can overwrite the default height and/or width by entering them into the tag. A few things to note. If the height or width is left off of <ivp> tag it simply uses the default number you have entered on the Options page. Also you can have height and width in any order or even just have one or the other. Single quote, double quote or no quotes all should work. I hope these options make it as easy as possible.

All of these are acceptable options.

<ivp height=200 width=300>filename.ivp</ivp>

<ivp height=200>filename.ivp</ivp>

<ivp width=300 >filename.ivp</ivp>

<ivp width=’300′ height=’200′>filename.ivp</ivp>

<ivp height="200">filename.ivp</ivp>

<ivp width=’300′ >filename.ivp</ivp>

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If you find this plugin useful please considering making a donation to the development.

For now you can leave a comment below if you have any troubles. I appreciate any feedback you have and suggestions for improvement. I am more than happy to keep adding to this plugin if there is enough interest.

Here is my current TODO list if you have others post a comment:

  • Support the unpackaged (JPG) Pure Java viewer.
  • Support more than one player in a single post.
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