Control Pad for Adobe Captivate
We're excited to announce the release our latest product, the Control Pad for Adobe Captivate!
Product Released!
Our latest product - the Control Pad for Adobe Captivate is now available.
01/20/2010: Version 1.00 released!
The Control Pad for Adobe Captivate replaces the standard Captivate playbar with an advanced JavaScript-based tool.
With the Control Bar you can display standard buttons of the default Captivate playbar such as pause, play, rewind, and previous/next slide - plus many new features! You can control which buttons appear, their order, and their exact size and appearance. Plus you get many new optional features such as a Menu panel to navigate to specific slide numbers. You control the menu items, their titles, appearance, and the slide numbers they navigate to! Other optional display options are the Header, Subheader Footer panels. We included an Attachments pop-up window so you can offer users links to files to download. Control Pad buttons can also open any web address and link directly to an email address.
The Control Pad also includes the Sidebar - a replacement for the Captivate Table of Contents button. This addresses a very popular concern for Captivate - the appearance of the TOC button. Now, you can display a large button that's much easier for your users to see and use!
Overview
The Control Pad was specifically designed for integrate with published Captivate movies as easily as possible.
CONTROL PAD HIGHLIGHTS
FEATURES
- Displays standard Captivate playbar buttons - pause/play, previous slide, next slide, rewind, mute, closed caption.
- Includes new buttons to display a Menu Panel, Content Panel, Attachments pop-up window, Sidebar, open web page (URL), open document, send email, and print.
- Compatible with Adobe Captivate versions 2, 3 and 4.
- Cross-browser compatible (IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.)
SIDBEAR (Table of Contents)
- The Sidebar is an optional feature to replace Captivate's default Table of Contents.
- The Sidebar includes a much larger button to open/close the Sidebar panel.
- You can customize the appearance of the Sidebar buttons and the sidebar panel.
- You can edit the Sidebar contents, including the Sidebar order and number of menu items, their titles, and the slides they link to.
FLEXIBILITY
- Web page can be fully customized with your content (text and images), and branding requirements such as logo, color scheme, fonts, and copyright notice.
- 2 designs included: large and small buttons. Each design comes with 3 color schemes (black, gray, purple).
- Control Pad buttons can be fully customized and replaced with your own image files. Blank images included!
- Captivate movies displayed can be any size. You set the width and height in the HTML page.
- Custom editing of HTML, CSS and JavaScript available for those with proficiency.
- Detailed Instruction Guide included (.PDF).
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Compatibility |
Requirements |
Adobe Captivate
- Adobe Captivate 4
- Adobe Captivate 3
- Adobe Captivate 2
Web Browsers
Windows browsers
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.x
- Firefox 1.x and up
- Mozilla 1.x and up
- Opera
- Google Chrome
Macintosh browsers
- Safari
- MSIE 5+
- Firefox
- Opera
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The Control Pad consists of the following elements:
- XHTML 1.0 Transitional (doctype) web pages
- Cascading Style Sheet (CSS 2.0)
- JavaScript files
In order to deploy the Control Pad with your content, minimal HTML editing is required. In fact only one edit is required - changing the name of your publish Captivate (.SWF) movie.
Developers with HTML and/or CSS knowledge can further customize the display of the Control Pad. The included Instruction Guide (.PDF) details the options available.
Dreamweaver MX or higher is recommended for CSS support.
No JavaScript editing is required!
Customization
We've designed the Control Pad to allow developers to easily customize all the features available. You can control which Control Pad buttons are displayed with each project and the order they appear.
You can overhaul the overall page design, icons used for the menu items (up/over states), CSS, fonts, background colors, etc. |
Tours of the Control Pad
Here's some Captivate movies that provide walk-throughs of the Control Pad:
Basic Workflow
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Create a folder for your project ( typically \My Documents\My Adobe Captivate Projects\<MyProject> ) and copy the Control Pad files into it. |
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Publish your Captivate movie as a Flash (.swf) file into the \flash folder. |
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Edit flash filename within the Control Pad HTML file to display your published Captivate (.SWF) movie. |
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Edit the Control Pad for your project requirements.
For example, replace the logo graphic and edit the specific Control Pad buttons you wish to include.
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Test the Control Pad on your local PC in your web browser.
Stage the files to production web server. |
Screen Shots
| Playing Captivate Movie |
Sidebar open and Slide 3 Clicked |
Menu Panel open |
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| Content Panel open |
Attachment Download pop-up open |
Folder/File Structure |
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Questions?
Why don't you provide a fully operational demo of the Control Pad?
We've struggled with this question. However, we decided not to post an online example because all of the source files and custom code is exposed. Alternatively, we provide demo movies of the Control Pad to show you the product functionality.
We've published many answers to questions in our
Purchase - $49.95
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Version History
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Date |
Release Notes |
| 1.00 |
01/20/2010 |
Version 1.00 released |
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