We’ve been extremely busy here and haven’t been blogging much (a good sign I guess?) but one of our recent changes has meant we’ve moved the shocase for our Flowplayer plugins over to the following URL:
http://labs.goodingsmedia.com/flowplayer/
From here, you can view all of our Plugins and Skins available for purchase, and also some of the custom skins we’ve built for media giants such as Sorenson Media and Movieclips. Be sure to get in touch if you’d like to enhance Flowplayer on your site. Our semi-exclusive skins are priced cheaply for a simple and easy way to improve your video player, or our fully custom development services can integrate pretty much any functionality with your chosen API’s, payment Gateways and existing Applications.
5
Dec
We Have Moved!
We’re excited to announce that Goodings Media have upgraded our office premises and moved into the Kent Enteprise Hub, located within the Scientific Research department at The University Of Kent! We have been moving towards more Research and Development for the last few months, and now we feel that moving over to Kent’s primary Scientific and Technological centre within the private sector will greatly help us with this.
Surrounded by various bioengineering, biomedical, nanotechnology and interactive media companies, we’re hoping we can really push our web software to new heights and for a wider variety of applications.
For example, we’re currently looking into digging up an old project from Cambridge University professor, Dr Peter Murray-Rust on defining chemical compounds in XML using CML (Chemical Markup Language). We hope to bring forward the technology to adopt the latest web development tools such as jQuery and SVG to make this as simple as a few lines of code for any developers working within the Chemistry or Biochemical industry.
We’ve also taken this move to accommodate our growing development team (and all the Apple Macs that come with them!) and will soon be opening up to new applicants again in the new year to expand our Development, Marketing and Admin teams.
Our new address:
Goodings Media Ltd
Kent Enterprise Hub
University of Kent
Bioscience Buildings
Canterbury
Kent, CT2 7NJ
United Kingdom
p.s. The new move meant a few new Apple purchases… what better way to treat ourselves for Christmas! We’ll post pictures of the new goodies when they arrive!
As some of you may know, Goodings Media have been producing custom controlbar plugins since it was added to the Flowplayer API. However, our embedded licensing meant that people couldn’t test out the controlbars before buying them. Well now thats all changed!
We’ve added a security “watermark” to the video player screen, so that it’s unusable for production but fully functional for testing! It allows you to get to grips with each plugin and realise the advantage of expanding Flowplayer before committing to buy!
Embed Button Added
We’ve now integrated the Flowplayer Javascript Embed Plugin into our Plus+ controlbars. Currently, this relies on a Javascript hook but we’re working on integrating it into the flash plugin itself. We’re also working on adding social bookmarking “share” buttons, which was a feature request from a Plus+ license holder!
How Does Our Flowplayer Licensing Work?
Currently, our controlbars are priced as follows:
- Vimeous or Helious: £40* single domain, £240* multi-domain (100 domains)
- Vimeous Plus+ or Helious Plus+: £90* single domain, £540* multi-domain (100 domains)
This license comes with:
- All compatibility updates within the 3.1.X version branch
- Reduced upgrade fee for Flowplayer 3.2.X (When Released)
- A fully licensed and compiled .swf
- Limited E-mail technical support (setup, installation etc.)
- Plus+ users can request new features
- NO Source code
View And Download The Plugins
All of our Flowplayer plugins can be found on This Page.
How To Order
To Order, simply contact us via our contact form stating your invoicing address, domain(s) you’d like a license for and which controlbar. We’re working on an automatic plugin store, but right now we’re doing tings manually.
* UK and EU customers are subject to 15% VAT
View our October Newsletter Here and signup for our Mailing List Here.
All our mainstream Flowplayer Controlbars have been updated for Flowplayer Version 3.1.3 (and 3.1.4 – See below). You can see the latest versions below.
The day after releasing 3.1.3, a small but important IE8 bug was spotted in the Flowplayer 3.1.3 Javascript file. This was corrected and updated to 3.1.4, however the rest of the controlbar elements (Flash components) needed no change. See the Official Flowplayer Announcement for more information.
Until the automated store is completed, please contact us if you are interested in the above flowplayer plugins, or if you have any ideas for new functionality or you want a new design incorporating. We have begun compiling custom security plugins for people who wish to hardcode tokens into their secure-streaming plugins for maximum security. People should contact us for this if interested.
We have just released the updated Vimeous, Helious and Vimeous Plus+ controlbars. These new versions will work perfectly with all the bug fixes in Flowplayer 3.1.2.
We’re also pretty excited to announce the launch of Helious Plus+ (after many, many requests to add the Vimeous Plus+ functionality to the Helious look). These two Plus+ controlbars will now remain identical in functionality, so as we add new and better features you can still have the choice of which look you prefer.
Our new Plus+ version features something we’ve had many requests for: Timeline Markers! View theme Here! They are really easy to use and also support playlists by simply passing an array of markers into the config value. We’re working on getting a bit more documentation up at the minute, but anyone interested can simply drop our support staff an email with any questions.
We’re open to new feature suggestions, changes and feedback. In particular, after promoting events inside the Controlbar plugin (which were then added to the core release from version 3.1.2) the internal events handling is much easier to work with. This means adding custom buttons, callbacks etc. within the controlbar has never been easier. We’d like to hear from you guys on what you’d like to see added.
To all our clients with custom or bespoke plugins – you will have been contacted privately regarding your updated controlbars for Flowplayer 3.1.2.
Until we work out the kinks of an Automated Plugin Store, please contact us to discuss licensing, updates and feature requests for our controlbars. Vimeous and Helious serve to act as a way for premium users to enhance their Flowplayer experience without having to pay for a completely custom design. They are licensed on a semi-exclusive basis identical to the main Flowplayer model: licenses are purchased per domain and each domain has a license key which must be unique identified when setting up Flowplayer on that website.
We also offer multi-domain licenses (100 domains) and Bulk License Deals (ideal for software developers, agencies etc.)
Casting Networks Inc regularly shoot long demo reels, often hours long. They needed a way to present the demo reels as a single video, whilst adding useful chapter markers to break up the reel. We combined the power of Flowplayer with a custom controlbar plugin to achieve this, offering a way to define unlimited markers on a playlist of videos.
We are now looking forward to a new streamlined Video Content Management System that incorporates their new video player.
Casting Networks are the leading talent auditions and castings agency in the Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Miama areas.
30
Aug
Cantium Electronics
Cantium Electronics are an independant distributor of electronic components. With clients in North America, Europe and Asia, they are a truly worldwide company and needed a website that would match their strong and trusted reputation. We designed and created a content managed website and integrated web statistics and lead tracking software to help optimise their sales and support.
Skills: XHTML/CSS, PHP, Wordpress
Website: Cantium Electronics
The University Of Kent required a new website for their Kickboxing Club, now their largest sports club and one of the largest University Kickboxing Clubs in the United Kingdom. We created a simple to use website based around a Wordpress CMS, which suited the clubs high webmaster turnover and allowed the club to regularly update with news and latest events.
Skills: PHP, XHTML/CSS, Wordpress
Website: University Of Kent Kickboxing Club
29
Aug
Fleur De Lisa
Fleur De Lisa required a solution to prevent the large amount of spam they were receiving via their contact forms on their existing website and e-commerce store. We implemented an AJAX powered, CAPTCHA protected solution. Fleur De Lisa is an online Florist supplying Weddings, Funderals and Events nationwide.
Skills: PHP, jQuery, XHTML/CSS
Visit website: Fleur De Lisa
We’ve given Helious an update to version 3.1.1.4 to bring it up-to-date with our current controlbar trunk and also to add some missing functionality.
The changes are:
- Added Playlist Controls to skin
- Added Fullscreen button to skin
- Added events for the controlbar hide/show
- Added hideStyle config paramater to control between our custom ‘fade out’ effect or the standard ’slide out’ effect
If interested in a controlbar license, please contact us to discuss pricing options.
