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On 5/4/2012 3:10 PM, JHG wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.  I got this idea from looking at the website of
> a local business who had a box in the middle of their page with an
> embedded 360 by iPIX.  You just click on the box and away you go.
> They had the same style box only with different rooms, so maybe 8
> different 360s.  It didn't appear to be linking back to anywhere, the
> still was right there on the page.  IOW, totally brainless for a
> viewer of that website to check out panos of the rooms (it is a Bed
> and Breakfast).  Only thing was, the pano revolved too quick and the
> pics were crap.  I'd want to offer a superior product only with the
> same useability as the iPIX offering.  My website isn't really set up
> for linking back and forth.

Ipix panos are pretty old. And yes, one of the more noticeable aspects 
of it was that the pano's were tiny, of poor quality and offered little 
viewer control.

>
> Am I correct in assuming I only need PTGui for this or is PTGui just
> the start?  And, having a client be able to preview my offering before
> they even decided to put it on their website is key.

You 'can' do everything with Ptgui. The publish to website function 
basically pops out everything. opening the Html file created should 
allow you or, anyone else with the full file set to examine the pano.

That said, if you want to offer the kind product that you mention in the 
ipix example, you will want to get software like Krpano which is 
specifically designed to assist you in creating this kind of 
presentation. (Other software can do all this as well and I make no 
intended slight towards them, it just sounded like at this point it was 
beneficial not to confuse the issue by attempting any pros and cons 
between various products.) Go and get the demo, look over the help files 
and documentation. Looking and trying will likely do a far better job 
showing you what is possible and what it takes to do it than my trying 
to describe it.

Ray Setzer
WiVirtual





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> On May 4, 1:00 pm, "mcze...@gmail.com"<mcze...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Your only getting those flash messages because your viewing it on your
>> computer. Once it was loaded onto the server and viewed with a browser
>> via an internet connect, that message would not arise.
>>
>> The easiest way, involving the smallest muss and fuss, is for you to
>> create the 360 in a single flash (swf) file format. Software such as
>> Pano2VR and KRPano will serve you well here. (Both are also very useful
>> tools for presenting your content in other ways as well)
>>
>> You give the SWF file to whoever does the web site. They put the file
>> where ever they wish, and just reference it with a link. To dress it up,
>> you can make a thumbnail of the equirectangular, or perhaps use a
>> graphics icon indicating a 360 View.
>>
>> Additionally, you could use that HTML5 page you created from PtGui, and
>> give that full little set of files to the webmaster and they could
>> simply reference that Html page via a link as well. Its therefore not
>> any more complicated than the single swf file really. Plus the Html5
>> will have the advantage of being able to display on Iphones and Ipads.
>>
>> Another option I give clients, is that I keep all the files on my
>> server, and they simply have to put a link on their web page. This kind
>> of solution often appeals to clients with really bare bones pages that
>> they made themselves using the tools avail on Godaddy and services like
>> that.
>>
>> Ray Setzer
>> Wivirtual
>>
>> On 5/4/2012 11:10 AM, JHG wrote:
>>
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>>> I do my stitching in PTGui (I have 9.1.3).  But I use Tourbuzz as my
>>> "viewer" for my real estate pics and virtual tours and 360s.
>>
>>> Let's be real basic here:  how to proceed to deliver a 360 (like of
>>> the pool area of the apartments I live at) to the apartment's website
>>> (I guess to their website designer) without going through Tourbuzz.
>>> Just deliver "whatever" and they say, yeah, this looks nice, then they
>>> can embed it on their website themselves.  I just deliver the
>>> embeddable code they that they're able to preview first.
>>
>>> What questions do I ask the website (designer)?  Can I just deliver
>>> something to the computer clueless main person at the website (who is
>>> not the designer) for them to simply view my 360?  Without asking them
>>> if their website would use HTML5 or Flash?
>>
>>> What would I output from "Publish to Website" to easily have multiple
>>> would-be clients actually be able to see my panos?  I've already
>>> outputted one to HTML, I got an icon in my output folder (named
>>> "Firefox HTML Document (.htm) but when I tried to open it I got the
>>> "Panorama" screen and:
>>
>>> "You are trying to view a panorama stored on your computer, but the
>>> default Flash security settings do not permit accessing content stored
>>> on the local computer. To override this you need to add this Flash
>>> applet to the list with trusted content as follows:
>>
>>> 1. Open the Flash Settings manager in your browser:
>>> http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/s...
>>
>>> 2. Click on Edit locations, and choose Add location
>>
>>> 3. Add the following location and click Confirm:
>>> file:///C:/Users/JohnGee/Desktop/Desktop/PTGuiViewer.swf
>>
>>> 4. Try again by reloading this web page."
>>
>>> I might have my Flash settings set weirdly but if my would-be clients
>>> have to go through all of this it's a non-starter immediately.  Thanks
>>> for your help.
>
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