Webcamviewer_XH - a CMSimple_XH Plugin

Plugin Icon Webcamviewer_XH facilitates displaying an image that will be refreshed after some customizable interval. Its intended use is to display the current snapshot of a webcam, which places the most recent image in the same place.

Please do read this documentation, before you encounter any problems!

Important Notice

Webcamviewer_XH couldn't be tested so far in various environments. It is a so called BETA version. Use with caution!

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Requirements

Webcamviewer_XH is a plugin for CMSimple_XH. It requires a UTF-8 encoded version. JavaScript has to be enabled in the visitor's browser to let the images be automatically refreshed.

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Installation

The installation is done as with many other CMSimple_XH plugins. See the CMSimple_XH wiki for further details.

  1. Backup the data on your server.
  2. Unzip the distribution on your computer.
  3. Upload the whole directory webcamviewer/ to your server to CMSimple_XH's plugins directory.
  4. Set write permissions to the subdirectories config/ and languages/.
  5. Switch to "Webcamviewer" in the back-end to check if all requirements are fulfilled.
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Settings

The plugin's configuration is done as with many other CMSimple_XH plugins in the website's back-end. Select "Webcamviewer" from "Plugins".

You can change the default settings of Webcamviewer_XH in "Config". Hints for the options will be displayed when hovering over the help icon with your mouse.

Localization is done in "Language". You can translate the character strings to your own language, or customize them according to your needs.

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Usage

To enable Webcamviewer_XH you have to configure "autoload" to 1, or if you want to save some resources, insert the following on each page, where you need the functionality:

{{{PLUGIN:webcamviewer();}}}

This will cause every image with class="webcamviewer" to be refreshed periodically after the configured interval.

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License

Webcamviewer_XH is licensed under GPLv3.

© 2012-2013 Christoph M. Becker

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Credits

Webcamviewer was inspired by wolfgang_58.

The plugin icon is designed by Alessandro Rei. Many thanks for publishing this icon under GPL.

This plugin uses free applications icons from Aha-Soft. Many thanks for making these icons freely available.

And last but not least many thanks to Peter Harteg, the father of CMSimple, and all developers of CMSimple_XH without whom this amazing CMS wouldn't exist.

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