embedding tour

First off I'm not a web developer, lol

I'm doing some work for a builder who wants to embed the tour onto their website but have the files and everything run off of my sever.

I tried creating a separate html file, extracting script from Tourweaver_xxx document that is created when publishing a tour. And then I filled in the entire URL for any files or scripts that may be called for.

I pasted what I did below. I'm getting the tour window to pop up but nothing is loading.

So questions is - Am I going about this the right way? Or is there a simpler embedding code I could be using?

Thanks for your help!

<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
var so = new SWFObject("http://www.ronniebruce.com/realestate/tours/drhorton/brookhaven/twviewer.swf", "sotester", "600", "380", "9.0.0", "#FFFFFF");
so.addParam("allowNetworking", "all");
so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always");
so.addParam("allowFullScreen", "true");
so.addParam("scale", "noscale");
//<!-%% Share Mode %%->
so.addVariable("lwImg", "http://www.ronniebruce.com/realestate/tours/drhorton/brookhaven/resources/waiting_brookhaven.gif");
so.addVariable("lwBgColor", "255,232,232,232");
so.addVariable("lwBarBgColor", "255,255,255,255");
so.addVariable("lwBarColor", "255,0,255,0");
so.addVariable("lwBarBounds", "120,304,360,8");
so.addVariable("lwlocation", "0");
so.addVariable("lwShowLoadingPercent", "true");
so.addVariable("lwTextColor", "255,0,0,0");
so.addVariable("iniFile", "http://www.ronniebruce.com/realestate/tours/drhorton/brookhaven/config_brookhaven.bin");
so.addVariable("progressType", "1");
so.addVariable("swfFile", "");
so.addVariable("href", location.href);
so.write("flashcontent");
// ]]>
</script>

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I'm not sure, but variable 'href' will still references to your clients url (i mean this one: so.addVariable("href", location.href);)
Try changing it to:

so.addVariable("href", "http://www.ronniebruce.com/realestate/tours/drhorton/brookhaven");
or
so.addVariable("href", "http://www.ronniebruce.com/realestate/tours/drhorton/brookhaven/");

and let's see what's happening.
Security issues might or might not emerge as well.

Alternatively you may embed your tour using iframe, then you don't need to change anything in the files residing on your server (google for it). It is the easiest way, although i don't like iframe approaches myself.

Best wishes,
Madmux

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My Tourweaver components: http://www.optitecha.lt/categories/3

OK, i've got it.

Your html code which you embed should be like this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<div id="flashcontent">
To view virtual tour properly, Flash Player 9.0.28 or later version is needed.
Please download the latest version of <a title="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" target="_blank">Flash Player</a> and install it on your computer.
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
var so = new SWFObject("http://www.ronniebruce.com/realestate/tours/drhorton/brookhaven/twviewer.swf", "sotester", "600", "380", "9.0.0", "#FFFFFF");
so.addParam("allowNetworking", "all");
so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always");
so.addParam("allowFullScreen", "true");
so.addParam("scale", "noscale");
//<!-%% Share Mode %%->
so.addVariable("lwImg", "resources/waiting_brookhaven.gif");
so.addVariable("lwBgColor", "255,232,232,232");
so.addVariable("lwBarBgColor", "255,255,255,255");
so.addVariable("lwBarColor", "255,0,255,0");
so.addVariable("lwBarBounds", "120,304,360,8");
so.addVariable("lwlocation", "0");
so.addVariable("lwShowLoadingPercent", "true");
so.addVariable("lwTextColor", "255,0,0,0");
so.addVariable("iniFile", "config_brookhaven.bin");
so.addVariable("progressType", "1");
so.addVariable("swfFile", "");
so.addVariable("href", "http://www.ronniebruce.com/realestate/tours/drhorton/brookhaven");
so.write("flashcontent");
// ]]>
</script>

Proof that it is working (placed it temporary for testing purposes) is here:
http://www.virtualivizija.lt/demo/rbruce/

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My Tourweaver components: http://www.optitecha.lt/categories/3

not sure that it matters in your case but I had some problems with using the twviewer.swf.

when you publish the tour select the Flash VR (swf) and point to it instead of the twviewer.swf.

i'm using kimili to embed in wordpress.

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@madmux

Thanks for checking that out. I appreciate you hosting that for a minute to confirm it works. I have it working on my end as well

But the builder seems to be having difficulty getting it working for his website. When they added the code in they get a please install flash message:

   You may have to do some navigating: Home Plans > The Brookhaven > Virtual Tour

   http://www.drhorton.com/Where-We-Build/New-Jersey/New-Jersey/Division/Village-Grande-at-Camelot.aspx

I had a friend look into it more and we came across something called cross domain policies, which is an xml that allows outside servers to embed the swf, however its working on your server so this SHOULD be working smoothly

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Sorry, i was on week long trip and couldn't respond earlier. Anyway, I see you already figured it out and made it work with iframe.
Regarding cross-domain polices - this is not the case, because the whole tour is located in your own server. If flash (.swf) file would be located at client server and it would want to load pictures from your server, then you would need to specify crossdomain.xml file. It is not needed to embed external .swf Therefore is works on my server.
I think - just some small error prevented from displaying tour. If you would like to embed your tour without iframe - let me know.

Best wishes,
Madmux

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My Tourweaver components: http://www.optitecha.lt/categories/3