Zeppelin Broadcast Instant Messages

Last Update

20 December 2012

Regular License

$10

Extended License

$50

Sales

10

Wats new (v1.1)

See Live Preview ! * Open WWW hyperlinks by clicking on the Zeppelin. * Holiday Special – “Mistletoe” badge * Hover effect * Bug fixes and timing improvements! ... etc

Basics Broadcasting Sending a custom common message to a large audience simultaneously.

What is Zeppelin Broadcasting ? An animated balloon (the Zeppelin) appears to float across the browser window, slows down slightly, displays a message and then flies away. Multiple people that are currently viewing the webpage see the zeppelin and get the message more or less simultaneously. See [Video Demo/Preview]

Who broadcasts messages and who reads them ? An admin page called “the control room” allows an admin user to set the message text and switch the broadcasting ON/OFF. When the admin switches the broadcasting to ON, all the client browser windows see the zeppelin fly across their screen and the message that it displays. Play with it: Live Demo/Preview NOTE: Brace yourself since multiple other "admins" maybe twiddling the zeppelin controls just as yourself! Have fun!

How easy is it to get started with Zeppelin Broadcasting ? Embed the zeppelin in your PHP code like so: <?php include "ZeppelinManager.php"; $zm = new ZeppelinManager; $zm->zeppelin(); ?>

Fire up this page in a browser and you will see the zeppelin flying message with the default parameters. In a separate browser window open the zeppelin-control-room.php and customise the broadcasting !

Which Zeppelin properties can the admin control from the control room ?

Swtich ON/OFF broadcasting states.

Message text content.

WWW Hyperlink.

Period/delay between repeated zeppelin flying events.

Font size

Transparency of the zeppelin and the message callout.

How “instant” are the broadcasted zeppelin instant messages ? As of v1.1 it takes up to 5s for the newly updated zeppelin messages/properties to take effect from the control room.

All this is implemented in an easy to use PHP class that encapsulates the HTML5/Javascript based logic used to render this animation and manage the broadcasting process.

Happy Broadcasting !