Scalable Inman Flash Replacement is an open-source JavaScript and Flash technology which replaces HTML text elements with Flash equivalents.
Questions tagged [sifr]
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sIFR + SharePoint
Has anyone used sIFR in a SharePoint site? Is there any reason why they wouldn't play nice? I don't see why there would be but a sub-contractor is pushing hard for flat images instead of sIFR.

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jquery cycle slide show not fading in IE
This is crazy Frankenstein collision of jquery cycle, sIFR3 and some other stuff--it works great in Chrome, Safari and Firefox, but not IE 7 or 8 (of course).
http://ianmartinphotography.com/test-site/testimonials/sifr-dual.html
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Website crashing (in) Firefox
I have created a newly designed site that went live just last week. I have had reports back from a friend of a friend that it crashes in Firefox. They haven't passed on what version they are using, but hinted that it was on the mac.
I haven't been…

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sIFR 3 wrapped by $ in IE9 beta
It was brought to my attention that sIFR3 titles are wrapped by "$" in IE9 beta. Is there any fix for this or will there be a sIFR update?

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sifr not replacing font
I am trying to use sIFR to replace the headlines (e.g. The Tour of A Lifetime) on this page: http://tanciltown.com/ten-chimneys/
The font I want to swap in is Verlag by hoefler & frere jones.
I had this working the other day but it suddenly stopped…

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Anyone able to translate sIFR into AS3 (for hyphenation and with the help of a converter)?
One thing asked for a lot with sIFR is hyphenation.
Now I almost solved it with integrating Hyphenator.as http://vis4.net/blog/2010/05/as3-hyphenation/.
The only problem is that Hyphenator.as is written in AcionScript 3, while sIFR is in…

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for site which language is chinese what should i choose @font-face or sIFR for custom fonts?
for site which language is chinese what should i choose @font-face or sIFR for custom fonts? and which charset i should choose?
Any typography, license free fonts suggestion would be appreciated.

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Which font types i will need in @face-font and how to to make font smoother in all browser like sIFR?
Which font types i will need in @face-font and how to to make font smoother in all browser like sIFR?
IE 6, IE 7, IE 8, Firefox 3+, Google Chrome and Safari (MAC)
Which font type i needed
alt text…

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sIFR3 smoothing and IE
i've started to use sIFR3.
I don't know how to turn on smoothing of font. Do i need to change it in my font.swf file?
In FF3 it work perfect, everything is okay, but when i turn on my IE8, nothing changes. Even live example doesn't work…

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sIFR header with inside span
I've got the following situation:
This text is pretty awesome
I'm trying to give both a different style like this (only the css): h2 { font-size: 21px; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: 37px; height: 36px; text-align:…
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sIFR selected text background
It seems to me that sIFRed text when selected allways have black background. My site design is dark (mostly black). So when use select sIFRed text it looks like nothing happens, it is selected but no one can see that cause both site and selected…

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sIFR3: controlling a and a:hover styles inside replaced through CSS rather than JS
For graceful degrading and minimal coding for the sIFR feature on my websites I would want to define styles in CSS as much as possible. Here's what I do:
• Define a H3 tag to be replaced by sIFR3.
• H3 comes in varying colors by CSS depending on…
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What are cons to use jquery sifr plugin over original sifr 3?
If I'm alreadu using jquery library on site then should i use origional sifr or jquery plugin.
What are cons to use jquery sifr plugin over origional sifr 3?
jQuery sIFR Plugin
http://jquery.thewikies.com/sifr/known-issues

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@font-face or sIFR 3?
I've to implement custom font in a website, What should be used. Client is providing custom fonts.
All browser support (Including IE6 and in all A Grade Browsers)
text Selectable
Selection visible
Accessible with screen reader
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sIFR: dynamically inserting umlaut causes trouble
let me state cleary at the beginning that I know about the embedding issue in flash.
So, to the point. If sIFR replaces an umlaut (ä,ö,ü) which is hard coded in the HTML file everythings works fine.
But when I want to insert it dynamically it is…

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