"Permalink" is a term coined from the blog world to describe URLs that take users directly to content that's part of a larger group. The embed code published by Director offers permalink functionality by automatically updating the browser's location bar with unique URLs to slideshow content. This allows you to copy a URL directly to an image, share it with someone else, or use it as a hyperlink from a separate HTML document, and SlideShowPro (when loaded) will begin with that content.
Enabling permalinks with Director is easy. All you need to do is add the permalinks option to the flashvars section of your embed code, like so:
flashvars: {
xmlFilePath: "http://you.slideshowpro.com/images.php?album=1",
permalinks: "On"
}
Once that change is made, Director's embedding engine adds all the necessary JavaScript to the page. Your document is now completely setup for permalinks. Whenever a user clicks on an image link, the browser's document path will automatically update with the applicable album id and image id/number so you (or anyone) can reference it externally.
Test online: It is important that you test permalinks from a web server and not on your local machine. SlideShowPro Director will not attempt to update your browser's document path unless it originates from http. This is to avoid annoying errors and warnings when working locally.