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Where is my highslide quicktag?

Unfortunately quicktags do not show up in Visual Rich Editor mode. You have a few alternatives. If you are using Wordpress 2.1, simply switch over to code view and the Highslide quicktag will be available. If you are using Wordpress 2.0.x then you can disable Visual Rich Editor mode or you can create the tag yourself by using the special <highslide> tag. This tag takes 4 attributes:

image This is should be the path to the image you want displayed when the user clicks on the thumbnail

thumbnail This should be the path to the THUMBNAIL image you want displayed initially.

altdesc This is the copy that will appear in the ALT tag description. Filling this in is good practice for search engines.

captiontext The caption displayed directly under the large image when the user clicks on the thumbnail Example Code

Future versions we'll look to embed a button in the visual rich editor similar to how Viper's Video Quicktags did.

Do I have to pay for Highslide JS?

Highslide JS is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. If you are a non-commercial site the script is free. It costs $30 for each commercial domain

How can I tell if it's working?

Try creating a test post and check to see if the HIGHSLIDE quicktag is available. Click on the tag and follow the prompts to insert your first image.

When using the HIGHSLIDE quicktag what do all the prompts mean?

The quicktag will prompt you for the following information:

Prompt 1: Enter path to large Image This is should be the path to the image you want displayed when the user clicks on the thumbnail

Example: /images/mylargeimage.jpg

Prompt 2: Enter path to thumbnail image This should be the path to the THUMBNAIL image you want displayed initially.

Example: /images/mythumbnailimage.jpg

Prompt 3: Enter the Alternate Description of the image This is the copy that will appear in the ALT tag description. Filling this in is good practice for search engines.

Prompt 4: Enter the Caption for the image The caption displayed directly under the large image when the user clicks on the thumbnail

When I look at the generated code it is surrounded by a paragraph tag. How can I remove that paragraph tag?

This is a "feature" of wordpress. Here is the generated HTML required for highslide. Notice the <p> tags that surround it:

<p><a href="http://www.pinkcakebox.com/images/cake200.jpg" class="highslide"  onclick="return hs.expand(this)">
               <…snip…>       
</p>

To remove the '

' tag open your default-filters.php and comment out the following line:

add_filter('the_content', 'wpautop');

Alternatively there are plugins you can use to disable this feature.

What version of Highslide JS does this plugin support?

As of March 9th this plugin works with version 3.00 or greater.

Can I still customize Highslide JS using your plugin?

The plugin was designed to give a high level of flexibility in customizing Highslide. In the WP-HIGHSLIDE options page there are global settings that allow you to toggle off/on the highslide caption box, close link, or next/previous links:

Additionally, you can override the global settings for individual images by using override flags in the <highslide> tag. For example, to override the Show Caption Box:

<highslide image="http://www.pinkcakebox.com/images/cake205.jpg" thumbnail="http://www.pinkcakebox.com/images/cake205-circle.jpg" altdesc="" captiontext="null" show_caption="y"  />

Tags that are available

Flag Usage Description show_caption show_caption=”y”
show_caption=”n” Toggle on/off Highslide Caption show_close show_close=”y”
show_close=”n” Toggle on/off Highslide Close Link show_prv_next show_prv_next=”y”
show_prv_next=”n” Toggle on/off Highslide Next/Previous Links