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1. alexk2oo
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   I've installed WP-Cumulus and it all works fine. The only problem is that none of the links work when you click on the tags, i've tried in multiple browsers.

   Any ideas?

   Thanks in advance, Alex

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-cumulus/

2. Roy Tanck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Alex, did you try the regular html tag cloud? Do links work when you place that widget on the sidebar?

   Flash has a security restriction that allows it to link to urls on the same domain only. Unfortunately, http://www.yourblog.com isn't http://yourblog.com. Usually, that is the problem when this happens.

3. alexk2oo
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   Yes the normal tag cloud works fine.

   I have the site hosted on a development site which has no domain name associated with it at the moment, just an ip address. Wouldn't that negate the security issue?

4. Roy Tanck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Could you see if the links in the source code (look for WP-Cumulus and check the links it gets fed) are using the same IP (and aren't relative)? They also need to start with 'http'.

5. sscheidt
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I want to link to other urls...not just my tag pages. I do, however, use my tags to generate the word cloud. Instead of going to .../tag/... I want to redirect the link where I'd like.

   There is no tagcloud.xml in any 1.23 release I can find in order to edit. Is this possible without having to purchase software to edit the .swf file?

6. Roy Tanck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The XML file and some other examples are available from my blog (roytanck.com) and the development release has the Flash sources and the XML file.

7. sscheidt
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks for the response...I still cannot find clear directions on how to change the .php file to communicate with the XML file. Most other applications I've used in the past are directly linked to the XML file directly for easy editing. What should I do?

8. Roy Tanck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sscheidt, did you find this post? http://www.roytanck.com/2008/05/19/how-to-repurpose-my-tag-cloud-flash-movie/ . That blog post has example files, both using the XML file and not.

   The XML file is used as a backup for when there's no data supplied through flashvars (as the plugin does). I first put this in there to allow me to easily test the movie in the Flash development environment, but it's remained in there for convenience.

   It's not very transparent, but if you do not supply a 'mode' parameter through the flashvars, the movie will use the XML file instead, assuming it to be in the same folder. There's also an 'xmlpath' var you can use to point it elsewhere.

   Hope this helps.

9. sscheidt
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm still confused...is the 'mode' parameter a line I need to delete in the PHP file? I tried deleting a few different items, but ended up with a few fatal errors. WordPress overrides the definitions through the settings tab, so I can't set the 'mode' parameter to anything other than 'cats' or 'tags.'

10. Roy Tanck
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Yes, you'd need to comment out the mode parameter in the php file. This is purely a hack, so I don't actually recommend it, but it's been known to work.

    Look for the is line:

    $flashtag .= '&mode='.$options['mode'];

    And comment it out by adding '//' in front of it. What this does is make sure the mode setting from the options page isn't passed on to the flash movie. This in turn triggers its 'fallback' behavior of trying to find an XML file. If you make sure there's an XML file called 'tagcloud.xml' in the same folder as the swf that then should be used.

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