Title: Galaxy Zoo Author: scibuff Published: November 24, 2009 Last modified: January 15, 2010 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/galaxy-zoo.svg) # Galaxy Zoo By [scibuff](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scibuff/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/galaxy-zoo.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/galaxy-zoo/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/galaxy-zoo/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/galaxy-zoo/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/galaxy-zoo/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/galaxy-zoo/) ## Description This plugin offers two WordPress widgets through which users can display data from their accounts on Galaxy Zoo. The first widget, ‘Galaxy Zoo’, display general stats such as the username, the date the user joined Galaxy Zoo, the number of galaxy classifications and the latest classified galaxy. The second widget, ‘Galaxy Zoo Favorites’, displays thumbnail images of galaxies the user selected as his/er favorites (using the Galaxy Zoo’s My Galaxies page – http://galaxyzoo.org/my_galaxies) Both widget are completely customizable via the widget’s control panel and style- able via a separate css file(s). Galaxy Zoo is an online astronomy project which invites members of the public to assist in classifying over a million galaxies. It is an example of Citizen science as it enlists the help of members of the public to help in scientific research. The Galaxy Zoo files contain almost a quarter of a million galaxies which have been imaged with a camera attached to a robotic telescope the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (http://www.sdss.org/) **Requirements** * PHP 5.2.0 or newer (SimpleXml required) * WordPress 2.8 or newer ### Known Issues #### 1.0 * Changing the number of favorites on the favorites widget will NOT reset the cache, i.e. the new number of favorite galaxies will be requested only once the current cache expires (or is manually deleted) ## Screenshots [⌊Galaxy Zoo and the Galaxy Zoo Favorites widgets in a sample wordpress blog sit⌉⌊ Galaxy Zoo and the Galaxy Zoo Favorites widgets in a sample wordpress blog sit⌉[ Galaxy Zoo and the Galaxy Zoo Favorites widgets in a sample wordpress blog sit [⌊Detailed view of the Galaxy Zoo and the Galaxy Zoo Favorites widgets⌉⌊Detailed view of the Galaxy Zoo and the Galaxy Zoo Favorites widgets⌉[ Detailed view of the Galaxy Zoo and the Galaxy Zoo Favorites widgets [⌊Galaxy Zoo Settings view in the dashboard⌉⌊Galaxy Zoo Settings view in the dashboard⌉[ Galaxy Zoo Settings view in the dashboard ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Add the Galaxy Zoo and Galaxy Zoo Favorites widgets to your sidebar via the widgets control panel (Appearance -> Widgets) It is recommened to check the box next to “Use AJAX” improve the loading time of your blog (if AJAX is disabled, the Galaxy Zoo data will be loaded before a blog page is displayed, which could add several seconds to the load time) ## FAQ How do I get the plugin work with my Galaxy Zoo account As of the moment, only selected beta testers from Galaxy Zoo forums were given API keys required by the plugin to access Galaxy Zoo account data. If you would like to stay informed and be notified when the plugin becomes available to the general public, sign-up at Galaxy Zoo Forums (http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/). How do I change the background on the AJAX preloader The preloader can be changed via the plugin’s CSS: On you WordPress Dashboard select“ Plugins” then “Editor”, then select “Galaxy Zoo” in the “Select plugin to edit”. Finally, select the “galaxy-zoo/css/galaxy-zoo.css”. Now you can edit the plugins global CSS (change made here will be made to both widgets)… Look for the ‘.widget- galaxy-zoo-loader’ class declaration and change the value inside the ‘url’ brackets, e.g. from url(../img/loader-dark.gif) to url(../img/loader-pink.gif). This plugin comes with 2 preloaders, one dark with background color 222222, and one white, with background color #FFFFFF (loader-white.gif). If you would like to have a preloader with a different background color use the online preloader generator at http://www.ajaxload.info/ Select “Big Roller” as the “Indicator type”, the background color you wish to have and #FF5D05 for the “Foreground color” (although you may change this value as well if you wish). Finally, click on “Download it!”. Once you have the new preloader image saved on your machine, you will need to upload it to the plugin directory at /wp-content/plugins/galaxy-zoo/img ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Galaxy Zoo” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ scibuff ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scibuff/) [Translate “Galaxy Zoo” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/galaxy-zoo) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/galaxy-zoo/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/galaxy-zoo/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/galaxy-zoo/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/galaxy-zoo/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Added data caching * Added caching controls (delete cache button & cache expiration time) to the Admin Panel #### 1.0b * The initial release of this plugin. Only a few themes have been tested. ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **16 years ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **2.9.2** * Tags * [astronomy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/astronomy/)[stats](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/stats/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/galaxy-zoo/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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