[Plugin: WordPress Portfolio Plugin (WP Portfolio)] WP-Portfolio-Pictures/Graphics link issue

Hi Dan- thanks for your reply. In a perfect world, I would like to have the option of either babblizing the image link (so it can’t be followed and messed with) or being able to replace the link with a description:

ex.
say the link currently shows as “http://someguyswebsite/library/images/danscoolpic.jpg”

it would be nice to show instead…(no link, just title)

“yourpicturetitle”

If you can solve this, it would be a home run that many people would appreciate. I’ve seen this issue discussed a lot with no practical solve.

Thanks for your consideration,

Erik

Hi Dan:

I’m not sure what yo mean by the plugin allowing you to change the template. Do you mean theme? If so, regardless of theme, the link appears using this plugin.

What I have been hoping for is that in your plugin that a link (corresponding to all photo/graphics thumbnails (not thumbnails that represent links to live websites) being used in your plugin can either have no link showing or replace the link with a title.

The reasons for this is that the link for a photo or graphic

1.)Can be long and attractive. (i.e. http://awebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Mrk41GothamWebsite.jpg).

2.) In addition, as far as web security goes, your plugin provides a clue to hackers as to the structure of your site and graphics files are typical targets. Yes, one can also look this WP structure up but why make it easy for a hacker to know your structure and file naming conventions? Why do people hack? Who can say, the best rationale I have heard so far is, “because they can.”

Shrink the Web-The other thing that is a bump in the road as far as using this plugin goes is forcing a stop and extra step by requiring people to halt progress, address a third party-Shrink the Web and give it consnet to continue. It seems like the type of impedance that causes people to cease. If nothing else people might think it is a hijacking site.

Disable Plugin CSS- this is a nice, much appreciated feature. In my case, I simply want to change the default font to the same font the current theme uses. This apparently can’t be done in the Layout Settings page. The css you have designed here is nice. It’s what makes this plugin so appealing. If you disable it, that nice formatting is gone and it doesn’t seem to hand-off style (font type, in particular) to the theme.

In the meantime of waiting to see if the above link/style issue might be something that could be changed with your plugin, I found another plugin that does what I was hoping yours could/would do for pictures/graphics. It is called WEBPhysiology Portfolio. You might want to check it out. It looks and operates similar to yours and works nicely for photos and graphics with no link(unless you want it). It’s been a nice solve and doesn’t involve the Shrink the Web step.

Thank you Dan. I hope this helps.

Thanks Dan:

– I’ve been onto “Layout Settings”- will revisit it.
– Shrink the Web strikes me as a “bait and switch” going from a free to paid Remora that doesn’t need connection to this plugin- this may be a deal breaker, I don’t want people visiting my website going through that extra step(s). I’m sure you understand.

I can do .css etc. on my own but the luxury your plugin promises is that it offers to do things for you, hence it’s appeal. If I’m doing this work, then there is no need or I just move to a plugin such as the one I mentioned to you that does it all. As it stands, the combination of yours and WEBPhysiology Portfolio has gotten me where I wanted to go. I had just hoped that yours would do it all.

Thanks Dan, I appreciate the focus you’ve put into this. Issues aside, I think you’ve done a great job with this plugin.

Erik

That is really terrific news. Thank you. Next stop: no more Shrink the Web page funnel.

Thanks Dan,

Erik