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# justderek

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Embed tweet in post without parent conversation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-tweet-in-post-without-parent-conversation/)
 *  [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-tweet-in-post-without-parent-conversation/#post-3637475)
 * Seconded. Has anyone found a solution for this, apart from screenshotting the
   tweet and cropping out the parent tweet?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WordPress Backup to Dropbox] [Plugin: WordPress Backup to Dropbox] Create Zip File](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-backup-to-dropbox-create-zip-file/)
 *  [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-backup-to-dropbox-create-zip-file/#post-2147527)
 * I think the option to zip or gzip the DB file is an **_excellent_** idea. I’m
   looking around for a better blog backup plugin, and I love the idea of being 
   able to back my blog up to my dropbox account. I may well give this plugin a 
   try – but FWIW, if it had already had a DB compression option, my search would
   have been over.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[MediaElement.js - HTML5 Video & Audio Player] MP4 inline post is broken for [video mp4="url to media".mp4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp4-inline-post-is-broken-for-video-mp4url-to-mediamp4/)
 *  [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp4-inline-post-is-broken-for-video-mp4url-to-mediamp4/#post-2201424)
 * If what you have above is your exact implementation of the shortcode in your 
   post, it should work. Does nothing at all show up where the video should be? 
   Or do you see the text of your shortcode – that might happen if you used the 
   visual editor instead of the HTML tab on your “Edit Post” page.
 * As long as the path to the content in your URL is accurate it should work, and
   there’s no point moving your mp4 file closer to the root of your blog… is that
   what you were asking? The structure of your uploads folder & sub-directories 
   looks the same as what I use.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[MediaElement.js - HTML5 Video & Audio Player] Black Bar Only for MP3 Playback](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/black-bar-only-for-mp3-playback/)
 *  [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/black-bar-only-for-mp3-playback/#post-2197598)
 * I’m having a (possibly) similar problem since upgrading to v.2.1.7 of the plugin(
   WP 3.2.1.; [Tarski](http://tarskitheme.com) theme w/ custom stylesheet). The 
   plugin appears to no longer be overriding my theme’s CSS, specifically the buttons
   inside `<div class="mejs-controls">`. Here’s [a screenshot](http://db.tt/WqG2fZU),
   with Firebug highlighting the pertinent code.
 * Another problem I’m having since upgrading is that if I click what would be the“
   play” button on either the audio or video clips, it plays the media file with
   the audio muted. At least that’s what I think is happening, since touching the
   volume slider makes the audio kick in.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[MediaElement.js - HTML5 Video & Audio Player] MP4 inline post is broken for [video mp4="url to media".mp4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp4-inline-post-is-broken-for-video-mp4url-to-mediamp4/)
 *  [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp4-inline-post-is-broken-for-video-mp4url-to-mediamp4/#post-2201333)
 * I see two things wrong with your implementations:
 * 1. They have spaces before and after the equals sign which can’t be there
    2.
   The .mp4 file extension has to be inside the quotation marks
 * Example that should work:
 * `[video src="http://yoursite.com/yourvideo.mp4"]`
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Socialize This] [Plugin: Socialize This] v2.2 upgrade changed twitter settings & widget behavior](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-socialize-this-v22-upgrade-changed-twitter-settings-widget-behavior/)
 *  Thread Starter [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-socialize-this-v22-upgrade-changed-twitter-settings-widget-behavior/#post-2187560)
 * Right, I have done, but it doesn’t work right. The social widget template setting
   I have is
    `<a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=%raw_title% %raw_permalink%"
   target="_blank"><img src="%widgets_url%/derek_wood/twitter-crumpledpaper_32.png"
   width="32px" height="32px" alt="Twitter" title="Tweet this" /></a>` That produces
   a “Post a Tweet on Twitter” window with this in the update field:
 * > Cheek and Bluster [http://cheekandbluster.com/wordpress](http://cheekandbluster.com/wordpress)
 * So it’s outputting the blog title and a version of the blog home url, instead
   of the post title and the permalink.
 * For the facebook widget, the settings I have are
    `<a href="http://www.facebook.
   com/sharer.php?u=%permalink%&t=%title%" target="_blank"><img src="%widgets_url%/
   derek_wood/facebook-crumpledpaper_32.png" width="32px" height="32px" alt="Facebook"
   title="Share on Facebook" /></a>`
 * which produces a Facebook share window with
    [http://cheekandbluster.com/wordpress](http://cheekandbluster.com/wordpress)
   as both the title of the post and the description.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Socialize This] [Plugin: Socialize This] v2.2 upgrade changed twitter settings & widget behavior](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-socialize-this-v22-upgrade-changed-twitter-settings-widget-behavior/)
 *  Thread Starter [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-socialize-this-v22-upgrade-changed-twitter-settings-widget-behavior/#post-2187526)
 * **Update:** not sure if the following is to do with [the other issue](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-socialize-this-update-of-existing-post-throws-fatal-error?replies=2)
   you addressed by pushing out 2.2.1, or with this issue, but anyway…
 * Just now I successfully updated my post from this morning to fix a typo, and 
   it seemed to work. Then I checked my twitter feed, and it had tweeted the update(
   makes sense I guess, since it hadn’t tweeted the original posting), but the tweet
   text was messed up. I took [a screenshot](http://db.tt/ybQXvZo) so that I could
   delete the tweet right away thereafter.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Simple Footnotes] [Plugin: Simple Footnotes] Unwanted space before note in post text](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simple-footnotes-unwanted-space-before-note-in-post-text/)
 *  Thread Starter [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simple-footnotes-unwanted-space-before-note-in-post-text/#post-1716419)
 * Great — thanks, Andrew!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Plugin: Recently Popular] Upgrade to 0.6.2 – visit count got reset](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-recently-popular-upgrade-to-062-visit-count-got-reset/)
 *  Thread Starter [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-recently-popular-upgrade-to-062-visit-count-got-reset/#post-1434623)
 * [@ebiven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ebiven/):
 * Uh… golly. OK, well, that’s certainly a straight answer. I’m not trying to display
   info from the beginning of time, I’ve just had it set to display popular posts
   from the previous week. I just didn’t know what (if anything) I’d done wrong 
   to make it start over, and why it was listing one post twice. No offense intended.
 * If it’s something you don’t want to deal with, that’s your decision. I guess 
   I’ll take your suggestion and find another plugin.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [You do not have permission to preview drafts.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/you-do-not-have-permission-to-preview-drafts/)
 *  [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/you-do-not-have-permission-to-preview-drafts/page/2/#post-927749)
 * > I wonder if it’s something that happens on older installs.
 * Don’t think so – mine’s a relatively recent install. I think it’s mainly to do
   with wordpress being installed in a subdirectory and using the old .htaccess 
   work-around to keep “clean” permalinks.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [You do not have permission to preview drafts.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/you-do-not-have-permission-to-preview-drafts/)
 *  [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/you-do-not-have-permission-to-preview-drafts/#post-927744)
 * Well then, the problem remains. I don’t see a reason why anyone should have to
   sacrifice the ability to preview their drafts if they want their WP installation
   to be in a subdirectory but keep their “clean” url.
 * The capability to have your blog’s url be different from the directory where 
   WP is installed has been supported in WP for ages, and this previewing glitch
   has only popped up since the advent of 2.7.1.
 * I still therefore ask, what gives?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Missing description under thumbnails](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/)
 *  [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/page/2/#post-925083)
 * Hallelujah – it worked! And I figured out the necessary CSS adjustments.
 * @ monodistortion: thanks a million for your help. Duly noted, too, about the 
   security risk – fortunately I am the only one with admin privileges for my gallery.
 * In case it will be helpful for others in the same bind, here’s the adjusted code
   for my gallery in context:
 * **gallery-mytemplate.php:**
 *     ```
       <!-- Thumbnails -->
       	<?php foreach ($images as $image) : ?>
   
       	<div id="ngg-image-<?php echo $image->pid ?>" class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box">
       		<div class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail" >
       			<a href="<?php echo $image->imageURL ?>" title="<?php echo $image->description ?>" <?php echo $image->thumbcode ?> >
       				<img title="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" alt="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" src="<?php echo $image->thumbnailURL ?>" <?php echo $image->size ?> />
       			</a>
       				<div class="thumb-desc">
       					<?php echo htmlspecialchars_decode($image->description) ?>
       				</div>
       		</div>
       	</div>
        	<?php endforeach; ?>
       ```
   
 * There was already a class in my main stylesheet called `description`, so as you
   see I called the new `div` “thumb-desc”.
 * **nggallery.css** (based on default gallery style):
 *     ```
       .thumb-desc {		/* used to be ngg-gallery-thumbnail span */
       	/* Images description  */
       	font-size: 90%;
       	line-height: 1em;	/* added */
       	padding-left: 5px;
       	display: block;
       }
   
       /* Additional classes */
              /* For people with longish, long, or LOOONG names  */
       	.thumb-desc .longish {
       		letter-spacing: -.5px;
       	}
       	.thumb-desc .long {
       		letter-spacing: -1.0px;
       	}
       	.thumb-desc .looong {
       		letter-spacing: -1.2px;
       	}
       /* show resume, webpage, reel & etc. links in lightbox only, not in thumbnail gallery  */
       	.thumb-desc .resumelink, .thumb-desc .weblink, .thumb-desc .reellink, .thumb-desc .photolink {
       		display:none;
       	}
       /* end add'l classes */
       ```
   
 * I also added `margin-bottom: 7px;` to the `ngg-gallery-thumbnail` class.
 * @ johnscane: I certainly agree with your point. Although I’m relieved that I’ve
   got my gallery working again, the hackery required to do so was much too onerous.
   The plugin really should have at least one native gallery style with thumbnail
   captions included.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] v1.0 new template system / thumbnail captions agony](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-v10-new-template-system-thumbnail-captions-agony-1/)
 *  Thread Starter [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-v10-new-template-system-thumbnail-captions-agony-1/#post-931259)
 * I’ve posted an updated version of this question on the [other thread](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/224536?replies=27#post-931288),
   since it seems to still be active.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Missing description under thumbnails](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/)
 *  [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/page/2/#post-925068)
 * I’ve been struggling to get my gallery to look the way it did in pre-1.0 versions
   of NGG, which was [like this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/justderek/2720272902/in/set-72157606472100385/).
 * I now seem to have the files in the right directories, because the captions are
   appearing. Unfortunately, they’re not displaying correctly – here’s the link 
   to [my gallery](http://theatreneo.com/?page_id=22).
 * I don’t know php. Following the steps above, my template file `gallery-mytemplate.
   php` now reads like this:
 *     ```
       <!-- Thumbnails -->
       	<?php foreach ($images as $image) : ?>
   
       	<div id="ngg-image-<?php echo $image->pid ?>" class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box">
       		<div class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail" >
       			<a href="<?php echo $image->imageURL ?>" title="<?php echo $image->description ?>" <?php echo $image->thumbcode ?> >
       				<img title="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" alt="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" src="<?php echo $image->thumbnailURL ?>" <?php echo $image->size ?> />
       			</a>
       			<?php echo $image->description ?>
       		</div>
       	</div>
        	<?php endforeach; ?>
       ```
   
 * I have some clue about CSS (self-taught by trial and error). Right now the relevant
   part of my `nggallery.css` file looks like this:
 *     ```
       .ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box {
       	float: left;
       	font-size:90%;	/* goes here instead of under .ngg-gallery-thumbnail span ?  */
       }
   
       .ngg-gallery-thumbnail {
       	float: left;
       	margin-right: 5px;
       	height: 115px;	/* fix for  inline/IE problem from WP Forums thread @  http://wordpress.org/support/topic/202931?replies=3 */
       }
   
       	.ngg-gallery-thumbnail span {
       		/* Images description */
       		padding-left:5px;
       		display:block;
       	}
   
       /* only show resume, webpage, reel & etc. links in slimbox, not in thumbnail gallery */
       		.ngg-gallery-thumbnail span .resumelink, .ngg-gallery-thumbnail span .weblink, .ngg-gallery-thumbnail span .reellink, .ngg-gallery-thumbnail span .photolink {
       			display:none;
       		}
       ```
   
 * In previous versions, NGG allowed me to use html tags in the image descriptions/
   captions. Is this no longer supported?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Gallery z-index](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-gallery-z-index/)
 *  [justderek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justderek/)
 * (@justderek)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-gallery-z-index/#post-934612)
 * It looks like [this example from CSSplay](http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/final_drop5.html)
   might achieve what you want.
 * If not and you don’t find another solution, you could also try styling your menus
   like [one](http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/simple_dropline.html) [of](http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/dd_valid_2.html)
   [these](http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/simple_dropline.html). Maybe re-inventing
   the wheel little, but it might be worth it depending how things work out for 
   you.

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