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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CataBlog] Catablog Permalink TokenHi Paul,
I’ve actually discovered that the %PERMALINK% token is broken…ouch.
Anyways I plan to release an update today that fixes this, look for CataBlog 1.2.9.5 and also don’t forget to mark if it works or not on your version of WordPress. Thanks!
– Zach
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CataBlog] Just updated, links won't open in new windowKatie,
Thanks for pointing out the bug, both the tokens should be fixed in the new 1.2.9 version I released earlier today. Thanks again, and if you can remember to mark the new version as working that would be awesome.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CataBlog] Just updated, links won't open in new windowKatie,
Could you please check that you have the link target set to _blank in the CataBlog title options? I am curious because I want to check if all the link target tokens are broken, thanks.
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In reply to: [CataBlog] Multiple unwanted images for item not visible in libraryHey Chris,
Very nice looking site, I have a few questions and thoughts about your problem. First off, is each bass its own category or a CataBlog item with sub images?
Sometime in the past I added the feature of uploading more than one image per catalog item, you might consider having your client upload their photos this way. This would remove the need to have different categories for your one page. A downside to this approach is that the sub images won’t have the hover over title effect you currently have.
If each bass listing has its own CataBlog category I would make sure that the client is making the category in CataBlog. You can easily add the category into your catalog by editing any catalog item. Once your problem listing’s category is created the page will show nothing under that listing instead of the entire catalog. Now simple add the images you want into the newly created category.
One last note: I have been working on the category filter’s behavior. Currently it shows all category items when you try and filter by a non existent category. This is undesirable, I would prefer if it showed no items, as if it looked for the category, found nothing, and returned nothing. The next release, CataBlog 1.2.9 will hopefully fix this once and for all.
If I totally missed the mark let me know what assumption I made wrong, thanks and please don’t forget to rate CataBlog.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CataBlog] Just updated, links won't open in new windowAnd thank you so much for pointing out that %TITLE-LINK% does not use the target value in its link. For now you may fix this by replacing %TITLE-LINK% with this:
<a href="%LINK%" target="%LINK-TARGET%">%TITLE%</a>Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CataBlog] Just updated, links won't open in new windowYou are more than welcome to look back and try older versions of CataBlog, if you find one that works better let me know and we can diagnose the exact CSS discrepancies. Personally I am thinking of yet more changes to how the title’s CSS class is treated by CataBlog, with its future in mind. Two questions are on my when it comes to making the perfect configuration:
1. The new WordPress 3.2 theme TwentyEleven displays the CataBlog titles very large. I am considering removing or changing the font size from the CSS class because of this.
2. The next version of CataBlog will include the ability to turn each catalog item into its own page, this opens all sorts of new opportunity for the template system. In particular I need to make sure that each catalog entry’s title font size works along side with the page and post’s title, or something similar…
Any ideas or thoughts are massively appreciated, cheers!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [plugin=catablog] issue with activating this pluginDon’t worry about eating that crow, it’s okay, i would prefer if my plugin gave you a nice message like, “hey, you aren’t using PHP5, you should upgrade today.” And I keep trying to get it right but I keep hearing messages like this, so I keep trying….haha
BTW, WordPress 3.2 will require PHP5, and I for one am very happy about that. Not only will it let WordPress become sooo much faster and more efficient, but it will mean I no longer will have to check if your server has it.
Totally understand about the donation issue, I just ask if you hit it big with my plugin’s help you give just a smidgen of your bounty to me. Cheers
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [plugin=catablog] issue with activating this pluginWow, so glad to hear you are loving the plugin. My guess is that your husband’s web site is hosted with a different computer than yours. Most likely, he is running a version of PHP that is less than 5.0. Upgrade your version of PHP or contact your hosting company for more information.
I am very pleased to hear of yet another supporter of CataBlog and if you haven’t already could you please….
rate and confirm CataBlog works with your version of PHP at
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/catablog/like the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/catablogdonate some funds to keep the programmer nourished…
http://catablog.illproductions.com/donate/Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CataBlog] [Plugin: CataBlog] links to images and searchable abilityYou are most definitely correct about the scalability issues of custom post types. Especially with your current needs. If you find anything let me know.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CataBlog] [Plugin: CataBlog] links to images and searchable abilitySeems like I need to make a “Custom DataBase” plugin that lets you setup a list of fields. All the custom post type stuff could be hidden behind the plugin’s settings panel. As far as search goes, if you aren’t a programmer I assume you would like to pick from a list of form controls and connect those to fields in your custom database. Does anything like this already exist out there? I assume it does….
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In reply to: [CataBlog] [Plugin: CataBlog] links to images and searchable abilityWhy would a custom post type not cut it? Not scalable enough?
If you are using WordPress as your applications framework then I would really consider using a Custom Post Type as a container or “row” for your proposed “database”. Title is already there, you get lots of other data like date created, author, etc. and your database is backed up alongside with the rest of your site in the WordPress XML export.
Now, you don’t have to use any built in values, it is also very simple to hide them in the Admin Interface. One may also make their own values for a custom post, such as composer, instrument and image-url, or any database columns they may want.
Once you have made all your custom posts or “database rows” you can then show the Posts in a list on an archive page. You may also let WordPress automatically generated you a bunch of pages for each custom post, both are completely optional.
If you need to have an interface to change the WP Query variables its easy enough to build this into your theme. The search function in WordPress can be taught to look at the Custom Posts meta data. Just like single.php and page.php, you now have the ability to make a taxonomy-sheetmusic.php and single-sheetmusic.php files for your custom sheet music posts, this template files can have any number of forms for searching.
Custom Post Types can have as many independent taxonomies as they want, incase you want to treat either of your columns like categories or tags. That might be really useful for the instrument field…
Keep in mind that all CataBlog items are technically Posts, so are Pages and Media uploads.
I myself can’t think of any reason why not to do this, unless you feel that it would be to slow. There is definitely some overhead when you use posts to encapsulate simple database schemas such as your, since there is extra data, but unless you want to query 1000 of records or your server is really slow, I don’t see why not.
Just my thoughts…
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CataBlog] [Plugin: CataBlog] links to images and searchable abilityBrassmusician,
I’m still working on the site, but once it goes live I will give you a link. Basically it works like categorized posts, with archive pages listing multiple rugs and single rug pages with the full rug and all its meta data being displayed. The meta information would be the fields like Size, Origin, Age, etc. Currently the site does not have a search function, but integrating the meta data into the search should be quite easy with a search optimization plugin like relevanssi.
I also want to make sure you understand that without transcribing the sheet music into non image data, only the name of the image would really impact your search results. So that leaves the title and minimal text on the page to bring up search results…is that what you are looking for?
Take care and would love to help you figure out a cool way to archive all this music. Cheers!
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In reply to: [CataBlog] Errors when replacing main imageAwesome David,
I am curious if you remembered what version you upgraded to and what version you were upgrading from. Also it would be great if you could support me and CataBlog if you haven’t already by:
rating and confirming that CataBlog works with your version of WordPress at
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/catablog/liking the Facebook page at
http://facebook.com/catablogdonating to my pizza and beer funds at
http://catablog.illproductions.com/donate/Cheers!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CataBlog] [Plugin: CataBlog] links to images and searchable abilityYou may scope out a screenshot of a custom post type admin panel I created for a previous client. Customized integration like this is not free though….
http://catablog.illproductions.com/downloads/custom-post-type.png
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CataBlog] Errors when replacing main imageCan you please double check that your Thumbnail and LightBox sizes are set to positive integers in the Admin CataBlog Options Panel. Thanks.
