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In reply to: [CataBlog] [Plugin: CataBlog] links to images and searchable abilitybrassmusician,
It sounds to me like you want a customized theme, perhaps with a custom post type built into your theme and specific interface controls to browse through your custom post types. CataBlog falls short unless you are a programmer who knows how to integrate the plugin with your theme’s template files (not to be confused with CataBlog’s template files).
Also, while I appreciate the simplicity of your desired database, I have to say that almost every time I have done similar work in the past it gets complex very quickly. Now maybe I’m wrong in this instance, just keep in mind that databases are not exactly spreadsheets.
Also consider the overhead of WordPress, true you can turn it into a social network with buddy press and you can create large catalogs for people to browse…but if you are thinking that you want some couple hundred items, and a site with good performance, I would recommend a real CMS (content management system) built from a RAD (rapid application development) framework that uses a database ORM (object relational mapping) such as Symfony or Zend Framework.
Otherwise you should consider creating your catalog of sheet music with regular WordPress posts, perhaps they have a specific parent category or are all in one specific category. You may add meta data (extra fields) and sort / search through them with a few theme hooks and built in widgets. No plugin necessary.
Good luck and if you are looking for a programmer I might send you to my professional site, http://www.illproductions.com.
Cheers!
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In reply to: [CataBlog] When will catablog work in IE9?First off, i assume that you meant does not fix the problem in your last message above.. At this point I wonder if it’s your IE or OS settings, perhaps security. I am testing on a bare installation of Windows 7 and not running any browser extensions besides Flash. Any one else out there care to check the fashion URL above in IE 9?
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In reply to: [CataBlog] When will catablog work in IE9?The link you sent me above worked perfectly in Internet Explorer 9, running on Windows 7 Home Premium edition, 64 bit, Service Pack 1. I am unsure why it would not work on your version of IE9, does a yellow box in the lower left of the internet explorer window appear when the page loads or you click to open the LightBox? If so, please double click it and send me the error message, if not…could you please try emptying all your browsers caches and reloading a couple times again. Thanks
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In reply to: [Plugin: CataBlog] Operator questionHey speaking for the ignored,
Choosing and setting up CSS selectors is something of an art, but understanding the syntax is super easy. I would recommend you read more about CSS and how it works at w3schools.com. Here is an example CSS class:
.catablog-lightbox-desc strong { color: black !important; }A simple CSS class like this one is designed to turn the font color all strong HTML tags inside of a HTML tag with the class of ‘catablog-lightbox-desc’ black. A CSS class consists of a path if you will. Starting on the left, each new element in the path must be a decedent of the first element for the rules to be applied. So if you wanted to change all paragraph in a table that are in a HTML element with a class of content it would look like this:
.content table p { font-size: 12px; }If you take the first example and put it in your styles.css file in your theme, or in a new catablog.css file in your theme’s folder it will be loaded and change the color of the description in the LightBox. Good luck and if you haven’t already, please:
Rate and confirm that CataBlog works
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/catablog/Like the Facebook page
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In reply to: [CataBlog] Opening catablog links in new windows (only sometimes)Hi Mcorso,
What you want to achieve most likely requires editing both the CataBlog template and some CSS. If you give me a link to your site I might be able to better troubleshoot your problems and continue to help you out.
here is my first bit of advice:
Firebug or Webkit Developer Tools:
Please download or enable this tools in your browser and familiarize yourself with it if you are not familiar. This will help you debug your site’s CSS so that the default template in CataBlog display correctly.If you load the gallery template, there is an example of a primary image that will link to the catalog item’s link value. You may copy that anchor tag and image tag inside it (don’t forget the close anchor tag). Now load the default template and replace the %MAIN-IMAGE% token with the code you copied earlier. You main, or primary image will now be a link to whatever value you set. Keep in mind that sub images will still use the LightBox to display a larger version of the image.
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In reply to: [CataBlog] When will catablog work in IE9?Hi elleseven,
I just checked out the link you sent me, and it is working in IE9 as well now, so that is good. Perhaps you upgraded to version 1.2.7? Anyways, just thought you might want to know. Cheers!
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In reply to: [Plugin: CataBlog] Operator questionHi speaking for the ignored,
If you are referring to the white space under the image in the LightBox, all you need to do is put some content in your catalog item’s description. Both built in templates (default and gallery) support displaying the item’s description in the LightBox. This description can even contain a buy now button or other simple HTML. Good luck and I hope that helps.
Hi derekgreer,
Thanks for pointing out your frustrations with WordPress’ HTML editor. What you are experiencing is completely accurate, and is actually considered a “security” feature from the WordPress development team’s perspective.
TRUEedit currently only lets you configure the frontend content filters, such as wpautop. The filter that removes most HTML tags from non super admin (non admins in single site wp) is not a frontend filter.
Also you should keep in mind that even if I fixed your issue with the editor stripping out HTML code, the XML export and other features of WordPress will continue to strip out your custom HTML code. Basically, if you want someone to write full blown HTML they need to be an Admin.
With past clients I have used other plugins, such as Viper Video instead of copy and pasting HTML embed tags for YouTube videos. Perhaps you may rework your CSS so the preformatted tags do not a specific class? In other words, you might try looking for other way to implement what you need.
I can feel your frustration, and when I get some time I will look into adding a feature into TRUEedit that will allow for full HTML editing capabilities for specific users. It might be edits to numerous different hooks and actions, so I am unsure what the scope of a feature like that will be.
Cheers and thanks for your interest in TRUEedit.
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In reply to: [Plugin: CataBlog] Operator questionSo as I look further into your question I realize that it is possible with the custom taxonomy query array. I will need to think how to implement this within the shortcode though, since shortcodes do not really allow for array parameters. Maybe something along these formats would work for a future version, but I have no idea until I do further testing.
This could work for sure, but I worry about all the conditional code I would have to write for possibly different operator values.
[catablog category="dogs,cats" operator="IN,NOT IN" order="title"]I think that the second category will override the first, but maybe they will merge into an array…
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In reply to: [CataBlog] Problem with LightBox in the latest versionawesome man, thank you so much. i’m gonna be releasing a new version with some bug fixes and the ability to add and remove categories from multiple catalog items at once. still working towards the multiple image uploads, i want to make sure its done right. cheers!
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In reply to: [CataBlog] Problem with LightBox in the latest versionHey Ryan,
Glad you were able to fix your JavaScript problems. Do you think there is anything I could do to make CataBlog’s LightBox work better with other libraries? Also it would be awesome 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
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http://facebook.com/catablogdonate to my pizza and beer fund at
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In reply to: [Plugin: CataBlog] Operator questionHey jol2011,
I’m gonna have to think about this one for a minute. I can say that the operator function in CataBlog is directly related to WordPress’s own query function operator. I think it’s new in WordPress 3.1 and you might be able to learn more about it at this URL:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query#Taxonomy_Parameters
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In reply to: [CataBlog] When will catablog work in IE9?Just wanted to mention that Windows 7 is on its way to my house. Not happy that I was forced to pay for an upgrade to test Internet Explorer 9, but thats the breaks.
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In reply to: CataBlog can not accept mutil-language.Jacgo, was just going through the old threads and wanted to say that both of the 1.2.5 bugs you reported here are fixed now, I’d like to mark this thread as resolved…not sure you can, I can’t, but if you could that would be awesome. Thanks.
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In reply to: [CataBlog] Problem with LightBox in the latest versionHi Ryan,
I won’t have a chance to look at your page today, but I was curious if you are loading other JavaScript libraries, extensions or code. In particular I am interested in anything else that might break IE8 because, if one JS error manifests then the entire page breaks. You should see a yellow exclamation point at the lower left of the IE8 window, you may double click this yellow warning sign and get a better idea where the JavaScript broke. You should also try the twentyten theme and disabling other plugins to see if the erratic behavior goes away. Hope that helps, cheers!
– Zach