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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Video Thumbnails] [Plugin: Video Thumbnails] default thumbnailThis depends on the theme you are using. If the theme supports post thumbnails already, you won’t have to do anything. But assuming it doesn’t, you will have to insert
<img src="<?php video_thumbnail(); ?>" width="300" />into the loop that is displayed on your homepage (or wherever you would like the thumbnails to appear).Have you read the FAQ page? It should automatically generate a new image in the WordPress media library when you make a post, and set that image as the post thumbnail, which is visible if your theme supports it.
If you still have trouble after reading the FAQs, let me know some more details about what you need help with.
Just submitted 1.0 which adds the option to store thumbnails locally and set them as the featured image. Hope everyone enjoys the update, let me know if you run into any problems or have any more ideas!
Hopefully within 24 hours… got the bulk of the functionality in place, just need to finish up a few things!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Video Thumbnails] [Plugin: Video Thumbnails] Arras Theme integrationNice work! Glad my plugin could help.
I’m currently working on an update that will make automatic compatibility with more themes by making use of the WordPress featured image function.
Let me know if you ever need some help!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Foursquare Venue] [Plugin: Foursquare Venue] Hide "People Here Now"All these options have been added, let me know if you think I should add a php function in addition to the shortcode.
Hey iowa600,
Sorry it’s taken me so long to see your message! I can’t tell you the exact file without knowing how your is built. First look for loop.php, then home.php, and then index.php. I’d reccommend the following code over the basicvideo_thumbnail()code:<?php if( ( $video_thumbnail = get_video_thumbnail() ) != null ) { echo "<img src='" . $video_thumbnail . "' width='300' />"; } ?>Just change 300 to whatever width you need.
Quick update for Niska and anyone else interested,
I’m working on a setting to enable automatic storage and featured images for themes that support it… hope to get it out soon! Hang tight!Hey there,
Glad my plugin could help. This is a really easy fix – just use the following code, and replace 300 with the width you’d like the image to be.
<?php if( ( $video_thumbnail = get_video_thumbnail() ) != null ) { echo "<img src='" . $video_thumbnail . "' width='300' />"; } ?>If you’d like to get more advanced, you can check out TimThumb, a PHP script that can resize/crop images.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: Viper's Video Quicktags] Automatic Thumbnails for VVQI’ve always wanted to have thumbnails for my videos automatically generated, and I’ve finally learned enough to release my own plugin to do the job. Hope anyone looking for this can solve their problem with Video Thumbnails.
I believe it should work fine with the Vimeo, YouTube or Blip.tv embedded using VVQ, I’d love to get some feedback before I officially list support though.
@niska: I’m working on creating a solution for storing thumbnails locally, and I’ll definitely see if I can make an option to automatically set it as the featured image. In my personal use of the plugin, I have very clearly separated video sections and build my own themes, so I had never thought about making it compatible with existing themes. I’ll see what I can do!
@starrwulfe: Unfortunately end-all solutions don’t exist on the internet, because needs are often very different. Check out http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/ to share your specific idea. I’d like to keep some flexibility in my plugin for more advanced users, but I’d be happy to add Blip.tv support and show you how what you want could be done fairly easily in your theme. Just say hello and I’ll get back to you.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Video Thumbnails] [Plugin: Video Thumbnails] Wordtube thumbnailsHmmm… looking at the surface of wordTube I don’t immediately know how to add support for it. At the moment my plugin uses methods provided by the video services to retrieve the thumbnail. I’ll look into it some more and see if I figure something out.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Grabbing YouTube ID from postWell, 6 months later and I’ve learned enough to make my own plugin to solve this problem. Video Thumbnails is a plugin that creates a simple function that can be used in your loop to automatically retrieve a thumbnail for embedded videos.
<?php video_thumbnail(); ?>Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Video thumbnailsI just released a plugin that makes it really easy to automatically add video thumbnail images to your theme. Once you’ve installed the plugin, you can use this inside the loop to display the video’s thumbnail automatically.
<img src="<?php video_thumbnail(); ?>" width="CHANGE_ME" height="CHANGE_ME" />Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Generate thumbnails with GD or ImageMagick?If you’re uploading images from within the admin dashboard, you might want to change the sizes in wp-admin in Settings under Media, something I somehow overlooked for probably the first 6 months of using WordPress.
I sometimes use TimThumb to resize images.