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CG-FlashyTitles is a wordpress plugin that implements sIFR. All I have to do is embed the fonts. This plugin makes sIFR installation easy as pi (which is my favorite number).
Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator generates a handy-dandy sitemap whenever the site is updated. It basically indexes every single bit of content on a website and helps guide Google’s spiders. They crawl every nook and cranny, and then list the nooks and crannies on google. Simple, fun, and painless.
The Mimbo Theme is a beautiful theme that works well for magazines. The code is easy to read and modify to fit your needs.
Tom Schneider’s Role Manager is a wonderful plugin that allows you to keep idiots from ruining everything. If you run a blog that publishes multiple people’s work, then this plugin is for you. It ayou to assign roles, and give people the ability to access only the parts of the site that are relevant to their role. voilla, your WordPress installation is safe from pokey little puppies.
sIFR allows users to use any font they want in their website’s headlines. Woohoo, pretty titles!!
Statpress is a wonderful little plugin that keeps track of a website’s stats. It doesn’t put a lot of load on your server, and it is pretty accurate. It’s not as detailed as Google Analytics, but it’s detailed enough for most websites.
Wordpress is a simple, but powerful blogging platform. It’s fully customizable, and it is generally pretty fast. Templating Wordpress websites is easy-peasy, and handing them off to a different end user is a lot of fun. The back end is so intuitive even a baby with the proper training and incredible motor skills could update a wordpress site.
I am looking for a little bit of assistance related to getting the images to post in Mimbo 2.2 being used with Wordpress 2.5.1.
I’ve changed the path to the themes/mimbo2.2/images folder and can see that my images are getting there.
But when I fill in the key=Image custom field value, update and save (which isn’t always going through), and then look at the post? No image.
I assume that this has something to do with the code in the main template but I cannot for the life of me figure out what.
I love what you’ve done with the Brown mag. Please email me or leave a comment here if you have any suggestions. Thank you very much.
Comment by Jill — April 30, 2008 @ 10:01 am
Jill, what is the URL of the site you are trying to implement Mimbo on?
Comment by admin — April 30, 2008 @ 11:46 am
Hi Admin - I actually figured that out. :) BUT…working in WP 2.5.1, it seems that I can’t upload anything directly from the Internet, right? I have to load it to my computer first and then upload it to the images folder? I wish there was an easier way.
But also in 2.5.1, when I upload through the Media Gallery, it seems to general three version of each image. So, when I go to put the value into the custom field, I have to add the image size to the filename.
Let me say this - I love what you did with Mimbo for Brown. Another freelance writer and I are trying to manipulate Mimbo but I’m not finding the comments etc. on the forum to be so up to date, and the release of 2.5.1 makes it harder
Anyway - if you have any suggestions about the uploading, we’re all ears.
Comment by Jill — April 30, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
Hmm, interesting. I never had any problems with uploading images in the new WordPress, although sometimes it just doesn’t work. And, in Mimbo, the name of the file I have uploaded is always the same name I put into the custom value box. I did have some trouble when I first implemented Mimbo. I tried using a couple pictures bigger than the theme was built for, and they just never appeared.
Comment by Joshua Unseth — April 30, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
So - if you don’t mind me asking, does that mean that you always make sure that the image you upload is smaller than a certain # x #?
Comment by Jill — April 30, 2008 @ 9:36 pm
“For the layout to work, some image dimensions must be exact.” Darren Hoyt writes specifically that Mimbo Theme’s “‘Feature’ images are 255×88 pixels while the various category thumbnails are 51×51 pixels each.”
I always use 51px by 51px images for the various category thumbnails (which is what I made everything) on The Brown Spectator’s website.
As a supporter, I’m going to throw in a shameless plug. I’ve found that setting up a 51px by 51px template in GIMP is the quickest way to make these images.
Comment by Joshua Unseth — April 30, 2008 @ 11:45 pm
Well - your last line shows that maybe I sound like I know what I’m talking about - but I don’t. :) but I have a teen in my house who does. :)
I really appreciate your help - in WP 2.5.1 there is a place to standardize the size of the thumbnail, I guess I have to be sure that I’m always uploading just one of the choices re: size - but when I was going into my images folder, I could see that others were generated.
Let me know if you’re for hire or consult for another Mimbo-themed site! :)
Comment by Jill — May 1, 2008 @ 6:50 am
I am definitely for hire. But if all your site needs is a quick look, I’d be happy to do that for free.
Comment by Joshua Unseth — May 1, 2008 @ 9:18 am
Hi Josh - Do you have an email? I’d prefer not to leave it on the website because it’s part of a project I’m developing w/someone else and we’re waiting to hear about funding. Thanks so much!
Comment by Jill — May 1, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
junseth@gmail.com
Comment by Joshua Unseth — May 1, 2008 @ 5:19 pm