wordpress
Concerning that cool “more fields” plugin
So as I showed you in class yesterday, what “more fields” allow you to do is add another custom field to each post. For example let’s say you want to make a portfolio site and for each post want to also include the name of the client and year of execution which you will position in its own div in the template. You can simply setup another widget in the post writing form which will say “portfolio project” and present fields to fill and options to choose from. Then in the template file (index.php, single.php page.php and so on) you can extract that from the post and and give it it’s own div, class and design.
This is actually much better covered in the plugin’s page, including examples and all. Very recommended if you want to make your blog become more than a blog.
The (not really) final photograblog
Hey so yea i didn’t get enough sleep clearly. I was working on my blog locally on my computer using MAMP and totally forgot to upload the changes to my server. Here it is:
Sorry about the mixup Mushon.
Catching up on work
Hi Everybody! (Hi captain nick!)
So I didn’t get a chance to present much on Friday, but I have almost finished my blog. Its got a few things still undone, but its getting there. Heres what its supposed to look like:
and here is what it is:
http://blog.charleswaite.com
As you can see its a bit unfinished but I would welcom comments since its been a while since i’ve elicited them. Also anyone know how to get items in the menu? Do you have to manually edit the php, or is there some option in the admin pages?
On to the Open Source project:
So I’ve made contact with the devs and gotten some great feedback on what I had designed for them. Some were very valid criticisms and others seemed like more a personal preference by a the main guy on how he feels that the Average User would navigate and use the program. Either way, he’s gone ahead and implemented one of my suggestions already in the Subversion build of the program (which I unfortunately dont know how to get and build… Here is the message string for those who are interested:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2026429&forum_id=685966
Anyway kinda cool that the guy went ahead an integrated a UI change that I proposed and in an hour no less.
But thats it for the update. Let me know what you guys think of the website as its a still evolving work in progress.
Later
CP
MAMP and Wordpress: installing on your computer locally for easy testing
Hey guys, I did a bit of creative googling and found this site: Installing MAMP and Wordpress
Its obviously only for macs, so unfortunately this wont help you out susanna, but this is pretty quick and easy so if you want to get a local wordpress server setup this will do it. If this was covered during the workshop I wasn’t at this thursday then excuse my ignorance. the only thing that messed up with me was when you click on install near the end, I had to go back and manually edit the wp_config.php file because it had added localhost:8889:8889 instead of localhost:8889. I also changed the root directory to my Sites folder in my main user directory. Other than that it worked and its seriously MUCH easier to do it locally then upload the folder when the site is done. Hope this helps you guys.
CP
Updated Page
Hey guys. A little update here. I reworked it with what I feel to be a better design based mainly on Ryans feedback (because that was all i got). Anyway let me know what you guys think, preferably before class tomorrow.
CP
My Photograblog
Wow I just thought of that name and I think I am going to use it. I’ve been having real issues trying to name my blog something that isn’t Photography Blog, so maybe I’ll use Photograblog. Anyway here is the mockup of the site. I haven’t finished coding the CSS yet and am having issues with Background images but I will post back with more specifics soon when I get closer to having a final site up.
For the moment I an having a dilemma between the regular all black page or one with a grey border around the edge which is supposed to draw a parallel between photographs you make in a darkroom with borders around the edge. Anyway let me know what you guys think. I realise that nobody in class has seen this design before so give me all the feedback you can muster. Thanks guys.
live neon, encore 1.
As before, you can find NGCT here. The posts and metadata are all “live” now (and everything else, really - except for the “archive” drop down).
Whoa dudes, wordpress2.5!
Wordpress 2.5 just came out, and to possibly some of our delights it features a built in gallery (and some other goodies). I’m guessing we should all upgrade?
Small revision
Did some more research, this may be busying up my design but thought about using these little line dividers to hide any attached images/tags.
What do you guys think? Still need to clean up the black area around the reversed out text, it is very rough at this point.
live neon.
The pre-remedial, extra-basic version of my page is up and running from WordPress here. Not everything is using live PHP code, but the page is a header/body/footer theme with the first post using live information from a WP post (header, tags, body, date are all “real”).
