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June 12, 2010 By A. Cemal Ekin 2 Comments

There are many options for a Web site, especially for those running under WordPress. Playing with different tools allow me to learn what is out there and how beneficial they may be to me or to my clients. Based on my experience, I may use or recommend the tool to my clients.

One such tool is a toolbar from Wibiya.com which I installed after starting an account with them. After exploring its features, I decided that it did not offer me any value and asked their tech support to remove my information. I wish all these companies added a simple feature “Delete my account”, upon clicking it would delete all the information I provided. I have been trying to get my name and e-mail removed from their system for the last 3 days, for some bizarre reason these Web companies latch on to your information with octopus tentacles and would not let go. All they succeed in getting in return is strong negative feeling, at least from me. I will not use their services, nor will I recommend them to any of my clients. These companies need to understand the value of treating the customer right and with respect. Only then, will they have a chance of building loyalty not by holding on to my information with an iron grip.

If you are interested in adding a toolbar to your WordPress site, I suggest that you look elsewhere and contact them before signing up to find out if they will remove your information on demand.

Stay away from Wibiya!

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Display Titles of NextGen Gallery Images

April 8, 2009 By A. Cemal Ekin Leave a Comment

I use NextGEN Gallery in combination with HighSlide to present a group of images. In between the two is the useful plugin WS-Highslide which embeds the HS code on every page automatically on the fly.

On some occasions, especially on sites that I build for others, I want to add a title to the displayed image for added information. This stumped me for a while as there are no check-boxes or other configuration options in either NGG or HS. A little investigation and reading lead me to the solution of adding the following lines to the HighSlide code into the WS-Higslide configuration script:

hs.show_caption=”y”;
hs.captionEval = “this.thumb.title”;  (this will display the contents of the “Title” field in NGG)

or:
hs.captionEval = “this.a.title”;  (this will display the contents of the “Caption” field in NGG)

I hope this helps others who may be trying to do the same.

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Flash with Highslide

November 9, 2008 By A. Cemal Ekin 9 Comments

Note: After trying this technique for a week or so, I have found it to be too fragile when editing the post. At any time, because of an accidental opening in the “Visual” edit mode you may lose a line or two, crippling the Highslide effect. I am abandoning this idea for the time being, experiment at your own risk.

Better yet, try ShadowBox JS Plugin which integrates very smoothly and transparently with all the image and media links. I consider this post deprecated.

I have been trying to get Highslide integrated into WordPress and NextGen Gallery, I think I have figured out how to use a couple of tools together to make this happen. Mind you, I am not a JavaScript programmer, the code makes but little sense to me, especially one as elaborate as Highslide with much flexibility and capability. This post will outline my method of accomplishing the integration, not necessarily the best method. I am not sure if there is a unique method. I would have much preferred to have a little more plugin assistance but I will get anything I can get in this area. I assume you have already installed NextGen Gallery. If not, go get it and install it and learn what to do with that. I am not writing about how to use NGG, but how to integrate Highslide to display the images from the NGG pool. [Read more...]

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