http://hostomni.com tips and tricks Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:05:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The plugin that we're using for flash .flv files is the ZD YouTube FLV player. To make it work all you need to do is to ad the code [ zdvideo ]url[ /zdvideo ] into a post (without the spaces.) This can either be the youtube url (which we really don't want) ... http://hostomni.com/2009/11/zd-player-flv-files-only/ Fortunately, 90% of the work is done when you have photos of your subject. At bare minimum you can include a paragraph consisting of what it is, what scale its in, when you built it, what you built it from, and (if you like) any personal thoughts on the build. This ... http://hostomni.com/2009/01/how-to-write-a-post/ When you're added to MMM you may not notice right away which role you've been assigned. Odds are you've been designated either an author or contributor. Each role in WP has specific privileges, here's the pithy rundown: The first role is Subscriber, this user has permission to read. We are not ... http://hostomni.com/2009/01/user-roles/ Sidebar links: your sidebar link (which goes on the index page and throughout the site) links to your contributor archive page(s) If you would like to create your own image for this link the required size is 290px by 50px otherwise one will be created for you from images you've ... http://hostomni.com/2009/01/quick-guide-for-contributers/ When your done writing and editing your post, go down to the Custom Fields tab, and either choose (from the dropdown box) or type in Thumbnail (case sensitive) put the full file path to the thumbnail image you want to display on the front page and in excerpts into the ... http://hostomni.com/2009/01/choose-a-thumbnail-for-display/ [caption id="attachment_126" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="features gallery"][/caption] The scrolly thing is actually called the features gallery, which is very cool but unfortunately there's a conflict with the javascript for lightbox, so for the time being the lightbox feature has been deactivated. Remember how not so long ago we had to do custom fields ... http://hostomni.com/2009/01/scrolly-thing-works-lightbox-is-deactivated/ It's assumed that by using MMM and hostomni that authors and contributors are fully aware of US copyright laws (link will open in pdf), their individual works are protected by US copyright and that any copyrighted works they refer to are owned by their respective owners and used with permission. In ... http://hostomni.com/2009/01/copyright-information-and-content-respect/ And with new themes there are a few differences. The main ones are: Bios and authors pages are now automatically created. If you do not have a gravatar (aka Globally Recognized Avatar) one will be provided for you automatically (in the form of a silly cartoon monster.) If you'd like to ... http://hostomni.com/2009/01/new-theme/ In order to take advantage of the light box feature simply insert any image from your gallery (you must upload it first) and then insert it into a post. Like this: Don't forget to set the alignment (your choices are none, left, center, right) make sure to "link to image", save ... http://hostomni.com/2008/12/light-box-and-gallery/ One of the reader issues that has come up is that at the default settings thumbnails are opening in a page at medium size, and then need to be clicked in order to open at a larger size. This tutorial will show you how to change that default setting so that ... http://hostomni.com/2008/12/image-linking/