Well CataBlog 0.9.8 has been released, what enhancements slash fixes are in this release, well really not much.
Those with a catablog.css file in their template folder might notice that the standard CataBlog CSS code is now loaded as well. I have decided that this is the preferred way to integrate the CSS and if you are concerned about loading too many external resources I recommend a plug-in to combine and gzip your CSS and JavaScript resources.
Other then that I made sure to add load indicators for adding and deleting categories, since some people with slower servers might want to know that something is happening when they click the links. Also I have recently learned that my custom taxonomy query only works in WordPress 3.0 and above. With this information I decided that it was time to have a better basic requirements check on activation. Currently CataBlog requires PHP 5 with the MultiByte String and GD libraries. Also a properly installed version of WordPress 3.0 or better with a writable uploads directory is required.
I am leaning towards fixing any lingering bugs and adding multiple language support for a 1.0 release before the end of the year. Enjoy.
Hello — Great plugin!
Stumbled across this recently and it’s exactly what I’m looking for. Very simple and should provide a great foundation for people turning their WP blogs into estores.
A quick question: is there a way to get all of the shortcodes in one place, perhaps a quick guide? I am able to display the basic “row” display but was hoping to also put together a gallery-style display with the image and then underneath it the title and description, but I’m not sure how to display things in gallery format.
Anyway, thanks for making this — very excited to see if I can make it work for me!
-Jack
I’ve been trying to see if this will work for me. I’ve got a bunch of images in different folders for galleries.
I thought I could copy them into the “originals” folder and click on Regenerate All Images, but all I get is an error saying “SyntaxError: missing ; before statement”. Not even a line number or filename. (I copied 24 images, no folders.)
Do I have to add them one by one?
Hi Joy,
So currently the regenerate images function does not automatically detect images from the originals folder and make custom posts out of them. This feature might be added in the future, or a similar function to scan the originals folder and detect images not already in the database. For now you can create an XML file in the CataBlog format to import after uploading your images. It is fairly easy, simply create an item and do an export for an example or read the CataBlog support thread at http://wordpress.org/support/topic/catablog-support-forum?replies=55#post-1748798 for an slightly out of date example. Good luck, hope that helped.
– Zach
Thanks Zach for your quick answer.
You might want to reword your meager documentation so people don’t get the impression you can do that if you can’t. Apparently I’m not the only one that thought you could do an image gallery quickly by just putting the images in the originals folder (saw someone else asking on the link you posted).
Joy,
Thanks for your input, yes I am aware that the documentation reads more like a feature list, but for the time being I am finding it increasingly difficult to justify spending so much time writing, supporting and documenting free software. I hope you are still inclined to use and rate CataBlog favorably, and an auto create catalog from images feature will be on the way sometime early next year. Cheers and happy holidays.
– Zach