WP-prettyPhoto Technical Information and Usage Instructions
Lots has changed since the last article I made about WP-prettyPhoto usage, and so it is time to revamp the instructions, explain new features and hopefully be a bit more thorough. First off, let me first mention the following thing: prettyPhoto is written by Stéphane Caron. Here are some related links to avoid repeating them throughout this article: Stéphane's blog, prettyPhoto's project page, prettyPhoto on GitHub, Stéphane on Twitter, WP-prettyPhoto at WordPress Extend, WP-prettyPhoto Support Forum.
Revision History: This article is intended to document the current WP-prettyPhoto (1.5.1) & prettyPhoto (2.5.2) versions.
Konami Code Hook for your WordPress blog!
Soooo... I was bored earlier today and decided to code a plugin just for kicks. So, lo and behold, I give you WP-Konami! Hey I never said it was useful. WP-Konami uses jQuery to add a hook listening for a Konami Code input sequence, and redirects successful sequences to a URL you specify in the options. You can get your site listed at Konami Code Sites once you have it installed, too!
Enjoy!
WP-prettyPhoto 1.2 released!
It's been a while since any activity has happened with prettyPhoto and WP-prettyPhoto. I was waiting for some changes to the prettyPhoto code to release a new version, and Stéphane Caron has released version 2.3 of his prettyPhoto jQuery plugin recently, so it was time to roll out a new WP-prettyPhoto version, 1.2, with all the changes and features that have been suggested since the last release. To skip the blah blah and go straight to downloading, head over to WordPress Extend.
Make your WordPress plugins use a different version of a bundled JavaScript library
I've recently coded my first WordPress plugin, for the fun of it. I've been using WordPress for some time, and I know PHP quite well, so I figured it'd be fun. WordPress has a weird/interesting way of being extendable. I won't go into too much technical details about that, but suffices to say that it's easy yet complicated to perform tasks you want to. Yeah, that weird.
All that being said, I upgraded my WordPress from 2.7 to 2.7.1 in the middle of coding some new features for the latest release of WP-prettyphoto, 1.1. That made me realize that updating WordPress' core also updates the installed JavaScript modules, namely jQuery (among many others). When I first coded WP-prettyphoto, when things weren't working I just replaced the jQuery I had with the latest official stable release and things worked fine. I didn't give it much thought. So when I updated WordPress, all hell broke loose and WP-prettyphoto was metaphorically crying in agony because jQuery wasn't man enough for it. I then tried performing the same manual updating procedure, and without really surprising anyone -- I was alone anyway -- WP-prettyphoto was back prettyfying my stuff like a starving fat kid eats a cheesecake.
WP-prettyPhoto: Lightbox clone for WordPress using jQuery
WP-prettyPhoto allows you to use prettyPhoto by Stéphane Caron, a themeable jQuery-powered Lightbox clone with WordPress. Check it out on WordPress Extend!
