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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Cyclone Slider] Feature SuggestionI figured out how to get a shadow on all sides (the color has a bit of maroon tint to match my theme):
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position: relative;
top: 6px;
left: 6px;
box-shadow: 0 0 6px rgba(41, 35, 37, 0.4);
webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 6px rgba(41, 35, 37, 0.4);
moz-box-shadow: 0 0 6px rgba(41, 35, 37, 0.4);
`Unfortunately, this is of little use to me until I can figure out how to implement text wrap-around. The code that ought to do this,
position: relative; display: inline; clear: nonedoesn’t work. Unfortunately, a line break is generated before the text despite this code. Any ideas how to do this with Cyclone Slider 2?
I may have to settle for Meteor Slides that gives text wrap-around but unfortunately has box-shadow: none !important. I figured out how to put in a border there that’s presentable, but not as stunning as the box-shadow.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Cyclone Slider] Feature SuggestionUsing the Chrome’s browser’s developer tools, and found that my theme, Bouquet, uses box-shadow to add a shadow on the bottom of all images. This takes effect on the slides of Cyclone Slider 2, since it doesn’t have any shadow-box:none in its css. I put the code to add the shadow on all sides into my child theme, and found that while ordinary uploaded images get the shadow on all sides, Cyclone Slider 2 images picks up this change only on the right side and the bottom of the image, but not on the top or the left. For that matter, neither does it accept a border or padding on the top or left. Why is this? What do I have to do to get the box-shadow to take effect on the top and left?
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Bouquet version 1.2.1 navigation bar says "menu"I can’t figure this one out, but it’s OK now. I’m sure I had the word “menu” in black in Chrome. Now I looked again, and Chrome and Explorer were OK. Firefox did have the word “menu”,this time in the ordinary color for the navigation bar (not in black as I’d seen it before), instead of rather than in addition to the page names. Reloading the page didn’t help, but clearing browser history did. Now all three browsers are OK.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Bouquet version 1.2.1 navigation bar says "menu"I did do that once, because I had about 20 static pages and the navigation bar got too big. Sometime after that I had a major problem with the media library, that caused my site to crash, and to figure out what was going wrong I had to delete my site’s contents, uninstall and re-install WordPress. Right now I have only four pages, so I had no need to fuss with custom menus; the menu bar simply shows all four pages. My site is birthdoulajerusalem.com (You can see it until June 4, when it will expire; I’m planning to make a new site under a different domain name).
Did you optimize your photos for the web? See http://www.learn.columbia.edumcah2pdftraining_resolution.pdf.
If you don’t have photoshop, you can prepare your images with Gimp, a free download. I prefer PaintNet because it gives you direct control of the pixels per inch, which enabled me to reduce both the absolute number of pixels and the display size of the image to the desired size without any need to reduce the picture quality.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Media upload error of jpeg slides taken from powerpointForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Media upload error of jpeg slides taken from powerpointThank you so much, Esmi. I’m using Gimp.
QUESTIONS:
1) Gimp’s “Export to JPEG” screen is asks me whether I want to retain the thumbnail. When I don’t retain it, the image is a few less KB. Does WordPress use the thumbnail? If it does, I ought to retain the thumbnail, and if not, I ought to remove it. I couldn’t find anything about this in the support forums.2) Where is the URL information stored for Media items? I can’t find a table or directory in wp-content.
Thanks for making me aware of the importance of optimizing media. I also downloaded an audio optimizing utility from sourceforge.net.
Looking through the support forums for more information on image optimization, I found that one moderator wrote in an informational post about media upload problems that it is important to reduce the size of the image in PIXELS as well as in KB:
“Try a smaller image, in pixels. Filesize is largely irrelevant, it’s the width and height of the image that matters. Smaller images require less RAM. Although WordPress does attempt to tell PHP to allow it enough RAM, not all server configurations allow this and so PHP may not be set to have enough memory to work with larger images. Resize the images to web-sizes before uploading them.”
I found that my slides had overly large pixel sizes. Presumably, the people who designed PowerPoint choose this size because it is appropriate for display to a group of people on a big wall screen. Obviously, a computer screen has far fewer pixels, so the first step in optimization of slides from PowerPoint for online use, is to reduce the pixel size to what I want to display on my site. As an added bonus, I found that this reduces the KB as well. After that, I’ll optimize them further with Gimp, upload it all and see if the problems disappeared.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Media upload error of jpeg slides taken from powerpointI looked for a jpg or image optimization plugin that is 3.5.1 compatible, with high percentage of recent support forum posts resolved, and excellent reviews. After rejecting one that is only for Linux and another for requiring the images to be uploaded to another site, I was left with only one plugin that fit the bill, EWWW Image Optimizer. The only downside in the reviews is that it is difficult to install, since it requires downloading programs from sourceforge.net, the same site you mentioned. The download didn’t work, so I’m back to square one.
Should I forget about optomizing and just put my website back together? Or maybe switch hosts?
This plugin’s instructions say “EWWW Image Optimizer calls the optimization utilities directly (which may also allow us to offer more flexibility in the future). This is better suited to shared hosting situations where these utilities may already be installed. The programs we use (jpegtran, optipng, and gifsicle) generally have very minimal dependencies, so all you will need is a hosting account with shell access, and build utilities installed. You can then tell EWWW Image Optimizer where you compiled these utilities. I use Bluehost, which meets these requirements, and Dreamhost is another suitable alternative. There are likely others out there that I am not aware of.”
Unfortunately, my host doesn’t have these optimization utilities already installed. I’ll have to check on “shell access” and “build utilities”.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Media upload error of jpeg slides taken from powerpointGimp’s set-up files were corrupted, also from second download. The earlier version’s set-up files were also corrupted. Caesium’s set-up didn’t even download although I tried three times.
I did a search in the support forum for “image optimization codex” and found that there are plugins that optimize whenever you upload an image to your site. Should I try that route instead? If so, what features should I look for in an optimization plugin?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Media upload error of jpeg slides taken from powerpointI started looking through the list of graphics programs on that site. One of them, Caesium Image compressor, is designed for making pictures more compact for use on the web. Is that what you meant? This evidently takes an ordinary photograph (i.e., that jpeg that I already converted from powerpoint) and compresses it. Or do you mean a program to convert directly from powerpoint to something I can upload? I did a search on that site for powerpoint, but nothing came up.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Media upload error of jpeg slides taken from powerpointI clicked that link and it looks like they have a lot of different things to download. The first one there is gimp-2.8.4-setup.exec. Right below it is a help file, gimp-help-2.2.8.0- .exec Are those what you meant, or should I click graphics in the sidebar?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Media upload error of jpeg slides taken from powerpoint1) Can I use this package on a computer that is not equipped for editing powerpoint?
2) Once I download this package, can I run it without an internet connection?
3) It makes sense to me that the 500 errors are caused by the images themselves. However, can the problem with these images also explain all the weird side effects with the thumbnails, the administration sidebar appearing twice in the Media Library, and the problems with files that didn’t get upload errors?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: 3.5.1 media upload and attachment problemI hope all your expertise will be convincing to Fatcow so that they’ll fix the problem. If not, I’d like to find a host that won’t give me the same problem. Please tell me what a host is supposed to be doing to prevent this problem.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: 3.5.1 media upload and attachment problemWhy would they make different security settings for different servers? What does that give them?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: 3.5.1 media upload and attachment problemI have two subdirectories with multisite. Could they be on different servers?