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Plugin Description
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A simple plug-in widget to allow the display of a picture from its URL.
Developed to allow existing webcam files to be displayed on a blog
sidebar without actually modifying the file. The title of the displayed
widget, the image height and width, alternate text for the image and
image URL can be modified on the widget admin page.
- The image is initialized to my webcam picture of a Shark Oil Barometer
which is located in Switzer Canyon in Arizona, USA. The link for that
page is http://stu-in-flag.net/barometer.php. But, this can be easily
modified to another URL source.
- I am not a professional programmer. I produced this widget when I couldn’t
find one that allowed the combination of a URL based image and adjustments
to the height and width of the image. So, I am sharing it because I think
others would value it. While I would like to hear feedback on how the plugin
is functioning for others, I am making no commitment to solving integration
issues, providing updates, or any othersort of support that you would expect
of a professional. I just don’t have the knowledge to do that.
- I am using this widget on my own blog (http://stu-in-flag.net/blog/) and
intend to for the long-term. So, I think it is reasonably safe. There is no
error trapping for entering the wrong values in the admin window on the
widgets page. You are the error trap. If you enter goofy things, you will
get goofy, possibly irritating results. Still, you can just delete it
manually and move along.
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With all those disclaimers, I hope this tool works for you. It was fun learning
while writing this tool. I am open to learning more to make it better. Please,
let me if you have thoughts, questions or suggestions at
stu-in-flag@stu-in-flag.net.
I’ll see what I can do.
Screenshots
screenshot1.png This screenshot shows the output of the widget on my blog.
It is in the upper right corner. (Shark Oil Barometer)
screenshot2.png This screenshot shows the ‘Widget’ admin page in WordPress
There are several useful parts. First, on the middle left
side of the image, the location of the ‘Widget’ menu selection
is located under the ‘Appearance’ tab. Secoond, it shows the
widget in the sidebar location. Third, it shows the admin
control window and the variables which can be altered.
