Comments on: Checking Out Twenty Ten http://www.itsananderson.com/2010/03/checking-out-twenty-ten/ Ramblings of a Computer Scientist Fri, 21 May 2010 02:32:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Will http://www.itsananderson.com/2010/03/checking-out-twenty-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Will Fri, 21 May 2010 02:32:53 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=730#comment-601 Well, this plugin was honestly little more than an opportunity to mess around with 2010 and some of the new WordPress 3.0 API's, so I probably won't add many new features (if any), but it probably wouldn't be hard to do what you're suggesting. Well, this plugin was honestly little more than an opportunity to mess around with 2010 and some of the new WordPress 3.0 API’s, so I probably won’t add many new features (if any), but it probably wouldn’t be hard to do what you’re suggesting.

]]> By: Doug http://www.itsananderson.com/2010/03/checking-out-twenty-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Doug Thu, 20 May 2010 09:24:51 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=730#comment-597 What might be neat is to have the ability to create something like a page or post (perhaps hidden) called, say, header images, and then use the new "header image upload tool" like a "media uploader" to get images to be in the "gallery" of that page (attached to it), and have some header theme options or plugin options to hit that list for choosing a header image. What might be neat is to have the ability to create something like a page or post (perhaps hidden) called, say, header images, and then use the new “header image upload tool” like a “media uploader” to get images to be in the “gallery” of that page (attached to it), and have some header theme options or plugin options to hit that list for choosing a header image.

]]> By: Doug http://www.itsananderson.com/2010/03/checking-out-twenty-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Doug Thu, 20 May 2010 09:17:23 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=730#comment-596 Excellent to hear! I will be checking out your plugin. I Googled looking for this exact thing. Something that will randomly choose from a batch of header images. The only question I have is, I wish Twenty Ten would let me upload a bunch of images to choose from, randomly or otherwise, instead of only allowing me to use at a time, discarding one to get another. Thus I would be willing to accept (am looking for) something that will look into a folder I specify, and make a list of all the files there, and use them. If I am reading your post correctly, it can only choose from those few header images that come standard (as being registered by the theme -- in this case, those few that come "out of the box" with Twenty Ten). Can you help me understand if I am reading you right? And if so, do you have any plans for doing something like what I mentioned? Check out the "Dynamic Headers" plugin. It has a lot of neat features. It does not make use of 3.0's new API, etc, like you're talking about, but it does find all the images in the given folder, and it lets you assign attributes to each image, such as ALT tag, URL for A tag, target window for A tag, etc. Excellent to hear! I will be checking out your plugin. I Googled looking for this exact thing. Something that will randomly choose from a batch of header images.

The only question I have is, I wish Twenty Ten would let me upload a bunch of images to choose from, randomly or otherwise, instead of only allowing me to use at a time, discarding one to get another.

Thus I would be willing to accept (am looking for) something that will look into a folder I specify, and make a list of all the files there, and use them.

If I am reading your post correctly, it can only choose from those few header images that come standard (as being registered by the theme — in this case, those few that come “out of the box” with Twenty Ten).

Can you help me understand if I am reading you right? And if so, do you have any plans for doing something like what I mentioned?

Check out the “Dynamic Headers” plugin. It has a lot of neat features. It does not make use of 3.0′s new API, etc, like you’re talking about, but it does find all the images in the given folder, and it lets you assign attributes to each image, such as ALT tag, URL for A tag, target window for A tag, etc.

]]> By: Will http://www.itsananderson.com/2010/03/checking-out-twenty-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Will Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:29:50 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=730#comment-424 I agree that this feature doesn't need to be really high priority, but I'm not aware of any major bugs or features that aren't being addressed. Which ones are you referring to? I agree that this feature doesn’t need to be really high priority, but I’m not aware of any major bugs or features that aren’t being addressed. Which ones are you referring to?

]]> By: Nick Ohrn http://www.itsananderson.com/2010/03/checking-out-twenty-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Nick Ohrn Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:13:32 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=730#comment-423 I guess the header upload feature in WordPress 3.0 is somewhat neat, but I think it is unfortunate that it was given priority over some other features or bugs that could have used more attention. For MOST people on WordPress, choosing a header image is something that is done once and never thought about again. Of course, thus is the nature of open source software. I'm just surprised this was committed into core given all the other changes happening. I guess the header upload feature in WordPress 3.0 is somewhat neat, but I think it is unfortunate that it was given priority over some other features or bugs that could have used more attention. For MOST people on WordPress, choosing a header image is something that is done once and never thought about again.

Of course, thus is the nature of open source software. I’m just surprised this was committed into core given all the other changes happening.

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