vincentlancon on 16/4/2015 at 00:02
Quote Posted by R Soul
I meant 'weapon' and 'player arm'. Even though you didn't suggest the former I realised it hadn't been added and I got my wires crossed because it was at the forefront of my mind.
Edit: your account has been approved.
For now this is what I'm doing:
Make a new post (using the menu at the top)
The Add Media button is used to upload a screenshot and zip file. I've been saving my screenshots at 640x480. The site will post them as thumbnails.
Newly added files are ticked by default. On the right are some options but I think the default settings are fine.
At the bottom is an Insert into Post button that generates the html.
The order depends on the filenames but I like to have the code so that the image is before the download link.
On the right is a list of categories. You can add your own and select a Parent if you want. That's highly recommended when adding a new author.
Tags haven't been used so far, and I'm not sure if they'll ever be needed.
I wish like you can select categories, you could also select a page for it to automatically add it too.
I hate to say it but maybe we should get rid of the pages and only use categories. Thoughts?
vincentlancon on 19/4/2015 at 14:56
Can we link the site so others can find it easier? More and more are added each day.
New contributors/editors always welcome.
R Soul on 21/4/2015 at 01:35
I've added a page with upload instructions for registered users, although so far we're a bit low on that count.
vincentlancon on 21/4/2015 at 02:47
Quote Posted by R Soul
I've added a page with upload instructions for registered users, although so far we're a bit low on that count.
Thanks Larry G and you too R Soul for the ones you've added. I have been adding the older objects and that will take me a while to complete, I am glad we have some newer objects on there too.
vincentlancon on 21/4/2015 at 03:02
Quote Posted by R Soul
I've added a page with upload instructions for registered users, although so far we're a bit low on that count.
Not promising anything , but I will see if I can code a simple upload PHP site were the users just have to enter their name, categories, image and zip file and just click upload to have it automatically create a blog post... hopefully it can be done. I may be over-promising...we will see.
R Soul on 21/4/2015 at 09:49
I had a go at doing something like that but I don't know php so I haven't got very far. I did however find a program called Instant Wordpress which is an offline version, so things like posts and plugins can be tested without using the website.
vincentlancon on 22/4/2015 at 04:26
wow some of those object you guys are uploading look great, how come I haven't seen some of these in missions yet?
PinkDot on 22/4/2015 at 09:34
I really like the idea of one repository for all the objects. Good work so far!
I'm wondering - is there any way to generate a grid of thumbnails of all the posts/objects in a chosen category? Would be handy to have an overview, especially once the object count becomes high.
Maybe there is already a plugin for Word Press to do that?
R Soul on 22/4/2015 at 22:42
Quote Posted by vincentlancon
Not promising anything , but I will see if I can code a simple upload PHP site were the users just have to enter their name, categories, image and zip file and just click upload to have it automatically create a blog post... hopefully it can be done. I may be over-promising...we will see.
How would you describe your familiarity with Wordpress plugins? I've been reading up on the subject but I'm not getting anywhere. Plus I do have a mission to work on.
PinkDot, that probably is possible. In the Media Library each file has a link to the post to which it has been uploaded, and the post has its categories. Wordpress sites use a MySQL database, so there probably is a select command to get thumbnails of each image in each post in the chosen category, but it's been ages since I've studied databases, and I haven't used them at all within Wordpress.
If Vincent cannot do it we may need to get someone else on board.
vincentlancon on 23/4/2015 at 03:12
Quote Posted by R Soul
How would you describe your familiarity with Wordpress plugins? I've been reading up on the subject but I'm not getting anywhere. Plus I do have a mission to work on.
PinkDot, that probably is possible. In the Media Library each file has a link to the post to which it has been uploaded, and the post has its categories. Wordpress sites use a MySQL database, so there probably is a select command to get thumbnails of each image in each post in the chosen category, but it's been ages since I've studied databases, and I haven't used them at all within Wordpress.
If Vincent cannot do it we may need to get someone else on board.
This looks promising
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http://www.wpexplorer.com/create-wordpress-posts-pages-using-php/)
