=== Wordpress MyLinks - The link directory with automatical thumbnail generation === Plugin Name: mylinks Plugin URI: http://www.picdonkey.com Description: Displays blogroll links on a Page or Post. Insert `[mylinks]` or `[mylinks=categoryname]` to a Page or Post and it will display all your blogroll links there- with live snapshots of every page. Very nice too look! Version: 3.2 Author: Sascha Ende Author URI: http://www.picdonkey.com Min WP Version: 2.3 Max WP Version: 2.7 Tags: homepage,website,thumbnail,thumbnails,thumb,screenshot,snapshot,link,links,images,image,directory,blogroll Requires at least: 2.3 Tested up to: 2.7 Stable tag: trunk Contributors: endemedia Donate link: http://www.picdonkey.com Displays blogroll links on a Page or Post. Insert `[mylinks]` to a Page or Post and it will display all your blogroll links there- with live snapshots of every page. Very nice too look! == Description == Displays blogroll links on a Page or Post. Insert `[mylinks]` to a Page or Post and it will display all your blogroll links there- with live snapshots of every page. Very nice too look! Only 1-2 Minutes and the thumbnails snapshots are generated. This takes some time, because the server has to deliver many thumbnails at one time. Once cached (1-2minutes), the thumbnails will appear. TODO: 1. [new 14.01.2009] Sorting of the links 2. [new 02.09.2009] Select template with shortcut [mylinks=Category,templatename] INSTALLATION: 1. Upload the mylinks plugin directory, along with its contents, to your worpress plugins directory: `/wp-content/plugins/`. 2. Activate the plugin and follow the instructions in the description. 3. Example: Use `[mylinks]` in your page or post to display all your links 4. Example: Use `[mylinks=categoryname]` to display just the links of the category `categoryname` in your page or post 5. Example: Use `[thumb]http://www.your-homepage.com[/thumb]` to display a thumbnail of the website `http://www.your-homepage.com` in your page or post 6. Thats it :) You just have to update your wordpress links. CHANGE LAYOUT: Just change the templates in the `templates` subdirectory of the mylinks-plugin: `all_links.html` is the template for displaying all links and `one_category.html` is the template for displaying just one category. I think its easy to understand how it works :) DONE: 1. 27.01.2009: New software for generating snapshots 2. 27.01.2009: Now also thumbnails of websites with flash elements supported (there were some problems before) 3. 27.01.2009: Better thumbnail quality 4. 09.02.2009: Display links only from special category 5. 09.02.2009: Display only one thumbnail/website 6. 09.02.2009: Use templates, so everbody can easily change the html code (valid html, xhtml...) (2.0) 7. 05.03.2008: Fixed type=text/javascript in thumbnail (2.1) 8. 06.03.2008: Fixed type=text/javascript in category overview (2.2) No support... i do this plugin in my free time - i dont have time to answer your questions! == Installation == 1. Upload the mylinks plugin directory, along with its contents, to your worpress plugins directory: `/wp-content/plugins/`. 2. Activate the plugin and follow the instructions in the description. 3. Example: Use `[mylinks]` in your page or post to display all your links 4. Example: `[mylinks=categoryname]` to display just the links of the category `categoryname` in your page or post 5. Example: `[thumb]http://www.your-homepage.com[/thumb]` to display just one thumbnail in your page or post of the website `http://www.your-homepage.com` 6. Thats it :) You just have to update your wordpress links. You also can change the layout: Just change the templates in the `templates` subdirectory of the mylinks-plugin: `all_links.html` is the template for displaying all links and `one_category.html` is the template for displaying just one category. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Do I need a graphic software? = No, the thumbnails are generated and hosted by `http://www.picdonkey.com`. = When will the thumbnails be generated? = Normally, new website thumbnails will be generated in 1-5 minutes by my thumbnail service `http://www.picdonkey.com`... sometimes it takes (maximum) 24 hours. If they dont appear, you have given a wrong link, the website could not be reached or its just toooooooo slow :) = Do i have to upload pictures? = No, only use the tag [mylinks] in the editor = What size do the thumbnails have? = width: 200 and height: 150 = Does my link open in a new window? = Yes the link on the thumbnail opens in a new window with target _blank = How can i sort the links? = The links are sorted by title: So if you start the link title with "1. link title", "2. link title", "3. link title" ... - you can sort your links. Its not the beste solution, but i am working on a better way, so please pe patient. = How can i change the layout? = Just change the templates in the `templates` subdirectory of the mylinks-plugin. `all_links.html` is the template for all links and `one_category.html` is the template for displaying just one category. = Can i ask the author something? = No... be free to use the plugin - or use an other plugin :) == Screenshots == 1. Add a page, insert `[mylinks]` and thats it :) You can also use it in your Posts