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Troubleshooting Wooslider

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Some time back, I was looking for a responsive slider WordPress plugin for Pulpconnection. The thought is to highlight certain posts in a big visual display on the home page. Since the awesome Thesis theme includes the Feature Box, it seemed like this would be simple. I eventually found WooThemes’ WooSlider amongst many other sliders out there.

Only recently, I’ve finally gotten around to incorporating WooSlider with my site but have run into problems. I can’t get it to work right. Well, it might be working, but I can’t see the results. I created this test slider page that’s supposed to display two sliders. Instead I see the outline of the sliders and not the pertinent images. Using Firebug to look at the code, I can see the HTML for the sliders.

Wooslider HTML

Oddly enough, the dimensions for the slider images are strange.

Wooslider image dimension weirdness

The actual image size is 640×480 pixels, so I don’t understand the 0x0 pixels. But this could very well be the root of the problem since the slider is showing images 0x0 pixels in size. I came across this Stack Overflow article that seems related, but um, I don’t understand how to implement the “call to initialise flexslider.”

I have this problem with versions 1.0.4 and 1.0.6. Any tips?

Getting a Boost from Jetpack

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The developers at WordPress.com have been busy updating their multi-purpose Jetpack plugin with all kinds of neato stuff. Versions 1.8 and 1.9 came and went, and no sooner version 2.0 is out. This version is loaded.

Publicize, post by email, infinite scroll, and the Photon CDN headline the 2.0 feature set. There are some cautions though. Infinite scroll needs a compatible theme, and I need to look into Photon a bit more to understand its ramifications.

Overall though some solid features.

Disqus and Thesis 2 Friends Once Again

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Looks like the latest versions of Disqus and the Thesis 2 theme have amended any previous disagreements. Before this, a Disqus comment box would be floating at the top of each post so I had to disable this favorite plugin.

But now, it appears the friendship has been restored and Disqus comments are appearing where comments usually appear. Thanks goodness since I was getting bombarded with a ton of comment spam.

You Can Exclude Images from the WordPress Image Gallery

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All this time I didn’t know you could exclude images from being part of the built-in WordPress Image Gallery feature. I always thought it was an “all or none” situation where all your post’s pictures showed up in its respective gallery. Only now did I learn about the exclude function of the gallery. The only (slightly) tricky part of this is finding the attachment ID of the excluded image, but that minor step is worth the effort.

Check out the WordPress Image Gallery support page for other allowable customizations.

Are you confused about what I’m talking about? Here’s an example. Check out this old post, Interesting Sights at Ala Moana. For this post, I uploaded a total of five images. Four of them are the Tokidoki patterns, and the last one is of the “snow” at Ala Moana. Since the four Tokidoki patterns make sense together, I want these to appear in a gallery with thumbnail views of the images. I could have shown each of the four images in a larger view, but I didn’t want to give up that much real estate, and the image gallery with 4 columns does a nice job. But, the typical behavior of the image gallery is to display all the images which includes the Ala Moana snow. That picture really doesn’t make sense in context of the other four, so I excluded it from displaying in the gallery. The image however is still part of the post and is seen individually at the end.

Linkwithin > Outbrain?

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I haven’t been collecting data on this but purely by observation, it seems like my previous install of Linkwithin generated more internal clicks than Outbrain. Providing similar services for recommended posts, Outbrain sounded more comprehensive, so I made the switch.

Now I’m not so sure. I recall more clicks recorded from Linkwithin recommendations. There are a few from Outbrain, but much less on a daily basis. Maybe it’s time to change back?

Pulpconnection OnSwipe Version

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All you iPad users, you notice something different when viewing Pulpconnection? Looks more swanky now, right? That’s the OnSwipe plugin/theme at work!

If you aren’t iPad-enabled, here are a few screen shots.

Cover page. Image taken from recent post.
Recent posts
Individual post

On a techie note, don’t forget to delete any server cached files, so the OnSwipe goodness displays correctly.