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Twitter Wordpress Microblog Site

Jim Atwood — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:13:01 +0000

This is one of my favorite websites and one that I use frequently to check on my twitter updates and to search for other topics. I am still working on the backend with additional tweaks and customizations, but so far it’s coming along nicely. The theme I used is called Tweem which uses a Juitter Jquery script as the foundation for the theme. I then added single posts, custom widgets, and some additional functions in the backend to get the site to do more of what I want. There are a ton of changes here and if I get a chance I’ll list them shortly. As with all my sites, I usually start with a commercial theme and then customize everything to achieve my desired look and functionality.

Notable Themes, Plugins, and Customizations used on for this project.
Tweem Theme
Juitter Jquery Code
Addiitonal Search Tabs Added
Added Single Posts
Custom Twitter Seach Box

http://jimatwood.info

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Jim Atwood Mobile Website

Jim Atwood — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:06:28 +0000

I just finished putting together my new Jim Atwood Mobile Website. It took me a while to figure out what approach I was going to take with the theme and mobile plugins. So far I think the site is working out pretty well. http://jimatwood.mobi

The website is using Wordpress 2.8.3 as of this writing and the following plugins.

Access Keys
Google XML Sitemaps
WordPress Mobile Pack
XHTML and Mobile YouTube

I am also looking into the Mobify Wordpress Plugin, but so far I like the Wordpress Mobile Pack the best because it is much easier and free for all my sites without any limitations.

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Jim Atwood .ME Fan Site Update

Jim Atwood — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:51:10 +0000

Recently I purchased a Jim Atwood .me domain and finally got around to getting the website up and running. The site displays my photography, networking, and work that I’ve done in Japan. You can find my photographs, video, and other information on the site from Japan.

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Photoshoot Japan Site Update

Jim Atwood — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:37:26 +0000

Photoshoot Japan has a new look which I finished up a couple of days ago. Photoshoot Japan is another one of my Jim Atwood photography sites that provides information about my workshops and photoshoots in the Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama, and Nagano City areas.

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Jim Atwood Pro Japan New Site

Jim Atwood — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:29:00 +0000

This week I finished creating a new site called Jim Atwood Pro Japan. The site showcases some of my photography, videos, and other info about my experiences in Japan.

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A Good Mobile Wordpress Solution

Jim Atwood — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:36:50 +0000

This past week I’ve been researching mobile solutions for my new http://jimatwood.mobi domain. I found two popular solutions of which one worked very well for me. The first idea was to go with mobify.com. I tried out their website development tools and either I’m just not getting it or I’m too much of a programmer to wrap my head around it. I just found mobify too time consuming to get my site working in basic mobile fashion. I then took a week off and then later after some additional research stumbled upon the dotMobi WordPress Mobile Pack which was recently released. Today I installed Wordpress 2.8.2 on jimatwood.mobi and then installed the dotMobi WordPress Mobile Pack 1.1.1 plugin. After about 30 minutes of painless installation, I had a complete working mobile site up and running rather quickly.

Indeed if you check the site it is basic, but I think that’s what mobile sites should be at least in the beginning. Once I know something is working I can then later add more elements when needed. The following widgets/plugins were added to my site for extended functionality.

1. Recent Posts
2. Mobile Barcode
3. Mobile Access Keys
4. Mobile Google XML Sitemaps
5. Akismet
6. XHTML and Mobile YouTube

I also then tweaked the CSS to add the Orange color to the links and to change the font type in the title. I uploaded an image to the gallery and adjusted the settings for mobile output. So far I can view videos, photographs, comments, and of course posts or dedicated pages on my mobile phone. When checking for errors at ready.mobi, my site gives me a rating of 5 which is the highest. I only get one warning regarding “Incorrect or missing MIME types were detected”. I currently have a post on MobiForge which I hope gets answered. I’ll post those findings shortly. This is just a warning though and it shouldn’t cause any problems on phones.

Also, with regards to my .mobi site I have elected to have it completely in mobile format and will have no desktop version attached. So if you check out the site you’ll notice right away it’s in mobile format. This is actually common in Japan where I am currently residing. The Japanese like to make things simple and have two sites. This avoids the browser detection problems that everyone has all the time. With just one dedicated mobile site, things are much easier. In some cases, Japanese website only one version and that is mobile. In my opinion, mobile usage for the Internet is much more prevalent in Japan.

Stay tuned for additional updates as I continue to work and update my Wordpress mobile website.

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jQuery FancyBox Plugin for IE8

Jim Atwood — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:44:44 +0000

Recently I had a problem with a wordpress theme I was customizing called VodPod which used a Jquery plugin called FancyBox. The problem was that I could get the fancybox to render in IE8. The site is my jimatwood.tv website.

With regards to the VodPod theme, I’m not sure what is happening. I have test around other sites using JQuery and Fancybox and they all have given me problems ( including other sites using VodPod) which suggests it may not be a Vodpod theme problem, but rather a compatibility issue with Jquery and IE8 itself. The Fancybox forums over on Google even suggests the same. Currently I’ve opted to just tell people to view my site with Firefox for best performance until Fancybox provides an update or I code something else.

I have attached two screenshots of my computer that show the IE8 version I am using and the other the Javacscript error. This error indicates a Jquery error of some sort and not VodPod. Note that the screenshots are of the DEMO version on the author’s site and in my case fancybox fails to open in both cases. The background simply dims.

http://www.ricoche.net/images/screen1.jpg
http://www.ricoche.net/images/screen2.jpg

I should also note that there are many reports of IE8 working in compatibility mode. I am not sure what that is as I test with IE8 straight out of the box. This is how I envision most users to use IE8 so I don’t test with compatibility mode. I don’t believe most will have it turned on.

Today, suddenly I found the fix. On a forum I was searching I found the following:

There seems to be 2 fancybox jquery versions: 1 works with ie8 one doesn’t and gives the debug error. You’re probably using the non-working version.

http://www.jdmweb.com/tools.php?toolid=6 -> working

http://fancy.klade.lv/ -> not working

Should be just a case of implementing the correct one. Looks like the same core but different implementation.

I changed all of the files and configured VodPod with the jdmweb.com version and now it works awesome in IE8.

Case closed! Awesome! You can check it out at http://www.jimatwood.net

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Juitter Plugin Rocks!

Jim Atwood — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:52:32 +0000

I found this Wordpress Plugin that when tweaked can add Live Twitter Feeds to the end of your posts. You can tweak variables such as Keywords, User To, and User From. You can also adjust the look, color, and number of feeds that can be pulled. Like the title says, it rocks! Check it out below.

Live Display of Twitter Feeds

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Jquery Carousel Slides for Wordpress

Jim Atwood — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:56:24 +0000

I just “finally” finished up getting a JQuery Carousel Slide Feature up on Ricochehost. You can see it on the front bpage of Ricochehost.com at the bottom until I find a new home for it. It was a bit challenging to get the JQuery code working with this but I finally got it to show correctly on my Firefox and IE browsers. I also managed to get it integrating well with Wordpress posts so that I can feature them. The customization possibilities for this are unlimited and I’m looking forward to exploring this JQuery stuff further. In fact, I’ll have to create some custom pages to highlight these JQuery projects I’m getting involved in. Great fun although it’s still difficult to find stable working examples to draw from.

Custom Jquery Carousel Slide Feature

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Video Box and idTabs on Ricochehost

Jim Atwood — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:07:28 +0000

I’ve seen some people on the web creating a video box using idTabs so I thought I would make one too. Again this is nothing new but it was cool to get it working and have it displayed nicely on the front page. The CSS was the tricky part in trying to achieve a particular look for the site, but ultimately I got the look the way I wanted it. My next little project will be creating a smaller version for some of my other sites. I am a big fan of large video since I am a photographer and I want my videos to be HD and “BIG”, but a small Video Box with idTabs would be cool for the sidebar.

New idTabs box on Ricochehost.com

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