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Header Image Generator 1.8

PostDateIcon July 30th, 2004 | PostAuthorIcon Author: Joel 'Jaykul' Bennett

So, I got a little bored … and I added shadows to my Header Image Generator script, just because my original script had them (the one from the church website I mentioned earlier).

  • [new] The $shadow_count setting controls the whole thing. If it’s set to 0, everything is as before, no shadows. If it’s set to 1 you get a single shadow level, and 2 gets you two levels of shadow.
  • [new] $shadow_offset controls how many pixels offset the shadow(s) appear. Honestly, unless you’re using a huge font, you probably only want it offset by one pixel, or at most two.
  • [new] There are two color settings for each of the possible shadows. If you only have one level, then $shadow_color_1 is your man, but if you have two, $shadow_color_2 is the second level and appears offset from the first shadow by the same amount as that shadow is offset from the actual text.

If you want a really subtle shadow youa??ll want to offset the shadows by one pixel, and have your second shadow be lighter than the first. For the time being, you can see this effect in action on my site. To get a more pronounced shadow, you can set your second shadow to a slightly darker color, which results in a more a??drop shadowa?? like effect. Anyway, have at it.

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10 Responses to “Header Image Generator 1.8”

  • dr dave says:
    17-Oct-2004 at 1:09 am

    [Sorry for this spam-ish comment: I looked for an email I could send you this directly, but didn’t find one… Feel free to remove this comment afterward]

    I just released version 1.0 of what should soon enough become the somewhat official WP Plugin repository (currently figuring out the domain name and how it will be presented from the main wordpress site).

    The page is already flooded by users, but unfortunately still rather low on registered plugins (well, considering there are thousands of WP plugins floating around on the net).

    So I have been making a round-up of everybody’s favorite plugins and I am currently working on getting these in, so as to get the DB off to a good start. Yours being one of them :-)

    You can have a look at the current DB here:
    http://www.unknowngenius.com/wp-plugins

    Ideally, it would be awesome if you could register it yourself, as it would both make life easier for me and give you greater control on how your plugin is presented (and easy access to admin options, for example if you want to notify users of an upgrade)... It is a really painless and quick process, probably less than 3 minutes (maybe 5, if you want to make it one-click installable):
    http://www.unknowngenius.com/wp-plugins/faq.html#dev

    However, if you do not feel like taking the time to do that now, I would actually like to go ahead and add it myself, so that users can have access to it in the meantime… Of course you’ll be free to regain control of its entry in the DB at any moment (simply would have to create an account and contact me to transfer its ownership). Before doing that, though, I first wanted to know if it was alright with you (and incidentally if you’d do it yourself ;-) ...

    Sorry for the length and please do not hesitate to contact me directly if you got any question/suggestion/comment…

    Cheers

  • donner says:
    28-Oct-2004 at 4:38 am

    hi,
    I would like to ask if I use another plugin viewlevel to limit the user right to read certain articles,then it comes to conflict with your image headline plugin. The < --image--> tag will be shown in the title, because filters are used more times in both plugins.

    I dont’t know in which order the plugin are implemented. HOw can I change the order, let plugin A go first, then B? Thanks.

  • Joel "Jaykul" Bennett says:
    29-Oct-2004 at 12:44 pm

    You simply have to change the number in the add_filter( ... ) calls at the bottom.

  • Brian Arnold says:
    01-Dec-2004 at 1:37 pm

    I’d seen this some months ago, but lost the URL – I’m glad to have ran across it again.

    I notice, you say this is Image Generator 1.8, but the file itself (in source display) says version 1.5. I know it’s not a big deal, but I thought I’d mention it. :)

  • Rehan S. Alvi says:
    21-Nov-2005 at 5:56 am

    Hi Joel,

    Wanted to thank you for this great plugin that you created for the WP Community.

    One question I have is that I’m trying to have it convert comment_author also to an image like the_title is being converted.

    Can you show me some code or give me some pointer as to how to get comment_author to also become an image?

    If you could e-mail me directly I’d really appreciate it. Thanks a lot Joel and thanks again for the great plugin!

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