Blog Catalog Discussion: BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget

RecycleCindy on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

RecycleCindy — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:24:38 -0500

Looks good but can you make it bigger. For my old eyes, the icons are a bit small.

hakimtea on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

hakimtea — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:02:33 -0500

awsome, nice job mann, I use it, thanks!

hakimtea on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

hakimtea — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:59:51 -0500

awsome, nice job mann, I use it, thanks!

godsofchaos on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

godsofchaos — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:24:36 -0600

Works smooooooooth!

kdawg68 on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

kdawg68 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:41:28 -0600

does this work for regular wordpress dot com users, or do you have to have access to the css code? I'd love to try but I'm a bit technology challenged.

PetLvr on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

PetLvr — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:32:09 -0600

Sorry .. don't believe in Wordpress widgets.

thegoodknife on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

thegoodknife — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:20:21 -0600

Just makes it easier to apply changes to your widget

F4bloggers on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

F4bloggers — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:18:13 -0600

Why would we need a plugin for this? Any extra added features?

Cendres on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

Cendres — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:03:00 -0600

Sorry to bump, I was looking everywhere for a wordpress compatible blogcatalog widget and what do you know, there's one right here!
Thanks a lot it works beautifully on my site and I like the hexadecimal options as it gives the user far more freedom to match the plugin to their template's colors.

cooper on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

cooper — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:26:33 -0500

Is it siilar to the one for wordpress?

I prefer the widgets as they do not cause as many validation problems as the code. I wish everyone would design them with a transparent option though.

It's not hard to look up hex values - you actually get a better color match that way.

LimitZer0 on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

LimitZer0 — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:13:53 -0500

Too bad there is no way to make the widget disappear when there are no recent viewers. I hate it when its empty. =[

ladynada on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

ladynada — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:00:02 -0500

um how about a overflow:hidden in css?

say demonicume:
how did you do that? I know an MU site owner who would be interested.

nada

demonicume on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

demonicume — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:40:15 -0500

i'm using it on my site. i do appreciate it very much. i run a blogging site, similar to wordpress.com. allowing bloggers to stick javacript in a text widget would open my lil site up to pwnge - just like Blogger. this widget allows my user the chance to continue to use their normal wordpress widgets. i eventually figured a way to allow the java script without opening up a thousand vulnerabilities.

thegoodknife on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

thegoodknife — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:55:58 -0500

http://blog.blogcatalog.com

m38967 on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

m38967 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:54:42 -0500

Is anyone using this? I would like to see it, before i fuss with it. Leave your URL below, if you have it on your blog. Thx!

Missy.

rvnx11 on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

rvnx11 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:00:23 -0500

Seems like any time I try to use blogcatalog in my wordpress sidebar it turns out too wide no matter what I set the width. This plugin has the same effect so I have to display blogcatalog at the bottom of the page. Would love to be able to figure that one out...

pointlessbanter on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

pointlessbanter — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:32:48 -0500

I have wordpress mu... I get afraid to try anything new with it... But I will give it a go

thegoodknife on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

thegoodknife — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:29:35 -0500

good point, it may be wise to include a color picker in the next version.

AldianP on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

AldianP — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:50:13 -0500

I don't use widget. Simply insert the snippet into my sidebar.php :)

badm00n on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

badm00n — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:59:25 -0500

Yup seems to work fine.

scorpy01 on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

scorpy01 — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:30:16 -0500

Works fine.

Just a thought. I had no problem with it but those who don't know hexadecimal values for colors might find it too complicated. It looks like you're trying to do something to make it easier but I'm not sure how easy it will be for those who are unfamiliar with RGB.

badm00n on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

badm00n — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:28:07 -0500

Trying it now..

scorpy01 on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

scorpy01 — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:12:00 -0500

I've got the regular one in a text widget on one blog now. Give me a minute or two and I'll use the widget on my other blog.

Phattitudes on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

Phattitudes — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:20:53 -0500

if you give me a few, i'll try it :)

and woohoo for beta.

thegoodknife on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

thegoodknife — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:19:17 -0500

Thanks for the feedback!

ladynada on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

ladynada — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:15:39 -0500

okay,
I tested it on my local test wp 2.1.3. blog and it works fine. I am keeping the manual one I made because I already configured my little header title above it and whatnot.

but yes, it works fine and I think, please you should leave both the manual option and this widget one.

nada

ladynada on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

ladynada — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:03:13 -0500

note you said:
If youre not running WordPress 2.2 or higher you maye first need to download and install the Sidebar Widgets Plugin at http://automattic.com/code/widgets/

I think you meant wordpress 2.1.3 or lower... not certain.. I use 2.1.3
um okay lemme try it.

nada

identikit on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

identikit — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:02:52 -0500

i dont use WordPress. But thanks for the good job !

clioandme on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

clioandme — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:00:49 -0500

Sorry, I use Blogger.

thegoodknife on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

thegoodknife — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:52:05 -0500

no takers?

thegoodknife on 'BETA! BlogCatalog WordPress Sidebar Widget'

thegoodknife — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:24:16 -0500

Hey guys, we've just written a plugin for wordpress to allow you to easily insert and manage your blogcatalog recent readers widget. We're looking for any feedback as to how the plugin performs and how we can make it better.

To add the plugin to your site:

Download the BlogCatalog widget file: http://www.blogcatalog.com/download/blogcatalog_widget.zip and Unzip its contents into your WordPress 'wp-content/plugins/widgets/' directory.

Select the "Plugins" tab and find the plugin named "BlogCatalog Sidebar Widget". Click on "Activate" to activate the plugin.

Select the "Presentation" tab, then the "Sidebar Widgets" subtab. Drag and drop the BlogCatalog widget into the template sidebar. Click on the widget setting and follow the instructions to complete the setup.

Note: If youre not running WordPress 2.2 or higher you maye first need to download and install the Sidebar Widgets Plugin at http://automattic.com/code/widgets/