GalleryShot is a slideshow widget which takes all images from your latest 10 posts and displays each after a short delay. Each image is linked to the article the image was taken from.
Why use GalleryShot?
GalleryShot is a great way to gain user attention. Everyone loves images, so when they see something interseting, they click.
Entrecard users: Using the ’support impNERD’ feature gives GalleryShot a perfect fit next to Entrecard. What a nice way to spice up your blog, use virtually no space, and gain more clicks.
What does it specifically do?
Specifically, GalleryShot looks through your gallery and grabs all images uploaded to the 10 latest posts. From there, it lines the images up into a slideshow and displays an image every few seconds (you can edit the amount of time in between displays within your wp-admin/settings/GalleryShot).
Download
Current version: GalleryShot v0.2
Changes:
Changed the way thumbnails are handled.
Added post titles to the GalleryShot. (When you place your cursor over GalleryShot, the post title appears)
Previous versions:
GalleryShot v0.1
Files included in download:
- galleryshot.php (main plugin file)
- gs_bg.png (background image)
- README.txt (install information, license, etc.)
Settings
Not everyone wants the same thing. As such, GalleryShot offers several options to better your experience.
- Edit the image height and width. Select your own image size to display. The default image size is 125×125 (works best with “Entrecard like” support).
- Change the amount of time between slide change.
- Choose to show the support impNERD link or not. By choosing yes, a border and blackbox beneath the slideshow will appear (like the image above). By keeping it unchecked, only the image will appear.
How to Install
1. Upload entire folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
2. Go to your plugins page and activate plugin.
3. Go to options/GalleryShot and change your settings.
4. (optional) Add <?php if(function_exists(’galleryshot’)) { galleryshot(); } ?> to where you wish to display it.
OR
5. (optional) Use the widget setting within design/widgets instead of editing your template.
Update 1: GalleryShot does not create images, only reuses the ones already used by WordPress. ie, if you don’t use a thumbnail in your post, it does not use the thumbnail to resize the image, but the full size. You must also have the PHP GD extension loaded for WordPress to create thumbnails.
Update 2: Fixed thumbnail handling. Thumbnails are now used if GalleryShot is the same size or smaller than your specified thumbnail setting in wp-admin/settings/misc, otherwise the full version is used and resized. You must have the PHP GD extension loaded on your server for WordPress to create thumbnails.
Written: Oct 5, 2008
Tags: Downloads, galleryshot, wordpress plugins
sam
October 27, 2008 @ 4:32 am | Reply
hello
is there a working example of this in use somewhere to take a look at please?