How to add more characters to WP-Cumulus
One of the major shortcomings of Flash (imho) is the way it handles text. If you want to animate text, change its transparency or do any of the other things that Flash is so good at, you need to embed font characters into your movie. This is usually not so bad, if you know the target language your movie will be used to display.
My WP-Cumulus WordPress plugin however can be used to display tags in any language. Embedding all available characters would render the plugin unusable, as even the relatively simple Latin character set adds almost 30 kilobytes to the movie’s file size. This is why in order to use the plugin for other languages, you’ll need to add the appropriate characters yourself (or find someone who already has). Here’s how. It’s really quite easy.
In order to be able to recompile the movie you’ll need a working version of Flash 9 (CS2/3) or better. A trial version should do nicely. Once you’ve installed the application, follow these steps.
1. Download the source files.
The regular download does not include the Flash movie’s source files. You’ll need the development version, available here.
2. Open up tagcloud.fla.
Once you’ve extracted the downloaded zip file, you should have a folder called ‘wp-cumulus’, which contains a folder called ‘flash sources’. In that folder there’s a file called ‘tagcloud.fla’. Open that file in Flash.
3. Find the textfield.
This shouldn’t be too difficult. There’s nothing in the movie but a single text field, placed above, and to the right of the stage. Make sure you’re using the pasteboard setting (‘View’->’Pasteboard’). Select the text field, the ‘properties’ panel (usually docked at the bottom of the screen) should look somewhat like this.
4. Embed the characters.
Click the ‘embed’ button. This opens a dialog that lets you select which languages you’ll need. Use CTRL-clicking to select them. Then press OK.
5. Compile the movie.
Press CTRL-Enter to run the movie. This will overwrite the ‘tagcloud.swf’ file in you ‘flash sources’ folder. This file is now your own, customized tag cloud for use with WP-Cumulus. Simply use it overwrite the ‘tagcloud.swf’ currently in your blog’s wp-content/plugins/wp-cumulus folder.
Optional: Change the font.
If you’d like to use a different font with WP-Cumulus, there’s a few extra steps you’ll need to take.
- Change the text field’s font setting on the properties panel.
- Open the ‘Tag.as’ file located in ‘com/roytanck/wpcumulus’.
- Find the line that says ‘format.font = “Arial”;’.
- Change ‘Arial’ to the name of your font.
- Save the files and compile the movie.
There’s a distinct possibility that this will not work for languages like Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Even the simplest form of Chinese consists of over 5600 characters. Ten times the amount of Latin, and most of them are made up of complex shapes that require lots of curves. This will probably cause the movie’s size to become over 300 kilobytes, which I feel makes it unusable. If anyone attempts this, please let me know the results.
Known translations
- Russian (Cyrillic): http://www.wordpressplugins.ru/look/wp-cumulus.html
- Hebrew: http://www.emposha.com/wordpress/wp-cumulus-hebrew-edition.html
- Turkish: http://yazilan.org/turkce-wp-cumulus-etiket-bulutu-eklentisi/
- Polish: http://wpninja.pl/flashowa-chmura-tagow-ilub-kategorii-w-3d/
UPDATE: More info on Chinese and unicode support is here.
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thank You!!!
Comment by Bohdan — August 7, 2008 @ 12:29 pm
I would like to give a different color to each tag.
Is it possible simply by modifying the file tagcloud.xml or do i have to modify the flash movie also?
Thanks.
Regards,
Rindra
Comment by rindra — September 1, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
Hi Rindra. WordPress does not allow you to associate colors with the tags you create. Assigning a color to the individual tags would therefore have to be random. Using different colors for tags also looks a little weird when they overtake one another. One will jump in front of the other, and it will appear the tags are moving through each other. With same-colored tags that effect is not visible.
If you want to experiment with this, you’ll have to edit the Flash movie.
Comment by Roy — September 1, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
Hi Roy,
Some help please. I modified the development download as per instructions. The compiled tagcloud.swf works fine in the Flash viewer and it shows the new Garamond font.
However the new tagcloud.swf does not work when overwriting the tagcloud.swf in a the example_xml.html and tagcloud.xml folder.
I also noticed that even before being modifed the development tagcloud.swf extracted into the /flash-sources folder does not work, whilst the tagcloud.swf downloaded into the wp-cumulus folders works fine.
Thnaks
Steve
Thanks
Steve
Comment by Steve G — September 17, 2008 @ 10:46 pm
Hi Steve. I double checked everything this morning and it seems I forget to copy the very latest version of the flash movie to all appropriate folders before releasing 1.14 yesterday. I’ve done so now, and have re-uploaded everything. If you download the development version now, it will match both the 1.14 release version’s swf and the one in the example zip. Sorry about the mix up. I was so happy I finally resolved the issues in 1.13 that I forget to take the time to properly check if everything was good to go.
Please contact me by email if this still doesn’t work for you.
Comment by Roy — September 18, 2008 @ 8:02 am
Hi Roy,
Thanks for releasing the source, I really appreciate the chance to embed Chinese characters!
I’ve tried opening the tagcloud.fla in Flash and pressing ⌘+Enter (same as ctrl+enter I think), which exports the movie. I then uploaded the tagcloud.swf file to a test folder and tried it out. No matter what I do, I can’t get _any_ tags to show… The code I’m using to embed/pass options is working for 1.14 and earlier versions.
Could there be something I am doing wrong? I haven’t even embedded any characters, I’m just trying to export a working version to start with.
Here is the test page, with: top = exported version, middle = 1.14, bottom = some old version that I’ve been using on the rest of my site.
http://pagesofinterest.net/mikes/test.php
Thanks in advance for any help!
P.S. Having the old version and 1.14 on the same page really displays the difference “non-bunching” makes! I can’t wait to shove some Chinese characters in there, so I can finally see my Chinese tags!
Comment by Mike — September 21, 2008 @ 3:45 pm
Should have mentioned:
I’m compiling it on a Mac, 10.5 with Flash CS3 trial (downloaded it just for this
).
Comment by Mike — September 21, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
I tried exporting it with different Chinese sets (still doesn’t work, I just wanted to see how big it would be):
(All include Latin I)
Simplified Chinese I (13000+): 68kb
Simplified Chinese All (21000+): 96kb
Either my Flash version is screwed, or the Chinese characters are encoded in an _extremely_ efficient manner.
Comment by Mike — September 22, 2008 @ 2:41 am
Hi Mike. Can you tell me exactly what you did change (if anything) before compiling the movie? And are you getting any error messages when you run the movie? The development version as it is available from wordpress.org is an exact copy of my development folder, and there are no external dependencies I can think of.
One thing that might cause this is that macs soemtimes use slightly different font names for the same fonts. The font name in the Tag.as file should match the font used in the text field exactly. You could try a font with a simple name to rule this out, perhaps.
Comment by Roy — September 23, 2008 @ 8:41 am
I opened the .fla, then pressed ⌘+Enter to export it. I also tried opening the .fla and going File > Export > Export Movie (with settings as pictured on the test page), and finally, File > Export > Export Image.
Sadly none worked.
I tried Verdana, Arial, Brushscript and a few others.
See http://pagesofinterest.net/mikes/test.php for screenshots…
Thanks for taking the time to help me out!
Comment by Mike — September 24, 2008 @ 1:15 am
Hi Mike. In the screenshots, the text field on the movie’s stage is set to Arial, whereas the code specifies Verdana. Those two settings have to match exactly. The text field is there only to embed the characters into the movie. The Tag class is used to create the tags on the fly, using the embedded characters if available. If not, no text will be shown.
Comment by Roy — September 24, 2008 @ 10:58 am
Yes, that was stupid of me to post those conflicting screenshots.
To be sure I wasn’t dumb enough to actually do that, I tried to export it again, paying extra special care to get the fonts right.
Still no joy
I have noticed that right-clicking on the exported_tagclout.swf does _not_ give me the same menu as right-clicking on the lower two.
Is this a clue?
Comment by Mike — September 24, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
Hi Mike. It looks like the swf doesn’t compile properly. The missing custom menu means none of the code works, which is quite strange. You’re not getting any error messages or warnings? Please email me your working folder, I’ll see if the same thing happens here…
Comment by Roy — September 24, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
I’m not quite sure where to look for warnings, being a Flash noob.
Nothing jumps out at me though.
Folder sent.
Comment by Mike — September 24, 2008 @ 10:04 pm
hi.
i love you wp plugin. really nice!
however, i would like to change the onMouseOver effect.
instead of the outline effect the text shoud change the color.
is there any possibility to do this?
thank you.
sebastian
Comment by sebastian — October 3, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
It’s definitely possible, but if tags have different colors, it will be much more more visible when tags overtake each other. You’ll see them jump in front of other tags, which isn’t very pretty. Feel free to have a go though.
Comment by Roy — October 3, 2008 @ 7:44 pm
Hi Roy!
The pingback from WPNinja.pl says that the author of that site made a Polish translation of your plugin. It available at http://wpninja.pl/flashowa-chmura-tagow-ilub-kategorii-w-3d/ .
Cheers,
dev
Comment by dev — October 7, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
Thanks Dev
My Polish is bit rusty…
Comment by Roy — October 7, 2008 @ 7:53 pm
Hello,
I’m trying to add japanese caracters but, with Macromedia Flash 5 (trial version) I’ve an error when I try to open .fla file…
Have you any idea to help me ?
Anyway, thx for this great plugin
Comment by PYP — October 10, 2008 @ 9:45 am
Hi PYP: You’ll need at least version 9 (or CS2) to use the fla file.
Comment by Roy — October 10, 2008 @ 11:31 am
OK, thanks for your quick answer
Comment by PYP — October 10, 2008 @ 1:49 pm
hi
I have flash MX trial version
it says “unexpected file format” and terminates
Comment by Masoud Borbor — October 29, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Hi Masoud. Flash MX is version 7, you’ll need CS2 or better to work on these files.
Comment by Roy — October 29, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
Hei this add on is great and love it…, thanks.
oh yes one question how to loose the widhet header, it’s look like the word “tag cloud” its on default, cause it’s appear when I empty it…
Thnaks a bunch.
Comment by Jaz — October 30, 2008 @ 2:55 pm
@Jaz: The title reverts back to the WordPress default if you enter nothing. I’ll think about making it optional in future releases, but for now it’s not possible to use the widget without the title.
Comment by Roy — October 30, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
Well, Thank you for this post
Comment by Mena — October 31, 2008 @ 2:25 pm
Is this the correct way to add Chinese font support to WP-Cumulus?
If I embed about 48470 Chinese glyphs, will the flash too slow to be loaded in the site? or It simply makes a bigger tagcloud.swf?
Comment by thinkweird — November 2, 2008 @ 2:37 am
I’m curious to see how much bigger it will get. My guess is that it will at least be 50 times bigger, and loading it will seriously slow down your blog. My attempts to try it have failed, so please let me know how you fare…
Comment by Roy — November 2, 2008 @ 11:36 am
Used Macromedia Flash 8.0 to open it, but it can’t be opened. Which Flash program are you suggesting to use?
Comment by thinkweird — November 3, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
You’ll need version 9 (also called CS2) or better…
Comment by Roy — November 3, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
i just add characters i need
and it will smaller and can play any characters you want
Comment by acgfestival — November 6, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
but this flash can only use wordpress language
(have to add “widget_”, it’s a small problem in common html)
Comment by acgfestival — November 6, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
I have translated camulus into lithuanian language. Heres the link:
http://www.myinfo.lt/wordpress-wp-cumulus/
Thank You for plugin, greetings from Lithuania.
Comment by Saulius Naujokas — November 10, 2008 @ 10:24 pm
Hi Roy,
Just wondering if you know whether anyone has managed to compile Cumulus with Chinese yet?
Thanks
Mike
Comment by Mike — November 12, 2008 @ 3:09 am
Hi Mike. I had a go at it myself, but the results were somewhat discouraging for now: http://www.roytanck.com/2008/11/07/about-wp-cumulus-in-chinese .
The only real fix for this appears to be a Flash 10 version, but currently only very few users have that version installed…
Comment by Roy — November 12, 2008 @ 9:30 am
Hi Roy,
first great look I like your work.
I got your fla, in order to throw out the mous event (click) because I want no linking. But im not able to export a working swf..?? When I user the included swf it works, but when I make a swf ( without changes of the code) the swf don’t work..
I used a trial of CS4..
Did you solve the prob with Mike – he had some probs to..
Comment by Kai — November 15, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
@Kai: Are you on a Mac?
Comment by Roy — November 15, 2008 @ 8:47 pm
yes
Comment by Kai — November 16, 2008 @ 10:14 pm
hi roy
thank u
this good
Comment by yuli — November 17, 2008 @ 7:45 am
@Kai. Please check the font name in the Tag.as class and make sure it matches the font specified for the text field to the letter. Other mac users have run into this too. You may have to experiment with different fonts to get it working.
Comment by Roy — November 17, 2008 @ 11:21 am
Hi Roy,
I like to use it with DRUPAL. I think the fla wasn’t change for it? Because the delievered swf of the dev is working.. Did you have special export settings?
thanks – did you change something in the fla? I use now cs3 on xp and I’m not able to make a working swf. by the way
Comment by Kai — November 18, 2008 @ 11:31 pm
Hi Kai. There were a few changes made to the fla (or rather the .as files) to implement the new features, but nothing that should cause any trouble building it. Are you getting any error messages?
As far as I can tell all ports of WP-Cumulus use the original swf file. However, using the latest from my project with for instance the Drupal module might not work because of new parameters that need to be passed.
Comment by Roy — November 19, 2008 @ 8:59 am
Hi Roy,
puh mutch trouble.. !!:-)
Ok If it’s right that the new vesion mightnot work with drupal, could you send me an older fla? I like to include this nice cloud in me Portal.
Cheers Kai
Comment by Kai — November 19, 2008 @ 10:44 am
Hi Kai. Are you looking to embed more characters into it before using it with Drupal? If not the Drupal port should simply work for you.
I don’t have an archive of older versions, but you should be able to get them from SVN (http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wp-cumulus/ using a SVN client) if you like.
Comment by Roy — November 19, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
Hola que tal ante todo gracias por este impresionante plugin para flash.
Mi consulta es que tengo un problema al querer importar el archivo en dreamweaver, dream lo importa pero el inconveniente surge a la hora de que los demas vean el plugin funcionando perfectamente en la web. Esta encriptado el archivo?
Si alguien me puede dar una ayuda la escucho. Desde ya muchas gracias y saludos para todos.
Comment by Sebastian — November 20, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
Hi Roy, everything works now.. I made a fault. The new swf had wrong permissions on my server, that caused the “nothingW on my display.
Great work Roy!!!!
Comment by Kai — November 21, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
ala Ala Güzel eklenti valla bravo
Comment by Alex — November 29, 2008 @ 10:49 pm
şarkılar türkler vs
Comment by kubbi — December 3, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
Great work !!!!
Comment by Francesco — January 7, 2009 @ 5:28 pm
Hi.
Anybody knows a version of this Flash program that works with a regular HTML web site (non-WordPress)?
.
Comment by anti-manea — January 10, 2009 @ 8:42 pm
thanks Man!
)!!!they can use a Persian Editor Named : Maryam or “فارسی ساز مریم” or other Persian Editor!
I have solution for Persian font because WP-Cumulus don’t support RTL font(or i don’t know how handle it
also Arabs people can follow this way…
if u search on internet u can find free version of this editor in the internet…
Comment by Amir — January 15, 2009 @ 2:36 pm
ooh,, i see now…
really good article,,,
it’ must be used to me..
Comment by firman — January 22, 2009 @ 4:32 am
can i used this in my blog??
because i used blogger instead of wordpress…
Comment by firman — January 22, 2009 @ 4:33 am
Hi Firman. Amanda Fazani did all the hard work for you…
Comment by Roy — January 22, 2009 @ 9:48 am
Thanks for plugin. As Russian version of WP-Cumulus haven’t been updated I made it by myself. So if somebody needs cyrillic version – welcome – http://localhost.uz/wp-cumulus/ !
Comment by localhost — February 6, 2009 @ 1:24 pm
Oo! So good =) Thanks for Russian version!!!
Comment by Alexey — February 17, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
Prompt please why Russian font does not work? =(
http://www.medbioline.ru/test/
Comment by Alexey — February 17, 2009 @ 7:01 pm
The best plugin!!!!
From russia with love.
Comment by 969 — March 2, 2009 @ 5:29 am
I tried to add arabic language but seems that Flash9 doesnt soppurt it though in Flash it self i can easily write in Arabic and Farsi but for some reason it dont properly work on the page, the words shapes seperately…
Comment by amir — March 7, 2009 @ 7:54 pm
Hiya Roy
1st up, great plugin.
I’m using it on my site. I have the Video Wordpress theme running, which has no sidebar on the blog page, so I have added sidebar functionality into the body of the posts. I can then run your widget right in the post and it looks cool. However for some reason it only works on the first post and on all subsequent posts I get the “you need Flash 9 or later” message. Is this because there cannot be multiple instances of the FLV on a page?
cheers
Kristjan
Comment by Kristjan — March 9, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
@Kristjan: Have you tried using the [WP-CUMULUS] shorttag instead of using widgets? That’ll let you place WP-Cumulus in posts. But that being said, the plugin wasn’t designed to have more than two (the shorttag and the widget version) on a single page. It can consume a lot of processing power, and I’d recommend against using it ten times on one page.
Comment by Roy — March 9, 2009 @ 4:57 pm
hi roy, i want ask how can i place wp-cumulus on center.
can you tell me how i can center this plugin, because i didn’t found position option.
please send via email how i can positioning it on center.
thank’s for your regards
Comment by Prasetiyanto — March 19, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
Is there anyway i can use a transparent object rather than texts? and how can I make it so that the object clicked is zoomed in instead of opening to another window? thanks
Comment by Globber — March 20, 2009 @ 2:50 pm
@Globber: You’de have to seriously hack the Flash movie to achieve both the modifications you want. Especially breaking a object out of the 3D coord system and having it zoom in might be tricky. All in all it sounds like a project in itself. Let me know how you fare.
Comment by Roy — March 20, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
have a look at this flash component and let me know if this is achievable http://www.elthamcollege.vic.edu.au/www/therightfit-interactive.php
I have been asked to create something like this, any help you can give me?
Comment by Globber — March 20, 2009 @ 3:15 pm
That is a very nifty movie. I think they got the mouse navigation the wrong way around, but the zooming effect is very nice. I’ve been thinking about something similar, but I don’t have it lying about right now.
Comment by Roy — March 20, 2009 @ 4:32 pm
Hi Roy
Nice Component.
I downloaded source. I want use this in my flex application. Can i Use it?
I have doubts… If i want to use this application in my flex app. what are the steps i need to follow.
Please suggest me.
Thanks & Regards,
Venu.
Comment by Venu — April 14, 2009 @ 12:44 pm
@Venu: I know nothing about Flex, so I’m sorry but I can’t help you.
Comment by Roy — April 14, 2009 @ 1:05 pm
Hi Roy,
Thanks for your reply.
Action Script is similar for flash and flex.
But in flex we have UI components(like Scene,Sprite,MovieClip you have in flash)
I tried to modify the source according to flex requirement.
but Not successful.
Shall i send my question through your mail?
Thanks and Regards,
Venu.
Comment by Venu — April 14, 2009 @ 1:19 pm
@Venu: I’ve also tried to make a Flex component out of the Flash movie once using a tutorial I found online, and was unsuccessful. I wasn’t really able to troubleshoot anything, because I could only ’see’ the Flash side of it. Feel free to email me if you think we can figure it out together.
Comment by Roy — April 14, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
Thanks! A lot!
:] WMK
Comment by WMK — April 17, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
Thank for you quick reply. I downloading source FLA file
Thank for you advice
Weber
Comment by weber — April 25, 2009 @ 7:49 am
Nice cumulus tag here. I use it on Drupal (i.e. cumulus-5.x-1.1.tar.gz)
I want to change the font style, so I followed your instructions above. Works fine.
However, now the tags looks very colorful. I don’t want this.
The default swf from Drupal only have 1 single color which configurable inside the block setting.
What should I do to have same color to all tags?
Thanks in advance
Comment by Eric — May 1, 2009 @ 6:02 pm
Hi Eric. I’m not sure how the color settings are implememnted in the Drupal version. It’s probably best to ask the port author.
Comment by Roy — May 3, 2009 @ 3:16 pm
Hi, my tagcloud is failing to add new tags any ideas why? TIA
Comment by toast — May 17, 2009 @ 8:14 pm
@toast: Once you’ve got 45 tags, WordPress will only show the most used ones. This is done to keep the cloud from growing into a monster. It works well as a default for WP-Cumulus as well, but can be changed using the wp_tag_cloud parameters option.
Comment by Roy — May 19, 2009 @ 7:59 am
Thank you for the response, That answers my question.
Comment by toast — May 19, 2009 @ 8:17 am
Hi Roy
Tnx for your Post
Plz Help me How can i use your flash movie in Persian (فارسی) Mode
tnx
plz helllllpppppppppppp
Comment by Hossein — June 2, 2009 @ 10:03 pm
Hi Hossein. If the tutorial on this page did not help you I’m afraid there’s little I can do. If your language needs a different font to be used, please also take the optional 6th step.
Comment by Roy — June 3, 2009 @ 9:53 am
i created swf with tagcloud it works perfectly.so i want to load that from another swf.so i want to change xml path relatively second swf(it is in upperlevel folder) i change
var XMLPath = “path relativly second swf”; but it doesn’t work please can u tell what are the paths should be change…?
Comment by Ntwobike — June 20, 2009 @ 6:39 am
var swfStage:Stage = this.stage;
this.stage is null when load tagCloud from second swf what is the solution for this..?
Comment by Ntwobike — June 20, 2009 @ 7:10 am
PLEASE IM WATING FOR UR REPLY.IM STUCK WITH THIS..
Comment by Ntwobike — June 20, 2009 @ 9:34 am
@Ntwobike: The movie really isn’t designed to be loaded into another one. Because it interacts with the stage directly for things like scaling you need to remove a lot of code (and thus functionality) or rewrite substantial parts of code to get this working. Another issue are the flashvars, which are all passed to the outer movie. I can’t offer you solutions because I’ve never done this myself. At least not with recent versions.
Comment by Roy — June 21, 2009 @ 9:28 am
Hello there is wp-cumulus with support for Czech language:
http://www.separatista.net/wordpress/pluginy/plugin-wp-cumulus-s-podporou-ceskych-znaku
Comment by Harvie — June 26, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
Hi Roy,
I follow these steps.
1. Download the source files.
The regular download does not include the Flash movie’s source files.
You’ll need the development version, available here.
2. Open up tagcloud.fla.
Once you’ve extracted the downloaded zip file, you should have a folder called ‘wp-cumulus’, which contains a folder called ‘flash sources’. In that folder there’s a file called ‘tagcloud.fla’. Open that file in Flash.
I noticed that the file ‘ tagcloud.fla ‘ does not exist in the zip. I does not understand why ?
Could you give me a valid link to download this file ‘ tagcloud.fla ‘ ?
A file ‘ tagcloud.fla ‘ works fine, many thanks .
Théo, AnnaKe.fr
Comment by theo — July 27, 2009 @ 5:21 pm
Hi Theo. Did you get the developer version wordpress.org?
Comment by Roy — July 30, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
hi roy, I tried over and over again to put this wp-cumulus to my blog but nothing happens . I already read the instruction by amanda still not working. I’m using blogspot.com. What will I do? need help…tnx alot..btw thank you for your work. It is really great.
Comment by ian — August 7, 2009 @ 5:28 pm
Hi Roy,
Good work, Wp-Cumulus is a good plugin. I have made a kabyle version for my website (http://taseftit.free.fr/) adding somes specific caracteres and it works just fine. I don’t use it as a cloud of tags but as a cloud of verbs that come in a random way and the link are to tables of conjugation. Thank you.
Comment by agrakal — August 17, 2009 @ 2:24 pm
Hi,
Here you can find WP-Cumulus SWF files for Serbian language, both Latin and Cyrillic scripts: http://blog.avramovic.info/2009/08/22/wp-cumulus-i-nasa-slova/
Comment by Avram — August 22, 2009 @ 2:54 pm
Hi Roy,
Thank you for your answer to my message.
I returned today (Saturday, September 5th – 3:24) because I did not think that you would answer my message.
I don’t get the developer version wordpress.org and I don’t this developer version does exist ?
What is the link to download this version that I could find it ?
I am developing my website myself so I never use Wordpress template.
I want to implement your plugin but in the case I want to remove (Get this widget at roytanck.com) by the right-click.
Do I have to pay to you for this plugin ?
If yes How much it will cost to me to pay it ?
Many thanks, Théo.
Comment by theo — September 5, 2009 @ 2:27 am
Theo, the development version is here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-cumulus/download/ .
WP-Cumulus is open source software, so it’s completely free to use on your website. If you remove the right-click link I’d appreciate some other credit link.
Comment by Roy — September 5, 2009 @ 9:49 am
Hi Roy,
Thank you for your answer.
I do not know how much money to give you via Paypal who will please for your good work on the plugin?
Can I pay to you with Paypal?
I want to know everything today to have no unpleasant surprise with the internet laws. Feel reassured I know that I want to remove (Get this widget at roytanck.com) by the right-click then I shall pay you without problem via Paypal.
U make a good JOB about (Flickr widget ), [[---- Magnificent ----]]
Théo.
Comment by theo — September 7, 2009 @ 3:39 am
Theo, removing the credit link isn’t a problem. The code generated by the form is suggestion for you to work with.
Donations are completely optional. There’s a button on the sidebar. Tnx.
Comment by Roy — September 7, 2009 @ 8:07 pm
Hey Roy,
Is it possible to set different font styles in the cloud? ie Normal, Italic and Bold. I can set everthing at one style but I want different styles mixed up.
Thnx
Gr
Thomas
Comment by Thomas — September 9, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
Hi Roy,
I want to protect my file of creation as you made with your URL :
If somebody try to modify the link owner the file (./flickrwidget.swf) does not work any more but if we leave with his domain of the site owner (http://media.roytanck.com/flickrwidget.swf) it turns well.
I want to make also as you for my Web site. It is possible to do like you ?
In what place of the script ThumbCloud.as which I could modify ?
Thank you in advance for your answer, Theo from Paris (France).
Comment by theo — September 15, 2009 @ 9:59 pm
Hi Theo. If I understand you correctly, you want to protect the movie so it runs only from your domain? I do not have a restriction like that in place. In fact I encourage people to download the open source version and implement it on their websites. Any restrictions are purely coincidental.
You could add a check to the class you mentioned to see if the first part of the url matches your domain. Shouldn’t be too hard to do. Google for ‘loaderInfo.url’.
Comment by Roy — September 16, 2009 @ 11:20 am
Hi Roy, im trying to edite it in macromedia flash mx but, says error, im openning the .fla archive, how can i edit option using that software?
tnx for ur comments
Comment by peter — September 23, 2009 @ 10:04 pm
I’m maintainer of Serbian localization of WordPress and administrator of locale Serbian WP forum. The other moderator of forum, Avram, pointed me toward issue with locale versions of swf file. After inspecting code and reading this guide, I decided to suggest you better way of dealing with locale swf file.
Problem with current way is that users need to manually upload new swf file and this is problem because users now mostly use automatic installation of plugins.
Even bigger problem occurs with automatic upgrade of plugin: localized version of file gets overwritten by original file from zip archive of plugin.
Because of this I’m suggesting this approach. You could include localized swf files (for Serbian, Russian, Hebrew etc) in special folder, lets call it “swf”. They could use names which include locales used in WordPress (e.g. sr_RS.swf or tagcloud-sr_RS.swf). Then in php file you could create array which will include all locales for which locale swf file is included and then in if function check if there is currently used locale in WP (got with get_locale function); if there is, use that locale file, if not use default swf file you made.
Even more advanced would be to have option in settings so that users could choose what file to use (for example, if user uses WP in English but writes in Serbian he doesn’t want default swf file, but based on locale of his WP he will use default). In this case, php function will first check if there is chosen option in database and if there is then use that locale, and if not, to use if functions described above.
Other things I’m suggesting you are to use wp_enqueue_script function for swfobject instead of hard codding, and if possible, to internationalize plugin (see here and here).
(btw, you should install here Subscribe to comments plugin to enable easier tracking of replies on comments)
Comment by Milan — October 1, 2009 @ 10:09 pm
Hi Milan. I’m glad to report that I’m working on most of these issues. 1.22 was a quick security update, but I’m planning so many changes right now the next version may well be called 2.0.
The only thing is that it’s impossible for me to include versions of the swf for all locales. there are just too many, and I don’t even have the proper font for at least some of them. I’d like to instead make it possible to add your own swf (without it getting overwritten on updates) and eventually move to Flash 10, which -as far as I can tell- would make this a non-issue anyway.
I’ll look into that subscribe plugin, thanks.
Comment by Roy — October 2, 2009 @ 8:25 am
You (we) could make online repository of SWF files so makers of localized SWFs could add them to repo, while users could download them and iuse them in plugin with one click.
Comment by Avram — October 3, 2009 @ 9:23 am
If Flash 10 solves this, then you should definitely make it for it.
I didn’t mean that you should make those localized files by yourself, but that other users send to you and that you later include them in release. And I don’t think that there is that much localized files.
Other option would be what Avram suggest, though in that case there should be descriptive text in settings that inform non-Latin users about possible issues.
Since you are making changes, check for that wp_enqueue_script and localization in advance.
You should install it, I hate to manually checks for replies on my comments when instead I could get a nice notification via e-mail.
Comment by Milan — October 6, 2009 @ 6:10 pm
Hm, you don’t have a style for blockqoute’s.
Comment by Milan — October 6, 2009 @ 6:11 pm
Hi Roy!
Many thanks for datailed support your extentions. Just now my 3d cloud for joomla works with russian symbols. Thank you so much!
Comment by yuriko — November 1, 2009 @ 6:36 pm
Thanks for great plugin!
I’ve add armenian letters here: http://mk.am/wp-cumulus-armenian-letters/
Comment by mk — November 30, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
Hi Roy,
you did a perfect job, but when i compiling tagcloud.fla in flash cs4 without any changes, it not working. Maybe i did something wrong?
Robkex
Comment by Robkex — December 6, 2009 @ 1:53 pm
Hi Roy,
it’s again me. I just found in web already compiled swf and downloaded it. Anyway thanks.
Comment by Robkex — December 6, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
hello.
I have flash cloud in unicode, but there problems with my hosting provider to show all the characters.
It would be great to use this flash tag cloud with Russian charset . Maybe some one have such swf file?
I have no editor to make changes in swf file for Russian charset unfortunately.
please help
Comment by DJ — December 23, 2009 @ 8:30 pm
Thanks Roy, for sharing your knowledge. I am scouring your site looking for the .fla as I have an idea for the flash and want to experiment. I download from the link at the top of this page but alas there is no .fla source file. Would you direct me? With gratitude.
…Eventually I will use it on http://www.techthinktank.org which is in a beta stage. You are invited to be a guest presenter
We would love to have you.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-cumulus/download/
version 1.23
license.txt
wp-cumulus.php
readme.txt
screenshot-1.png
screenshot-2.png
screenshot-3.png
swfobject.js
tagcloud.swf
Comment by Amy Seidman — December 27, 2009 @ 3:39 am
I found it at the bottom. THANK YOU! You rock!
Comment by Amy Seidman — December 27, 2009 @ 3:42 am
thank you! i do it.
Comment by 成都网站建设 — January 5, 2010 @ 7:13 am
Hy Roy.
My problem : Cumulus use hungatian Drupal website.
If Category Tag: Tűz -> Flash Write “T z” , dont writen ű character.
WP version good working after extend (add)Latin character cumulus.fla.
Dont find internet cumulus.fla. Drupal version
probation WP version (SWF)Decompiler then change(edit) Latin character and turn (compile), but Dont work
Please upload original cumulus.fla (Drupal version) or upload modified swf file contain(include)
‘Latin Extended A (548 glyphs) ‘
Please help.
Thanks.
ps.: dont speak english, but reading
Comment by Origie — January 20, 2010 @ 11:12 pm
Origie, you could try using the swf file from the WordPress version. As far as I know, they’re identical.
Comment by Roy — January 21, 2010 @ 9:12 am