• WP PageView Plugin
• WP Table Plugin
• Putting LightWindow v1.2.1 to Action
• Snap Shots WP Plugin
• Syed DP on iTheme
• What’s That? TwitThis!
• AJAX Contact Review

WP Plugin Name: WP PageView Plugin

Download/Description/Information Link: iFrame Plug-In - http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/pageview/

Expectation: To embed another website within the blog post or blog page without the need to fiddle around much with some strange code. Some options expected as well.

How to use it: Once the plugin is downloaded, installed and activated type in-

<-- pageview url "some title" description -->

and replace url with the link to the website, “some title” with the website title and description with some description of the website or whatever you want.

Samples/Screenshot: Modiplates website inside Syed’s Digital Lab-

Title:	Modiplates
Description:	Flash Template Collection

Reality:

Pros:

• The need to have a page within a page quickly without having to fiddle too much of the code.

Cons:

• There is no clear and easy explanation on the creator’s website, caused me some problem in the beginning on how to use this plugin
• If you don’t have CSS knowledge, then styling your PageView might be quite challenging (Mine hasn’t been properly tune yet)
• No options to choose from

WP Plugin Name: WP-Table Plugin

Download/Description/Information Link: wp-Table at alex. rabe

Expectation: To be able to have a nice table without the fuss of using the messy table code.

Samples/Screenshot: Check out 2 pages that I’ve created-

1. Wordpress Plugin Showdown List
2. Wordpress Theme Collection

Here’s an embed table that I’ve created:

Snap Shot Class Identifier

Reality:

Pros:

• If you have an expanding list that you need to manage in wordpress, this tool is a must for a more manageable and easier to navigate table
• You can can change the colours of the table to whatever colours you want
• The CSS styling sheet is seperated so there is no need to do a manual embed for the page
• Installation is easy and similar to AJAX-Contact page
• Import feature
• The end result would have a source page looks neat and easier to read

Cons:

• Limited view when inputting data into the tables
• Confusing and not so friendly import table

Overall, it’s a handy tool to have if you deal a lot with table and need it to be displayed in Wordpress.

The past several weeks, we have been working hard to put LightWindow v1.2.1 developed by Einstein Industries on a few of our mainstream websites. Since we love Wordpress that much, all of our website are powered by Wordpress.

Two of our websites that we have implemented with LightWindow v.1.2.1 are:

and

Other interesting features that we have added on is the Kaccordian. I’ll write about that later.

So far our frustation is on making flash template to work in iframe. We are not alone, someone from stickmanlabs Forum (the LightWindow developer) shares the same experience. Link: Cannot load from an iframe.

Sample of other website that has implemented LightWindow:

• DocShop.com -Click on the Watch a Video Summary. The site use Flash Video for the LightWindow feature. The title page and the animated loading icon will displayed first before the video shows up. Really nice! How the code are positioned is describe here.
• One of stickmanlabs forum member nicknamed runningwithscissors made this page Standard Flash Movie and flv content. I just love The Simpson animated series.

Well, got to get back to and find solutions for our problem. Syed from the TheBlogCom development team, signing off.

WP Plugin Name: Snap Shots WP Plugin

Download Link/Description/ Installation information: Snap Shots Plugin (formerly known as Snap Preview Anywhere Plugin)

Expectation: Awesome preview pop up with some control over which external links. Head over to Shot Central to install it on your own blog/website.

Samples/Screenshot:

This is a screenshot of how snap works with this blog:

Here’s a few links that show other stuff by just hovering you mouse over at links on the page (update: the mouse needs to hover on the caption for it to produce the preview image). Try it out! It’s awesome!:

PreviewShot™: http://www.ni-limits.com

MovieShot™: http://imdb.com/name/nm0424060

StockShot™: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=aapl

WikiShot™: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordpress

VideoShot™: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbgVW_dMMIM

ProductShot™: http://www.amazon.com/Lword../dp/B00003CXS7/…

AudioShot™: http://wiredset.com/…/How-Bout-I-Love-You-More.mp3

Reality: I’m no big fan of this Snap thing. It did impress me at first but in the long run, I kind of get annoyed by these unblockable small pop-ups. Still, it was easy to install despite the fact that you might get confused over finding the key that was given to you when you first installed the plugins. Overall, it’s a nice feature for blog/website owner’s for your visitors, if you don’t mind of pop ups of course.

I like this theme. It has a calm soothing colour that is really good on the readers eye. I think I should put a screenshot of this theme just in case if I change my mind in changing to another theme. With thousands of WP theme to choose from, it doesn’t hurt to change the theme oftenly. At least we wouldn’t get bored, don’t you think so?

This theme is available for download here.

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