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Changeset 482389


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Timestamp:
12/30/2011 03:23:25 PM (14 years ago)
Author:
codeblab
Message:

Added some FAQs to the FAQ section.

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glass
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  • glass/tags/1.1/readme.txt

    r481424 r482389  
    22Contributors: codeblab
    33Donate link: http://codeblab.com/
    4 Tags: loupe, magnifying glass, spyglass, looking glass, glass, zoom, enlarge, image, images, gallery, galleries, photo, photos, picture, pictures
     4Tags: loupe, magnifying glass, spyglass, looking glass, glass, zoom, enlarge, image, images, gallery, galleries, photo, photos, picture, pictures, simple microscope, hand glass, light microscope, jeweler's loupe
    55Requires at least: 3.0.0
    66Tested up to: 3.3
     
    1212== Description ==
    1313
    14 Glass adds a magnifying glass (loupe) for images to your WordPress site. It
    15 needs *no* Flash and *no* CSS3 radius. It works on the iPad, and on many other
    16 platforms.
    17 
    18 This started out as a challenge read about it on [the Glass web
    19 site](http://codeblab.com/glass/ "Home of the Glass plugin."). Some
    20 [background](http://codeblab.com/tag/glass/ "Blog entries on the Glass
    21 plugin.") on the implementation is available there, too.
     14Glass adds a magnifying glass (loupe/hand glass) for images to your WordPress
     15site. It needs *no* Flash and *no* CSS3 radius. It works on the iPad and on
     16many other platforms.
     17
     18This started out as a challenge to code a round magnifying glass that would
     19work *without* flash and *without* the CSS3 radius property. If you are
     20interested in coding read [the blog
     21entry](http://codeblab.com/2011/12/squaring-the-circle/ "CodeBlab - Squaring
     22The Circle"). Also, a user-selectable color for the glass's rim was claimed to
     23be impossible without Flash. Read [the blog post on color
     24stacking](http://codeblab.com/2011/12/welsh-incident/) if you are tech
     25inclined. Otherwise just enjoy the result.
    2226
    2327When the cursor hovers over an image a round frame is displayed on top of it,
     
    3337to work on galleries of thumbnails. Since galleries can contain many
    3438thumbnails, Glass can slow down page loading. Therefore the URL guessing can
    35 be alterd by specifying a lower resolution, e.g., 800x600. This will make
     39be altered by specifying a lower resolution, e.g., 800x600. This will make
    3640Glass look for a smaller version. The guessing can also be switched off.
    3741
     
    6165be the hires version of the displayed image. WordPress will generate such a
    6266link if the [File URL] button is selected in the "Add an image" window.
     67
    6368
    6469= How do I activate Glass on a gallery? =
     
    7075size suffix).
    7176
     77
     78= Does it work on OS X? =
     79
     80On OS X, Glass has shown to work on most recent versions of Firefox, Safari,
     81Opera, and Chrome.
     82
     83
     84= Does it work on iOS? =
     85
     86On iOS, Glass has shown to work on the iPhone 3 and iPhone 4, the iPad, and
     87the iPod Touch.
     88
     89
     90= Does it work on UNIX-like desktops? =
     91
     92On UNIX-like desktop systems like Ubuntu, FreeBSD, and Solaris, Glass has been
     93shown to work on recent versions of Firefox, Opera, Chromium, Epiphany,
     94Midori, SeaMonkey, and many others.
     95
     96
     97= Does it work on Windows? =
     98
     99On Windows XP and Windows 7, Glass has shown to work on recent versions of
     100Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome, and Internet Explorer 9. It does work on
     101Internet Explorer 8, however it has trouble rendering the antialiassed pixels
     102on the solid colored rim which leads to a noticeable outline of the rim.
     103
     104
     105= Does it work on Android? =
     106
     107On Android I can't test it. Unless it supports a iOS compatible touch
     108interface for JavaScript it won't work. I don't have an Android phone or tablet
     109and the simulator does not support multitouch. I would *love* to test it on
     110this platform. If you are a coder and willing to help me, e-mail me: jms at
     111cs vu in the Netherlands.
     112
     113
     114= What can I do if it does not work correctly? =
     115
     116It might not work correct in combination with some themes or other
     117plugins. It is a lot of work to test it on all combinations. If it
     118malfunctions, please let me know what theme and plugins you are using
     119(including version numbers) at: jms at cs vu in the Netherlands.
     120
     121
    72122= How do I make my gallery page load faster? =
    73123
    74124Because Glass will load a hires version for every thumbnail in your gallery,
    75125load times can go up dramatically. Switch hires guessing for thumbnails off is
    76 a simple remedy. To do that goto the Glass page in the Settings menu and wipe
     126a simple remedy. To do that go to the Glass page in the Settings menu and wipe
    77127"Thumb dx dy". An other solution is to set "Thumb dx dy" to a an existing
    78128value, e.g., "800","600", this will force Glass to not use the full resolution
    79129version of the image. Be very sure that the image with the proper suffix,
    80130e.g., -800x600, does exist.
     131
    81132
    82133= How do I customize the rim color? =
     
    89140RGB" on the same page.
    90141
     142
    91143= Why is the solid color rim not properly anti-aliased? =
    92144
     
    98150hours that could have been used to make something useful.
    99151
     152
    100153= Are you nuts? Do you know that the iPod has a much better zoom? =
    101154
    102155Yes, and I do. Just add iPod, iPhone, iPad to the "Glass Exclude Platforms" on
    103156the Glass Settings page.
     157
    104158
    105159= How do I activate Glass only for category 'X'? =
     
    109163non existing category like "NOTONE".
    110164
     165
    111166= How do I activate Glass only for page 'Y'? =
    112167
     
    114169page. Leaving it empty means all pages. To exclude all pages use an
    115170non existing page name like "NONE".
     171
    116172
    117173== Screenshots ==
  • glass/trunk/readme.txt

    r481424 r482389  
    22Contributors: codeblab
    33Donate link: http://codeblab.com/
    4 Tags: loupe, magnifying glass, spyglass, looking glass, glass, zoom, enlarge, image, images, gallery, galleries, photo, photos, picture, pictures
     4Tags: loupe, magnifying glass, spyglass, looking glass, glass, zoom, enlarge, image, images, gallery, galleries, photo, photos, picture, pictures, simple microscope, hand glass, light microscope, jeweler's loupe
    55Requires at least: 3.0.0
    66Tested up to: 3.3
     
    1212== Description ==
    1313
    14 Glass adds a magnifying glass (loupe) for images to your WordPress site. It
    15 needs *no* Flash and *no* CSS3 radius. It works on the iPad, and on many other
    16 platforms.
    17 
    18 This started out as a challenge read about it on [the Glass web
    19 site](http://codeblab.com/glass/ "Home of the Glass plugin."). Some
    20 [background](http://codeblab.com/tag/glass/ "Blog entries on the Glass
    21 plugin.") on the implementation is available there, too.
     14Glass adds a magnifying glass (loupe/hand glass) for images to your WordPress
     15site. It needs *no* Flash and *no* CSS3 radius. It works on the iPad and on
     16many other platforms.
     17
     18This started out as a challenge to code a round magnifying glass that would
     19work *without* flash and *without* the CSS3 radius property. If you are
     20interested in coding read [the blog
     21entry](http://codeblab.com/2011/12/squaring-the-circle/ "CodeBlab - Squaring
     22The Circle"). Also, a user-selectable color for the glass's rim was claimed to
     23be impossible without Flash. Read [the blog post on color
     24stacking](http://codeblab.com/2011/12/welsh-incident/) if you are tech
     25inclined. Otherwise just enjoy the result.
    2226
    2327When the cursor hovers over an image a round frame is displayed on top of it,
     
    3337to work on galleries of thumbnails. Since galleries can contain many
    3438thumbnails, Glass can slow down page loading. Therefore the URL guessing can
    35 be alterd by specifying a lower resolution, e.g., 800x600. This will make
     39be altered by specifying a lower resolution, e.g., 800x600. This will make
    3640Glass look for a smaller version. The guessing can also be switched off.
    3741
     
    6165be the hires version of the displayed image. WordPress will generate such a
    6266link if the [File URL] button is selected in the "Add an image" window.
     67
    6368
    6469= How do I activate Glass on a gallery? =
     
    7075size suffix).
    7176
     77
     78= Does it work on OS X? =
     79
     80On OS X, Glass has shown to work on most recent versions of Firefox, Safari,
     81Opera, and Chrome.
     82
     83
     84= Does it work on iOS? =
     85
     86On iOS, Glass has shown to work on the iPhone 3 and iPhone 4, the iPad, and
     87the iPod Touch.
     88
     89
     90= Does it work on UNIX-like desktops? =
     91
     92On UNIX-like desktop systems like Ubuntu, FreeBSD, and Solaris, Glass has been
     93shown to work on recent versions of Firefox, Opera, Chromium, Epiphany,
     94Midori, SeaMonkey, and many others.
     95
     96
     97= Does it work on Windows? =
     98
     99On Windows XP and Windows 7, Glass has shown to work on recent versions of
     100Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome, and Internet Explorer 9. It does work on
     101Internet Explorer 8, however it has trouble rendering the antialiassed pixels
     102on the solid colored rim which leads to a noticeable outline of the rim.
     103
     104
     105= Does it work on Android? =
     106
     107On Android I can't test it. Unless it supports a iOS compatible touch
     108interface for JavaScript it won't work. I don't have an Android phone or tablet
     109and the simulator does not support multitouch. I would *love* to test it on
     110this platform. If you are a coder and willing to help me, e-mail me: jms at
     111cs vu in the Netherlands.
     112
     113
     114= What can I do if it does not work correctly? =
     115
     116It might not work correct in combination with some themes or other
     117plugins. It is a lot of work to test it on all combinations. If it
     118malfunctions, please let me know what theme and plugins you are using
     119(including version numbers) at: jms at cs vu in the Netherlands.
     120
     121
    72122= How do I make my gallery page load faster? =
    73123
    74124Because Glass will load a hires version for every thumbnail in your gallery,
    75125load times can go up dramatically. Switch hires guessing for thumbnails off is
    76 a simple remedy. To do that goto the Glass page in the Settings menu and wipe
     126a simple remedy. To do that go to the Glass page in the Settings menu and wipe
    77127"Thumb dx dy". An other solution is to set "Thumb dx dy" to a an existing
    78128value, e.g., "800","600", this will force Glass to not use the full resolution
    79129version of the image. Be very sure that the image with the proper suffix,
    80130e.g., -800x600, does exist.
     131
    81132
    82133= How do I customize the rim color? =
     
    89140RGB" on the same page.
    90141
     142
    91143= Why is the solid color rim not properly anti-aliased? =
    92144
     
    98150hours that could have been used to make something useful.
    99151
     152
    100153= Are you nuts? Do you know that the iPod has a much better zoom? =
    101154
    102155Yes, and I do. Just add iPod, iPhone, iPad to the "Glass Exclude Platforms" on
    103156the Glass Settings page.
     157
    104158
    105159= How do I activate Glass only for category 'X'? =
     
    109163non existing category like "NOTONE".
    110164
     165
    111166= How do I activate Glass only for page 'Y'? =
    112167
     
    114169page. Leaving it empty means all pages. To exclude all pages use an
    115170non existing page name like "NONE".
     171
    116172
    117173== Screenshots ==
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