Installation Instructions

Installation

1. Make sure you're running WordPress version 2.3 or better. It won't work with older versions.
2. Download the zip file and extract the contents.
3. Upload the 'wp-cumulus' folder to your plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/).
4. Activate the plugin through the 'plugins' page in WP.
5. See 'Options->WP Cumulus' to adjust things like display size, etc...

In order to actually display the tag cloud, you have three options.

1. Create a page or post and type

   Comic Cross Stitch Dating tag cloud WordPress Plugin WP-Cumulus Constellation (1)
   Joke (6)
   Learning (1)
   Life (30)
   Nature (1)
   Philosophy (1)
   Story (7)
   Travel (1)
   WordPress Plugin (1)
   

   WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck requires Flash Player 9 or better.

   anywhere in the content. This 'tag' will be replaced by the flash movie when viewing the page. See here for more info.
2. Add the following code anywhere in your theme to display the cloud. <?php wp_cumulus_insert(); ?> This can be used to add WP Cumulus to your sidebar, although it may not actually be wide enough in many cases to keep the tags readable.
3. The plugin adds a widget, so you can place it on your sidebar through 'Appearance'->'Widgets'. Open the widget to access it's own set of settings (background color, size, etc).

FAQ

My theme/site appears not to like this plugin. It's not displaying correctly.

There are a number of things that may prevent WP-Cumulus from displaying or cause it to display a short message about how it needs the Flash plugin.

• In 99% of all cases where this happens the issue is caused by markup errors in the page where the plugin is used. Please validate your blog using validator.w3.org and fix any errors you may encounter.
• Older versions had issues with PHP 5.2 (or better). This has been fixed, so please upgrade to the latest version.
• The plugin requires Flash Player 9 or better and javascript. Please make sure you have both.
• There have been some cases where WordPress' Automatic Plugin Upgrade feature breaks the plugin. After upgrading the plugin the Flash movie file would be corrupt for some users. If this happens to you, please try disabling and reinstalling the plugin (through FTP).
• Please try using the 'compatibility mode' if you're using version 1.20 or better. Although it's better to fix whatever is causing the issues with the normal mode, this can be used as a workaround solution.

Hey, but what about SEO?

I'm not sure how beneficial tag clouds are when it comes to SEO, but just in case WP Cumulus outputs the regular tag cloud (and/or categories listing) for non-flash users. This means that search engines will see the same links. They're hidden through CSS by default, but there's an options to make them visible.

I'd like to change something in the Flash movie, will you release the .fla?

As of version 1.12 the source code is available from wordpress.org under the GPL license. Click "other versions" and get the developer version.

Some of my tags occasionally hit the sides of the movie and are cropped

If this happens you should change the aspect for the movie to make it wider. This can be done by increasing the width, but also by decreasing the height. Both will make the movie 'more landscape' giving long tags more room.

I often stay in the office all day,and when I have nothing to do at work,I cherish my every minute to browse your all writings,I thank for yours sharing and would like to learn a little from you all every day...

This is my family dog, I like it, it is my friend.
When I was happy, I like to play with it; when I was sad, I like to hold it.
Sometimes, I would think they would rather get along with dogs, and humans do not want to get along.

"Who on earth are you ?" said a cross voice from below. "Stop that terrible noise at once."

The parrot saw a cat staring up at him from the carpet.

"I 'm a parrot. I 've just arrived and I 'm to make as much noise as I can," he said.

"Well, I 've lived here all my life," replied the cat ."I was born in this very house and I learned from my mother that it is best to keep quiet here."

"Keep quiet then, "said the parrot cheerfully. "I don't know what you do around here, but I know my job. My master bought me for my voice and I'm going to make sure he hears it."

Different people are valued for different things.

One of the best things in the world: when someone you love holds your hand.

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won‘t make you cry.

The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can‘t have them.

Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

Don‘t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn‘t willing to waste their time on you.

Just because someone doesn‘t love you the way you want them to, doesn‘t mean they don‘t love you with all they have.

Don‘t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.

Don‘t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.

I like the beach.

I like Phoenix flower.

A buzzing noise followed. “What a man of actions!” one said in admiration. “How should we support him and learn from him!” said another.

Suddenly, a girl asked, “what did the Dean say to you, Hob?”

He bent and whispered to her, “Well, er…er…Miss Rose, er…he told me to get clean away from Oxford this very evening！”

Waiting for meeting again and peace, when could we have our cloudless sky?

You standing in the wind, me in the rain; the expectations that last forever, the misunderstandings that last for so long time…

The wolf and the fox wanted to eat the rabbit, but it wasn't easy to catch him.

One day the wolf said to the fox, "You go home and lie in bed. I'll tell the rabbit that you are dead. When he comes to look at you, you can jump up and catch him." That's a good idea," said the fox.

He went home at once. The wolf went to the rabbit's house and knocked at the door. "Who is it?" asked the rabbit. "It's the wolf. I've come to tell you that the fox is dead." Then the wolf went away.

The rabbit went to the fox's house. He looked in through the window and saw the fox lying in bed with his eyes closed. He thought, "Is the fox really dead or is he pretending  to be dead? If he's not dead, he'll catch me when I go near him." so he said, "The wolf says that the fox is dead. But he doesn't look like a dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always open." When the fox heard this, he thought, "I'll show him that I'm dead." So he opened his mouth.

The rabbit knew that the fox wasn't dead, and he ran as quickly as he could.