Mon 3 Jul 2006
After a few people have had problems with the old widget, where the version of the Category Tagging plugin had been updated, thus breaking the widget, and with the debugging help of Nicholas Feasey, now available is a new version. This version has imported the plugin code (Category Tagging Plugin), so I can only claim to have connected all the dots as it were. The upshot of this is that the widget can now operate independently of the plugin; hopefully this will make it easier.
Download Category Cloud Widget Version 1.2
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July 5th, 2006 at 1:57 am
I know I already thanked you on the post where the original version was offered, but seriously, this is much appreciated. Whatever tinkering had to be done to get it to work correctly, prior to the new version, was well beyond my abilities. Among all the category cloud widgets I’d found and attempted to implement, this is the only one that’s actually worked out, and it looks great.
July 5th, 2006 at 5:18 am
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August 10th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
Thanks for the terrific plugin. I use it on both http://deanpence.com and http://deanspants.com. One nitpicky thing … the new version (1.2) still shows up as version 1.0 on the plugin page.
August 10th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
Many thanks. Glad you like it. Of course most of the kudos goes to sw-guide.de for the original plugin. Please spead the love - if you like it please link to this page!
August 10th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
PS: Version number fixed.
August 14th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Thanks for this, works a treat once I found the new version.
Ta.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:39 am
hi
thanks for the great widget port of the category tagging plugin!
unfortunately, I get a list instead of a tag cloud… what can I do to fix this?
i am using the freshy theme… (website link)
many thanks in advance!
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:46 am
Sounds like you need to add the some CSS stuff into your theme’s CSS file; is use this:-
#sidebar ul .tagcloud {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
#sidebar ul .tagcloud li {
display: inline;
list-style: none;
background-image: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
#sidebar ul .tagcloud li a {
background-image: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:47 am
Just stick it at the end of the style.css file in your theme folder
October 24th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
thank you for your quick response (!)
I tried this before but somehow the template overrides the .tagcloud css changes… and the cloud is still being displayed as a list. do you have any other ideas? many thanks!
October 24th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
found it… i had to add:
/* Tagcloud
———————————————– */
ul.tagcloud {
padding: 0;
margin: 0 1em 0 0;
background: none;
list-style: none;
text-align: left;
}
ul.tagcloud li {
background: none;
display: inline;
list-style: none;
margin-left: 0;
}
ul.tagcloud li a {
font-weight: normal;
list-style: none;
}
ul.tagcloud li a:hover {
text-decoration:underline;
}
many thanks, great widget!
November 4th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
Hi, any chanche to make it work under WordppressMU? I got a “NO CATEGORIES” when I try to show the cloud…
thanks
November 10th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
I’ve just started using WordPress, but wanted to install this tag cloud as a feature…I’ve added it to the plugin folder, activated it, but nothing. Am I being stupid, and need to do something else to make it work?
November 11th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
It has to be in the widgets folder (inside the plugins folder) and you need to be using a widget compatible theme. You then need to set it up in Presentation > Sidebar Widgets.
Cheers.
November 11th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
Now that WordpressMU is out of beta, I will try to take a look at getting it set up and the widget working with it, as soon as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t promise anything. Sorry.
January 20th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
I’ve been searching for a simple plugin for a category cloud and this is perfect. The additions to the style sheet make it very easy to customize, too.
Thanks!
January 23rd, 2007 at 7:17 am
Hope version for Wordpress 2.1 will come out soon
February 1st, 2007 at 7:45 am
Hello!
Since the release of WP 2.01, this widget no longer works! After searching through the code, I have fixed it to some extent, you can find it here:
http://www.artsy.ca/archives/159
I hope this is OK!
In order for this to work, the plugin from http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/category-tagging-plugin/ must also be installed.
February 1st, 2007 at 7:47 am
Sorry, I meant Wordpress 2.1
February 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Thanks to Alex; new release now at Category Cloud Widget: New Version - 1.3. NB this version does not require the Category Tagging plugin