Comments on: Joe’s Quotes Widget

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:00:13 +0000

I just installed it on a test blog the other day and it came up fine, so I believe it’s working properly. Do you have other widgets working?
The steps as explained in the readme are:
-copy the jqw.php file to the widgets folder
-copy the jqw folder to the widgets folder
-activate the widget
-in the widget tab, drag the Joe’s Quotes widget to your sidebar
-Click the options button for the Joe’s Quotes widget and give it a title

That should do it. If this doesn’t work, perhaps you can create an account I can use to take a look in your configuration to see where the problem lies…

By: DirtRacer

DirtRacer — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:34:20 +0000

I’ve tried this widget on 3 different blogs and 8 different themes, and so far I have not been able to get the images to show. The quotes appear just fine, but no images.

I’ve tried looking at the code to see if I can figure out where something is going wrong, but the coding is unlike any other widget or plugin I have ever seen. I haven’t a clue what any of the coding means on this, so I can’t even begin to guess where the problem is.

I saw in the comments above someone else had a problem with no images, but no answer was ever given. Is there some sort of trick to force the images to appear, or are there specific themes that must be used in order for them to work properly?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

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By: Peng

Peng — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:31:13 +0000

Excellent widget! I’ve used it to replace the Witty Text plugin I used to use. I simply edited the code to not show an icon and used a default name for all my quotes.

By: Xen2

Xen2 — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:10:31 +0000

Hi Joe

Good to hear you are updating the widget, I will certainly update mine. I have tried to hack the code, but to no avail. I am limited when it comes to this type of thing. Can you show me where I put the class=”articleimgleft”, please??

Thanx
Xen

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:32:40 +0000

I will be releasing an update to the plugin this week that will allow quotes to wrap under the image (as well as many other options). Not sure yet if the widget will get an equivilent update. You could hack the code in the widget to do what you want, the HTML part is pretty straight forward.

By: Xen2

Xen2 — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:03:41 +0000

Hi Joe,

Great Widget! There are some long quotes, though. Is there anyway I can get them to wrap around the image, ie: class=articleimgleft?? If so, can you explain to me on how to do it?

Thanx
Xen

By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:36:19 +0000

Hi Joe

I have a package available of Mark Twain quotes, now running on my site.
I also fixed the LazarusLong.txt file which had a space instead of tab which did not parse correctly.
Send me a note at the address in my login info and I will send you the files to add to the quotes list.

It is really neat that I can add several quotes packages in the folder, and it just chooses quotes randomly.

Ted