Grobator's Bloggomat

• Preface

This is my first “official” Wordpress plugin. I was inspired from John Turners plugin Blogroll Links Favicons.  The base idea is beautyful, but not all browsers (f.e. Internet Explorer itself) are able to display the native ICO image format in an HTML document. Additionally some -non Microsoft- operating systems don’t support the ICO -Format, too. The core problem was to find a soluton to convert the ICO format in another image format which works on all platforms/browser.  On an online search I’ve found the ICO->PNG converter PHP class from Diogo Resendes ( Ico class ). This is perfect to solve this problem. The rest of the work is implementing into Wordpress.

• Description

The plugin converts the favicon.ico from the blogroll links from ICO to PNG format and save the converted image in a local cache directory.  All conversion processes works just on the admin-page, visitors don’t have to spend time to wait for favicons from remote websites. If a blogroll entry was added or modified this single Link will be processed.

• Requirements

  PHP: GD module must be enabled.  That’s all.
  (Nowadays it is mostly standard).

• Features

  • Display favicon.ico from remote websites in Internet Explorer, too.
  • convert favicons from ICO into PNG format and cache this on the local server for max. speed
  • process workload occurs just users from the backend (administrator)
  • Adds class=”faviroll” to have the possibility for further CSS optimation

• Settings

  • Default Favicon URL
    You can configure a default favicon, if the remote website contains no favicon or the declared favicon isn’t valid.
  • Favions revisit after XXX days
    The life goes on in the internet, too. Here you can configure the interval (in days) the plugin should renew the cached icons. This is triggered just on the admin-page. Normal visitors are not affected. So if you not login to your admin-page, the icons will NOT be renewed.
  • Use transparent background
    You can decide if the PNG icons should have a transparent background.
  • Renew cached FavIcons now
    If this button is checked, all blogroll icons will be renewed immediately.

• Installation

  1.) Upload the folder faviroll to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2.) Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3.) Click ‘Submit’ button to initialize the plugin settings .
  4.) The locally favicon cache will be created
  5.) Thats all

• Download

  • Pick it from the WordPress Plugin Directory

• Interoperation with wp-render-blogroll-links

  The plugin works with wp-render-blogroll-links also.

  Bumerang

  • Axel Heckner's Bumerangschule
  • Bumanns Bumerangholz
  • Bumerang24.de
  • Crazy Boomerang – Pierre Kutek
  • Das Bumerang-Projekt
  • Deutscher Bumerangclub e.V.
  • Forum des DBC
  • frank's boomblog
  • grobator.doyowesi.de
  • harmony-fly.de
  • T-Σtnic2
  • wxBumms

  Geek-Stuff

  • Apfeltalk.de Forum
  • Clean Code Developer
  • ratschlag24.com/freeware
  • Stupid Tricks
  • SVNBook
  • WordPress Kochbuch
  • wordpress-magazin.de

  Links

  • Bilder der Kathedralen
  • david-strohmayer.net
  • Die Welt der Smilies ist nicht immer nur gelb
  • docma.info
  • H&K Boots-Charter
  • selfhtml.org
  • Signale eines Jagdtages
  • VFR Langelsheim

  Regional

  • Heilpraktiker Ralf Stangl
  • Wikio::Velpke

  Tipp

  • easyBill
  • Peter zahlt
  • Schnäppchenfuchs
  • WeTransfer

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