Microaudio Plugin Test (R1)

A tune I wrote a long time ago and never got around to finishing the lyrics, which in turn meant I never finished a complete mix. Found it while rummaging through my old stuff the other day. Maybe I’ll revisit and get a better mix together. Still don’t know what to do with all the music I used to put together.

TheGoodFlute-6-28-10lo

Presented with the microaudio plugin for wordpress. Automatically makes links for mp3s into a flash player. The plugin works as advertised. No hiccups with its functionality. The only issue I encountered upon using it, was the notification via the wordpress GUI, that I am limited to 2MB for uploads. Major bummer. Although I can upload files through ftp and link them inside posts the automation of uploading, delivering and posting files through a simplified inclusive system is a little shot this way. Hence the crappy low resolution of the mp3.

Lightbox 2 Plugin Test (R1)

In the spirit of my personal methodology, wherein I abscond with some other plodder’s handiwork in order to enact it’s thrifty benefits for my own devious purposes, I present this test post using the Lightbox 2 plugin for WordPress. By all my reading and research, this version is open source/CC and free for use with a little credit. To kick things off, here’s some older stuffs from an early photoshop coloring practice, in order to test the new lightbox plugin for image links in a WordPress post.

Character Concept Art

Character Concept Art

The Lightbox appears to be successful, so far.

Not sure about the wordpress image formatting in post, however… My unfamiliarity with WordPress’ image options and this new Lightbox 2 plugin will require me to dig a little deeper into both to figure them out.
I do like the speed of this particular version of this effect. It also comes prepped for black, dark grey, grey and white shaded boxes to frame the images although I can’t discern any difference between the grey or dark grey. Perhaps I’ll be able to customize the image border and possibly even the shadow color down the line. I’ll leave it up for a few days and see what else might break it.

My gratitude to the crafters, modders and creators who devised this witty bit of code for use in the varied WordPress sites of the internet at large.

Sources:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lightbox-2/

http://stimuli.ca/lightbox/

http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/