Plugins

category image extension

Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:30:00 +0200

This extension will show images for each category a post is in.
Prerequisites:
- The category images should be in the images/ folder of Pivot
- The filenames of these category images should be exactly the same as the categorynames (case-sensitive)

How to work with this plugin:
- Upload this file into your extensions/snippets/ folder
- Open your short entry template and/or entrypage template and add the [[catimage]] tag...
- Rebuild your frontpage, and you should see the images

Extension variables:
This extension has two variables: [[catimage:FILTER:NEWLINE]]
- FILTER: if something is filled in here, it will only show the categories associated to the current subweblog.
- NEWLINE: if something is filled in here, the images will be placed below each other. If nothing is filled in, the images will be placed beside each other.
Leave these values empty, if you don't want to use them.

Category image extension

{Pivot} Copy year extension v1.0

Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:02:00 +0200

[[copyyear]]
A formatted copyright string that creates a floating copyright date.
If no year is passed then the copyright date will be the current year.
If a year in the past is passed, then a string indicating a copyright that spans the period from that date to now will be returned.
Sanity checks block dates before 1999 and after the current year.

Click on ’(more)’ to see it in action.

...this idea came from the Pivot manual…

Version 1.0

Created on 16 january 2005, by Marcel de Jong

For support go to MyPivot.net or MadJo.nl

or email me at mdejong[at]gmail[dot]com

Installation notes:

1) get Pivot 1.20 (or higher) and install it.
2) create a folder called “extensions” in the dir higher than Pivot/
(if you have installed pivot in www.example.com/pivot,
then the extensions folder should be www.example.com/extensions)
3) in the extensions folder create the folder “snippets”
4) extract the file “snippet_copyyear.php” into that folder
5) add somewhere in your templates the tag © 2006 (with or without values)
6) rebuild the frontpage.. and presto!

Contents of snippet_copyyear.zip:

1) snippet_copyyear.php (the code file)
2) copyyear_readme.txt

The test:
[[copyyear:1998]]: © 1998-2006
[[copyyear]]: © 2006
[[copyyear:2000]]: © 2000-2006
[[copyyear:2005]]: © 2005-2006
[[copyyear:3006]]: © 2006

{Pivot} Alternative RSS feed v1.2

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:15:00 +0200

Pivot (1.20+) has an extension architecture.
For these versions I have created an alternative RSS reader.
The one included with Pivot only caches a feed once every 8 hours, and for some things this is just too long.

The extension I created is in essence the same, but with one vital difference, you can set a different cache-time (in minutes)

Download the AltRSS Extension.

The installation instructions are as follows (also found in the readme.txt inside the zip file):
1 download the zip file
2 extract all three files
3 and upload them to your extensions/snippets folder

Usage:
It basically works the same as the regular [[rss]] tag, but it has an added value:

[[altrss:number of entries shown:address of the rss feed:layout of the result:cache-time in minutes]]

The cache time defaults to 8 hours (if it is left empty), also it is recommended to use values that are equal or higher than 5 minutes, for the sake of the bandwidth of the site where you grabbed the rss-feed. :) (you can’t actually set it lower than 5 minutes, because it is the lowest threshold.

NOTE (Very important) Do not use this for a normal weblog, but for some very specific applications.

Pivot Button extension 1.0

Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:51:00 +0200

Button extension 1.0
released on: 24/12/2004

I wrote this plugin, because I wanted to clean up my template a little, it got a lot of those stuff in it, I didn’t really like it. Made it look messy.
So I wrote a plugin that can be used a little easier (at least in my opinion) :)
the usage is as follows: [[button:URL:TITLE:IMAGE]]
URL: speaks a little for itself, it supports (http, https, and ftp) (Mailto not yet, but that one is in the works)
TITLE: isn’t necessary, if left empty it will show the URL as the title (of the link and the image)
IMAGE: just the name of the image will suffice. The image itself should be located in your images/ folder. So don’t enter a /images/something.ext, but simply: something.ext

the output will then be: those tags, with your values in it, but it looks a little nicer in your templates ;)

For the CSS-ers: it uses the same class as the Pivot buttons. (class=”badge”)

Download it here

If you encounter any bugs, don’t hesitate to contact me :) (see mail address at the top of this entry :)

installation of this plugin
1) unpack the file
2) go to your extensions/snippets/ folder
3) upload the unpacked file there
4) add a [[button]] tag somewhere in an entry or on your template

Home Of The Underdogs search plugin

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:56:00 +0200

This plugin for the Firefox Search bar makes it easy to search for a certain game on the The Underdogs site.
That site has a large list of games, most of which are freely downloadable too (using the abandonware principle).

To get this plugin click here and follow the instructions below, to install it.

Close Mozilla Firefox.
Open the zipped file. ( Use winzip or 7zip )
Extract the two files in the mozilla firefox search plugins folder. (Default: c:\program files\mozilla firefox\searchplugins)
Open Mozilla Firefox,
Click on the search plugin icon (right of the address bar) and if all is well you should see a list of searchplugins including an icon with the text “The-Underdogs.org”. Click on that, and enter the game name.

Or use this install link

if you want to know more, mail me @