• Hi,
    Is it possible to associate an image with individual posts? The kind of thing I am looking for is shown nicely here:
    https://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/
    I want the image to somehow represent the subject of the text, by that I mean not just an icon.
    Any ideas? Should I add it to the feature requets?
    The site also has a great little feature called Readability, where the viewr can choose between a few different fonts and sizes. IS this available for WP. (I might make a seperate post about this).
    TIA
    Phillip
    https://www.planetphillip.com

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  • It looks like the weblog you mentioned simply inserts an image at the beginning of every post, nothing to do with the CMS. I’m pretty sure he just types it in as he’s writing. Some of his posts don’t even have it.
    As far as the “Readability” feature, yah WordPress could do that. Really neat idea actually, but a plugin isn’t even required I don’t think. Some well placed javascript and a small html form could handle it.
    As a side note, what CMS is he using anyway? I can’t find anything specifying it.

    Ack, Beel beet me!

    Thread Starter planetphillip

    (@planetphillip)

    I already use the style switcher, which I think is wonderful, but this site seperates style fron font. If I had a every style available with every font, that would be a huge number of styles.
    I see what you mean about the top right style switcher, I did actually notice that the first time I visisted the site but forgot about it. It changes instantly, is it part of the normal style switcher? When you test his Golf page the changes take a few seconds. I really want to include this on my site.
    I also use images in a lot of my posts, but because my index page only displays the excerpts I thought it might be better to have a image link in the code. I will try to add an image in the excerpt and see what happens. Good thinking.
    I wondered what software his was using and had alook around the site but couldn’t find anything.

    If you want to see how it’s done, check out his JS file:
    https://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/scripts/common.js
    Specifically search for this text “// BEGIN FONT SELECTOR FUNCTIONS“.
    Heres how it works. You select an option. As soon as the option is changed, the js stores it in a cookie and then reloads the page. Honestly, you don’t need to reload the page, just have the js change the css itself after storing a cookie. ??
    And as far as that js file says, he’s using MT.

    Thread Starter planetphillip

    (@planetphillip)

    OK, quick update.
    It’s very simple to add the image in the excerpt, all I need to do is get the layout right. Thanks for your help.

    Thread Starter planetphillip

    (@planetphillip)

    OK, last update. It turned out to be a real pain to get things lined up in the excerpt box. Eventually I used the code and advice found here:
    https://www.mfr.f2s.com/graphicalcss/align/index.html.
    (I think the site belongs to Podz – Thank you.)
    You should be warned that unless you text is the same height or greater than the image things look very strange. I gave up trying to get it working and decided to alter my text. (It actually looks better if the respective heights match.)
    you can see how it looks here:
    https://www.planetphillip.com
    Stevarino:
    Thanks for the link to the js file.

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