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Note to all – the mods I made do not work 100%

One problem is when using pretty URLs – it moves where the widget thinks it is relative to root. I will be fixing that up tonight or tomorrow and will post again with the tweak.

Also will post on my blog.

Anyone?

Yes, I can and I did! I found two inconsistencies, one in my reading and one in the code. First, the widget is packaged in a directory called shoutcast-sidebar-widget. If it were a simple install, one would assume that it would be just drag the folder over to the server and be done with it.

After re-reading the readme file, I noticed installation point #2…

2. Next, you must extract all files from the archive and move them directly under the following folder, overwriting any existing files from previous versions:

wp-content/plugins/sc_widget

Oops… different directory name. Renaming the directory on the server makes it work just fine IF your WP installation is at the root of the server, which mine is not. The author makes that assumption unfortunately. The fix is to edit both sc_widget.php and sc_running.htm, removing the leading slash from the file locations. For example: /wp-content/plugins/sc_widget/sc_running.htm becomes wp-content/plugins/sc_widget/sc_running.htm. There are 6 occurrences in the two files.

To see it in action, stop over to https://jimmetzger.net/sediments/.

Jim

Thanks – did the trick!

Clean design that loads fast – something I personally like.

Nice weather report in the sidebar, but for where? ??

Also the “put together” link in the credits section on page bottom is broken.

Funny, I thought I could do that, but I just tried it and I can’t. So rarely have the occasion to edit another’s post prior to publish. Running WP 1.2.2.

Jim

Simply put: all of the above!. More importantly, though, I think the best feature of WP is right here, the support forum, and all the good folks who answer questions, pose solutions, and (in general) do it all with a sense of good humor.

According to the F-Secure weblog, Google has at least for the moment shut the worm down (see https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/).

Unless you want no visitors or are pinging the various weblog directories selectively, I’d say you would want to leave Ping-O-Matic doing its job (and quite a fine one, thank you Matt et al). I don’t have the link at hand (someone chime in, please), but there is a relatively painless change to WP that should relieve the pain of spam. I was at 100+ spam hits per entry until I applied the couple of lines change and am (for the moment) living blissfully spam-free. And to echo NuclearMoose, I run a half-dozen WP-driven sites with the same results.

I agree – looks good! Welcome to the WP-world!