bnielsen

<p>The custom word cloud plugin will generate word cloud images based on page<br />
content or the contents of a form POST input named “content”. The cloud is<br />
specified using shortcode tags on the page where the content or form exist.</p>
<h4>Example 1</h4>
<p>As an example the following entered into a WordPress page will result in a<br />
page with a word cloud image displayed above the paragraph that is a link<br />
map with google searches for each word in the cloud:</p>
<pre><code>[cwcloud]  
[cwcimage]  
[cwcmap]

We the People  of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America.

[/cwcloud]
</code></pre>
<h4>Example 2</h4>
<p>Another example where a user may enter their own paragraph of text and<br />
generate a custom word cloud:</p>
<pre><code>[cwcloud post="true" id="mycloud"]  
[cwcmap]  
[cwcimage]  
<form method="post">  
<textarea cols="40" rows="10" name="content">[cwcpostcontent]</textarea>  
[cwcform]  
<input type="submit" value="Build Cloud" />
</form>
[/cwcloud]  
</code></pre>
<h4>Example 3</h4>
<p>An example of a form with attributes set to some custom default settings and<br />
the id attribute is not set so a fresh id will be generated for each user<br />
created word cloud:</p>
<pre><code>[cwcloud post="true" palette="#046, #fe0, #2f2, #82f" width="500" height="250"
word_limit="30"]
[cwcimage]
[cwcdownloadlink]
<form method="post"><textarea cols="40" rows="10"
name="content">[cwcpostcontent]</textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Build Cloud" /> [cwcform]
</form>
[/cwcloud]
</code></pre>
<h4>Attributes</h4>
<p>The [cwcloud] tag accepts multiple attributes and there are some custom<br />
shortcode tags that can be used inside the enclosed [cwcloud][/cwcloud] tags:</p>
<p>attributes:<br />
id – specify an id to use for this word cloud image<br />
i.e. “mycloud”</p>
<p>old_age – number of seconds before old images are removed from the cache (default old age is one week)<br />
i.e. “86400”</p>
<p>seconds_to_live – seconds before the cached image will be redrawn (default seconds to live is 5 seconds)<br />
i.e. “60”</p>
<p>width – width of the cloud image<br />
i.e. “300”</p>
<p>height – height of the cloud image<br />
i.e. “200”</p>
<p>post – set to “true” if data will be posted from a form<br />
i.e. “true”</p>
<p>palette – color palette in web hex codes, minimum of two colors, they can be 3 digit or 6 digit web type hex codes<br />
i.e. #fff, #0ef582, #00f</p>
<p>angle – the angle to tilt each word, “random” or 0 to 360<br />
i.e. “45”</p>
<p>double_angle – randomly flip words to the opposite angle<br />
i.e. “true”</p>
<p>word_limit – maximum number of words in cloud<br />
i.e. “40”</p>
<p>font_file – the ttf font file in the fonts directory to use<br />
i.e. “Dustismo_Roman.ttf”</p>
<p>word_margin – margin around each word in cloud<br />
i.e. “5”</p>
<p>exclude_words – words to exclude from counting<br />
i.e. “this,that,them,you”</p>
<p>charlist – additional characters to accept within words, i.e. accent<br />
characters<br />
i.e. “üöäß”</p>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<p>shortcodes:<br />
[cwcloud] [/cwcloud] – must always be used as an enclosed short code</p>
<p>[cwcid] – the id of the cloud image, useful in forms</p>
<p>[cwcform] – provides cloud parameter form elements ready to use in a form</p>
<p>[cwcform_angle] – provides the angle form input element</p>
<p>[cwcform_double_angle] – provides the double_angle form checkbox</p>
<p>[cwcform_font_file] – provides the form font file select</p>
<p>[cwcform_width] – provides the form width input</p>
<p>[cwcform_height] – provides the form height input</p>
<p>[cwcform_word_margin] – provides the word margin input</p>
<p>[cwcform_palette] – provides the form input for the color palette</p>
<p>[cwcform_word_limit] – provides the form input for the word limit</p>
<p>[cwcform_exclude_words] – provides the form input for excluded words</p>
<p>[cwcpostcontent] – provides the posted content, useful for a form textarea</p>
<p>[cwcimage] – provides an  tag pointing to the cloud image</p>
<p>[cwcmap] – provides a  that maps the image to a google search</p>
<h4>Notes</h4>
<p>The cached images are stored in a subdirectory of the plugin’s directory named<br />
cache.</p>
<p>Font files for the cloud are stored in a subdirectory of the plugin’s<br />
directory named fonts.</p>


Custom Word Cloud

Creates custom word cloud images based on page content or POST variable named content.

azurecurve

<p>The plugin integrates with the standard WordPress tag cloud, but allows tags to be excluded and easy control of other settings such as min and max font sizes, the sort order and number of tags to include.</p>
<p>This plugin is multisite compatible.</p>
<p>This plugin supports language translations. If you want to translate this plugin please sent the .po and .mo files to development.translations@azurecurve.co.uk for inclusion in the next version (full credit will be given). The .pot fie is in the languages folder of the plugin and can also be downloaded from the plugin page on http://development.azurecurve.co.uk.</p>


azurecurve Tag Cloud

I love Software which intelligently uses already available resources - in this case, the WordPress Tag-Cloud function, with all the options provided by the function but not settable in the standard widget. Sure there are other tag cloud plugins out there, but in comparison to this one they are sure going to bloat your frontend code!

A great boon for MultiSite users is that this plugin offers global settings in the network admin area. Then each site can either opt to use those, or set its own. Now that's really sweet!

Finally, the support from Ian, the author, has been superb - fixes done within hours even at the weekend! For my part I pronounce the new version "bug free" and was glad to help polish a great product.

Thanks Ian!



Minimalistic way for a nice Tag Cloud, own MultSite options

Displays a tag cloud with easy control of settings and exclusion of tags from the cloud.

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