Monday, October 30, 2006

BP Blog v6.05 with Lightbox addon

Changelog:
v6.05 [2006-10-12]
+ Added enhancements to the delete category page (move all posts)
* Fixed gallery page security issue

To use with your current blog you'll need to update cat_delete.asp and template_gallery_detail.asp - if you need help email me.

Lightbox addon

I've also included a lightbox addition to the gallery detail page (it won't affect anyone who doesn't have lightbox installed). To make it work, just install lightbox on you server and include the js scripts in your template (or at the very least in your template_gallery_detail.asp page). You can skip the "Part 2 - Activate" part of the lightbox instructions as I've already implemented it. I can help with this also. Example page - view source for a guide on adding the js scripts in the <HEAD> of your page.

Screenshot:

Move all posts

Posted by Matt at 12:45:16 PM in BP Blog (64) | Comments (0)

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Podcasting made easy with bp blog

Here's a simple, step-by-step way to create a podcast for your blog. Here's an example.

  1. First, create a new category called something similar to "Podcast" via the admin page
  2. Note what the catID is for that newly created category (in the example it's 24)
  3. Download this zip file and make the required code changes and your pages (note: the asp pages are included as examples only)
  4. Upload the swf mp3 player file to your blog directory
  5. Create a subfolder in your blog directory called "podcast"
  6. Created your podcast post and after publishing it note the ID (in the example it's 205)
  7. Name your podcast MP3 file the same as the ID of your post (e.g., 205.mp3)
  8. Upload your MP3 file via FTP to the podcast folder (FTP is recommend b/c podcast MP3 files are usually large enough so that uploading via a web form isn't feasible).
  9. When your publish your RSS file via the admin page it will create a new xml file on your server called podcast.xml that you can use in your feeds.

There will be a delay by a few minutes between creating your post and uploading your MP3 file but hopefully that won't be a problem. Check and my Quick and Clean Podcasting article to learn how to create your own music podcast.

Posted by Matt at 10:45:49 AM in Extensions (6) | Comments (0)