Category Icons

The plugin has been removed…and it’s back !

Sub — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:07:21 +0000

Hi, long time since I’ve posted something. The plugin’s been removed by the WordPress plugins team because they thought I was using TimThumb, whereas the code referring at it was just commented out. Anyway, I decided this was time for … Continue reading →

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How to use a template tag to display icons with Category Icons Lite

Sub — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:02:41 +0000

You must have at least v1.0.4. Just copy and paste this code in your template file (index.php, loop.php, etc) : You can also give it the category id. If you want to display the icon for the category id number … Continue reading →

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Sad day

Sub — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:04:21 +0000

My PS3 is dead. Donate, please.

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Brand new plugin : Category Icons Lite

Sub — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:15:22 +0000

I wanted it to be simple to use : no more template tags ! It’ll work with a lot of themes. Just try. If you have an issue, make sure your template has the post title preceded by the permalink … Continue reading →

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New beta version !

Sub — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:18:38 +0000

Changelog : Bug corrected : if you had 2 categories which names were similar, you could have the same icon for each category (for example : “Network” and “PlayStation Network”) in the sidebar Bug corrected : in the category page, … Continue reading →

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How to get only the icons URL

Sub — Fri, 07 May 2010 08:57:07 +0000

If you want to get only the icons URL, you need to copy and paste this function in your functions.php file : And paste this code where you want to get the URL(s) : The extract_caticonsurl function returns an array … Continue reading →

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How to display category icons side-by-side in a widget

Sub — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:23:28 +0000

From Daniels (http://www.gameblogs.com.br/) : I’ve got to make a widget that will show all category icons side-by-side, and not in a list. Here is the code : Thanks for sharing, Daniels. Update : If you want it in a widget, … Continue reading →

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WordPress Plugin Review : Category Icons

Sub — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:35:13 +0000

The plugin received a 4.3 out of 5 in this article written by Rene, in his blog WordPress Plugin Guide : Thanks Rene.

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New language added : Uzbek

Sub — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:13:04 +0000

Just download the plugin (again) if you want it… Thanks to Alisher Safarov/Alexandra Bolshova (www.comfi.com) for this translation.

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How to display icons for pages in the sidebar

Sub — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:46:34 +0000

I’ve written a function that seems to be working. I think I’m going to include it in a future version of my Category Icons plugin. So, you can have page icons the same way you have category icons in the … Continue reading →

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How to display category icons in the sidebar

Sub — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:27:30 +0000

To display the icons in the sidebar, you have 2 solutions : 1. Use the widget Go to Appearance > Widgets and drag Category Icons Widget to the right. You can have multiple Category Icons widgets. 2. Manually In the … Continue reading →

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How to assign an icon to a page

Sub — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:28:19 +0000

In a previous post, I described how to do this with the help of another plugin : Page Category Plus, but this plugin does not exist anymore, so here is another way to do that. I’ll use the theme “lightword” … Continue reading →

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How to use Category Icons with Get Recent Comments WordPress plugin

Sub — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:28:19 +0000

Well, this is a kind of a hack of Krischan Jodies’s popular plugin : Get Recent Comments. Just before this line of code : add these lines : %post_icon will then display the category icon of the post. To be … Continue reading →

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Category Icons is a Most Wanted Category Plugin for WordPress

Sub — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:03:07 +0000

This is said in the website wpbeginner, in this post : http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/10-most-wanted-category-hacks-and-plugins-for-wordpress/ Pictures make a site more lively which is a given which is why blogger might want to associate pictures with their category. This plugin lets you associate a specific … Continue reading →

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Category Icons is a way to vastly improve your WordPress blog

Sub — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:53:22 +0000

This is what John Owen said in his post in Web Media Magazine : http://www.webmediamagazine.com/webdesign/50-different-ways-to-vastly-improve-your-wordpress-blog/ Usually the sidebar is clogged up with meta data, advertisement’s and tag clouds. We sometimes miss the categories in all the mess, assigning images to … Continue reading →

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Category Icons is a way to improve navigation in WordPress

Sub — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:48:21 +0000

This is what John Pratt said in his post in WPHacks : http://wphacks.com/10-ways-to-improve-navigation-in-wordpress/ Having your categories a post is assigned to listed and linked is a great way to get visitors to view everything else you have posted in that … Continue reading →

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Using the Category-Icons plugin and Thematic to create custom category pages

Sub — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:06:02 +0000

Adam of WordPress Modder has written an how to of this : Using the Category-Icons plugin and Thematic to create custom category pages

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Adding Trails in Category Icons

Sub — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:58:02 +0000

RushiKumar has written a tutorial on how to do this in GuidesForge.com : http://www.guidesforge.com/how-to/adding-trails-in-category-icons

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Category Icons Filters

Sub — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:27:54 +0000

There are 2 filters : 1. category_icons It can be used with the get_cat_icon tag. Examples of how to use it : How to set a default icon How to assign a specific icon for a post How to modify … Continue reading →

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How to use Category Icons tags in a script

Sub — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:17:23 +0000

Sometimes, you need to use the tag get_cat_icon or/and put_cat_icons in a script. So to get the icon in a variable, it must not be displayed. The parameter to not display the category and to get it returned is : echo, … Continue reading →

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Italian language updated to 2.1.1

Sub — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:35:07 +0000

As always, thanks to my friend Gianni (www.gidibao.net) : the italian language is updated to the last version of the plugin. Download the plugin again to get this update.

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What’s new in 2.1.1 ?

Sub — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:43:41 +0000

Two new tabs added : How To (WP 2.8 only) & Support the plugin

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How to use Category Icons with Recent Posts

Sub — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:43:20 +0000

Since v2.1, you can display the category icons with Rob Marsh‘s Recent Posts plugin. Here is how. In Recent Posts, go to Output, enter {caticons} in the field, and click on Save Output Settings : If you use the widget, … Continue reading →

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Polish language added

Sub — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:24:51 +0000

Thanks to Shlizer (http://shlizer.ayz.pl) for his work ! Download the plugin (v2.1) again to get the polish language.

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Category Icons Premium Module for Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin

Sub — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:33:07 +0000

In a previous post (“beware of imitations“), I said that Category Icons Premium Module for Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin was an imitation and that you should not buy a plugin that you could have for free. Well, I was mistaken … Continue reading →

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Belarusian language added

Sub — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:00:23 +0000

A new language is added to the plugin translations : belarusian (belorussian). This translation is for the version number 2.0.7 of the plugin but it’ll work with the last version, of course. Thanks to Fat Cower (http://www.fatcow.com) for his work. … Continue reading →

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Italian language updated to 2.1

Sub — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:17:21 +0000

Thanks to Gianni (www.gidibao.net) : the italian language is updated to the last version of the plugin. Download the plugin again to have this update.

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How to hide No categories if there are no subcategories

Sub — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:28:52 +0000

Someone is using the put_cat_icons tag in order to display his categories and subcategories in archive.php. This presents a sizeable icon for each subcategory of the currently selected category. How to do this : The problem is that when there … Continue reading →

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How to center text vertically after the icons

Sub — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:11:33 +0000

If you want to center text vertically after the icons, just as I do, you need to add this in your CSS stylesheet (style.css) : .myicons { vertical-align: middle; } Add this in your theme files : If you want … Continue reading →

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How to set a default icon

Sub — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:36:55 +0000

Suppose you have categories that don’t have yet an icon assigned to. If you want to display a default icon instead of nothing (no icon), here is the code that you must paste in functions.php (in your theme) : Of … Continue reading →

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How to assign a specific icon for a post

Sub — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:59:29 +0000

Someone (onkelandy from Weeds ? ) asked me if it was possible to assign a specific icon for just a post : Normally icons are shown depending on the category a post is put in. If a post is related to … Continue reading →

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Beware of imitations !

Sub — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:24:27 +0000

Update : I apologize to A. Lewis for my error. I’ve found that this website : http://www.awpcp.com/premium-modules/category-icons-module/ is selling a WordPress plugin called Category Icons for $10.99 !!! Here is how they describe it : Category Icons Module Category Icons … Continue reading →

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What’s new in 2.1 ?

Sub — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:42:34 +0000

Almost one year without update, but here it is : jQuery scripts bugs with WordPress 2.8 resolved. The admin interface is successfully checked as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. Bug in checkboxes in Options Tab resolved. Better visual integration with WordPress 2.7+ … Continue reading →

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Category Icons 2.1 Beta

Sub — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:30:25 +0000

If you want to test the beta version, here it is, but remember : for testing purpose only !

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codaSlider error

Sub — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:54:34 +0000

For those having the following error : Syntax error, unrecognized expression: [@name='igcaticons_spacerstype'][@value='image'] category_icons-links-panels.js:2TypeError: Result of expression ‘jQuery(”div#slider1″).codaSlider’ [undefined] is not a function. just comment this line (it should be line number 547) :

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Category Icons patch for WordPress 2.8

Sub — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:18:06 +0000

Update 2 : the patch is not needed anymore as there is a new version of category icons (2.1) that is compatible with WordPress 2.8+. Download it to resolve the issue. Update 1 : here is the detailed procedure (thanks … Continue reading →

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How to display a category icon in a category page

Sub — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:59:05 +0000

If you have a category.php page & want to display the category icon in it, here is the code :

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How to make an horizontal list

Sub — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:53:21 +0000

Someone asked me how, so here it is. Paste the following code in style.css of your theme : ul, li { display: inline; } For example, for the default WordPress theme, it will be : #sidebar ul, #sidebar ul li … Continue reading →

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Finally : I’ve found icons for my categories

Sub — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:36:34 +0000

As you can see, I’ve finally found icons for my categories…

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How to display a list of the categories with icons

Sub — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:48:12 +0000

Long time without updates : lot of work and family stuff… But let’s come back to the list. Here is an example of how to do that : Update : As I’ve received e-mails and comments on how to implement … Continue reading →

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Icons for this blog

Sub — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:44:54 +0000

As you can see, I don’t have icons for my categories. I’ve been searching around for icons, but unfortunatly, I couldn’t find ones corresponding to my categories. So I’m searching for a volunteer who would create icons for my categories … Continue reading →

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Some icons

Sub — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:02:47 +0000

Yes, I don’t provide any icon with the plugin, but you can always go visit this website : Famfamfam. And it’s $0.00, as always ! If you know some other icons resources, feel free to post your links here…

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How to display only icons in the sidebar

Sub — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:41:42 +0000

You have 2 solutions : 1. With the widget, just put icons_only=true in the parameters. 2. Manually, i.e. in the sidebar.php page of your WordPress theme, you must use the put_cat_icons function:

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New language : Swedish (2.0.7)

Sub — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:41:56 +0000

P-C gives us the swedish version. Just download & install the plugin again to add this language. Thank you, P-C ! (It reminds me the Apple’s ads )

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Languages updated in 2.0.7

Sub — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:13:50 +0000

Italian language updated by Gianni. Thank you Gianni !!! Turkish language added by Selim Basak. Download the plugin again to update the languages, as I’ve added the language files after the release of the last version.

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What’s new in 2.0.7 ?

Sub — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:45:14 +0000

This is a recommended update ! Compatibility with My Category Order added. I’ve added some links to Category Icons’s blog. You can now sort a column of the category icons table by clicking its header. If you want to come … Continue reading →

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New category : How To

Sub — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:02 +0000

I’ve deleted the categories Examples and Tips & Tricks in order to replace them by a new one : How To. I hope to make things clearer…

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How to not display the title Categories in the sidebar

Sub — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:25:51 +0000

If you don’t want the word Categories to be displayed, just enter a space in the title of the widget. If you want to do the same without the widget, search for the following code in sidebar.php : Continue reading →

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What’s new in 2.0.6 ?

Sub — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:45:50 +0000

Compatibility with qTranslate updated. Compatibility with Admin Drop Down Menus added. Compatibility with SEO Friendly Images updated : when you used SEO plugin, the ALT and TITLE attributes in the sidebar contained the last post title instead of the category … Continue reading →

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How to display normal size icons

Sub — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:56:46 +0000

I want to display ‘normal’ icons in my posts, ie not the small ones. I’ll put that code in index.php (for example), as the small ones are displayed by default : And if you want to do that with the … Continue reading →

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