Thursday, February 14. 2008

99 New Images for the Serendipity Karma voting plugin

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In my 2008 list of new year objectives I expressed an interest in continuing to contribute toward Serendipity plugins when I could. A great deal of effort has been spent updating Serendipity's karma voting plugin resulting in the release of version 2.0 and I contributed four simple yellow/green and yellow/red star images, in three different sizes to that version. I have also installed the plugin here at Optional Necessity and will be using it from this point forward.

The Serendipity karma voting plugin is a "core" plugin, meaning it is distributed with every Serendipity release version. This also means we don't want to overload it with too many images that bloat the overall plugin size. So I chose not to include a lot of other images that I created for the plugin, but they are now available for download to really make the graphical version of the new karma voting plugin shine!

There are a total of 33 different images, each in 3 different sizes - large, medium and small - for a total of 99 individual images. The medium examples are shown below - be sure to hover over the images to see the full effect! Rather than create a single zipfile for all images, I chose to divide them into three separate zipfiles according to image type. Remember - these images will only work with version 2.0+ of the serendipity karma plugin, which will become bundled with serendipity v1.3 or can be downloaded immediately from Judebert's entry discussing the new plugin update.

Miscellaneous Images.
These images are inspired by the Nuvola icon set. Feeling buggy? How about a coffee cup with ratings of weak to strong? Or a lightbulb rating indicating the quality of an idea. Better yet, how about sharing the love!!

-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2
-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2

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LED Images
I designed these to look like an led power, or volume meter. Pump up the volume!

-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2
-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2
-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2
-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2
-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2

Download zipfile

Mozilla Star
These stars are inspired by a Mozilla icon and were created in a greater variety of color combinations..

-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2
-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2
-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2
-2 -1 0 +1 +2	-2 -1 0 +1 +2

Download zipfile

I have tried to create a variety of color combinations for most of the images. If you want a color combination that I have not yet created, let me know and I will do my best to create it for you. And remember - since I just installed the karma voting plugin on this site, be sure to visit some of the other entries and vote accordingly!

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Judebert.com

02/14/2008 06:20PM

Graphical Rating Bars for Serendipity Karma Plugin
I've been working on updating the Serendipity Karma plugin to include graphical rating bars. (I just love the thought patterns behind "Serendipity Karma".) It started as a simple code cleanup, to make things more understandable to novice programme

Grischa

02/16/2008 06:58AM

Artikelbewertung in Serendipity: Das Karma Plugin
Seit einigen Tagen ist das Karma Plugin in der Version 2.0 fertig, an dessem Betatest ich teilgenommen habe und dessen deutsche Sprachdateien ich übersetzt habe. Das Karma Plugin ermöglicht es, klareren Leserfeedback auf seine Artikel zu bekomme

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evologIQ

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02/14/2008 06:08PM

Just one word: *Awesome*!

Judebert

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02/14/2008 06:12PM

These are fantastic!

Don, you've done more to advance Serendipity than any three other people put together. Your templates and graphics are exceptional, and that's what the majority of people see.

Thanks for another outstanding effort!

YellowLed

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02/15/2008 04:41AM

"more ... than three other people" - Does that include Garvin?

I love those little coffee mugs. It's a shame I don't have any use for the plugin

#2.1

Grischa

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02/15/2008 06:50AM

WOW! I realy like the LED version. Version 4.2 the most. I have to download it and integrate it into my blog. Thanks!

PAULUX

04/20/2008 10:49PM

I've thik this is really cool, but I don't know how apply this.
I've download and replace de actual serendipity_event_karma with the downloaded files but doesn't change anything... any help????
thanks

#3.1

Don Chambers

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02/15/2008 09:24AM

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

@ Judebert - I think I would need to exclude a few dozen people from that "any three put together", including everyone who has commented on this post to date - yourself included!!!!

@ YellowLED - I create an image that actually contains a"yellow LED" and you don't use it? What's up with that?

Judebert

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02/15/2008 01:33PM

Well, I did say you've done more to advance Serendipity. It's your efforts that have made it so much more palatable to the common user than it's ever been before.

#4.1

Don Chambers

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02/15/2008 02:04PM

Well, I tend to focus on the "eye candy" side of things..... as do others. The beauty of a community like s9y is that we all see things from a different perspective, and contribute wherever our interests and talents allow.

Thankfully, those of us who lack the technical side can rely on contributors like you to provide the code that makes something like these images work in the first place!!!

#4.1.1

YellowLed

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02/15/2008 03:45PM

What's up with that? It means you have never read my "about me" page

#4.2

Don Chambers

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02/15/2008 04:01PM

I know exactly what your nickname means (Yellow Ledbetter)... It was just a play on words!

#4.2.1

Andrew

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05/08/2008 08:44AM

For the life of me I can't figure out how to made the Karma image show up on the center like the author has, can someone point me to the right direction?

Don Chambers

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05/08/2008 09:02AM

In your stylesheet, look for this:

#content ul,#content ol{
margin:0 5px 16px 35px;
}

That's stopping the karma graphics from centering. You might try adding this to your stylesheet AFTER the rules above:

#content ol.serendipity_karmaVoting_links {
margin: 0 auto;
}

#5.1

Andrew

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05/08/2008 09:34AM

Haha that did it Don, you're the man.

#5.1.1

John - E-Biz Booster Blog

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06/03/2008 09:15PM

I'll check it out right away. Looks great. Cheers.

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