WordPress 2.9 Image Thumbnails And New Features
Just logged in into my Admin panel and saw that WordPress 2.9 is available for download. Upgraded using the most convenient method, that is via the automatic upgrade. Took less than 5 seconds for the upgrade to complete.
Visibly, nothing much different can be seen, but the information I have read says that there should be a new function that allows users to add thumbnails to their post. Remembered a post by Justin Tadlock some weeks ago that we have to ad a short line of codes in our functions php file before we can see the option inour post editor page. Referred back and found the codes.
add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );
Copy and pasted that line into my functions php file and indeed, the Post Thumbnail option is now visible at the bottom right of our “Add New Post” page.
Next, you will have to call up that function for the home page with this code.
< ?php the_post_thumbnail( 'thumbnail' ); ?>
Copy and paste that line into your Index Php file.
The next time you write a new post and you want a thumbnail image in your home page that is different from the one in your post, you just click on the Post Thumbnail option and the image uploader will appear.
There are also some new features in the image uploader. You can scale, re-size, crop and rotate your thumbnail images within the uploader. It will take some getting used to when you are using it for the first time.
One thing I found not so to my liking is or maybe it is just my Theme, the text excerpts do not wrap around the thumbnail images, though it can be floated left, center and right. You can see the thumbnail does not look too good with this post. Maybe there are some codes that I should add to make the text wrap round the image. Will have to do more digging.
Another new feature that is visible is the “Move To Thrash” option under the “Publish” column. Now you can remove your post if you do not like it and it will be moved to a Thrash-can like your desktop recycle bin. If you decide to use that post again, you can restore it. Unlike the old version, when you delete a post, it will be gone forever.
These 2 are the new features that are visible to me in WordPress 2.9 after using it for 30 minutes. There are also some new things that you can do to your sidebar widgets but I haven’t really read up on it yet. For a more detailed write-up, check out Justin Tadlock’s posts.
Read also – Is Your Theme WordPress 2.9 Compatible
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Sigh, here there are the problems starting again. I can’t even write an article, without something like a preview pane showing up, and asking me if I wanna redirect from the page.. The page that sends me to is the simple press forum page …
Disabled it, still this time it sends me to the front page. It has something to do with the auto save feature
Hmm.. I’m stumped. This shouldn’t happen. If it is a plugin conflict, the most you get would be an error, not redirected to anywhere else.
I would disable all plugins and take a look at whatever scripts you have installed.
Yeah i guess i should do that, because, I disabled just few and nothing happened, let me show a pic of what’s happening exactly:
P.S I also have posting and editing problems, it takes like a good 5 minutes to post or edit something. Everything gets stuck on waiting
Found no problems at all whatsoever! After disabling all and re-enabling them 1 by one, and checking after each activation for these weird symptoms non showed up!… Go figure
Seems like a major problems the official forums r full of such topics
There are mistake of syntaxys. There are “add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );”, but must be “add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’);”
Wow, there are uncorrect showing signs. Ok, ‘post-thumbnails’ must be with another kommas – like it is at ‘thumbnail’
hay sir
sir can u tell me how to add “Auto Post Thumbnail” in wordpress
sir just look like this web site “http://www.theme-junkie.com”
Plz Sir Tell Me About This mothed
my web site is
this is my free wp theme
sir this is my free wp theme link
and this is download link
me not understand how to install “Auto Post Thumbnail” in my wp theme
plz sir tell me about this im waiting for ur reply
byee
Sahid,
I have never used the Theme so I really can’t tell you how.
I see FThemes has a Help and Documentation Page and a Support Forum. I think that would be the best place to post your questions.
FTheme site is underconstruction Documentation page is still coming soon
and no one help me in Support Forum…
that why me ask you about help …
sir just tell me how to edit my theme and create “Auto Post Thumbnail”
im very thxful to you
sir tell help me this matter boz no 1 help me about this
im really worry about this matter …
just give me time
i hope u understand my problem …
Frankly Shahid, I do not understand your problem, I have in all my emails to you told you how you can auto post thumbnail with your theme, but sadly you do not seem to understand.
Tell you what.
Email me again and describe to me step by step how you write your post and how you upload your image and everything.
Remember , step by step. Use the simplest English you know. I will try to figure out where you went wrong.