All sorts of goodies to make life easier…
Joomla! 1.5 extensions
Update!
I’ve now removed all references to the ‘self’ keyword from the plugins so they should work fine now on PHP4 and 5. Please email me if you experience any problems related to this change.
- text2image plugin v1.0.2
Dynamically generate text images using custom fonts. Plugin uses GD library and TTFs to generate text images on the fly. This means that a vistor needn’t have the font installed to be able to see the text as intended.
- Linked Image module v1.1.1
The Linked Image module allows you to associate a particular image with any given article. It does this by matching the file name with the article ID being displayed. For example you could use this plugin to display an image of food in the header when on a menu page.
Now with added support for item IDs, thanks Wil!
- Pretty Titles module v1.0.2
This module is a variation on text2image and is designed to dynamically render page titles anywhere on the page using GD and TTFs. This is great for situations where you have a funky custom font and don’t want to create a new image in photoshop every time you change a title or create a new article.
Technophiliac 
May 28, 2008 at 2:57 am
One comment – Instructions would be very helpful…..
May 28, 2008 at 5:43 am
Hi Janet,
If you look inside the zip file there are instructions on how to use the plugin in the readme file. Have a go at getting it to work with those instructions, and if you’re still stuck just drop me a line.
dk
May 28, 2008 at 3:55 pm
is it only for joomla 1.5?
May 28, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Yes all the plugins I’ve developed are exclusively for version 1.5
May 30, 2008 at 2:33 am
Thanks David, your linked image module is a great contribution to the Joomla community. Thanks for adding the Itemid parameter 🙂
Grtz Wil
June 2, 2008 at 12:42 am
Hi David, i was looking for a solution for font embedding and your module Pretty Titles comes very helpful. But I have some trouble to include the tags in my template. Could you help me with this by adding an example like you did in the text2image Readme file, some kind of step by step guide.
Thanks, Fin
June 2, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I get th following error after publishing the module:
Warning: require_once(C:\xampplite\htdocs\mari\modules\mod_pretty_title\helper.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampplite\htdocs\mari\modules\mod_pretty_title\mod_pretty_title.php on line 7
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘C:\xampplite\htdocs\mari\modules\mod_pretty_title\helper.php’ (include_path=’.;C:\xampplite\php\pear\’) in C:\xampplite\htdocs\mari\modules\mod_pretty_title\mod_pretty_title.php on line 7
What’s wrong?
June 2, 2008 at 10:20 pm
I have also tried to use the text2image plugin but still with no results. My php version is 5.2.6 with gd support enabled – version: bundled (2.0.34 compatible).
I’ve used the suggested tag :
{“plugin”: “text2image”, “id”: “my-textimage”, “text”: “My styled text”}
with and without the tiny editor.
June 5, 2008 at 2:45 am
I think that you did a good job and I know that you consider that everyone will be able to use it. But I’m not able. Am I the only one that needs a guide?
June 5, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Warning: Missing argument 3 for plgContentText2Image::onPrepareContent() in /hsphere/******/plugins/content/text2image.php on line 55
I get a few errors like this with my site due to permissions, but I’ve check this pretty well and can’t find permission probs.
Any ideas??
June 7, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Sounds good – pity it’s unusable without instructions.
June 8, 2008 at 7:07 am
The font is not used on image creation when tried using Xampp. The image is generated using the standard Arial font. However it works fine on my live server. I’m not sure why it won’t work on my local xampp server.
I also had to set the y-offset in the advances parameters to “20” in order for the image to appear correctly.
June 8, 2008 at 8:23 am
Hi Guys,
Sorry I haven’t gotten around to replying yet. It’s been a mad week or two!
I’ve updated the plugin this morning to resolve (hopefully) these issues and provide some more thorough documentation. It seems like I hadn’t put all of the files into the XML config files so the plugins and modules were only getting partially installed. Oops!
As for the Xammp problem, I’m not sure why that would be the case. I use Xammp as my development server as well and haven’t had any issues whatsoever. The only thing I can think of is maybe to check the path to and permissions on your font folder.
dk
June 10, 2008 at 12:58 am
Hi,
bravo for your products !
But you need to make a true guide to promote your tools.
For linked image you have to give a real example for steps 1 and 5 with the standard template, rhuk_milkyway.
Then, you put a final screenshot (before and after) on your site 😉
Regards
June 13, 2008 at 2:01 am
Hi David,
I still have trouble to get Pretty Titles running. I installed the module, put the font as a .ttf in my images folder and set all the variables in the module, but how exactly do I include a tag in my template. And how can I associate the module to the tag? I get also an error message
Warning: rename(/home/swissdes/domains/swissmedia.nl/public_html/tmp/img_0_pt.gif,/home/swissdes/domains/swissmedia.nl/public_html/tmp/image_cache/img_0_pt.gif) [function.rename]: No such file or directory in /home/swissdes/domains/swissmedia.nl/public_html/modules/mod_pretty_title/helper.php
I would be very helpful if you can help me on this.
Best regards,
Fin
June 18, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Hi,
bravo for your products !
July 20, 2008 at 6:38 am
Linked image module. I want to link the image to an author or section. Is it possible?
July 20, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Sorry no currently there is no functionality to link an author or a section to a module. Thanks for the question though and I will consider it for the next release.
August 14, 2008 at 7:54 am
Hi,
Is it possible to put elsewhere that index.php of the template for the Linked Image?
For example i like emplace in beez\html\com_content\article\default.php (after or before title) but it seems doesn’t work?
Chris
August 15, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Hi,
I was wondering if you can give me better directions on how to use pretty titles.
I’m new to computers and I don’t under stand.thank U .
August 28, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Hi,
The plugin doesnt work properly at my site. It shows the background but no text. I get the next error warnings:
Warning: imagettftext() [function.imagettftext]: Could not find/open font in /usr/home/ws/drukfast/www.business-supplies-direct.nl/www/plugins/content/text2imagehelper.php on line 94
Warning: imagettftext() [function.imagettftext]: Could not find/open font in /usr/home/ws/drukfast/www.business-supplies-direct.nl/www/plugins/content/text2imagehelper.php on line 77
How must i link my font? I tried several options, but it doesnt work. Can anybody help me?
Diz
September 6, 2008 at 9:59 am
Sorry David, same problem here:
* Just Background no Text…
* Warning: imagettftext() [function.imagettftext]: Could not find/open font in /home/user/public_html/magazine/plugins/content/text2imagehelper.php on line 77
I only get the background color with GIF, but then the error appears.
The background is white and the error is gone with PNG and JPG.
I all cases: no text 😦
September 11, 2008 at 5:35 am
Hi!
Thank you – the text2image-plugin is very helpful!
Do you think it is possible to generate menu-header with ttf-fonts with this plugin also?
AFAIK I can call any Joomla-function and transform the headlines via the modChrome-function (templates/xxx/html/modules.php). Do you have short hint how to call your plugin from this page?
Best regards, Jens
September 16, 2008 at 6:06 pm
i like it…
October 20, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Hi David,
thanks for text2image : it works fine for me.
just two questions :
– how to have multiple instances of settings ?
I mean that I would like to have let’s say two sets of settings : Tiltle 1 with font size 22 and Title 2 with font size 14
– what is the use of the ID tag ?
thanks for the good work, Marc
October 25, 2008 at 5:38 am
Thx for the text2image plugin. It’s working fine with jpg and gif images, but it doesn’t work with png. Png-support is enabled in GD.
With my compliments,
dr.repthill
November 6, 2008 at 8:19 am
I love good typography in print. Now I can enjoy it easily on my site! Thank you!
I think it’s important to note for new users… the y-coordinate in the advanced parameters corresponds to the baseline of the font. So if you want to see more than just the tails of j’s and y’s and p’s you must increase the y-coordinate according to the size of your font. (thanks scubaguy).
November 19, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Is there any way to use the Pretty Titles for category or section titles ?
January 4, 2009 at 8:46 am
This is such a great plugin (module is cool too).
Would there be a way to add the json tags (or another meathod) for the plugin directly into a template (for the component MyBlog) to replace the page titles?
I would like to get this: from the component template to use the txt2image plugin each time!
I tried: {“plugin”: “text2image”, “id”: “my-textimage”, “text”: “”} but this didn’t work directly from the template.
Possible?
January 4, 2009 at 8:53 am
the code got stripped from the post above. Trying to get this: to show the titles as graphics.
January 6, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Sorry kappy I’m no longer actively developing these plugins – they’re provided as is. The code is released under GPLv2 from memory so if you want to add this functionality then I encourage you to look at the source code and attempt to implement it yourself.
If you do get it to work then let me know and I’d be happy to look at it and perhaps merge it into the existing code base. That way everyone can continue to benefit from it.
Thanks,
Dave
January 9, 2009 at 7:06 am
Hi there, I’m using the linked image tool which is just right for my purposes – It’s being used to display a different image in the side bar of every article. However, I’ve noticed that if there isn’t an image created for an article it displays a warning message of ‘Linked image unavailable’. Is there anyway this can be hidden if there isn’t an image?
Kind regards
Paul
January 9, 2009 at 7:13 am
Sorry, just worked out that i could remove it from the php file.
Works as I wanted now.
Kind regards
Paul
January 9, 2009 at 11:40 am
Yeah it works. Nice.
January 9, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Sir.
Clearly you have designed a plugin that pleases some people. However, the instructions you give, and which you continually refer people to, do not make any of the following clear:
1) where the fonts have to be stored
2) where the file-path is to be stated
3) which bit of the code you type is the actual text
As you have not provided any clear instructions that resemble instructions I have seen for any other plugin, I must assume you are an idiot, or that most of the people who use your product are clairvoyant and have not been kind enough to post the solution here. Thank you for wasting an hour of my time.
If you are going to create software and post it, at least have the common sense to post instructions people can understand.
January 10, 2009 at 5:13 am
Thanks David. I can’t get it to work with the template. I am not sure if it can be done but if you wouldn’t mind emailing me, I can send you my template file. Maybe you would have some suggestions or if it is even possible to merge them! The code that calls the title gets stripped when I use this comment form.
Micheal, if this helps (and others):
Create a font directory in your base Joomla directory and call it “fonts” (no quotes)
your font path would then look like this: /fonts/
If you create it in a subdirectory then it would look more like this:
/SubDirectoryNameHere/fonts/
The code to use in article would be this:{“plugin”: “text2image”, “id”: “my-textimage”, “text”: “My styled text”}
So you paste that in and then change “My styled Text” (change in between the quote marks) to whatever text you want stylized with your chosen font.
January 15, 2009 at 8:37 am
Linked Image – I have it installed but I have an error just above the image that reads “Linked image unavailable” but it’s showing the image? Any ideas?
January 22, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Hi David, as many people have commented here, “Linked image” would be a very useful addition to Joomla!, if the documentation was a little clearer: of course we shouldn’t complain, but it’s very frustrating to waste hours trying to install something properly without adequate documentation, even if it is free
I think I’ve set it all up ok, and worked out that the image folder is directly under “images” (I’ve used /images/sideimages/); now I just have to figure out why I get “Linked image unavailable”, and no image displayed, despite article ID and all the rest being configured (I think) as described.
If I upload a default.jpg then I get the text “default.jpg” instead…
Has anyone figured out what David means by “Add the new module … and associate it with the jdoc module tag name you just created”? Does that mean I set the module title to the jdoc “name” attribute I inserted in the template? I see no other field in the module config.
Or maybe this module just doesn’t work with 1.5 in legacy mode?
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance 🙂
January 23, 2009 at 9:19 am
Hi Niel (et. al.),
I appreciate that many people have expressed that they are having trouble understanding of how to install the mods. I’m sorry that this is the case. Being a software developer I too get frustrated when there is insufficient documentation. Unfortunately I’m no longer able to devote the necessary time to rectify these issues and am no longer active in the Joomla community.
Please note however that these mods are released under the GPL and as such anyone has permission to view the source, modify it in and way and CONTRIBUTE as they see fit. This is the beauty of open source. If you are unhappy with the documentation but have worked it out, feel free to write up some more comprehensive documentation. I will diligently put this into the distribution for the benefit of all.
I’ll close by saying that it’s far easier to criticize something than to be part of the solution.
-Dave
March 6, 2009 at 5:18 am
Interessante Informationen.
March 27, 2009 at 10:16 am
Can you use the text2image for the navigation links?
April 4, 2009 at 1:30 pm
I’m not sure Andre, I’ve never tried. Give it a try and let me know if you like.
May 16, 2009 at 5:27 am
I hope someone will be able to help.
I’m using the Linked Image module. I’d like my four articles and contact to display a different header image.
I’ve successfully installed the module.
I have my new jdoc tag at the correct position in my template.
I have a default image type of “JPG” and a prefix of “image”.
I have renamed my images and uploaded them to my server here “/mydir/images/headers” (note: i’ve tried both “/headers/” and “/headers”)
I refreshed my site and I get a message of “Image folder contains no images”.
I suspect that either my path is wrong or my file names, but I am not sure. I’m guessing it’s a mickey mouse mistake. Suggestions?
ckn
May 19, 2009 at 2:59 am
fyi, i got it working. stupid path issues.
July 12, 2009 at 11:35 am
I have been trying to get Pretty Titles to work in my client’s website, and haven’t had much luck. The background appears but no text appears. Here is the path to where the font is located: fonts (no slashes). I have even renamed the font to theFont. In the module parameters I have removed the .tff from the font name. I am now wondering what else I should do.
August 12, 2009 at 4:50 pm
it is good product.
November 21, 2009 at 12:44 pm
This is so USELESS without clear instructions!
I get:
Warning: imagettftext() [function.imagettftext]: Could not find/open font in ……/plugins/content/text2imagehelper.php on line 77
Can you clearly explain in plain English what to put in the Font Folder, Font Name (should I include .TTF or not)
Man is it really that hard..
January 31, 2010 at 3:54 pm
thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
June 8, 2010 at 7:23 pm
What a waste of my time trying to get this thing to work.
To the developer, no one is asking you to “fix” or “update” your module.
We’re just requesting that you provide us with clearer instructions and please provide examples for each required data (i.e. how to specify font path in the correct format).
June 14, 2010 at 7:45 pm
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June 29, 2010 at 11:10 am
I have been playing around with Pretty Titles.
If your font is ftp’d to
http://www.yoursite.com/fonts
Then in the box, just enter the word
fonts
If your font is named arial.ttf
Then in the box, just enter it without the suffix
arial
The font size is pixels, not points, so try something around 28 for starters.
Also y offset of 20 in advanced parameters is probably a good idea.
Now, if someone can tell me why my title is rendered just an “&”, that would be appreciated…
June 29, 2010 at 11:32 am
OK, my issue was I had put the angle as 135 as I thought it was the drop shadow offset. Returned it to zero, and everything is good.
Now I need to see if I can hack the code to make the font bold…
August 31, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Hello David,
i’m doing a non-commercial application for elder people, which will use text2image. But before using it, could you include the suggested fixes here and those of
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/style-a-design/typography/4990 ?
Kind regards.
September 1, 2010 at 5:54 am
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October 20, 2010 at 10:18 pm
I hope someone will be able to help.
I’m using the Linked Image module. I’d like my four articles and contact to display a different header image.
I’ve successfully installed the module.
I have my new jdoc tag at the correct position in my template.
I have a default image type of “JPG” and a prefix of “image”.
I have renamed my images and uploaded them to my server here “/images/stories” (note: i’ve tried both “/stories/” and “/stories”)
I refreshed my site and I either get a message of “Image folder contains no images” or “Linked Image Unavailable”.
I suspect that either my path is wrong or my file names, but I am not sure. I’m guessing it’s a mickey mouse mistake. Suggestions?
thanks
October 20, 2010 at 10:21 pm
I hope someone will be able to help.
I’m using the Linked Image module. I’d like my four articles and contact to display a different header image.
I’ve successfully installed the module.
I have my new jdoc tag at the correct position in my template.
I have a default image type of “JPG” and a prefix of “image”.
I have renamed my images and uploaded them to my server here “/images/stories” (note: i’ve tried both “/stories/” and “/stories”)
I refreshed my site and I either get a message of “Image folder contains no images” or “Linked Image Unavailable”.
I suspect that either my path is wrong or my file names, but I am not sure. I’m guessing it’s a mickey mouse mistake.
Can you help?
thanks
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