18elements We all love Cu3er. It’s an easy to use, remarkable free flash component, created by Stefan Kovac. We use it on our front page and simply love it! Unfortunately Cu3er didn’t have a WordPress plugin for everyone to use, until now!
Introducing Cu3er Post Elements plugin
It is simple to use and requires now programming skills, simply download the plugin, install it on your site activate and configure it, and you have all you need for running the Cu3er on your site.
The plugin pulls an image and you excerpt from a post and presents it as a cu3er gallery. You’ll need to configure your excerpts manually since Cu3er Post Elements doesn’t create an auto-excerpt for you (yet).
Download: WordPress Repository
Current version: 0.5.0
Installation
- Upload `cu3er-posts-elements` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
- Activate the plugin via the Plugins menu.
- Configure options via the Settings > Cu3er Settings menu.
- Insert `<?php if ( function_exists(‘install_cu3er’) ) { install_cu3er(); } ?>` into your template file.
Where do I insert the code?
- Go to your WordPress control panel
- Select Appearance > Editor
- Select one of the template files you’d like the Cu3er be inserted into. ( normally: Main Index Template (index.php) or Header (header.php) )
- Paste the code somewhere on that page. If you’re unsure go to your index.php, locate ` get_header(); ?>` at the top of the template file, and insert the code right after it. You’ll see the Cu3er appear right under your Header.
Using your own fonts
While using this plugin your posts will be able to use your own fonts. this is how you do it:
Open your Adobe Flash and create a new file
- Go to your library, right-click and choose “New Font …”
- Under the “Name” field type the name of the font “myFont”
- Select font & style from the respective drop down menus
- Click “advanced > linkage” and check “Export for Actionscript” and “Export in first frame”
- Click OK
- Open ‘ActionScript panel’ and register font by typing following AS code: `Font.registerFont(myFont);`
- Publish this swf for Flash Player 9 with Actionscript 3, as `font.fla`
- Copy published font .swf into the plugin’s directory on the server
Valentin Brandt
Dec 25, 2009 12:54Very nice ! Thanks !
leepton
Dec 25, 2009 18:19G day and happy holidays
it’s awesome! but need a shortcode to be embedin one only or a predefined pages … could you provide shortly pls.
2 nd thing the pictures ot thurbinals can’t be resize to fix the palyer area ..so look pretty raw
sebastien
Dec 25, 2009 20:40i don’t get it.. check out my page.. it just shows a cuber image.. woops i meant cub3r.. lol.. but when you say insert it into a template file.. i have like 3 template files.. help me out here yo..
K. Godfrey Easter
Dec 25, 2009 20:41I love the concept of this plugin. However, I can’t get it to work on my wp site. You say, “Insert “ into your template file”, but which template file?
Thanks.
kge
Hutek
Dec 25, 2009 21:35Thank you for nice plugin, I just download and activate successful on my site, hutek.info but I think you need description more detail so that everybody can use this plugin easier.
I also have a post to guide blogger in my country to use your plugin.
Thank you again.
Cu3er Post Elements – Làn gió mới cho blog của bạn | Hutek.info
Dec 25, 2009 21:54[...] Cu3er Post Elements – Một plugin vừa mới xuất hiện ngày hôm nay nhưng Hutek tin chắc rằng nó sẽ nhanh chóng được biết đến rộng rãi bởi vì những gì mà Cu3er tạo ra là hoàn toàn khác biệt. [...]
Calrisian
Dec 25, 2009 22:11Yes i am also having the same trouble as Sebastien..looks great and cant wait to get it working!!
sebastien
Dec 26, 2009 15:11lol i hate to be somewhat of a nag.. i noticed the instructions were updated.. i did put it right underneath the getheader line.. but all i get in return is just a nice little cu3er logo.. no matter what i do.. you can see it on my page..
Daniel Sachs
Dec 26, 2009 17:50Hi sebartien,
The post you try to pull into your Cu3er Elements has no image in it. I guess it could be the problem. You need an image since it is what Cu3er Elements are all about.
If this doesn’t work, try re-downloading the plugin.
Regards
sebastien
Dec 26, 2009 22:19Hey Daniel!
Thanks that was it.. I’m sorry if it was any convenience. I thought it could show posts too.. but I was wrong. This is still great. I’ll mess with it some more. Thank you once again
Robert Jakobson
Dec 27, 2009 6:06I have an image inside my post, the plugin is working but the image is not showing inside the flash area, strange, n’est pas?
Richard
Dec 27, 2009 20:47Small fix required to allow link from images to open in ‘self’ not new page. This is anoying to have several new windows spawning. Thanks.
Daniel Sachs
Dec 27, 2009 21:31Hi, Richard.
It’s a good idea. Keep in mind that the plugin is in ver. 0.5, so we’ll continue to add features as we approach the final version.
Steve M
Dec 28, 2009 23:56hey great plugin by the look of things, I tinkered with the standalone for flash sites a while back, I have an artisteer generated theme and I cannot get this plugin to work for the life on me, similar plugins such as featured content and smooth slider need the code inserted into the page.php in an artisteer generated theme and they work fine, but no matter where I insert the code (head.php, index.php, page.php or singlepost.php) it just wont work ( I have images in the posts and the category ID’s are correct, any ideas?
minipower
Dec 29, 2009 10:44i cannot make it work after doing everything u wrote (using wordpress original theme and copying string correctly in the index.php and then even in the header.php), the only thing i can think of as reason, is the excerpt, i really don’t know what is it and how to do it, someone could help?
Scorto
Dec 30, 2009 0:06Hi
I try to install this plugin on my blog but it doesn’t appear.
I put the code on the index.php page just under ”
But nothing appears….
any idea?
Thanks
Daniel Sachs
Dec 30, 2009 1:05For everybody, having troubles with this plugin , please leave the installation for a couple of days if possible, and link back to your site. I’ll personally try to help, as much as I can.
Constantin
Dec 30, 2009 6:55Instead of “ insert ‘ ‘
PixelPete
Dec 30, 2009 15:24Wow – Really nice plugin.
BTW, does this work with WordPress MU?
Oleg Shimanskyy
Dec 31, 2009 2:07I’ve inserted it into header.php and it has finally appeared.
Secondly, if copypasting the script directly from here:
- it doesn’t work.
But if you take the very same studd from the wordpress website, then it shows up:
It appears that it was a matter of 1 space, compare:
Or maybe I’m just a dummie.
BUT, nevertheless, the plugin shows up, I never made it to display anything. I’ve tried various categories and image inserting technique, but it didn’t help. I’d appreciate help in installing.
Vincent
Dec 31, 2009 10:01Hi,
I’ve added the code in my header.php but the flash object doesn’t appear correctly (like there is nothing to display). Do you have an idea of what could be wrong ?
The link to my page : http://www.vverdet.info/category/concert/
Thanks
Vincent
Joey Glaser
Dec 31, 2009 23:52I’m currently having some trouble in regards to how exactly this plug in works. I have the Cu3er installed and I get the load icon itself on the page, but nothing else. I have one post currently set to private (it didn’t work as public either) which includes one test picture and a test excerpt. If you would be so kind to help me out in this, that would be great. The plugin looks utterly amazing and I’d really like to use it to add some interesting pazaz to my site. Thanks.
http://joeyglaser.zxq.net/?page_id=6
~ Joey Glaser
sonmanutd
Jan 2, 2010 14:00I’ve try, in config.php, replace:
$xml .= ” . $post->post_excerpt . ”;
by:
$xml .= ” .get_the_excerpt().”;
It will auto-excerpt
Sebastien
Jan 3, 2010 11:30hey guys.. incase some of you noticed i was having issues at first with the app but now it works perfectly fine on my site..
just want to mention that incase some of you are having trouble getting images to show even though they’re on the post itself.. make sure the image you are trying to show is uploaded to your wordpress site.. it won’t work on externally linked images..
just a tip..
jayquizzel
Jan 3, 2010 22:57The plugin isn’t working for me. I installed it and inserted the code. I do not see the images…??? Can you help?
Thanks!
NIce Work.
Regards,
Jayquizzel
Jason E
Jan 4, 2010 4:05Hi,
I am working on a site for my church and have a question. I’m a new graduate in the web design field so I am still learning. I am wanting to add “Read More” or “Click here to read more” to the bottom text area where the title is. I want it to show up for every post/slide without typing it in. Is this possible? Thanks for your help. Happy New Year to everybody.
Tuhin Kumar
Jan 4, 2010 9:26Been trying to display the Cu3er on Inspiring Pixel (http://inspiringpixel.com) but not showing up. The theme used is Bueno from Woo Themes with customizations. The theme uses a Wp_head call so I suppose that is not the problem. I use wp 2.9 and 0.5.1 of Cu3er plugin.
burakco
Jan 7, 2010 3:02how can i add photos to my post?
Adrian
Jan 8, 2010 20:07Probably one of the problem the plug in not to appear is that when you copy the line from this website creates an extra space. that’s why is not executing the plug in. Try this .
Càfê IT » Blog Archive » Cu3er Post Elements – cho blog của bạn thật chuyên nghiệp
Jan 9, 2010 11:13[...] var linkhay_title = '';var linkhay_url = '';var linkhay_desc = '';var linkhay_style = '1'; Cu3er Post Elements – Một plugin vừa mới xuất hiện ngày hôm nay nhưng tôi tin chắc rằng nó sẽ [...]
carolina
Jan 10, 2010 14:38how to insert image ? or does not work in wordpress 2.9.1
akhter
Jan 10, 2010 19:57great plugin may god bless you friend, but can you please telll me how to get arabic post, when i using slide my words are broken please help
Marc
Jan 13, 2010 22:28Great plugin in. It makes cu3er much easier to integrate in a wordpress environment.
However, something is super strange with the image scaling. The picture is not scaled to the width of the slider. Instead the width is used of the implemented picture.
Isn’t it possible to resize it with thimthumb or just take the original size of the first uploaded picture.
Without resizing, this plugin is a good start but will not be used often.
thx for looking into this!
Paul
Jan 16, 2010 15:34I got the plugin installed ok, and it shows up. I add an image to the post and it shows up in cu3er ok, but it also shows up on the page. How can i add an image to a post have it show up in cu3er but not show up in the post itself?
Im using the xampp stack for testing
Shawn
Jan 20, 2010 7:53Nicely done 18E!
I noticed CU3ER just last week while cooking up a recipe for a new project. At the time I thought it might be a little more spice than I’d care to deal with for this particular phase of the project but tagged it as a possibility in the next iteration. Then today I happened to be looking for an image gallery plug-in and stumbled into your site… 2 plug-ins that are bang on!!! The cu3er plugin installed in seconds and only requires minor customizations.
Well done 18E!
Briddick
Jan 22, 2010 0:56AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I can’; get any slider to work. This is so frustrating!
kakiinternet
Jan 27, 2010 7:25Does wp_footer() have an effect on this plugin?
Jerome
Jan 27, 2010 10:13nice slider ! Is there a way to open the links in the same window? Default a click on the rotator will open in a new window or tab (mac safari, firefox, chrome)
Jerome
Dems
Jan 29, 2010 22:05Hi- Thanks for this plugin! Just wondering, what do i need to alter to make the slider show only on the homepage and none of my other pages?
Thank you!
Michael Pehl
Jan 30, 2010 1:40total ownage
Race media
Jan 30, 2010 9:20does not show up for me at all
maybe if it dragged the slide images from custom fields?
McJohn
Jan 30, 2010 22:44At first thx for plugin. But i have a problem. When i click on cuber, the post show on new window. I check resource code, but there is allright …. On this site it works perfectly. Any solution? Im sorry for my bad english
Derick
Jan 31, 2010 8:53im trying to figure out the issue im having with the link target keeps opening in a new window, even thou i have the target set to _self.. any ideas?
yasin
Feb 3, 2010 15:22hello
how can i use custom fields with cu3er post elements?
NickG
Feb 3, 2010 22:44Not sure what’s going on, but all we can get is the Cu3er logo to load. Anyone else? http://screencast.com/t/ZGY3ZTlh
NickG
Feb 4, 2010 2:26We use a custom key to insert photos into our posts. I guess I’ll have to tweak the plugin.
NickG
Feb 4, 2010 2:33Bah, so it looks like this may be where the plugin grabs the images: preg_match_all( ‘||i’, $post->post_content, $m );
We’d love to use it, but a) I have no idea what that means and b) we need our slider to pull the images from a custom key.
If you could add a custom key for images option, that would be AWESOME! Until then, old fashioned feature slider is what we’re stuck with.
Thanks!!
Patrick
Feb 5, 2010 0:16i cant get this to work with wordpress 2.9.1
Hiding a Single Category | | Digital RaindropsDigital Raindrops
Feb 25, 2012 22:21[...] have used this in the our wedding theme, the cu3er slideshow WordPress plugin from 18Elements uses a category to feed the display, when we added the images the slideshow category and the posts [...]
CMS-Portfolio Theme | | Digital RaindropsDigital Raindrops
Mar 24, 2012 13:59[...] will need to have the cu3er slideshow WordPress plugin from 18Elements which uses a category to feed the display, you can view: The Portfolio Theme here if you have [...]