March 16, 2012 – 12:21 am
…for days. My blog, well, my other 4 blogs got messesd up as well. I do not blame my host, but the main host. They could have told their clients they will be updating the cPanel version. Ugh. I blame myself as well — for not backing up. ‘Thought I already learned from all the different hosts I’ve been through? Err.
Anyway, I’m so sorry for the short unannounced hiatus. As you can see, some of the comments are gone. It’s wiped out from mid January entries to March 6 2012. But it’s a good thing that we (my ever so helpful host, Nadine, who helped me through all this) were able to retrieved all my posts with the use of Google Cache. The other way I retrieved my posts is by using my Feedburner. What I did was to subscribe to own my feeds for each blog I own, and whenever I update them, it automatically send copies of the posts to my email. Google Reads is also helpful for retrieving your posts manually. =)
I think I’m back. Though I still need to fix the WordPress App for iPhone. Last time I checked, before all this happened, it’s working. But now, it won’t. =(
Btw, the photo above has got nothing to do with my entry. I just find it pretty. Photo credits from: thewitcontinuum.wordpress.com
January 27, 2012 – 12:09 am
Oho! New theme. =) I like it for its simplicity. No header images whatsoever. Well, except the name of my blog and in my sidebar which I deliberately filled with images because I don’t want my blog to look boring.
Anyway, I’d like to share this wonderful WordPress plugin I found yesterday called, InstaPress. By installing and activating the plugin, you get to display your Instagram photos in your sidebar or anywhere in your blog. You can also create your own Instagram Gallery with the plugin’s paging functionality feature — I tried this one, but it seems that it doesn’t work for me, maybe theme or plugin compatibility issues. Anyhoo, it’s very easy to use and I recommend it to those who wants to showcase their Instagram photos in their blog.
- Download InstaPress
- Extract the file and upload the InstaPress folder to your (wp-content/plugins) folder.
- Login to your WordPress dashboard > plugins > InstaPress and activate.
- For further configuration, go to settings > Instapress.
Use the following shortcode in your post or pages:
ex. 
Use the following shortcode in your theme (sidebar):
ex. 
- userid: ID or username of instagram user (leave blank for popular media, use “self” for your own media or “myfeed” to display your feed)
- piccount: Number of instagrams to display (Default: 9) – Note: It is highly recommended to enable caching for more than 20 pictures
- size: Size of instagrams in pixels (Default: 85)
- effect: Name of the effect to use for the slideshow (Currently only ‘fancybox’ possible) – Since 0.4.3
- url: If this value is set, Instapress ignores the value for userid and piccount and displays a single Instagram (no authorization required!) – Since 1.0
- title: If this value is set to 1 and an effect was set, Instapress will show the Instagram’s title – Since 1.0.1
- paging: If this value is set to 1, your pictures will be displayed as an image gallery. The value for piccount defines the number of pictures per page.
- tag: Use this option to filter Instagrams by tag. Note: At the moment you can only use a single tag. The userid option is ignored if you set this option.
So in my case, I used:
Easy, right? =)
Karen. 20 something. Dog Lover. Pizza & Ice cream. Flip. Gamer. Movie Junkie. Football. Potterhead.
