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IconizeWP

Links are fun, but sometimes we don’t know where they take us. With this little CSS technique a user can identify a link by its icon.

IconizeWP allows you to add the excellent Iconize CSS directly to your wordpress installation without having to edit any template code - display icons for links based on the target’s content independent of theme across any/every wordpress page.

Simply upload the plugin directory and activate the plugin from the wordpress options and every link will show an icon depicting the target content - if a link points to a .pdf file, we show the .pdf icon after the link.

Compatibility

The CSS technique has been successfully tested with:
Firefox (Mac & PC), Camino, Safari, Opera (Mac & PC) & Internet Explorer 7 (ie6 doesn’t work).

Download

Soon

To Do

I would really like to examine a way of turning off icons for specific links (such as images). This is well within the scope of a wordpress plugin, as it can be scripting to ignore certain link classes, of which a user could define any number within the options. Watch this space.

Extension Examples

• .doc - .rtf
• .txt
• .pdf
• .xls
• .xpi (Firefox Extension)
• .rss - .atom
• .opml
• .vcard
• .exe
• .dmg - .app
• .pps
• .ical
• .jpg - .gif - .png - .bmp
• .svg - .eps
• .swf - .fla
• .css
• .mp3 - .wav - .ogg - .wma - .m4a
• .zip - .rar - .gzip - .bzip - .ace
• .ttf
• .mov - .wmv - .mp4 - .avi - .mpg
• .phps
• .torrent

e-Mail/Messaging URI Scheme Examples

• mailto:
• callto:
• msnim:
• xmpp:
• aim:
• ICQ Link
• YIM! Link
• skype:
• gg:

Other Website Examples

• YouTube Movie
• Metacafe Movie
• sevenload Movie
• flickr Picture
• BubbleShare Picture
• Zooomr Picture
• sevenload Picture

Filed by Kieran at January 7th, 2008 under Uncategorized