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Long time ago I asked the (mt) guys for some high resolution (mt) logos but they only showed me these. Apparently, the official ones are not what I was in need of, I still had to make one myself.

Today when I was preparing for renewing my (dv), the logos were brought to my mind. I wonder if there are folks out there looking for some customizable (mt) logos like I did before. So maybe I should share what I have with everybody, unofficial ones though, you can easily make some yourself though.

Here are two (mt) logos in different patterns, both are super large with transparent background. And I also give you the Adobe Illustrator source file.

Download the (mt) logos - copyrighted by (mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Introduction

Lightview is similar to Lightbox yet superior to Lightbox. Since version 2.0, Lightview has been able to overlay not only images but also videos, iframed webpages, and almost anything! It works with all popular browsers. The original Lightview JS is a project by Nick Stakenburg.

Demonstration

The first photo is an individual one, while the rest four are grouped together.

The above three images are linking to: 1). A Flash color scheme generator 2). A QuickTime movie trailer 3). A webpage.

Installation

1. Download the WordPress plugin, extract the "lightview" folder somewhere.
2. Download the Lightview script from its official website, put the 3 folders "js", "images" and "css" into the "lightview" folder from the WordPress plugin. Choose to replace if asked.
3. Upload the "lightview" folder to /wp-content/plugins/, then activate it.

Why so complicated? Please understand that Lightview is no longer free. Nick Stackenburg was generous enough to approve the redistribution of this WordPress plugin, so please respect his decision and pay for it like I did. Go to the official Lightview project page and you'll find the way to purchase a license and download the script.

How to Use

• For a single image:
  <a href="foobar.jpg" class="lightview">foobar</a>
• For a set of images:
  <a href="foo.jpg" class="lightview" rel="gallery[foobar]">foo</a>
<a href="bar.jpg" class="lightview" rel="gallery[foobar]">bar</a>
• For a QuickTime movie:
  <a href="quicktime.mov" class="lightview" title="">QuickTime</a>
• For a Flash video with title and size limits:
  <a href="flash.swf" class="lightview" title="Title::::width:320,height:240">video</a>
• For a webpage (iframe) with title and description, in fullscreen:
  <a href="http://www.google.com" class="lightview" title="Title::Description::fullscreen:true">Google</a>

Download

Lightview for WordPress (v2.41, 2009-09-07)

For the full documentation (more options, custom events, keyboard shortcuts, etc.) as well as the changelogs, please visit the official Lightview project page.

The 5-year-old BlogBus is the earliest and most reputed blog service provider in China. Their 5th anniversary ceremony will be staged this weekend in Wuzhen, an ancient water town south of the Yangtze River. Congrats to them! It's my great honor to be invited to the event but my schedule wouldn't let me fly to Shanghai for a weekend. Definitely my regret of the year.

Last week, a very famous technical expert Chedong, who served Yahoo China as a senior product manager, announced his job-hopping to BlogBus. I would say that the 4 chief officers of BlogBus now forms an all-star team. I'm looking forward to seeing new actions from them in year 2008.

Back to the topic, I was also asked by their COO Mr. Wei Wuhui, a man of wisdom, to make a WordPress theme as a birthday present for his company. Hence this 3-column, right sidebar, neat and elegant theme.

Theme requires WordPress 2.3 or above, tested in Firefox / IE6 / IE7 / Safari. Oh, and it's widgets-friendly.

Download English version (v1.0)
Download Chinese version (v1.0)