Description
Tuxquote shows a random image of Tux the Linux penguin with a random quote either as a widget or shortcode.
You can add or remove images from wp-content/plugins/tuxquote/images/ directory. All jpg, png and gif images will be randomly used from that directory.
Add or remove quotes from the wp-content/plugins/tuxquote/quotes.txt file. Quotes are line delimited and HTML formatting can be used, enabling you to use
for line breaks etc.
Development for this plugin can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/eldougo/wordpress_plugin_tuxquote
The supplied images were sourced from CrystalXP.net (https://www.crystalxp.net/) and are all distributed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)
Please see images-license.txt for image licensing information and image attributions.
See the Installation section for usage instructions.
Screenshots
Tuxquote in action – static sample only. 
Tuxquote in action – static sample only.
Installation
You can download and install Tuxquote using the built in WordPress plugin installer. If you download Tuxquote manually, make sure it is uploaded to “/wp-content/plugins/Tuxquote/”.
Activate Tuxquote in the “Plugins” admin panel using the “Activate” link.
You can either enter the shortcode ‘[TUXQUOTE]’ in your page or post and/or drag the Tuxquote Widget to a widgitized area on your Widgets page.
Shortcode usage
Default usage:
[TUXQUOTE]
Parameters:
[TUXQUOTE title=”title_text” width=”container_width” align=”container_alignment”]
- title: Add title text above the image. Eg: title=”Listen to the Penguin”
- width: Div container width in percentage or pixels. Eg: width=”80%” or width=”200px”
- align: How to align among the surrounding elements on the page. Can be “left”, “right”, “none”. Eg: align=”left”
Shortcode examples
Set the width to 200 pixels:
[TUXQUOTE width=”200px”]
Set the width to 80% of the container element and add a title:
[TUXQUOTE width=”80%” title=”Thought of the day”]
Set the alignment to the left allowing surrounding text to flow down the right of the Tuxquote container:
[TUXQUOTE align=”left”]
Widget usage
Drag the Tuxquote Widget to a widgitized area on your Widgets page (Apperance -> Widgets).
Click the Tuxquote widget and enter the following options as required:
- title: Add title text above the Tuxquote image.
- width: Div container width in percentage or pixels. Eg: 80% or 200px.
- align: Can be “left”, “right”, “none”. Eg: align=”left”. Doesn’t have much of an affect in a wigetized area.
FAQ
- The images are distributed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license, what does this mean?
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This means that you can’t use the supplied images for any commercial purposes.
- How do I get around this?
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No problem, either remove all the images from the plugin images directory and replace them with your own, or get written permission from the image authors who are listed in the images-license.txt file. The Tuxquote plugin code is distributed under the GPL v2 license.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.3
- Added an alignment option to the shortcode and widget.
- The image will now expand to fill 100% of the Tuxquote div container.
- Refactored tuxquote.php to WordPress standards.
1.2
- Replaced some deprecated HTML styling tags.
- Widgetized the plugin.
- Added width and title options.
1.1
Corrected some small typos in the readme file.
1.0
Initial.