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Did you use the entire string, or just the parameters bit? You should use this bit only:

smallest=8&largest=14&number=30

Also, I’m not sure whether this forum create the & chars in your string, but I’m pretty they should be simple ampersands.

Info on how to use parameters with categories in WP-Cumulus is here: https://www.roytanck.com/2009/03/17/the-top-5-wp-cumulus-hacks/

Glad you got it working. There’s a couple of shiny donation buttons on roytanck.com, but it’s really quite ok.

The line I was referring to is

$flashtag .= '&mode='.$options['mode'];

(assuming you’re using the compatibility mode.)

Please let me know if that helps.

Did you comment out that line in my last reply? If you do that, leave the comp mode enabled and place the xml file in the plugin’s folder (not in flash sources) you should start seeing the tags from the xml instead of the ones from your xml file.

If that does not work, try commenting out the lines that set the ‘mode’ parameter as well.

Ah, I see you’re using the ‘compatibility mode’. Is that necessary? If not, unselecting that option should do the trick.

If you want to keep using the compatibility mode, look for this line (which does the same thing, but for the comp mode):

$flashtag .= '&amp;tagcloud='.urlencode('<tags>') . $tagcloud . urlencode('</tags>');

Remove or comment out that line.

In both cases, the XML file should be in the plugin’s main folder. The Flash sources folder is just that. Source code for those who want to tinker with the flash. That folder does not need to be on your server at all.

Both the swf files should be the same.

Actually, you should leave those lines as they were. The line you need is

$flashtag .= $soname.'.addVariable("tagcloud", "'.urlencode('<tags>') . $tagcloud . urlencode('</tags>').'");';

Simply put ‘//’ in front of that line and the plugin should use the xml file (which needs to be called ‘tagcloud.xml’ and has to be in the same folder as the swf.

The tutorial assumes you’re not using WordPress at all. It describes how to repurpose the flash movie outside WP. You could simply integrate the movie into your theme and bypass the plugin altogether.

But it should also be possible to comment out the line that feeds the tags to the movie in wp-cumulus.php and upload the xml file. If the tagcloud parameter is omitted the XML file should be used instead.

This should get you started: https://www.roytanck.com/2008/05/19/how-to-repurpose-my-tag-cloud-flash-movie/

I’m not quite sure why you’d need ‘tags-cloud-flash-widget’, since Cumulus comes with a widget.

As for the link target URLs, the plugin gets those from WordPress by calling the wp_tag_cloud function. You can choose to use the flash movie separately (see my blog or the FAQ for details), but that means you have to manually add/remove/edit the tags in an XML file.

@jptech: Are you trying to edit and recompile the flash movie? What changes did you make?

If you’re using the widget, you shuld change the options under ‘appearance->widgets’ by clicking ‘edit’ on the widget itself. The options under ‘settings->wp cumulus’ are for the shortcode version.

Editing the plugin will only change the default settings, which are only used the first time you install the plugin.

The widget that’s currently on your sidebar is WordPress’ defaul tag cloud, not the widget that comes with WP-Cumulus. Please make sure you use the one called ‘WP-Cumulus’.

Could you post the url for your blog? I guess I’ll have to take a look.

Is there a widget called “WP-Cumulus” in your Widgets screen? If there isn’t, the plugin is probably not installed correctly.

If there is, and you’ve add it to your sidebar, but it still shows only regular tags, then please post which version of WordPress you’re using. That really shouldn’t happen, unless your host has a rather uncommon PHP configuration (the plugin requires output buffering to be enabled).