@stefan hi Stefan, I installed/activated the plugin on my site, but I'm not sure how I should be using it. Should I copy the embed code from a Masto post and drop it in the html block on my site (similar to how I would normally embed a Mastodon post), or is there a different way I should be using it?
I was hoping this app would allow me to drop a url to a Masto post and would automatically turn that into a proper embed, but that might not be it's purpose.
Yes, you are correct, you will need to use the default embed code provided by Mastodon, and later other platforms, as they add this functionality.
Basically, my approach here is to build on top of existing functionality, rather than building something new. This way, if you disable my plugin, the embeds will still work.
This is a bit buried in my blog post, let me also add it to the plugin's description for better visibility.
@stefan Tested on AMF. It works, but it seems that depending on theme (Twenty Twenty in this case), the global div's alignment is not respected and set outside the main div. Didn't happen with older versions...
@stefan I deleted it, will recreate one later. Probably a theme problem, formatting.
I usually center these embeds, just to be sure, and now it was rendered properly at first and then suddenly moved to the left of the page...
@cybeardjm Yes, this is my fault, I just switched to a blockquote for the parent element so that it's more semantic, but that caused some styling issues, which I also had to address.
@stefan
Wanted to be sure that when updating the old table/options were cleared first.
Deactivated plugin, deleted 1 table, 7 options from the DB, reactivated plugin, checked settings and saved, opened test post: same - it's a blockquote!
I will have to look into how to add a cache buster when importing JS files dynamically, until then, is there maybe a CDN you can clear for this specific file?
@stefan Just totally disabled the cache manager (WP Fastest Cache - this is a static page cache, with JS/CSS minimizing features) - same result - I don't use any CDN
@stefan OK, I'll do the following (and this is why I previously tested removing the entries in the DB, as when testing with my sandboxes, sometimes, getting rid of them was the way forward): I'll totally remove the plugin. Then reinstall, be sure to clear the cache, then disable it. Coming back soon...
@cybeardjm Clearing the DB shouldn't be necessary, though, the file itself is just cached. Is there another caching layer that needs to be cleared maybe, outside of WordPress?
@stefan Nope, without the plugin, the iframe is not rendered at all.
I had this same problem in the past with Twenty Twenty on my main blog, the reason why I migrated to Twenty Twenty-Three in the 1st place on this blog.
Will probably do the same with AMF, as the global rendering times of the site are too high anyway.
@cybeardjm Adding some random stuff to the URL after a "?" just tricks the server and the browser into thinking you're requesting a brand new, uncached file.
Add comment