Contributors: DaeVision inc.
Tags: WordPress, plugin, colors, categories, generator
Tested up to: WordPress 3.0

*==* Description *==*

This is the DaeColor wordpress plugin by DaeVision inc.

It’s a simple plugin that adds categories and a colored block to the beginning of posts(look at the advanced instructions for manual insertion). The color of the block is generated by the category name.

You can edit the CSS of the plugin to suit your needs.
It adds a nice splash of color to your site

*==* Installation Instructions *==*

1. Download DaeColor.zip

2. Upload it into your wordpress plugins directory
or Login to your wordpress and go to plugins ==> add new  and upload the zip file into there

3. Activate the plugin

4.  Voila at the begining of your posts there will be a colored block and the category that the post is listed in.  The color of the block is determined/generated by the name of your category.

*==* Instructions to Change the CSS *==*

1.  Go to your plugins page on wordpress

2.  find the daecolor plugin

3.  click on edit

4.  on the right hand side click on the style.css file for the daecolor plugin

5.  edit away ( http://www.sflchronicle.com is using it and has done some pretty cool css to it. )

*==* Settings Instructions *==*

1.  To get to the settings page, login to your wordpress backend

2.  Go to settings => DaeColor settings

3.  Here you will see the list of your current categories and their corresponding colors.

4.  Here you can also modify the algorithm used to generate the colors and see real time the effect on your categories.

5.  Also you can select to have the DaeColor box appear before your post or manual placement.

6.  To save changes made, click the “the colors duke! the colors!” box

*==* Advanced Instructions (for manual insertion) *==*

1.  In the wordpress backend go to settings => DaeColor settings

2.  Select manual placement click the “the colors duke! the colors!” box to save the setting

3.  use this code :  <?php catColorManual(); ?>     To manually insert this into your theme/page/post

*==* This is version 1.0 *==*

More features and updates are coming.  Check back with us at www.DaeVision.com to leave some feedback and get our latest updates and newest plugins.

This is the DaeColor wordpress plugin by DaeVision It’s a simple plugin that adds categories and a colored block to the beginning of posts(see the readme to insert it into your post/theme/page). The color of the block is generated by the category name.

As you can see this post is in the DaeColor category. So the plugin generated the funky dark blue color on the block

You can edit the CSS of the plugin to suit your needs. It adds a nice splash of color to your site

Click here to see it in action

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