PS_Cumulus a WP-Cumulus port to Prestashop
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I was looking to write a cool module to use in future tutorial articles when I came across the nifty looking WP-Cumulus Wordpress plugin by Roy Tanck. It had all the elements I was looking for, and he has kindly released the code (including the flash source) under the GPL license. Approximately 2 hours later PS_Cumulus was born!
Before anyone asks, the name has to use an underscore as a hyphen isn’t allowed in PrestaShop class names….
I’ve added hooks so that it can be added to the header area (Top of page), home page, left column, right column and footer — just in case anyone should want to place it in any of these locations. I’ve even installed the Wordpress version on this site, so you can see it in action.
There’s a new update to this that addresses any SEO concerns by displaying a “Legacy” cloud should Flash be unavailable. Major changes are:
- Enable/Disable “compatibility mode” – This uses one of two methods to embed the flas, should there be problems with display using the standard method. It also works even when javascript is disabled (but flash installed) – not terribly useful for PrestaShop as by default the store needs javascript enabled. It may help someone somewhere though.
- Display “Legacy” tags when flash doesn’t work/isn’t installed. A tag cloud likely makes no perceptible difference to SEO but why not eh?
- Fixed the class assignments to the links, and added a css file to let you style the links when Flash isn’t used (default just proportionally increases the font size from 9px to 18px). Bit of a strange one, as the font sizes will “fight” with each other, but you could always style them based on color.
- Added the modules own tag query function (the default one in Prestashop doesn’t work properly anyway and always missed one of the tags out) and added the option to sort by tag name, frequency (times) or “none”. Also an option to specify the sort direction as ascending or descending. This will only have an effect on the non-Flash display.
Version 1.1.21 (Initial Release August 2009) : PS_Cumulus Tag cloud module
Version 2.1.21 (Update #1 August 2009) : PS_Cumulus Tag cloud module v2.1.21
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25 Responses to “PS_Cumulus a WP-Cumulus port to Prestashop”
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Hey Paul, can’t wait for your update? Many thanks for this awesome work!!!
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hey there, i have another question about this module.
I’m really aiming to keep my website as professional as possible and this module is a great tool, but i feel that when you right click it (a lot of people will) that the “pscumulus by roy tank” + clickable link to another site is a bit unprofessional, i don’t mind having comments showing his link and things, but on the actual website i really want to remove it. Am i allowed to remove his link and name from the right-click menu? and if so, what’s the best way to remove it? thanks in advance
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Hi all,
Great module !
Is it any way to modify it in order to have subcategories in case of tags ?Txs !
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Great Job!!! But,
How can I modify it to show in thai tag font?
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hi!
wonderfull module. i would want it too, but unfortunately it seems that it doesn’t work for me. i have just installed it as a simple module and in the back-end, as i see, everything is ok, i have the green checkmark, but on the frontpage there is nothing. nothing can be seen that there should be something. i have to do something else too? i saw on the original wp tool’s site that for showing it, should be inserted some code in a template file. i have to do it also? thanks!
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Hi,
Looks nice – just one issue, html validator didn’t like the fact that you had a http://www.ecartservices.net instead of a href “http://www.ecartservices.net” on line 273 of ps_cumulus.php (just thought you may like to know)
- Andrew
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Excellent module! There is one more request: released tagcloud.swf file with the ability to display Cyrillic fonts! I think it will be very useful to the community.
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Hello, Great Module!
It’s almos exactly what I Need! Thank You very Much. However, I would like to add a header, Im doing a prestashop for a gift store, and I pretend to have over the ps_cumulus the legend “From you to someone: “, but I don’t find where to add the code, could please someone help me? Thanks in advance.
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Hi there! I am a bit confused. I see the hooks however I can not move the tag cloud on the left side where I want it to be.
Could you please elaborate how exactly I can make the tag cloud to be on the left side I will appreciate your reply
eCartService.net has been set up specifically to cater for the needs of small to medium enterprises trading online using the Prestashop eCommerce solution. It was set up in 2008 by Paul Campbell, a veteran in the IT industry who has experience of working in technology planning and implementation in some of the most diverse and technically challenging environments on the planet. 
Hi,
I solve the problem which occurs line 363 , modify the ps_cumulus.php file by adding $tagcloud=”"; at the top of the hookRightColumn function (line 338, see below):
public function hookRightColumn($params) { $tagcloud=”";