• Help I lost my serial number, how do I get it back
    To retrieve lost license codes you need to go to two spots and fill out forms (It's two spots because there are two different ways to get licenses that have different retrieval methods -- Just do both and you should be good to go


    http://store.esellerate.net/support
    https://store.loghound.com/store/lost_license

    You will need the email you used to register the program -- All of your esellerate and loghound purchase serial numbers will be resent to you.
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  • Can I try before I buy?
    Yes. Just install Pluskit and try it out -- It will be fully funtional for 10 minutes after you start RapidWeaver. After 10 minutes it will stop working (but you can always save your work and restart RapidWeaver to continue trying it)
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  • How to I get started using PlusKit?
    PlusKit has a lot of capabilities. The best way to start is to watch the overview movie and then perhaps look at some examples
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  • Pluskit was working and after 10 minutes it stopped
    If pluskit only works for the first 10 minutes or so you probably haven't registered it. See here for more details.
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  • What is the 'Pluskit Cache'
    if you use the markdown, textile, bash, etc feature pluskit keeps values in a sort of 'cache' to help speed processing. You should normally just ignore it. If you are having problems rendering markdown text you might try to clear the cache to fix it.

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  • What is Growl?
    Growl is a system wide notification system in OSX which is a fancy way of saying it's a way to get notices that 'something' has happened. Many programs use it including many of the programs you already own.

    It's free and highly recommended.

    You can get growl at http://growl.info/
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  • I get a lot of errors and warnings
    If you get a lot of undefined errors about can't find files and assuming other files (they will look somewhat like below) 


    
Notice: Undefined variable: HTTP_REFERER in (some path) on line 186
    Notice: Undefined index: SCRIPT_URI in (some path)on line 187

    The likely cause is your web host has set default PHP warning level too high. To fix it put the following in the 'page prefix' section of the page

    <?PHP
    error_reporting(E_ERROR);
    ?>


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  • import(())
  • I can't get import, gtable, gdoc to work
    See this entry
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  • What does the import(()) command do
    @import(()) allows you to 'include' or 'import' other pages within any styled text. This is good if you want to combine page styles

    Gary at RapidWeaverThemes.com has done a really nice screencast showing how to use that you can see here.
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  • What is the syntax of import(())
    The syntax is quite easy. It's just


    @import((Other Page))


    Where "Other Page" is the title of the other page (note, don't use quotes, just type it in as it appears)

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  • What are the limitations of import(())
    The biggest limitation is that some pages don't like being combined. The Javascript may conflict or the page styles may not match up. For instance Accordion and Carasoul (Two great Yourhead plugins) don't like being imported into each other.
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  • Where can I learn more about import(())
    Probably the best way is to look at some of the examples.

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  • gdoc(())
  • I can't get gtable, gdoc, import, to work.
    See this entry
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  • what is the gdoc(()) command?
    The requirements of gtable are the same as gdoc. Simply a web host that supports PHP and allows external internet connections
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  • What are the requirements for gdoc(())
    The only requirement is your web host supports PHP and allows outgoing interent connections. Almost all web hosts do that so it's likely you are ok to use it. If you are not sure please test it before purchasing pluskit (you can test it by create a simple styled text page, adding a pluskit page and in the styled kit page type


    @gdoc((key:key:ah4jzqpk89pj_13fc583j))


    You should see a small document I wrote up (note the document is totally nonsense, don't take it seriously)
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  • How do I edit the content?
    The document is edited within google docs. You can edit the document by either navigating to http://docs.google.com and finding the document or by simply putting a ?edit at the end of the page. This extra argument will have pluskit outline each gdoc/gform/gtable and put a small 'edit' tab in the lower left hand corner that links directly to the applicable google doc page.

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    For example if the site was http://my.site.com/page.php the url to the page with the edit tabs is http://my.site.com/page.php?edit This should make it easy to edit the contents of documents without have to go back through google docs and find the document.


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  • Hey gdoc is great, I want my entire site to be gdocs so I can edit it remotely. Is there a downside?
    gdoc takes extra work on the server due to fetching & parsing the file. Also it's possible that the google servers could be down. While it's a great feature when you need it if the page is totally static you are probably better off just typing it into RW.
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  • Is it possible to use Google Calendar with PlusKit?
    PlusKit doesn't have any inherent support for Google Calendar but it's really quite easy to integrate yourself.

    I posted a thread on this at the RealMac forums -- you can read it here
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  • Does gdoc, gtable, gform work with RapidBlog?
    No:

    gdoc/gtable/gform require the use of PHP code execution on the server. For security reasons RapidBlog will not execute remote PHP code and so those commands won't work.

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  • Does gdoc work in Preview?
    Yes -- gtable works fine in preview as long as your page has a .php extension (which gdoc will force)
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  • gtable(())
  • I'm trying to use gtable and I'm getting weird error messages that look something like this


    Nil value returned from URL: http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/worksheets/(null)/public/values in function </span>plSJukFu5xL_HcnLassUXVA<span style="font:13px Geneva, serif; color:#333333; "> on page Hall of Stats
    The pluskit gtable, gdoc, import, etc. commands require the text be 'undecorated' ascii --- This means no font changes, bold, italices, etc. Occasionally when entering text in a styled page even though it 'looks' normal it will have formatting (in the example above there was a font style applied)

    To fix this select the gtable, gdoc, import, etc. and select 'ignore formatting' from the format menu -- The text should turn a pink color which tells you there is no formatting applied.

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  • What is table(())
    @gtable(()) is a way to import google spreadsheets into your web page. They will appear as a table. This is good for showing information such as inventory, schedules, etc. The nice thing is they are updated at page view time, not at pubilsh time so it makes the page 'live' -- a sort of mini CMS system.
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  • How do I edit the table?
    The document is edited within google docs. You can edit the document by either navigating to http://docs.google.com and finding the document or by simply putting a ?edit at the end of the page. This extra argument will have pluskit outline each gdoc/gform/gtable and put a small 'edit' tab in the lower left hand corner that links directly to the applicable google doc page.

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    For example if the site was http://my.site.com/page.php the url to the page with the edit tabs is http://my.site.com/page.php?edit This should make it easy to edit the contents of documents without have to go back through google docs and find the document.


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  • What are the requirements for gtable(())
    The only requirement is your web host supports PHP and allows outgoing interent connections. Almost all web hosts do that so it's likely you are ok to use it.
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  • Does gtable work in Previe?
    Yes -- gtable works fine in preview as long as your page has a .php extension (which gtable will force)
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  • gform
  • It doesn't work or gives me odd messages
    The pluskit gform, gtable, gdoc, import, etc. commands require the text be 'undecorated' ascii --- This means no font changes, bold, italices, etc. Occasionally when entering text in a styled page even though it 'looks' normal it will have formatting (in the example above there was a font style applied)

    To fix this select the gtable, gdoc, import, etc. and select 'ignore formatting' from the format menu -- The text should turn a pink color which tells you there is no formatting applied.

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  • What is is gform(())
    the @gform(()) command allows you to easily include google forms managed by google spreadsheets -- See the official google blog for more details, It's also been discussed on many other blogs

    There are four different forms you can use

    Command Action on submit
    @gform((key:form_key)) uses google standard action
    @gform((key:form_key, thanks:thanks message)) Displays the ‘thanks message’ as typed
    @gform((key:form_key, thanksURL:URL to redirect after submitting)) Redirects to the specified URL (URL should be of type some.page.com without the preceding http://)
    @gform((key:form_key, thanksPage:Page contents to show after submitting)) Displays contents of RapidWeaver page (similar to a @import)



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  • Where does the data go?
    The data is stored in your spreadsheet -- You can view it via google docs or display it on your site with the @gtable command
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  • How do I edit the form
    The document is edited within google docs. You can edit the document by either navigating to http://docs.google.com and finding the document or by simply putting a ?edit at the end of the page. This extra argument will have pluskit outline each gdoc/gform/gtable and put a small 'edit' tab in the lower left hand corner that links directly to the applicable google doc page.

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    For example if the site was http://my.site.com/page.php the url to the page with the edit tabs is http://my.site.com/page.php?edit This should make it easy to edit the contents of documents without have to go back through google docs and find the document.


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  • Does gromo work in preview?
    No -- It will display the form but you can't actually submit it.
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  • What is Lightbox?
    Lightbox is a super slick way to see a 'bigger' version of a picture without requiring flash (pure javascript).

    Gary at RapidWeaverThemes.com has done a really nice screencast showing how to use Lightbox that you can see here.
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  • I'm importing a page and I lost the lightbox effect
    Things get kind of tricky when you combine PlusKit features. While PlusKit is pretty smart about figuring everything out it can be confused by complex combinations.

    Say, for instance, you are putting a picture in a Carasoul plugin that you want to import into a page of a Accordion. This can work but only if you make sure that the Carasoul page has it's own folder.

    So, if you find you are loosing the lighbox effect during a @import(()) make sure the imported pages are in their own folder.
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  • How does Plustkit use Lightbox
    Pluskit uses a version of lightbox called 'Slimbox' that is compatible with most RapidWeaver plugins. To use the Lightbox effect you have to enable "Automatic lightbox" and set up a 'Lightbox trigger"

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    Lightbox Triggers are just a fancy way of saying "How should Pluskit know which images to use the lightbox effect on?" The most popular is the 'scale'
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    In this example for any images scaled < 75% the lightbox effect will automatically happen.
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  • Is it possible to have external images lightboxed with Pluskit?
    Well, 'sort of'. It's a bit of a hack but as long as you have one embedded lightboxed image then pluskit will lay down all of the core javascript you need. Then you can create external links with the effect. See example 11 for how to do this.
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  • How do I put a style that effects *only* the lightbox image?
    If you want to have a style that is applied only to the lightbox image you need to qualify the CSS selector with a a[REL='zoom']

    For instance here is the CSS code to float the images left with no border and some margin


    body a[REL="zoom"] img.imageStyle {
        border: none;
        float: left;
        margin: 3px 18px 9px 0;
    }



    And here is a selector that will make the zoom link and visit color white



     a[rel='zoom']:link, a[rel='zoom']:visited {
    background-color: white;
    color: white;
    }


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  • Page Importing
  • How do I import pages into each other
    You can use the @import(()) command to import a page within another page. This command works anywhere there is a 'styled text' field (e.g. any field you can normally type in rich text in RW). See the examples page to look for some pre-built examples

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  • I see a lot of problems when I import a contact page

    The contact page is special -- In order for it to import properly you need to set up session variables. This is easily accomplished by going into the page inspector for the page that you are importing the contact page and adding a 'prefix' that sets up the session.

    The magic command is:



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  • Markdown
  • What is Markdown?
    Markdown is a human readable markup language that many people find easier to use when typing in rich text. For complete details see

    http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/

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  • Backup
  • How does Pluskit help with Backups?
    Lightbox will automatically backup your RW3 file on a schedule that you request. It's main purpose is to allow you to have 'old versions' lying around in case something bad happens. Of course you should always keep safe, offline backups of your important work.

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    In this example (which is how the loghound.com site is set up) I save a backup every 3 saves or 100 hours (e.g. 4 days) and have a compressed version saved in the same location.
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  • How do I delete old backup information?
    You can't. the information in the backup list stays forever. To delete it you must delete the pluskit page and re-add it.

    Having said that you really shouldn't have to delete the information and it provides some nice historical data
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  • How does pluskit use Growl? How should I know to turn it on or off?
    Pluskit will put some error or warning messages to Growl. For most people I'd recommend you turn on growl support to make sure you get any important diagnostics (otherwise they get saved to a console file you might miss)
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  • How can I convert HTML to Markdown?


    I just came across an amazing little piece of javacsript

    http://homepage.mac.com/tjim/

    It converts the current page you are on to nicely formatted markdown syntax.

    While it's not perfect and can be confused by complex layouts it's a great little tool to help 'import' a site and is a great companion for any of the Markdown tools available for RapidWeaver.

    If nothing else it's a great markdown learning tool.

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  • FindPlus
  • What is FindPlus?
    PlusKit also includes a new powerful find feature. Ever wonder where something was in your RapidWeaver project? You can use FindPlus to search across all of your RW pages.

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    You can locate FindPlus in the 'Edit -> Find Plus'
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  • I heard I have some advanced 'find' feature. Where do I get it?
    Pluskit includes an advanced find that will look across all of your RW pages for text. You can get to it with the 'edit' menu or by shift-cmd-F

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