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Book cover templates for Calibre
Set of book cover templates in 36 colours, to be used in Calibre (program for e-book library management).
Inspired by iconic Penguin paperbacks.
Zenphoto theme: Paradigm
Page contains download link for the latest version, credits, list of supported plugins, installation instructions, how-tos.
Paradigm theme (screenshots)
Paradigm theme (changelog)
Zenphoto plugin: adminBranding
Plugin for Zenphoto CMS, offering customization for backend: download, screenshots, links, installation instructions, how-tos.
foobar2000: Azrael Mod by kuzzzma (Columns_UI config)
My mod of famous foobar2000 Azrael config for the latest version of Columns_UI with extra new themes and many new features.
Azrael Mod: Documentation – explainer on inner working, new features and set-up.
Azrael Mod: Themes – screenshots of all 48 themes for easier selection, explainer on variables to create your own theme.
Azrael Mod: Changelog – full changelog for this and future releases.
Azrael Mod: Screenshots – more screenshots of various playlists configurations.

Calibre | Book cover templates (Penguin)

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Covers for Calibre, inspired by PENGUIN paperbacks

Recently, I’ve spent some time consolidating my ebooks in Calibre library, and during this process I’ve started to use several new-to-me plugins. One of them is “Generate Cover” plugin, that allows more control over the generated book cover, with an option to create your own design.
I’ve created a template, mimicking PENGUIN paperbacks for myself and now want to share it with anyone, who might want to use it too.

Details, downloads and instructions below.

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Zenphoto plugin | adminBranding 1.1

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adminBranding for Zenphoto: choose your CSS optionsadminBranding for Zenphoto: choose your CSS options

I’ve added a new option for adminBranding (my first solo plugin for Zenphoto CMS) – ability to use custom CSS file for the Admin backend.

This version is a small update, with a single new option added, but usage of custom CSS file allows for some very dramatic customisations of the Zenphoto Admin section + offers user a convenience of adjusting settings from the comfort of their preferred CSS editor.

In the future, I plan to supply users with several custom CSS files out of the box.

Page on plugin was updated with latest Changelog and link to latest Download: adminBranding v1.1 plugin for Zenphoto

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Zenphoto theme | Paradigm (v2.0)

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Zenphoto Theme Paradigm 2.0

A new version of Paradigm theme for Zenphoto CMS is released to address recent changes, introduced prior to official release of Zenphoto 1.6.3 on June 4, 2024.

In May I’ve managed to add past releases of Paradigm to Github and from now on plan to use that repository for code and versioning management. Github will allow me to frequently update theme with fixes, accept code contributions and make introduction of new features much faster. Major releases will still be announced on this blog and I’ll keep pages for official instructions, history of changes and release packages here too.

Paradigm gets a version bump to 2.0, as I should have done it for v1.6 due to breaking changes to Options. Number of changes is less impressive, but some are quite significant and forced me to rewrite all code once again.

I’ve added support for Multiple Layouts plugin with 1 alternative layout for Albums (more to follow) and FlickrFeed (make sure to update your version to the newest one, as previous won’t work due to changes on Flickr). Featured Images plugin is now included in official Zenphoto package and adds several functions, which were utilised by this version of Paradigm.

To protect custom user flies during updates and to speed up load times by eliminating 404 responses for unused custom CSS file – I’ve moved custom Logo and custom CSS into ‘uploaded/design’ directory and enabled selection of those files in Options. Another new Option is an ability to choose custom Preview image for OpenGraph/Twitter Cards in the Options from files in the same ‘uploaded/design’ directory.

Another massive change – support for full theme localisation (I really hope I found ALL text strings that needed translation)!
I’ve added Russian translation as well, to get the ball rolling.

Bug reports and features suggestions are welcome (and you can submit them via Github too).

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Zenphoto | ru_RU locale update

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Zenphoto Russian localisation - work in Poedit

Most of my web/tech/software-related projects address my own needs first and foremost, so my work on update for the Russian localisation stands out, as I’ve never used software localisation for anything and actually prefer my soft interface to be in English.

In this instance, I’ve decided to take this project on, for 3 reasons: it provided a somewhat new experience, no one else to do it instead and feeling of accomplishment, that I always get after a neat project wrap-up.
Lets explore these reasons in some details.
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