This plugin will take an image background on your site, and add to it the date and/or time of your last new Nucleus post. The new image is then saved to a new file on your site. This image can then be placed in forum signatures, profiles, whatever.
Just like any other Nucleus plugin. Unzip the file, or create from the code. Upload to your Nucleus plugin directory, login, and install.
Nucleus - Duh. I am running Nucleus 3.21. I just haven't gotten around to upgrading to 3.22 yet.
A background image. Mine includes the background color, and text that isn't the date and time.
A TrueType font. I just grabbed Arial from my Windows directory and uploaded it. I'm not sure if some will cause problems or not as I haven't tried any others.
You must edit your NP_LastUpdatePNG.php file directly. Configuration starts at around line 37 (look for the comments). There should be enough comments there to help you out.
Your best bet is to post on the forum topic. I don't know very much about Nucleus plugins, so my help may be limited. I developed this for myself and thought I'd share it. If you (or someone else) finds a fix to your problem, let the forum know so I can make changes if neccessary.
I don't know how the plugin will react to multiple blogs, as I only have one. I would assume the plugin will run for all blogs right now. Perhaps options could be added to turn it off for some blogs. I didn't dive that far into the
API.
You WILL have to play around with the x,y positions of the date and time. You only need to worry about the y position if you've chosen to center x.
You can set your text to an angle. I tried it once during testing, but I'm not sure how that affects centering, etc.
I don't have any provisions coded in (yet) for not needing a background image if you just want a solid color or a transparent background. Perhaps that could be added eventually.
I never had to create my new dynamic
PNG.
PHP did this for me. I also never had any issues with the overwrite.
