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Tomaž Šolc replied on November 02, 2009 17:02 to the question "How to filter images by licence (commercial use allowed)?" in Zemanta:

Hi

Unfortunately this isn't possible with our basic plug-in.

Please contact sales@zemanta.com if you need advanced features like that.

Tomaž Šolc replied on November 02, 2009 11:12 to the question "How do I change my Zemanta badge?!?!" in Zemanta:

Hi Selena

If this badge appears for example in the side bar (and not in each post), then it is probably set in your blog templates. The way you can change it depends on which blog service or software you are using.

For instance, if you're using WordPress, go to your dashboard -> Appearance -> Editor.

Signature images (those that appear at the bottom of each post where you used Zemanta's suggestions) can be set in Zemanta Preferences (there's a link in Zemanta widget)

Tomaž Šolc replied on October 28, 2009 18:31 to the question "i cant get zemanta to suggest any video... (joomla , WP , gmail )" in Zemanta:

Hi

You are probably writing about topics for which we don't have any videos to suggest - compared to the number of images in our collection the number of videos we know how to suggest is rather small at the moment.

The best advice is to just keep writing your blog post - when our engine will see that you mentioned something or someone that appears in a video, you will get it among the suggestions.

Our database is constantly growing, so don't loose hope.

Tomaž Šolc replied on October 26, 2009 07:16 to the question "I can't log in because I'm already registered?" in Zemanta:

Hi

Did you have to enter your password twice? If so then you were using the registration form.

Instead of registering again, you have to click the "login with the existing account" link below the register form on the preferences page. This way you will automatically merge the preferences from your Firefox extension with the preferences you see in the Safari bookmarklet.

Tomaž Šolc replied on October 13, 2009 12:43 to the problem "Upload Directory Problem" in Zemanta:

The path "Uploader should save images to this directory" should be the absolute filesystem path of the directory that appears at the URL http://domain.com/zemanta.

This is usually the document root directory + "zemanta". For example, if document root is "/var/www/domain", then the correct path is "/var/www/domain/zemanta".

If you don't know what the document root is, try disabling the "use custom path" checkbox and look at the default paths. If you WP installation is accessible directly at http://domain.com, document root is the part of the path that appears before "wp-content".

By the way, why are you using a custom path? Default didn't work for you?

Tomaž Šolc replied on October 13, 2009 07:57 to the problem "Upload Directory Problem" in Zemanta:

Hi Michael

Go to to your WordPress dashboard and select Plugins -> Zemanta Configuration.

Under "Image uploading" there's a box with the path to the directory you need to make writable by the user that your Wordpress installation runs as.

Tomaž Šolc replied on October 08, 2009 07:13 to the question "How to I get Amazon Suggestions" in Zemanta:

That's interesting. Can you please tell me the text of your blog post (or a link to it if you already published it) and maybe I can fix that.

Tomaž Šolc replied on September 24, 2009 06:51 to the problem "Zemanta tab info irritating!" in Zemanta:

Hi Gayla

Once you close the tab (by clicking on the "x" on right of it's title) it shouldn't appear again,.

Can you please go to Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions and check if you still have Zemanta listed there? Also, do you have any other extensions installed?

Tomaž Šolc replied on September 23, 2009 19:50 to the question "Google Reader and Sources" in Zemanta:

Hi Andrea

Go to your Zemanta preferences and click "edit my list of sources" at the very bottom. You will see your list of feeds under "My blogs and other content".

You can then remove the feeds you don't want to use for related articles by clicking on the small "x" at the right of the feed's title.

There is currently no way to bulk remove feeds. I'll see if we can add that feature in the future.

Tomaž Šolc replied on September 23, 2009 08:47 to the question "Automatic Image Uploader does not work for images with spaces" in Zemanta:

Hi Hendy

Thank you for reporting this problem. It is indeed a bug in our Wordpress plug-in and will be fixed in the next release.

Tomaž Šolc replied on September 14, 2009 12:58 to the question "My blog page is invisible to Zemanta." in Zemanta:

Hi

Can you please post a link to your blog and the feed you added in Zemanta preferences?

Tomaž Šolc started following the question "Source Code" in Zemanta.

Tomaž Šolc replied on September 02, 2009 09:42 to the question "Are more specific Google Maps possible?" in Zemanta:

Hi Stephen

You should get more specific maps for streets that have Wikipedia pages about them (for example Lancaster Turnpike). Cross Street unfortunately doesn't seem to have one at the moment.

Tomaž Šolc started following the problem "Blue screen of death?" in Zemanta.

Tomaž Šolc replied on July 20, 2009 07:31 to the question "Is Zemanta working with the latest wordpress?" in Zemanta:

Hi

Thanks for your report. This error message means that WordPress does not have write permissions to the directory where it wants to upload images inserted by Zemanta.

If you changed the image upload path in Zemanta Configuration page, please check that the user account your PHP scripts are using can write to that path.

If you didn't change anything there, can you please post a screenshot of your Zemanta Configuration page? Go to your WordPress dashboard, choose "Plugins" and "Zemanta Configuration" on the left.

Tomaž Šolc replied on March 06, 2009 08:48 to the question "Get out of my GMAIL" in Zemanta:

You can't currently disable Zemanta just for Gmail.

There is one unofficial solution however, if you don't mind tweaking stuff under the hood. See Disabling Zemanta for Gmail on my blog.

Tomaž Šolc replied on February 09, 2009 07:40 to the question "Filter images according to their size" in Zemanta:

Also note that API returns height and width of suggested images (url_*_w, url_*_h fields in the Image object), so you can use that as a rough estimate of the image file size.

Tomaž Šolc replied on February 03, 2009 17:59 to the question "The meaning of licenses" in Zemanta:

Hi

Each suggested image is accompanied by a link to a page that has a more detailed description of the image. Look for it in the bubble below the license label (it says for example "More info at Flickr"). The same link is inserted into your blog post below each image.

That page has all the details about the licensing, including whether the owner allows commercial use. For example, on Flickr, you can find license details on the right, under "Additional information".

Tomaž Šolc started following the idea "Narrow down suggestions through by-group properties" in Zemanta.

Tomaž Šolc replied on October 24, 2008 07:50 to the question "Don't want this in blogger." in Zemanta:

You should go to your Zemanta preferences page and select the invisible signature image. This will remove the reblog button from your future posts.

You can remove buttons from your old posts by editing them and removing the button as you would any other image.