The index is a tag cloud. I’ve been going through from the beginning and adding tags to my posts (so far I’m up to December 2007).

You often see tag clouds in sidebars. I don’t like them there because they create a lot of clutter. But as this project moves forward I thought it would be cool to have an index, and that this would work well as a page.

To make a tag cloud page in WordPress, save your basic page template under some name such as tags.php. Then put the following code at the top of the page template:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Tag Cloud
*/
?>

And put this inside the content section (if you don’t want all the tags to show change the 0 to some other number):

<div class=”tag_cloud”>
<?php wp_tag_cloud(‘number=0′); ?>
</div>

Now simply write the new page using this as your template.

Oh, and you can change your tag cloud settings by editing category-template.php under wp-includes.

Any questions? Write me via the “contact” tab.

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7 Junipers index is a post from: 7junipers.com

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Holiday cheer to all is a post from: 7junipers.com

The internet, that is.

What could be a more appropriate image for our inaugural post than these ironic echoes of the first emperor’s terra-cotta army. The tennis warriors are in the offices of el blogador, a digital media consultant who divides his time between London and Antigua, Guatemala. They were created for the ATP Masters Cup being held in Shanghai (in fact, just as each of the first emperor’s soldiers has an individual face, so Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic are recognizable in these images). The artist is not identified.

For 7Junipers I intend to range freely over Asian art and culture, from ancient to contemporary times and across the entire continent. Art and literature will be my main subjects. Since I’m already stretched thin, I’ll probably move somewhat slowly on this, but as posts accumulate I will gather them into categories by culture, era, and medium. The globe on right can be clicked to visit particular regions (not much is up yet).

The title alludes to the seven junipers of Zhidao Guan, a Taoist temple in the city of Changshu in China’s Yangzi delta, as well as to a famous 16th-century painting of them by Wen Zhengming. The seven junipers also represent the seven large cultural regions that fall under the scope of this website. For more, see the “about” tab above.

Seven Junipers plays the net is a post from: 7junipers.com