Comments on: WordPress plugin question http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2008/12/23/wordpress-plugin-question/ Everyone is entitled to my opinion Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sunday Snippets 2009-01-04 - Luke Gedeon http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2008/12/23/wordpress-plugin-question/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Sunday Snippets 2009-01-04 - Luke Gedeon Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:57:41 +0000 http://joecascio.net/joecblog/?p=145#comment-143 [...] http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2008/12/23/wordpress-plugin-question/ Joe asked about building a page template inside a [...] [...] http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2008/12/23/wordpress-plugin-question/ Joe asked about building a page template inside a [...]

]]> By: Luke Gedeon http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2008/12/23/wordpress-plugin-question/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Luke Gedeon Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:38:14 +0000 http://joecascio.net/joecblog/?p=145#comment-131 Joe, Are you wanting to replace/modify the template's default header, footer, or sidebar? If so which ones and to what degree? If you are not changing the header or footer, you can ask the user to create a blank page (and as a bonus they can name it whatever they want) and insert your shortcode and save it. For example the user would type [Open-Microblogging] as the only content of the new page then your plugin would replace the short code with a whole page of code. You can include tabs, forms, ajax, and... well... everything. Again, the only limit here is that you are keeping the theme's header and footer, because you can modify the sidebar separately. References: http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pageview/ (another way) http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social-media-page/ (plugin using similar method) http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/blogroll-links-page/ (older shortcode method) Joe,

Are you wanting to replace/modify the template’s default header, footer, or sidebar? If so which ones and to what degree?

If you are not changing the header or footer, you can ask the user to create a blank page (and as a bonus they can name it whatever they want) and insert your shortcode and save it.

For example the user would type [Open-Microblogging] as the only content of the new page then your plugin would replace the short code with a whole page of code. You can include tabs, forms, ajax, and… well… everything.

Again, the only limit here is that you are keeping the theme’s header and footer, because you can modify the sidebar separately.

References:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pageview/ (another way)
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social-media-page/ (plugin using similar method)
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/blogroll-links-page/ (older shortcode method)

]]> By: JoeC http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2008/12/23/wordpress-plugin-question/comment-page-1/#comment-130 JoeC Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:07:35 +0000 http://joecascio.net/joecblog/?p=145#comment-130 @Hilary I need a little more explanation on the second suggestion. I'll email. @Hilary
I need a little more explanation on the second suggestion. I’ll email.

]]> By: Hilary Mason http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2008/12/23/wordpress-plugin-question/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Hilary Mason Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:14:19 +0000 http://joecascio.net/joecblog/?p=145#comment-129 A page template contains a lot of things, including the page styles. Depending on what the page will contain, it might be more prudent to create a new template tag that people can insert into a page. You might even be able to automate the construction of the page using the default page template for the theme but with your template tag in place. A page template contains a lot of things, including the page styles. Depending on what the page will contain, it might be more prudent to create a new template tag that people can insert into a page.

You might even be able to automate the construction of the page using the default page template for the theme but with your template tag in place.

]]> By: JoeC http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2008/12/23/wordpress-plugin-question/comment-page-1/#comment-128 JoeC Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:02:28 +0000 http://joecascio.net/joecblog/?p=145#comment-128 Not an add-in for the sidebar or a like badge. It's really a whole page, almost like another app, embedded into that page. Not an add-in for the sidebar or a like badge. It’s really a whole page, almost like another app, embedded into that page.

]]> By: Luke Gedeon http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2008/12/23/wordpress-plugin-question/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Luke Gedeon Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:55:00 +0000 http://joecascio.net/joecblog/?p=145#comment-127 Do you actually need a page template? Would a [short code] or two work? It seems like the user might want the ability to put this on the page with other things but it depends on how much you are doing on the page. Are we looking at a form for input and a list of recent posts or are you planning something much bigger? Do you actually need a page template? Would a [short code] or two work? It seems like the user might want the ability to put this on the page with other things but it depends on how much you are doing on the page.
Are we looking at a form for input and a list of recent posts or are you planning something much bigger?

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