Im wondering is it possible to mix page content that the user can edit in wordpress with template functionality.
At the moment it seems I have to decide where the_content is going to go in my template and thats where ALL the users content goes.
But what if I want for example
some user content, then my own functionality from a template, then some more content the user can add in the page, then more functionality
Here is an example, the text highlighted in blue above the 4 boxes at the bottom is functionality. But ideally, I would like the user to be able to also change the 4 boxes through wordpress. But I was forced to hardcode those as Im already using the_content above that.
http://limerickfc.hailstormcommerce.com/academy/
There are more complex examples too, thast just a simple one
thanks
You can use Page Templates to run custom code and custom loops, and those four boxes fall perfectly into Widgets sections. Alternatively you can use Custom Fields to basically make anything possible in your page templates. However, it's quite difficult to make a sexy drag-and-drop content builder interface that does not suck. But doable. :)
Hope this helps. Cheers!
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Is it possible to have dynamic content in wordpress? I know that navigation, footer, and sidebar is dynamic. But what about the content? What if my content is within a 3 col grid? How can I add a 3 col grid to wordpress if I am only provided with one paragraph box within editing page? If i add the html code in my php file, it will be static and not dynamic. I have studied resources and not found a solution. In result I am asking here to clarify. Therefore, how can I make the content within the body dynamic?
Some of the sources I studied
Nav Walker
Dynamic Template
It totally depends on your needs and the time you can spend on this. Here are some guidelines:
If you always going to follow a specific layout for a page then you can have meta boxes for the content and style is applied by default.
Examples:
Advance Custom Fields (ACF) is most popular and easy to use. Alternatively, you can create custom meta boxes.
If you wanted to give more control then you can create your own layout snippets and define as shortcodes.
Examples:
In one of my recent project, I create my own shortocodes and that can be used in any page and will be automatically formatted before displaying on frontpage like
[video_right]
[testimonial]some content[/testimonial]
[one_fifth]columns[/one_fifth]
BTW, you can also use any visual builder like Visual Composer etc.
I'm trying to get on developing websites on Wordpress for easier management for the future admins.
I have created a bootstrap theme on my own. I got all the pages smoothly into Wordpress and are now easy to edit. However I have this one page which has tables, buttons, glyphicons and once I click the "graphic" view while editing the page it breaks it.
So I was thinking that that won't do and I decided to create a new plugin to fix this problem. A simple plugin which has few textboxes on the admin settings page and then just prints the texts on the page where I want them to go.
However I tried to look for tutorials and I'm just overwhelmed. I have gotten my plugin to work somewhat. It has a admin setup page and it can print customized text to a page where my shortcode is. Thanks to this post!
However, I still don't know what to do from this point on.
My question is: Could you help me by giving me an example code to get the same kind of textbox to my plugin's admin page as I have while editing/adding new pages (with graphic view) which saves the text and displays it on a page.
I have no idea if this is the way to go but I can't think of anything else right now. I was thinking that the settings page has a couple of textboxes and the text in them goes where I want it to go on a page. So the future admin won't see the unnecessary html code and therefore can't break it.
I would abandon the "plugin" idea. There are several more elegant ways to do this besides writing a plugin.
By far the easiest to implement is this:
1. Store the html in a "Custom Field" https://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields
2. Display the contents in your page (or post) template https://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields#Displaying_Custom_Fields
I have a question regarding how best to build a widget/plug-in for WordPress.
I have tried to code this thing out but unfortunately to no avail but that's because I'm increasingly thinking I'm going about it the entirely wrong way.
This is what I'm trying to achieve:
I have built a theme from scratch. In this theme I have two content areas. The larger of the two contains the main content and the smaller of the two (proposed widget/plug-in) contains supplementary information (opening times, Facebook feed). I don't want this widget/plug-in to appear on every page and would like the ability to turn it on or off within the usual WordPress admin area.
The impression I am getting is that I can build the widget that contains the content I want (with necessary forms to change said content) but it is either on for ALL pages or off for ALL pages, no sort-of page specific functionality. That's where I'm thinking a plug-in would extend the functionality and allow me to be more page specific with it. That is my current set-up with a theme I'm running and plug-in I added (neither of which were coded by me) but I would like to repeat it as best as possible.
Would it be right to assume that widgets are not really designed to have page specific functionality and that function should be left down to a plug-in?
I appreciate this question asks nothing really in the way specific advice but I would just like an opinion or two on the best approach before I go away and create it - this is my main struggle at the moment.
Thanks for looking.
This can be done with the Jetpack plugin. Once activated you can choose what widgets display on what pages:
The Widget Visibility module enables you to configure widgets to appear only on certain pages (or be hidden on certain pages) by using the Visibility panel.
Visibility is controlled by five aspects: page type, category, tag, date, and author. For example, if you wanted the Archives widget to only appear on category archives and error pages, choose “Show” from the first dropdown and then add two rules: “Page is 404 Error Page” and “Category is All Category Pages.”
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It is also possible with the Display Widgets plugin.
This is a common problem. The usual remedy is to use an existing plugin that allows widgets to be tied to pages.
The 3 most popular plugins for this are:
JetPack
Per Page Widgets
Widget Logic
I am working on moving a normal HTML website to Wordpress for a client. It's a simple website with a lots of images and HTML text. The idea is that client should be able to modify contents of website through the simple CMS without actually looking into code.
While doing analysis I came across some roadblocks like
Problem: If I want to modify text/ image for Header or footer in wordpress, I will need to do it in PHP code.
Solution: Create a customized header/ footer update tab. Modify database to store these contents and modify PHP code to directly read the data from database.
Problem: Wordpress provides a set of widgets (blogrolls catergories etc.), I need more like Latest News.
Solution: Modify PHP code and datbase, basically create your own widget.
Problem: There are a lot of static HTML pages which are linked from one page to another.
Solution: I don't see any way in wordpress to create static HTML pages which among which we can create links from one to another.
Solution: Create a new interface where user can create HTML pages/ plain text content. This will return a link which can be used to provide hyperlinks in another page.
My query is: Are the solutions mentioned above correct? The problems mentioned look very common, so is there a tried and tested way to solve?
Edit: User (Client) want to use wordpress. Just wanted to make sure here that Solutions I am thinking about are correct. So would like to have suggestion from someone who has already worked on Wordpress and solved the problems like I have mentioned. Do not want to reinvent the wheel.
I've worked a lot on a Wordpress-base white-label CMS, so I think I can help you in some ways.
First of all : always remember the real power of Wordpress is its community and its plugins base (that you can access directly from wordpress admin)
Problem: If I want to modify text/ image for Header or footer in
wordpress, I will need to do it in PHP code. Solution: Create a
customized header/ footer update tab. Modify database to store these
contents and modify PHP code to directly read the data from database.
If you want to have a fully customisable appearance, I suggest you to start from a theme like Consctructor. This is a theme with a whole admin panel for simple appearance editing. The code is far from perfect but this is a good start.
If you just want to manage the content of header / footer, you can do it via Menus / Widgets / Links, but only if your theme is designed for that. For example, a lot of good theme allow you to add widgets in footer, then you can construct your footer with only a few drag-n-drop in the Appearance/Widget menu. For header image, the default theme (Twenty-Twelve) provide an header panel where you can upload a new image.
Problem: Wordpress provides a set of widgets (blogrolls catergories
etc.), I need more like Latest News. Solution: Modify PHP code and
datbase, basically create your own widget.
Yes you can create your own widgets for specific needs, but I suggest you always start from an existing one. There is a lot of plugins providing you dozens of widgets. Explore that before reinventing the wheel.
For your specific case, a 1s google-search returns me this plugin.
Problem: There are a lot of static HTML pages which are linked from
one page to another. Solution: I don't see any way in wordpress to
create static HTML pages which among which we can create links from
one to another. Solution: Create a new interface where user can create
HTML pages/ plain text content. This will return a link which can be
used to provide hyperlinks in another page.
No, use the pages. Wordpress Pages are static content and this is editable, and for each page ou have a permalink. If Pages aren't good for your job, you can consider creating a custom type (or install a plugin that create a custom type).
Wordpress themes can be made to accept images and stuff like that.
The are ample wordpress widgets to do just that. Just be sure to find the right one.
I don't understand this one. You can create any amount of wordpress pages, and to link between them is easy. If you want your files to end in .html, simply enable permalinks and specify that option. It's very easy.
Reinventing the wheel sometimes is good, possibly even good for you (Given patience and time). Nothing is prepackaged to do everything for you, hence these are times when you need a custom build.
Anyways, CMSes don't come as a multipurpose, all-in-one package that solves your programming woes and turns everything into a point-and-click solution. Every CMS is unique, designed to serve a specific purpose. Others general purpose, others for blogs, others for very simple sites.
If you don't find anything native that fits your needs, find the right plugin for the job. If you cannot find anything at all, then might as well build a custom solution, or build on top of an existing resource. Innovate
I want to write a plugin that will pull a sidebar from one Wordpress blog and place it in the sidebar of another blog. I know to write a plugin, but actually don't know where to start with this idea.
I believe he's saying that he wants to write a plugin to be able to retrieve a sidebar from another website and display it (possibly as a widget?). If that is not the question then I apologize; otherwise, I'll take a shot at answering.
The first thing I would recommend would be to view the code of just about any other widget plugin to make sure that a plugin (and not just some JavaScript) is really what you want.
Assuming you want the plugin, check out this resource for some basics. Also, you'll need the retrieval code which will either be "screen-scraping" in PHP or AJAX partial page loading with JavaScript.
I hope any or all of this helps you get where you're going.