Anyone able to make this quick plugin….

  • threevisual

    (@threevisual)


    20 years, 12 months ago

    Hi. On a friends blog (not powered by wordpress) he has a part on the sidebar which he can update according to what he has been doing on his week or day or whatever.

    http://www.jaedns.com/ (the whats up bar on the left hand side)

    I was wondering if anyone could develop a plugin like this for the wordpress side bar where it would allow you to add and remove fields (eg, downlading, reading, listening too) etc and then be able to update it from the admin panel.

    Anyone able to do this?

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    20 years, 12 months ago

    You really don’t need a plugin for that. It’s almost easier to do it manually by editing sidebar.php. At the very least, it’s easier than writing a plugin to do it for you. Give me one minute and I’ll assemble the code to post into your theme.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    20 years, 12 months ago

    Just add this to your Sidebar Template (sidebar.php):

    <h2>What's Up</h2>
    <ul>
    <li><strong>Listening:</strong> nothing</li>
    <li><strong>Reading:</strong> Eating like a Boa</li>
    <li><strong>Playing:</strong> WoW</li>
    <li><strong>Working:</strong> Sleep</li>
    <li><strong>Downloading:</strong> hings</li>
    <li><strong>Last Updated:</strong> 11th June</li>
    </ul>

    Thread Starter threevisual

    (@threevisual)

    20 years, 12 months ago

    Thanks macmanx, is there any way i can edit this without having to keep uploading the sidebar.php files by FTP?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    20 years, 12 months ago

    Of course. Just login to your WP admin interface and go to Themes/Theme Editor.

    vkaryl

    (@vkaryl)

    20 years, 12 months ago

    Make sure sidebar.php is writeable before you try to edit it. If it’s not writeable, your changes won’t be saved.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    20 years, 12 months ago

    You should see an error message under the editing area if it’s not writable. To make it writable, its permissions must be 666 (CHMOD 666).

    spirit892

    (@spirit892)

    20 years, 12 months ago

    You can also use the PHPcurrently script, and just insert the include into your sidebar.
    http://codegrrl.com/scripts/phpcurrently/

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