Live feed display?

  • Resolved arhyarion

    (@arhyarion)


    9 years, 11 months ago

    I am setting up a precious metals website for my client, and he wants the live price of gold displayed in the header.

    We have a plugin that provides a feed, and also updates WooCommerce store product prices in the background as the price rises and falls. The plugin provides a shortcode to display the current spot price, but I think it is caching – because after a while the price shown by the shortcode stops updating. (And we know the feed still works because the product prices still update).

    Would Ajaxize provide a solution around this problem?

    Thanks
    Ben

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/ajaxize/

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  • Plugin Author yoav.aner

    (@yoavaner)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Ben,

    If the plugin itself does the caching, then ajaxize might not help. Otherwise, if you can call this shortcode from a function, you can ajaxize this function (as long as the function accepts no parameters), and then place the “ajaxized” div on the page, so it is fetched dynamically.

    Hope this helps!

    Cheers,
    Yoav

    Thread Starter arhyarion

    (@arhyarion)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    I think that GoDaddy is the culprit behind the caching, not the plugin itself. I think the ability of the plugin to display the current spot price of a precious metal was kind of an afterthought. The main purpose is to update precious metal product prices.

    I’m not a developer. I know enough CSS and HTML to get around, but my Javascript and PHP are pretty noobish. Is there enough documentation with the plugin for me to try this?

    Thanks Yoav!
    Ben

    Plugin Author yoav.aner

    (@yoavaner)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Ben,

    This plugin / documentation assumes some basic understanding of wordpress functions. It doesn’t have a step-by-step guide for complete beginners, and unfortunately I cannot offer this level of support.

    Nevertheless, I’m sure even a relatively inexperienced wordpress developer can figure out how to use Ajaxize, and whether or not it solves the problem for you. I would recommend finding a freelance developer, who I’m sure can help you resolve this one way or another.

    Cheers,
    Yoav

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