Plugin for linking websites?

  • JayRich

    (@jayrich)


    12 years, 7 months ago

    Hey Everyone,

    I was looking to have a few sites associated with each other and to do this I was hoping to implement it in a way that looks similar to http://gawker.com/. At the top of the page you can see a button with 3 lines and when you click it, it shows a bunch of different sites that are within the parent website. Anyone know of a way or a plugin that I could use to make this a possibility?

    Also, I am unsure if I am aloud to link to an external site, but given that it is a safe site, maybe it isn’t an issue? If it is, I apologize.

    Look forward to hearing any ideas you guys have.

    Thanks

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  • leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    12 years, 7 months ago

    I have links to several other sites including my own in a Menu widget in my sidebar as well as some credits links (web thanks) in my footer, and I think the only issue there is a matter of respect by first being sure the other site owner or manager has no objection.

    Scriptrunner (Doug Sparling)

    (@scriptrunner)

    12 years, 7 months ago

    You can create a custom menu (Appearance->Menus) and add it to a sidebar widget. If you want the link to open in a new tab/window, then to go top right of Menus admin and click on “Screen Options” and then check “Link Target” and then close the “Screen Options” curtain Then you’ll have a check box so you can set a link to open in a new tab/window. Once you’ve saved your menu, you can add it to a widget area. (Appearance->Widgets)

    For another options (I’ve not used it), but the old “Blog Roll” functionality was pulled out of WordPress as of 3.5, but you can get it back with the Link Manager plugin.

    Really, I think the first way is the “WordPress way.”

    Thread Starter JayRich

    (@jayrich)

    12 years, 7 months ago

    Thank you both for the replies. However, I don’t necessarily just want the list to be visible but would rather like a button, when pressed, displays all the websites, similar to Gawker. Is it possible to add buttons like that in WordPress?

    leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    12 years, 7 months ago

    You might try taking a look at some of these:
    http://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/search.php?q=custom+menu+button

    Thread Starter JayRich

    (@jayrich)

    12 years, 7 months ago

    I feel like CSS would definitely be the way to go but I am not familiar enough to mess around with coding. With that being said, in the mean time I will play around with it a bit and see if I can get something to work.

    Thanks again everyone and please keep the suggestions coming!

    Scriptrunner (Doug Sparling)

    (@scriptrunner)

    12 years, 7 months ago

    Another suggestion would be some type of accordion menu plugin/widget.

    Thread Starter JayRich

    (@jayrich)

    12 years, 7 months ago

    Hmmm, will look into that now.

    In the mean time I just wanted to re-iterate a little more on my Gawker-esque request. What I really like about it is of course one, it’s just a button and you can display every other site. Another big thing is how they have the website gravicon beside each link. I typically go for very simplified looks with my website and I find Gawker just looks very clean.

    Hope this helps.

    Scriptrunner (Doug Sparling)

    (@scriptrunner)

    12 years, 7 months ago

    Those are called Hamburger Menus or Hamburger Style Menus, which makes it a bit difficult to search for. I think Genesis themes may have a mobile version. I really don’t know of any plugin that does this, which doesn’t mean there isn’t. You might also search for widgets and themes.

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