Title: Rotating TopBars Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Rotating TopBars * Resolved [traemccombs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/traemccombs/) * (@traemccombs) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/) * Howdy, and thanks for such an AWESOME plugin! Great work. * I was hoping you might consider adding support in the future for “Rotating” TopBar’s. The idea is that say you have 10 TopBars. And you can set a “Time” that each bar will display before the next one rolls in. * Example: * TopBar 1 – Test Howdy! (Displays for 9000ms) TopBar 2 – The Next Additional Thing! (Displays for 9000ms) TopBar 3 – More stuff! (Displays for 9000ms) * This way you’d have 3 TopBars that would rotate out every 9000ms. * Make sense? * Thanks! * [http://exinferno.com/](http://exinferno.com/) You can see we are trying to work TopBar into our site. * Feel free to email me @: * **traemccombs** _IS_AT_ **gmail** _*DOT!_ **com** * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-topbar/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-topbar/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Plugin Author [rfgoetz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfgoetz/) * (@rfgoetz) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307250) * It is a good idea. * I could create a new field for each TopBar; let’s call it “group_tag”. That would be free-form text field where you can put in Tag(s) for each grouping. Each Tag is comma delimited. * Then, I could create a new global option on the main Admin Page that has “Groupings” as ON or OFF (called use_groupings. * Next a new Tab, (right next to Samples) called “Groupings”. * You would then see a new table where you can create Groupings. Each Grouping would have its own row. You could have an infinite number of groupings. Each Grouping would have a Name, an enabled/disabled toggle, all the options from the Control Tab, and a “group_selection” field. The group_selection field be used to match the new “groupings” field on each TopBar. If the Tag(s) you put in the group_selection field match a TopBar’s group_tag, then that TopBar would be shown with that Group. * I would need to change the logic of how the plugin selects TopBars to show. * 1) If use_groupings if OFF — then use existing logic. 2) If use_groupins is ON, then a) randomly select one grouping that is enabled and has valid control options for the page/post being viewed. b) now for that one grouping, select all the TopBars that match that group’s “group_selection” field. c) each TopBar would then go through the existing logic to see if it should be shown (e.g. Close Button logic, Control Logic, etc.) * Finally, the Test Priority page would need to be changed. If use_groupings is ON, then I would prompt you to enter the Grouping you want to test. * —– * Does this make sense? Any flaws that you see? * Bob * Thread Starter [traemccombs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/traemccombs/) * (@traemccombs) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307252) * WoW Bob, that was some intense reading. 🙂 * I think however, while very cool, you may have misunderstood what I was asking, or better still, I asked incorrectly. * I was simply wondering if there was a way to have all of the TopBars rotate out without having to reload the page. * Like you could set it so that TopBar1, TopBar2, TopBar3, TopBar4, TopBar5 were all in a group like you mentioned, and then they would then rotate through with maybe some nice javascript transition thingy. Maybe dissolve between them, I don’t know. * But what I’m talking about sounds quite simple compared to what you are talking about, or I simply don’t grok it. * Nonetheless, thanks for getting back so quick! * Finally, if you want to chit chat about this, I’m on our Mumble server right now: [http://exinferno.com/](http://exinferno.com/) Look for “Sick” and we can talk! Perhaps I can put it into words easier than I can type it. * Be well and thanks again! Trae (Sick) * Plugin Author [rfgoetz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfgoetz/) * (@rfgoetz) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307419) * OK — I’ve looked into this. It will take me a while to re-work the code and jquery to do what you want. * Thread Starter [traemccombs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/traemccombs/) * (@traemccombs) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307462) * Bob, take your time. As long as I can have it yesterday I’m good. 🙂 * In all seriousness, thanks for all you do! * Plugin Author [rfgoetz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfgoetz/) * (@rfgoetz) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307466) * I’m working on this.. but I am having trouble getting the jQuery just right. Stay tuned. * Thread Starter [traemccombs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/traemccombs/) * (@traemccombs) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307467) * If you need someone to test let me know. We’ll be happy to test it out over on our site: * [http://exinferno.com/](http://exinferno.com/) * Just please try and not blow us up. LOL. 🙂 * Thanks Bob! * Plugin Author [rfgoetz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfgoetz/) * (@rfgoetz) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307468) * I emailed you the beta code. thanks! * Plugin Author [rfgoetz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfgoetz/) * (@rfgoetz) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307470) * Glad it worked for you. I have pushed v. 5.13 out with these changes. * [orensbruli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orensbruli/) * (@orensbruli) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307475) * I love this new feature. I was just wondering if it could be established a parameter that set the number of times the bars rotate. After that number of times the bars just would hide (or you can set to 0 to continuous rotation). Would it be possible? Would it be interesting? Thank U. Cheers! * Thread Starter [traemccombs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/traemccombs/) * (@traemccombs) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307476) * I’d like to +1 what orensbruli said, and as well ask if there is a way things could rotate through randomly? /me hides from Bob. 🙂 * Plugin Author [rfgoetz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfgoetz/) * (@rfgoetz) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307477) * orensbruli, that is a good idea. That is an easy change to make. I can get that in the next update. I can think of another option that needs to go with this change: do you want the last bar to be hidden or do you want the bar to stay on the page? [At some point, I’ll find the time to add the ability to close/reopen that last TopBar.] * traemccombs, I think that is also a good idea.. but a little longer to implement. I think there could be many options: * 1) [as currently implemented] shows TopBars in decreasing order of priority 2) Show in a pure random order, ignore priority weighting 3) Show random order, respecting the priority weighting. This would force those that have a higher weighting to be displayed as the first TopBar shown more often than those with a lower weighting. * Adding the option selection field is trivial. Also option 2 would be trivial. I feel that I need to offer option 3 — since I use the weighting to force some TopBars to be shown more. * Any comments? * Bob * Plugin Author [rfgoetz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfgoetz/) * (@rfgoetz) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rotating-topbars/#post-4307478) * orensbruli & traemccombs, try version 5.14. 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