Title: Usining this Plugin
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Usining this Plugin

 *  Resolved [dr_dad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dr_dad/)
 * (@dr_dad)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usining-this-plugin/)
 * I am just learning how to create a WP website. I am using the Woodpeker theme.
   I need your plugin to create a book gallery that shows information about the 
   author, the book description, and a paypal button. I created a page entitled 
   Books. But, the theme’s home page features 3 columns in which to highlight main
   website features. I’ve created a picture for each column and written a brief 
   blurb. I want to send the reader to a page to continue the information. Two of
   the columns will need only one column for the information. But, the other column
   will highlight my books and I will need 3 or 4 columns. With each books I want
   the reader to be linked to a more detail presentation. I need to know where the
   short code is inserted. My website is [http://www.wpsweet1.com/charms/](http://www.wpsweet1.com/charms/)
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 *  Plugin Author [caterhamcomputing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caterhamcomputing/)
 * (@caterhamcomputing)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usining-this-plugin/#post-6207951)
 * Hi.
 * I’m not really sure what you are asking?
 * I can see that you have used the shortcode on the Books page ([http://www.wpsweet1.com/charms/books/](http://www.wpsweet1.com/charms/books/))
   to show it’s child pages.
 * If you wanted to display these same child pages on the front page (or any other
   page) you would need to set the `id` parameter to the id of the parent page (
   [http://www.wpsweet1.com/charms/books/](http://www.wpsweet1.com/charms/books/)).
 * The shortcode would be placed wherever you want the child pages displayed.
 * I think that you are suggesting using the plugin within one of the existing columns
   on your front page … if this is so, I would strongly suggest setting the `cols`
   parameter to 1 to avoid the columns being too squashed and becoming unreadable
   on smaller screens.
 * The plugin is not directly capable of displaying other information or adding 
   PayPal buttons – it was designed purely to allow child pages to be listed.
 * However, if you use set the parameter `truncate_excerpt="false"` you will be 
   able to enter your own HTML as the excerpt for each page without it being truncated
   by the plugin – it would probably be easiest to use the “Rich Text Excerpts” 
   plugin to allow you to edit the excerpt using the standard WordPress editor.
 * You might find that some kind of shopping cart or product catalogue plugin is
   more appropriate to use for this scenario.
 *  Plugin Author [caterhamcomputing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caterhamcomputing/)
 * (@caterhamcomputing)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usining-this-plugin/#post-6208003)
 * Hi.
 * I am marking this as resolved as I haven’t heard any more from you.
 * I can see that you are using the plugin successfully at [http://www.wpsweet1.com/charms/books/](http://www.wpsweet1.com/charms/books/)
 * I hope that my previous comments were of some help.

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