Dexx

Hey all,

In regards to wordpress widgets, is it possible to have an actual design created for them?

For example on normal html sales pages, they often have Customer Testimonials in custom graphic boxes etc.

Is it possible to do such a thing with a widget?

i.e. Create a widget that looks like a television, and would load an embedded video within it, but would also be placed in different locations (i.e. not a static template location)

Or create a widget for "Customer Testimonials" and load the written or video testimonial inside of a customer?

Anyone know how such a thing could be done?

Steve Diamond

Hi, Dexx. It wouldn't exactly be a widget. Those are only for placement in defined sidebar areas.

If you want a pre-formatted component that could be placed anywhere in a post or page, you would do it with a plugin that creates a shortcode. See the WordPress Codex on the Shortcode API for more info.

This kind of plugin would let you then embed special codes inside posts, for example:

or

You could even have the plugin add toolbar icons to the WP WYSIWYG edit box to make it easier to embed these codes.

HTH.

Steve

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Dexx

Oh wow Steve, thank you for that!

Okay, so is that something I could request someone on Rentacoder to do?

I would just put a request out for a pre-formatted wordpress plugin to allow for the placement of a TV or testimonial box?

Or what would I describe it as to locate someone to create/design such a thing?

M2

Dexx! You crazy man, you can find some wicked outsourcing at scriptlance.com to do this dirt cheap.

Hope all is well btw.

Mikey

Steve Diamond

Well, that's pretty close. You might want to specify how you want it to work in more detail.

Another alternative would be to look for an existing plugin. Here's a free video plugin that has several styles of player included, for example.

And another alternative for the testimonial box is to simply use CSS styling for the blockquote element in the theme. (This is the formatting you get when you tell WP's editor to indent a block of text.) Lots of themes have fancy blockquote formats. Look around for a nice one and copy it.

I hate to see you pay good money to reinvent a wheel that already exists.

Steve

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Website development | PHP - MySQL - JavaScript expert programming
Software requirements analysis | Specification writing
Project management | Vendor relationship management

Dexx

Heh ya I'm think I'll hit up R.A.C, thnx Mikey =)

Dexx

Ahh good ideas again, thnx, will look!