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Is there a WP plugin for this?

by Scott Million
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I'd like the ability to add a global promo to the top of every page/post... some themes come with an about section where you can do this, but most don't. Wondering if there's a plugin that will allow you to have essentially a "sticky" show up above every page / post. Any ideas? Didn't know what section to put this in, programming made the most sense.
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  • Profile picture of the author fthomas137
    Absolutely! If you'd like something like this as a custom job for your wordpress sites, send me a pm and I can send you a sample.

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  • Profile picture of the author Ambius
    maybe I don't understand your request, but isn't this super simple to do by putting the ad in your header.php file? Is the ad static html or read from a post in your database?
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  • Profile picture of the author Scott Million
    Frank, if I can't find one available then I'll give you a shout.

    Ambius, this is just a content area that shows up at the top of every post/page where an ad, opt-in form, video, whatever always shows up at the top. The easiest way to describe it would be a sticky post, except this sticky post shows up on every post/page, not just the on the latest feed list page.

    There are wordpress themes that come with an "about section" that does exactly this, but I'm trying to implement this for your general two column theme via a plugin.
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  • Profile picture of the author fm1234
    WWSGD?

    Uses cookies to nag your visitors with a customisable message. By default it's set to suggest that people subscribe to your feed, but you can use it for anything you like.


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    • Profile picture of the author Scott Million
      Originally Posted by fm1234 View Post

      WWSGD?

      Uses cookies to nag your visitors with a customisable message. By default it's set to suggest that people subscribe to your feed, but you can use it for anything you like.


      Frank
      Thanks for the help. That's almost what I'm looking for... need the content area to go above the post title, ideally in its own block.
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  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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    This may offer what you want, Scott, but it may need a bit of fiddling around with.

    WordPress › Wp-Insert « WordPress Plugins

    You can use the Manage Ads (Template Tags) to produce and save your promo(s), then insert the necessary tag on whatever theme template you need. You can also exclude them individually on whatever posts/pages you want.

    It also does an awful lot more than you need but maybe some features would come in handy at some time .. ..

    Hope it helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author Scott Million
      Originally Posted by pjCheviot View Post

      This may offer what you want, Scott, but it may need a bit of fiddling around with.

      WordPress › Wp-Insert « WordPress Plugins

      You can use the Manage Ads (Template Tags) to produce and save your promo(s), then insert the necessary tag on whatever theme template you need. You can also exclude them individually on whatever posts/pages you want.

      It also does an awful lot more than you need but maybe some features would come in handy at some time .. ..

      Hope it helps.
      Thanks for your help. Looks like the default for above content puts it inbetween the post title and the body of the page/post instead of above the title, but I'm sure with some code work it can be modified to work how I want.

      Actually, Max Banner Ads does EXACTLY what I want; however, it costs a bit and has way more than needed...the free version has the ugly link to their site. Was hoping to get something simpler for free since I'm recommending this to several customers who are implementing a product of mine and won't want to spend money, or mess with code.

      And the search continues!
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  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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    Yes, Scott the default Posts & Sidebars routine does put the ad after the post title . . .

    However, as said above, if you use the Template Tag - you simply insert a snippet of code to place the ad ABOVE the post title.

    ...........
    Having thought about it though . . if you only have ONE promo/ad then inserting a single piece of code in the relevant template would do the same job without the extra load of a plugin.

    Just a thought . . .
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  • Profile picture of the author Scott Million
    Thanks for your help everyone. Will just add in template and manually setup for customers.
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    • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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      Originally Posted by Scott Million View Post

      Thanks for your help everyone. Will just add in template and manually setup for customers.
      Yes, I think that's the way to go

      The less "baggage" you have with plugins, the better.
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  • Profile picture of the author kkoechel
    Originally Posted by Scott Million View Post

    I'd like the ability to add a global promo to the top of every page/post... some themes come with an about section where you can do this, but most don't. Wondering if there's a plugin that will allow you to have essentially a "sticky" show up above every page / post. Any ideas? Didn't know what section to put this in, programming made the most sense.
    Advertisement Managment is what you might want.

    My Custom Widgets is also useful.

    Advertisement Management adds blocks where you can add HTML like above the header, below the footer, below post titles when opened, etc. It's simple and sweet. I use it on my blog below the logo if you want to see a simple example: kk82.net / Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. – Frank Leahy

    I also use the second one, My Custom Widgets to add custom PHP like email capture forms and dynamic content. then you can load those in widget-able areas. I don't think my blog is using it any more, but it's straight forward.
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