Description
Modal windows are interesting way to include extran information on a page. adaptive-modal.js makes it beautiful. You can use this little plugin which uses the same jQuery plugin to creae modal windows easily in any page or post or even on a widget uisng shortcode.
I have also added another functionality into this plugin, which will let you to embed your modal content into your post a page directly.
Usage
Upon activation, the plugin will create a custom post type called ‘Modals’. Where you can add your content, which later you can use it on a modal or embed directly into your page or post.
- [modal]
- [block]
modal
the ‘modal’ shortcode is to create modal windows.
For now the [modal] shortcode comes with four attributes.
id
Your modal id. eg: [modal id=2]Click here[/modal]
data
If your modal only going to have just text, you can directly add the content in the shortcode. eg: [modal data=”This is my modal content”]Click here[/modal]. This shortcode is much useful when you want to add a modal window to a word in a paragrap without braking the paragrap.
note: you cannot use both id and data in the same shortcode
background
This is to style the link and the modal window background. Have to specify a valid color. eg: [modal id=2 background=”#DDDDDD”]Click here[/modal]
color
This attribute is to change the color of the link. eg: [modal id=2 background=”#DDDDDD” color=”#000000″]Click here[/modal]
block
The ‘block’ shortcode is to embed your modal content into any page or post. It only has one attribute.
id
id of the modal post type post.
note: both block and modal shortcodes uses the same Modals custom post type.
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
- Upload
flexible-modal
folder to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Contributors & Developers
“Flexible Modals” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
0.1
- Initial release.
0.2
- Updated shortcode. – I have removed the label attribute from the [modal] shortcode and instead made it to wrap a text. eg: in [modal id=2]Click here[/modal] the “Click here” will become the anchor tag to activate the modal. So basically if you have a shortcode like [modal id=”2″ label=”Click here”], you will have to change it to [modal id=”2″]Click here[/modal]