A Revolution in Widget Management

  • Alright Guys, I’ve been trucking away on this plugin for the last month. I have installed in on three of my websites and I believe that I’ve got all of the kinks worked out of the code.

    https://www.jonathonbyrd.com/?twc

    The plugin is called Total Widget Control. It provides developers with an additional code set to build custom widgets faster. It also provides developers with template tags to expand their control over theming.

    For theme developers, the plugin allows them to create widget skins, allowing their theme admins to change the look and feel of a single widget on every page, category, taxonomy or other queriable object in wordpress.

    For administrators, the plugin changes the way that widgets are managed. Allowing administrators to place a widget into a sidebar and then specify exactly what pages or other queriable objects that the widget should display on.

    Have a look at the video above and let me know if you have any ideas for us.

    In the next version, we have planned to add ACL and capability management to the widgets as well. Making it possible to display widgets to specific users or user groups. Other options include paginating the widget list, as well as filtering a search.

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  • In your widgets there is an option tab in the top right that allows you to activate / deactivate the accessibility mode.

    Yah I fixed that. No comment on the email scraping, I take it?

    We use the emails for support and tracking. They are not sold, added to newsletters, or anything else. We very openly state on the right hand side of the first page that we do this, so that you know before it is done. By using the plugin you agree that it is ok.

    We haven’t forced anyone to download and instal this. Nor do we collect this information with any malicious intent. It is simple so we can help our members. I’m sorry you feel this is obtrusive to your needs.

    As for our PRO features, we ask users to pay $9. This is a very small fee for the hard work and dedication we have put into the development of this software. For everything that is included and all the time it has taken we feel it is a very small thing to ask for. I’m also sorry that you feel that is to much to contribute towards hard work and good programming.

    I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to be so abrasive, or ungrateful for that matter. I’m porting a website to WordPress for a client at the moment, and things aren’t going nearly as smoothly as I’d like… that said, I should expect it by now… they never do ….

    $9 is reasonable. To be honest, I didn’t even look at the pricing before I ranted.

    So perhaps the paid version of your product might be able to solve my current dilemma. I’ve got a slightly outdated proprietary CMS here that contains many different block/column based page layouts, and I need to be able to emulate this in WordPress. Can TWC do this? I don’t care if I need to build the layout again with each page… I just need the capability to display widgets on a page. I was using the “Page Layout” plugin before I upgraded WordPress, but since I upgraded, it’s kinda broken.

    Either way, sorry for being an ass. I can’t knock you for writing a plugin for WordPress that isn’t entirely free. Development is my bread and butter also, as it stands. I was just having a bad day.

    Thread Starter jonbyrd

    (@jonbyrd)

    Hey Smasher,

    Let me explain back to you what I understand your needs to be, please correct me if I’m off base.

    You’re building a theme in WordPress to match an existing site. The theme requires that different pages have different columns appearing, based on the needs of the current page.

    Right now, the plugin offers some template codes to make your life a lot easier, when building widgets. The code looks like this:

    [Code moderated as per the Forum Rules. Please use the pastebin]

    @tutorial https://community.5twentystudios.com/kb/twc/creating-widgets-with-twc/

    Because you need it, I’ll upgrade the plugin tonight with a ton of shortcodes and template codes for theme builders.

    What you’d be capable of doing with TWC is build an index.php file with all of the sidebars expanding and collapsing if there are any widgets displaying in them.

    The template codes that I build for you, will allow you to check to see if there are any widgets in a particular sidebar, and if so, display code around the sidebar.

    Currently, you can create wrappers that allow you to choose different backgrounds and borders for your widget instances.

    I’m very confident that once you start using the plugin for theme building, you’re life will get a lot easier. I’ve also got no problem helping you build your first theme using our template codes.

    Let me know your thoughts.

    Smasher if you do buy the PRO version and are not happy or it doesn’t work for what you need, I will give you a complete refund. That way you have a chance to try it out and see if it does what you you are looking for.

    Also if you have questions or troubles you can reach my on Skype: tabyrd I would be happy to answer any questions you might have.

    @byrd: Please try to conduct your commercial business elsewhere. This forum is not the appropriate place.

    Thread Starter jonbyrd

    (@jonbyrd)

    Wow esmi, are you really anti commercial? do you not realize that the amount of donations from plugin users to plugin developers is like .01%, maybe enough to buy a gallon of milk every couple of years.

    WordPress is the only CMS that hates the commercial community. It’s no wonder why there’s a lack of high grade plugins here.

    My family spent the last month eating bread and butter so that we could provide a plugin of this caliber to the WordPress community. The least that you could do is show some respect.

    are you really anti commercial?

    No but this forum isn’t the right place to conduct commercial business. End of. See the Forum Rules.

    do you not realize that the amount of donations from plugin users to plugin developers is like .01%

    Tell it to someone who hasn’t been developing free themes & plugins for the past 4 years.

    The least that you could do is show some respect.

    This forum has rules. I suggest you respect them.

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