Dynamic Height Reload

css solutions? You can modify css already with the advanced iframe.

Sorry, I seemed to be to tired to read when i posted that. It was on css-tricks so i assumed a css solution. It’s actually a snippet;

https://css-tricks.com/snippets/html/get-rid-of-white-flash-when-iframe-loads/

There is another solution at the 6th comment of this. Looks alot like the function you included to hide the page until loaded. But am i correct to asume that this function currenty only works when using direct jquery include (your bottom set of options)?

o.k. – this makes sense. Like the solution I did for the direct embedding.

I think the solution there is still not optimal because if the flash takes some time to load you still have some flickering. But with a timeout you can define it is for sure possible.

Nice feature for 3.2
3.2 will also get a check if pages can be included. because there is a header flag that disallows this…

I’ll be looking forward to 3.2. If you need help testing that version just let me know, i’ll be glad to assist.

I will first wait if there are any problems reported for 3.1.
And if someone actually appreciate the work that is done here.
30.000 downloads with only 11 votes and not a single donation is actually not what I have expected.

I understand your point of view. Please allow me comment on it to some extend;

1. Donations on free plugins have always been a troubling issue. It has caused the end of some great projects. A huge discussion on this point erupted when the author of buddypress privacy component quit his project for this very reason.

I truly believe this has to do with human nature. If something is offered free, you take it and don’t look back. I don’t think many people (with the exeption of branche collegues) appreciate the work a developer puts into the product. With wordpress plugins this is even more of an issue because the main platform is free itself.

If money is an issue for you, i don’t think you have many options other then changing AI into a paid plugin.

2. Votes follow the same reasoning. They don’t cost the user anything, but why would they come back to the repository page if the plugin was installed succesfuly, and is working for them? Perhaps a small notice (plea) in the plugin admin screen could help this out a bit, but again…most people are a bit selfish.

3. The first two points were rather general. To go into the “marketing” of your specific plugin, I believe your repository page (and to some extend the plugins backend) is rather daunting to the avarage wordpress user (who knows little to nothing about code and less about iframes). Just because your plugin is free doesn’t mean it cannot benefit from a bit of sales text. A list of functions most visitors don’t understand may not do the trick, and might even scare some away.

To illustrate this, if i type the following into google; ‘advanced if’

Autofill gives me these suggestions;

1. Advanced Iframe
2. …..(not relevant here)
3. Advanced Iframe tutorial

Well, just my two cents. Please understand that i only offered them because i sincerely hope that they will help, and that your plugin (which i love) will become as succesful as you want it to be.

My offer to test 3.2 can be considered an open offer. When/If you ever decide to build it, i will test it if you want me to.

1. and 2. I do agree. I think most of the time coders do this..
And I’m aware that this is nothing to make big money with. I saw some numbers about a conversion rate but I was not expecting it to be a stable 0.

3. What is the thing I should improve at the repository page? I actually moved the many attributes to the other notes tab that they maybe go to the administration.

And where do you get 1 2 3 tutorial? from google…

And I’m also aware that this not an easy plugin. The settings for a simple iframe include are but the other ones are for advanced users. But they also get stuff which are really advanced…

I have thought about what you have said.

I think the advanced features of this plugin is very hard to handle for wordpress users that have no programming background.
I will ad the features for 3.2 and also add a section after the easy settings where I offer paid support.

1. Conversion is low because most people simply do not want to pay if they do not have to. Those that do want to send you some money don’t want it to be troublesome (most people don’t have paypal accounts, and will not make one just for a donation).

Let’s say you sold your plugin (say at Envato), and the downloads would have been 1/10th of what they are now (because it’s paid). You would have sold 3000 copies. Now let’s say you ask a reasonable price (say $10). You would have made $30.000 or around 13.000 euro’s

Point being, your plugin does something none of the other free plugins do (and you are willing to support it). People will pay a small amount to get the needed functions, if they do not have a choice.

2. Your repository text seems to assume some pre-knowledge, and lacks a clear sales-pitch. Instead of listing all functions, you could try to determine what functions set you appart from the crowd (for me, that would be the ability to do things with buddypress that it cannot do by iteself. For others it might be the ability to hide certain divs. etc.)

When you have a clear view of those unique sales-points, you exploit them through clear writing. Instead of just listing them, elobarate a bit…not on the technical details, but on how the plugin will empower the user (e.g. YOU decide what to show, and what to hide). Lame example, but i hope you see where i’m going with this.

what is Envato?

About the text you are right. I did just list the new features.
I will still go for a list – but is has to be much shorter and solution oriented ;).

Envato run marketplaces such as ThemeForest.net (you can sell WordPress themes there) or CodeCanyon.net (you can sell WordPress plugins there).

Whoaaa, someone jumped in quickly ?? But yes, i did mean CodeCanyon.

I think I will try to offer the paid support path for now. As you mentioned are iframes nothing for the basic wordpress user but for the little advanced ones.

But here some stuff is already at jquery level which only IT guys are normally working with.

So I will do now 4.2 with the open features and see how this will work out.
So I will tell you when the new feature is available. I will still use this thread for it…

Lets see if a banner is increasing downloads first ??

Banner is looking great. Hope it draws in some more traffic for you. I was thinking that you could (perhaps) include a small bit of text (or even a call-to-action button) in the plugin admin screen. Something like;

If you like this plugin, please consider leaving a review. It will only take a minute and mean a great deal.

(I know, making the user feel important is a marketing trick. But if it works, why not?)

I respect your choice to keep your plugin free by going down the paid support route. Hope it works out for you. I’ll keep an eye out for the new-version notice.