newbie with boilerplate short code?

  • hi, i’ve installed the ‘add attributions’ plugin (to hot or not theme at babblicious.ca)

    i get the concept of a short code and how it’s already been added to the script via this plugin and all i need to do is insert the shortcode right?! …but, nothing changes in the post?

    i need basic, 101, how to, step by step tutorial on how to do short code. if i use the short code…

    [source] it apparently will link to the source i syndicated the post from so do i add this in the box?
    [source=https://ontarioscottagecountry.blogspot.com”]

    i read somewhere i need to <close></close> it?

    thank reading, i hope that makes some sense and thanks a tonne in advance!

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  • Can you provide a link to the plugin site? I couldn’t find it with google, so I can’t get any info on how to use it.

    Thread Starter tmcmarketing

    (@tmcmarketing)

    hi,

    here is the plugin addy https://feedwordpress.radgeek.com/

    from there i also downloaded this add-on > https://projects.radgeek.com/add-attribution-feedwordpress/

    they work together but i just can’t grasp what to do next…thank you!

    WOW – great lack of documentation without actually installing the plugins!

    I am somewhat guessing here, but based on how standard shortcodes work, for your example you would use:

    [source]https://ontarioscottagecountry.blogspot.com”[/source]

    Thread Starter tmcmarketing

    (@tmcmarketing)

    i took a snip of the screen and saved it, if this helps…

    https://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/tmcmarketing/boiler.png

    and i will try what you suggested, with quotes right? and let you know… ??

    My bad – no quotes. And I think what you put inside the shortcodes will be made into a link, so you might try just descriptive text. Give this a try also:

    [source]Where I got this article[/source]

    Thread Starter tmcmarketing

    (@tmcmarketing)

    hmmm, nothing seems to stick and when i do add something in the boiler template it disappears and there is no sign of it anywhere? i’m just too new to tackle this mountain ?? …thanks for your help,

    i’ll keep poking around maybe i need to find a different feed plugin or a user of fwp. cheers!

    After looking at the plugin site some more, I think the shortcodes might just stand alone. What I mean is, you only need to put in the shortcode itself for most of them. So, just putting in [source] should return a link to the source of the article (I think!).

    I found one example in the comments that shows how to insert a link to the original source:

    <p>From <a href="[original-url]" rel="nofollow">[original-url]</a></p>

    Or, if you prefer:

    <p>From <a href="[original-url]" rel="nofollow">Read the Original Article</a></p>
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