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Perhaps it's been suggested but has anyone thought of adding some functionality to the SP widget? I can see a few easy features which would drive a lot of possible traffic to a site forum from other pages.
- Add the ability to see if you have any private messages waiting for you. (this would allow you to essentially watch the forums from other points on the site)
- Add the ability to see if someone replied to a topic you posted to or started (same reasoning as above)
- Add the ability to show your name, user badge and rank from the widget (people love badges and reminders of how awesome they are!)
I put this out as some ideas to help engage people more with the forums from within a site's structure. The forum aspect is really nice but I feel a few nice tweaks to the widget might drive even more traffic to the forums.
Just some thought,
-Max
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there are already template tags for displaying private messages waiting for you...
you can already subscribe to topics and get notification if some one posts to a topic you are subscribed to...
there is a dashboard template tag which will show your name and avatar in sidebar or where ever you want it... I can open a ticket to offer option to add badge and rank - like it...
If I am missing on something for the first two, please elaborate...
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Mr Papa said
there are already template tags for displaying private messages waiting for you...you can already subscribe to topics and get notification if some one posts to a topic you are subscribed to...
there is a dashboard template tag which will show your name and avatar in sidebar or where ever you want it... I can open a ticket to offer option to add badge and rank - like it...
If I am missing on something for the first two, please elaborate...
OK - awesome. Sound good I guess my super obvious and possible ignorant question is how does one go about using those template tags to achieve something like that? Better yet - if you point me towards some docs or examples I can go about it myself. From what I am seeing in your answer it looks like I can get all I need except the badges to show up in a widget with some adjusting.
I guess are we talking about shortcode things or just opening up files and coding manually.
Thank you!
-Max
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For the display of private messages you can use a sidebar text widget for example and put this into it.
<?php sp_pm_inbox();?>
There is more info on it's usage in the Codex towards the bottom. http://codex.simple-press.com/.....messaging/
To add a Subscriptions review button you can do so similarly http://codex.simple-press.com/.....criptions/ the codex entry shows the different ones but not any examples of specific different usage. They are all explained in the Subscriptions template files though. Will try and add a few examples to make it easier.
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most will be in the template tags plugins... or as template tags within other plugins... most can either be a template tag or a shortcode...
you can see all our plugins here: http://codex.simple-press.com/.....e-plugins/
and specifically, the template tag plugin here: http://codex.simple-press.com/.....gs-plugin/
not all the plugin pages are complete yet - some are still in work...
so you can add a shortcode to a page... or a template tag to a wp theme template file... or if you have exec php or other plugin that lets you put php in posts/pages/text widgets, you can use the template tag there too...
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Brandon C said
For the display of private messages you can use a sidebar text widget for example and put this into it.<?php sp_pm_inbox();?>There is more info on it's usage in the Codex towards the bottom. http://codex.simple-press.com/.....messaging/
To add a Subscriptions review button you can do so similarly http://codex.simple-press.com/.....criptions/ the codex entry shows the different ones but not any examples of specific different usage. They are all explained in the Subscriptions template files though. Will try and add a few examples to make it easier.
Welp, gave it a whirl with a sidebar text widget and a plugin to make shortcode. (the plugin is here http://wordpress.org/extend/pl.....-exec-php/)
Had to remove both the <?php and ?> stuff from the code (as instructed) but it worked. I think a little tweaking and I will manage just fine. So, yes, a way to bring up the badge and rank would be most welcome and I think I will have the widget I desire!
Thank you sirs!
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I have added a ticket and accepted the task to look at adding that stuff to the dashboard template tag...
I wasnt thinking separate template tags since there is already a general template function you can use for ranks, user groups sp_UserAvatar(), sp_UserForumRank(),and sp_UserSpecialRank()... but I think there is not a general one for usergruops...
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Mr Papa said
I have added a ticket and accepted the task to look at adding that stuff to the dashboard template tag...I wasnt thinking separate template tags since there is already a general template function you can use for ranks, user groups sp_UserAvatar(), sp_UserForumRank(),and sp_UserSpecialRank()... but I think there is not a general one for usergruops...
By the way is there some modification or prerequisites to using the above tags? The sp_UserAvatar() works fine - my Avatar will show up but I would like to get it centered and the other ones sp_UserForumRank() and sp_UserSpecialRank() just give me errors when I plug them in straightaway.
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I think - or at least I assume - that Steve posted the wrong functions. I believe he meant these two from the template tags plugin:
sp_ShowForumRankTag() and sp_ShowSpecialRanksTag()
You can get the calling details for both from this codex age: http://codex.simple-press.com/.....gs-plugin/
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No, I actually did mean the functions I listed... they work fine, just need to be set up... BUT I had forgotten that we added them to the template tag plugin - so Andy's suggestion is MUCH better than mine... that plugin/template tags actually call the routines I referenced but do all the set up stuff for you...
And I will add a new template tag to the plugin for the usergroup info...
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