BoxOffice plugin

Description

It does only one thing: you put this html comment <!– box office replacement point –> somewhere in a page contents (or in post since 0.2), and boxoffice will replace it with a list of all your articles, organised after their view count with the most viewed on top, with their title, date and rank since 0.2.

Dependency

This plugin requires Popular Posts because it uses its count system and therefore doesn’t store data itself.

Installation

Remember to install Popular Posts before!

Then:

1. Upload the boxoffice directory to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Create a new page or post called `BoxOffice`, or whatever you want
4. Click on the HTML tab to go in html mode
5. Copy the comment <!– box office replacement point –> in the html code, in a standalone paragraph (important)
6. Save and publish your new page or post
7. Note its ID somewhere
8. Go to the new option page BoxOffice
9. Enter the ID, change your options, and save
10. Go and have a look at your page / post

HTML comment integration

<!-- box office replacement point -->

Upgrade from 0.1 to 0.2

1. Download and replace all files with the new version
2. Find the ID of your existing boxoffice page
3. Go to the new option page “BoxOffice”
4. Copy the ID
5. Make changes to the options and save
6. Copy the css styles into your styles.css and change your colours…
7. Go a have a look at your new boxoffice

Template Tag

A template tag boxffice() (since 0.2) may also be used for display anywhere.

if ( function_exists('boxoffice') ) echo boxoffice();

Demo

See a demonstration here.

Translation

French translation provided and .pot file.

CSS

div.boxoffice {
 
}
 
div.boxoffice table {
 
}
 
div.boxoffice table tr {
	margin:0px;
 
}
div.boxoffice table tr.even {
	background-color: #E4F2FD;
 
}
 
div.boxoffice table tr.odd {
}
 
div.boxoffice table tr td {
	padding:7px 8px 4px 8px;
	font-size:12px;
}
 
div.boxoffice table tr td.rank {
	text-align:right;
	width:50px;
	font-size:small;
	color:#BBBBBB;
}
 
div.boxoffice table tr td.visits {
	text-align:right;
	width:80px;
}
 
div.boxoffice table tr td.title {
	text-align:center;
}
 
div.boxoffice table tr td.date {
	text-align:right;
	width:150px;
	font-size:12px;
}

Log Changes

Version 0.2

• added some css classes to improve the look
• boxoffice can be included in page or post
• the page or post ID must be indicated in the options page
• new options page
• rank displayed
• possibility to turn on/off rank, visits, date
• a template tag

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it show posts only ?

- Yes, no comment, page or anything else…

Can I include it in a post ?

- Yes, with version 0.2

What happens if I don’t have Popular Posts?

- Nothing happens, the page remains blank without error.

Does it work with others similar plugins ?

- Not yet, but if you let me know about a plugin and its get_post_views($post_id) function, I will add it in future versions of boxoffice

Download version 0.2

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/boxoffice/

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