A plugin like this: Informational popup

[Gary Motteram]

Hi All

I'm trying to use the Josh Keen Informational popup, but can seem to get popups to display. The information supplied is:

/********info_popup short code

*

* short code that slides or fades in box with a message you pass to the short code.

*Wrap any text in your post in the info_popup short tags. When you click on that text, a text box will slide in

*with a message you pass it in the short code tag.

*

*example: 

*Let's say you want a translation of the spanish word tortuga to slide in when you click tortuga:

*type this in your post: [info_popup pop_title="translation" message="tortuga means turtle in Spanish"]tortuga[/info_pop]

*

*This plugin does not support video in all browsers due to cross-domain restrictions. I've left in the video-related code 

*in case I ever find a work-around.

********/

I've tried putting: [info_popup pop_title="translation" message="tortuga means turtle in Spanish"]tortuga[/info_pop] into a page (not a post and I realise that this may be an issue) and I don't get any highlighting and nothing pops up, what I get is [/info_pop] showing on my page as if I haven't closed the container.

Anyone used this, or something similar? I want to be able to click and get a popup, so I can give advice to learners looking at something. I used to do this by putting JavaScript in the header, but can't seem to get this to work. Anyhow, I should learn how to use plugins to provide interactivity.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Gary

[Mike Little]

On 29 October 2012 23:11, Gary Motteram <gary.m...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All

I'm trying to use the Josh Keen Informational popup, but can seem to get popups to display. The information supplied is:

When I tried it (and I had to search for it -- a link to the plugin on the wordpress.org repository would have been useful ); I had to edit the code to get it to activate -- it clashed with another plugin I had installed. That's never a good start. 

I copied and pasted the example from the plugin page into a post and tried it. I got an imediate popup with no other content from the post. A quick look at the source of the page and I gave up.

It's a really badly written plugin with some bad php, some bad javascript, and it does some bad WordPress stuff too. 

My advice: drop it and look for another.

Mike

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[Gary Motteram]

Hi Mike

On 30 October 2012 11:01, Mike Little <mi...@zed1.com> wrote:

On 29 October 2012 23:11, Gary Motteram <gary.m...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All

I'm trying to use the Josh Keen Informational popup, but can seem to get popups to display. The information supplied is:

When I tried it (and I had to search for it -- a link to the plugin on the wordpress.org repository would have been useful );

OK, I'll do this next time.

 

I had to edit the code to get it to activate -- it clashed with another plugin I had installed. That's never a good start. 

I copied and pasted the example from the plugin page into a post and tried it. I got an imediate popup with no other content from the post. A quick look at the source of the page and I gave up.

It's a really badly written plugin with some bad php, some bad javascript, and it does some bad WordPress stuff too. 

My advice: drop it and look for another.

Thanks for the advice Mike, I thought of got the impression that there might be a problem. I'll have another search. 

I used to make use of Javascript put into the header to create popups and responses, but every time I do this now, I get a blank screen. Has WordPress changed to stop you adding such Javascript?

Cheers

Gary 

 

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[Mike Little]

On 30 October 2012 11:23, Gary Motteram <gary.m...@gmail.com> wrote:

I used to make use of Javascript put into the header to create popups and responses, but every time I do this now, I get a blank screen. Has WordPress changed to stop you adding such Javascript?

I'm not sure what issues you are having, but WordPress supports a number of ways to add JavaScript to your site. The preferred way is to put the JavaScript in a file  (either as part of a theme or plugin). And register and enqueue the script using the appropriate API calls (http://codex.wordpress.org/wp_register_script and http://codex.wordpress.org/wp_enqueue_script) in the plugin or in your theme's function.php file.

The least preferred way is to add the JS directly to a theme's header, but that should still work. 

Mike

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[Roy]

Hi All

 

Does anyone have a recommendation for a FREE cloud computing storage space service?

 

And comments on any  advantages and disadvantages

 

I am aware of this review of ‘the big four’

 

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/377095/cloud-storage-services-the-big-four-compared

 

but they all end up getting the same review score!

 

I don’t need lots and lots of space – just a good interface and control for putting stuff into multiple folders.

 

Cheers

 

Roy Johnson

www.mantex.co.uk

 

[Gary Motteram]

Thanks Mike, I'll explore further.

Gary

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[Steve Potts]

On 30 October 2012 12:10, Roy <r...@mantex.co.uk> wrote:

Hi All

Does anyone have a recommendation for a FREE cloud computing storage space service?

And comments on any  advantages and disadvantages

...

I don’t need lots and lots of space – just a good interface and control for putting stuff into multiple folders.

Roy,

It seems that everyone I talk to regarding this subject uses Dropbox. Even myself, I've been using Dropbox for a number of years, and have encouraged all my family to follow suit.

Positives:

• I like the Dropbox referral system, and have built up 5GB of free space. 
• Seems fast - I've never been held waiting for Dropbox synchronisation (upload or download).

Negatives:

• I don't like the need to 'drag folders to sync to the Dropbox folder' (which I've circumvented with Windows junctions and OSX symlinks, and it's something I have to reinvestigate whenever I install Dropbox on a new machine).
• Having suffered with deleted data, I don't like "Selective Sync" https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/2005/selective-pause
• I don't like the weak mobile offering for non-Apple, non-Android devices.

Take a look at Sugarsync, I'm considering it... http://www.sugarsync.com/dropbox-vs-sugarsync/

steve.

[Mike Little]

On 30 October 2012 12:10, Roy <r...@mantex.co.uk> wrote:

I heartily recommend Dropbox[1]. 

Not so much for the cloud storage facility, but simply as a backup and sync utility. I have my Dropbox folder on 5 machine environments (three physical machines) as well as on one of my web servers. The fact these files are available on the web when I'm at someone else's machine is just a (little used) bonus. When I'm using one, I also have access from my smartphone too.

I use it to share folders between family members ( even going so far as to drop a picture into the folder I share with the missus so she can look at it on her ipad on the other side of the lounge and I don't have to get off my backside!) as well as clients. 

Because I also have it synced with my web server, it's often quicker than running up an ftp client to pop a plugin zip or couple of images onto my web server.

I also back up my Google Docs/Drive[2], Basecamp projects[3], Evernote notes[4] (using a service called CloudHQ[5]), O'Reilly and Pragmatic ebooks (directly), and even the receipts and generated invoices from my accounting software  (Kashflow[6]) into my Dropbox folder. It means I'm happier my data from those other cloud services is backed up using Dropbox.

Just recently, I've signed up to Receipt bank[7]: I drop a receipt or invoice (from email or scanned) into a Dropbox folder and they automatically add it to my accounting software for me.

And, of course, there are a number of WordPress plugins[8] that can take advantage of Dropbox in different ways!

[1]http://z1.tl/dropbox - Dropbox (500mb extra space)

[2] http://z1.tl/gdrive - Google Drive

[3]http://z1.tl/basecamp - Basecamp

[4]http://z1.tl/evernote - Evernote

[5]http://z1.tl/cloudhq - CloudHQ (1 month free or extra sync files)

[6]http://z1.tl/kashflow - Accounting software (discount link)
[7]http://z1.tl/receipts - Receipt Bank

[8]http://z1.tl/11c - WP Plugins that mention Dropbox