Text Widget 0.6

[Nick]

Text Widget
Version: 0.6
Author: Nick Ramsay
Created on: 2009/10/12
Last Updated: 2010/06/04
Tested on: Hotaru 1.3.0
Plugins Required: Widgets
Plug & Play: Yes
Supported: Yes

Description
Add multiple custom widgets to your sidebar. Paste text, HTML, PHP, etc into each widget and use the Widgets plugin to position it in your sidebar or other widget block.

Instructions
1. Upload the "text_widget" folder to your plugins folder.
2. Install it from Plugin Management in Admin.
3. Add new text widgets from Admin -> Text Widget

Tip
If you would rather use a template than paste code into a widget, you can do so by checking the PHP box and putting the following code in the text area where template_name is the file name (without extension) of the custom template in your theme folder.

$h->displayTemplate('template_name'); // no .php extension 

Revision History
v.0.6 2010/05/25 - Nick - Fix for text widgets disappearing from the Widgets page after reinstalling the plugin.
v.0.5 2010/02/20 - Nick - Minor widget ids fix for W3C compatibility
v.0.4 2010/01/04 - Nick - Updates for compatibility with Hotaru 1.0
v.0.3 2009/11/04 - Nick - Updated install function for easier upgrading
v.0.2 2009/10/13 - Nick - Bug fix for deleting text widgets
v.0.1 2009/10/12 - Nick - Released first version

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[JonH]

Can this plugin be broke up to different sections of a site?
Example:
text areas id:A1, A2, A3 for header,
text areas id:B1, B2, B3 for mid page,
same for footer and sidebar. etc.

Say someone was to convert a WordPress template over to HotaruCMS, then a hook where Wordpress has the "featured" area div can be an "about us" synopsis.

Or maybe a completely different "featured" plugin that you can sticky a story there on the top section. I think Pligg had a module like that. - I'll suggest this one in the appropriate forum .

[Nick]

Can this plugin be broke up to different sections of a site?

In a roundabout way, yes. The trick is to make extra sidebars (which aren't really sidebars, but "areas"). Then you can make as many text widgets as you want and use the Sidebar Widgets plugin to move them into the "area" you want.

Read how here: http://hotarucms.org/showthread.php?t=64

[angolanmade]

Not sure if this should be posted here or on the widgets plugin side of things:

After adding multiple text widgets, I go to the widgets plugin to change their order. The widgets plugin displays all added text widgets with the exception of Text Widget [ id:1 ].

[Nick]

That sounds a bit buggy. Try this:

1. Uninstall the "Widgets" plugin
2. Admin -> Maintenance -> "Remove Widgets settings"
3. Reinstall the "Widgets" plugin
4. See if the problem is fixed in Admin -> Plugin Settings -> Widgets

If that doesn't work, you might repeat the procedure with the "Text Widget" plugin, but you'll need to make each text widget again.

[zigstonk]

so how do i post an image in the text widget box, and link to another page or site?

The following doesn't seem to work:

<a href="http://www.xxx.com" target="_blank"> <img src="xxx.jpg"> </a>

Should I use php for this? thanks.

[Nick]

The following doesn't seem to work

What exactly doesn't work? I tried it and it worked fine. If it doesn't work for you, what happens when you try it?

The widget doesn't show? Check it's enabled in the Widgets settings.
Blank page, or the code is lost when you click "Save"? Maybe a mod_security problem. Talk to your web host.
Etc.

[zigstonk]

What exactly doesn't work? I tried it and it worked fine. If it doesn't work for you, what happens when you try it?

The widget doesn't show? Check it's enabled in the Widgets settings.
Blank page, or the code is lost when you click "Save"? Maybe a mod_security problem. Talk to your web host.
Etc.

User error. Photo in wrong folder. sigh...it's been a long day. As always, thanks Nick.

[norby500]

i download this and it says it is still 0.5 when i downloaded the 0.6 file?

[Nick]

i download this and it says it is still 0.5 when i downloaded the 0.6 file?

Ahhh, looks like I forgot to change the version number, but it's definitely the 0.6 code.