Usage

The plugin looks for a value in a custom field called static_map_address

If this field is left empty nothing will display.  If you enter a full address into it a static google map of the address will display at the bottom of the post or page with a link that, when clicked, displays a small form so the reader can get directions to the location.  Check out the example below on this post!

Simple Google Map

Get Directions →

Get directions from (your address):

Here’s what we’re going for:

Download the Plugins

Download and install/activate the XSPF Music Player plugin and this Simple Popup plugin.

Create Page Template

Create a page template to be used for the page that you intend to popup.  This should be very minimal, ie no sidebar, navigation, etc.  You basically just want an empty page with maybe a background color and possibly some links associated with your music (facebook, myspace,…).

The XSPF Player plugin requires you to add this tag in the body of this template for the player to show:

<?php xspf_player::start('playlistname'); ?>

For info on creating a page template see the WordPress documentation.  If you like you can download this music player popup page template which already contains the XSPF Player tag and place it in your current theme’s folder for it to work.

Create New Page

Create a new page (not page template) in WordPress with no text in the body and choose the page template you just created from the template pull-down menu.

Link it Up

Using the Simple Popup Plugin shortcode, template tag, or widget create a link to your newly created page wherever you desire.  Set the dimensions for the pop up in the Simple Popup Plugin’s options page.

And that’s it!  Ain’t no thang.

Basically with a simple shortcode in a post or a page you can have your very own one click, select all text box.  Here’s how it works:

• To create a text box in a post or a page use this shortcode: [textbox rows="3"]Contents of text box[/textbox] You can obviously change the amount of rows to your liking. If rows aren’t specified it will default to 5 rows.
• To create a text box in the sidebar, header, footer, etc. use this template tag:

< ?php simple_select_textbox('# OF ROWS','WIDTH IN PX','BOX CONTENT') ?>

Installation:

1. Upload the whole simple-select-all-textbox folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
3. Go to the options page to adjust the width of all text boxes made using this shortcode.

Screenshots:

How did I do it? (For those interested WordPress folks).  I basically used this StatusPress plugin but made some slight changes so it would display how I wanted.  If you’re interested let me know and I can hook you up with an altered copy.

I figure there’s got to be a bunch of bands/musicians using WordPress that need an easy way to create a popup music player to showcase their songs without having visitors go to a separate page of the site.

*This plugin is compatible with WordPress 2.8 and above.

Installation

1. Download and install/activate this Simple Popup plugin.
2. Adjust settings in the options page.
3. Use.

Usage

-Create a popup link in a post or a page by using the shortcode:

[popup url="http://www.popupurl.com"]Link Text Here[/popup]

-For simple sidebar links use the widget

-Create a popup link anywhere else in a sidebar, header, footer, etc. by using the template tag:

<?php simple_popup_link("http://www.popupurl.com","LINK TEXT HERE"); ?>

Screenshot

Changelog

2/23/09 – Version 2.0 – Now has an option for toggling scrollbars, a widget for easily adding a link to the popup in your sidebar, and a template tag for adding a link wherever else you might want one!  Roll it!

11/1/09 – Version 3.0 – Added support for multiple popup links.  Now has the option to position the window on the screen.  Removed widget   Wasn’t very useful.

11/3/09 – Version 3.1 – Brought back widget with easier usage! There you go Julie!

1/15/10 – Version 3.2 – With the help of Rich added ability to use multiple popups in the widget and window centering support.