Does anyone know of a way to make single insert behave like index insert? What I want is to have single insert appear after x-numbers of paragraphs on a post.
This above might not be possible so is there a way to add a new widgetized area which can be called manually whenever you type a post?
Thanks.
Hi,
ever thought about using shortcodes to realize this one?! :)
No? .. let's do some magic (I'm not doing the whole work, only part of it):
function widget_insidepost() {
// This is pretty weird, but it works. We start the cache ..
ob_start();
// .. *yikes* .. can't remember if this is SVN revision only or not .. it displays the CSS markup before the widget area
echo thematic_before_widget_area('single-insert');
// .. I know .. I'm lazy. I duplicated the single insert widget area.
dynamic_sidebar('single-insert');
// .. see comment above .. it displays the CSS markup after the widget area
echo thematic_after_widget_area('single-insert');
// Put everything from the black cauldron into $widget_inside
$widget_inside = ob_get_contents();
// end that caching process
ob_end_clean();
// return the ingredients
return $widget_inside;
}
// Let's do some magic and exchange [widget-inside] against the ingredients
add_shortcode('widget-inside', 'widget_insidepost');Use [widget-inside] somewhere in your post to display the widgetized area.
It works .. any better ideas??
Chris
anthony99
Member
Hello Chris
Any chance you could help me with my problem? I have an unresolved thread a bit farther down the page.
THANK YOU.
that's wicked cool =)
Looks like a set up for a really long widgetcontext/widget logic entry.
Hey Chris,
Thanks for the detailed instructions on how you wave that magic wand :)
Never thought about using widget logic before, thanks for the suggestion.
I'll report back once i've made this work in the site.
tested and working.
For those who want to add a new widget area and not just duplicate "single-insert widget", try this code:
//ADD new widget for widget-inside
function my_widgets_init() {
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Widget Inside',
'id' => 'Widget Inside',
'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widgetcontainer %2$s">',
'after_widget' => "\n",
'before_title' => "<h3 class=\"widgettitle\">",
'after_title' => "</h3>\n",
));
}
add_action( 'init', 'my_widgets_init' );
//End Widget-insdie code
//Widget inside post
function widget_insidepost() {
// This is pretty weird, but it works. We start the cache ..
ob_start();
// .. *yikes* .. can't remember if this is SVN revision only or not .. it displays the CSS markup before the widget area
echo thematic_before_widget_area('widget-inside');
// .. I know .. I'm lazy. I duplicated the single insert widget area.
dynamic_sidebar('widget-inside');
// .. see comment above .. it displays the CSS markup after the widget area
echo thematic_after_widget_area('widget-inside');
// Put everything from the black cauldron into $widget_inside
$widget_inside = ob_get_contents();
// end that caching process
ob_end_clean();
// return the ingredients
return $widget_inside;
}
// Let's do some magic and exchange [widget-inside] against the ingredients
add_shortcode('widget-inside', 'widget_insidepost');The original code simply duplicates the "single-insert" inside the post. I added a code to create a new widgetized area and edited Chris' code to display the "widget-inside" widget instead of single-insert.
And if you want to save some time in writing "[widget-inside]" for every new post, add this code in your functions.php file as well:
function my_default_post_content()
{
$dpc = '[widget-inside]';
return $dpc;
}
add_filter('default_content', 'my_default_post_content');
Thanks for this, BUT - any ideas why I still need to insert shortcode on posts/pages, even though the new widget shows up with all the others in the admin panel? BUT it works as advertised on my other site which uses the same child theme? Here they are:
http://www.berkshirelinks.com (needs shortcode);
http://www.newberkshire.com.
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