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April 2, 2012 at 2:53 pm #2910
I found a plugin I am considering using, unfortunately it written for PHP version 5.3, so will not run on my current hosting. (It looks like it is the anonymous function feature).
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gt-pinboard/
It struck me as a useful plugin to use for a church “noticeboard” where requests / news are pinned to a page like post-it notes.
What I am looking for is some assistance to modify the code to make it work with PHP v5.2
Any suggestions?
April 4, 2012 at 8:04 am #2928Probably easier to upgrade your hosting?
April 4, 2012 at 10:17 pm #2933I have asked them and they indicate it will be a couple of months.
Cannot complain too much as it is a good quality hosting on a “mini server” that is provided free as we are a charity.April 4, 2012 at 11:44 pm #2934Just logged into the web host manager WHM and found that I had to acknowledge an update. Found how to rebuild apache with a newer version of PHP, which is now running.
Hopefully in 30 minutes it will be updated.
April 6, 2012 at 6:10 pm #2935I got the plug in I was tesing to work after a fashion on my sandbox test site: http://www.scfchurch.co.uk/sandbox/noticeboard/
It is not quite what I want as clicking an entry expands the content at the top of the page instead of in situ.It generates a create a Pinterest type layout using jQuery Masonry as described here: http://masonry.desandro.com/index.html
Looking at the examples here http://www.webappers.com/2011/12/29/15-great-examples-of-websites-using-jquery-masonry/
This looks like a useful library to be used in in a website theme /or features page.
Perhaps something you could consider for a future theme or a page format.
April 7, 2012 at 7:59 am #2936Glad you got your hosting sorted. That’s pretty hands-on hosting if you had to re-build PHP yourself! When I said upgrading your host would be easier, I assumed like everybody else you either click a button for 5.3 or move hosts.
Not really a fan of the masonry thing. It’s an interesting effect but the fluid demo looks horrible during resizing.
I think it would be fine in a theme which just used masonry to create a full width portfolio. Can’t see it would look all that great inside a page with restricted width (which most themes are).
The WP version of the plugin is also loading a lot of extra jquery including Bootstrap.
April 7, 2012 at 3:45 pm #2937I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that I will keep it simple and just use the insert posts shortcode.
I am trying to set up the equivalent of a notice board where people pin cards to it with news, want add, stuff for sale, recyling etc.
There are advertisement plug ins, but they are not really what I want.
Hav a good Easter.
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