My last post indicated the plugins that I use on my blog.  These are fine but some require that you change code in the actual blog.  Changing code is not something that I think people should have to do when all they want to do is publish their thoughts and ideas in their CMS platform.  Not all of us have degrees in programming or understand the nuances of HTML and PHP (ok I do but…) It is also painful if you wish to change themes or have multiple sites and have to do the same setup repeatedly.

To solve three specific problems I have written three different widgets.  I wrote these quickly and have not read any of the Wordpress documentation, I have just gleaned from other widgets that I have downloaded.  If you wish to review these, make comments or contribute yourself please feel free to do so.

Translation Widget

The Global Translation Plugin (see last post) Requires code to be inserted into the sidebar to see it in action.  This code changing may present problems if you do not use the default sidebar or alternatively if you wish to have more flexibility about when and where it is displayed.  The Translation widget allows you to place the translator into your sidebar and drag it where you see fit.  An example of this in action can be seen in the sidebar of this blog.

Please Download this plugin here: Translation Widget

Installation is as per the majority of wordpress plugins.  Download it, unzip it, upload it to your plugins folder and then activate it in the plugins section of your admin area.  You can then drag it into your sidebar.  Note this has been tested on Wordpress 2.2.1 and 2.3 only.

Popularity Contest Widget

The Previous Post I linked to Alex King’s Popularity Contest plugin.  This enables you to be able to rate the popularity of posts and you can use code changes to be able to display a limited number of posts into your sidebar.  Unfortunately this popularity contest does not come with a widget that easily allows you to incorporate it into your sidebar and forces you to change your template code.  This Popularity Contest Widget allows you to place the translator into your sidebar and drag it where you see fit.  An example of this in action can be seen in the sidebar of this blog.  This will display posts from all categories and you can specify the number of posts to link to.

Please Download this plugin here: Popularity Contest Widget

Installation is as per the majority of wordpress plugins.  Download it, unzip it, upload it to your plugins folder and then activate it in the plugins section of your admin area.  You can then drag it into your sidebar.  Note this has been tested on Wordpress 2.2.1 and 2.3 only.

Feedburner RSS By Email Widget

Not everyone wants to receive their RSS in a feed reader, some want to be able to refer to their favorite posts through email.  Yesterday, John Chow wrote about Subscribing to RSS with Feedburner and how you may be able to subscribe to set up an existing feedburner RSS subscription and increase your reader base.

The Below Image Indicates How to Setup this Email Subscription:

Enable your subscription, it then gives you the ability to create some code to display in your sidebar.  You could copy this and put it into a text widget, or - so you do not use all your text widgets and you can see and control exactly how your email subscription will appear you can use this widget.  All you need is your feed id - which is located in many places including in the url where you activated your subscription

ie; https://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailsyndication?divToShow=subscriptionMgmt&id=1073845

Here the id is 1073845.  Just enter this id, the title of the widget, what you want before the email field and after and you are set to go.  An example of this in action can be seen in the sidebar of this blog.

Please Download this plugin here: Feedburner Subscribe By Email Widget

Installation is as per the majority of wordpress plugins.  Download it, unzip it, upload it to your plugins folder and then activate it in the plugins section of your admin area.  You can then drag it into your sidebar.  Note this has been tested on Wordpress 2.2.1 and 2.3 only.

Use These Plugins;

Please use these plugins and give me feedback on your experiences and I will endeavor to make any suggested changes.  I would appreciate if you want to modify the code for yourself that you credit my original creation, and if you find it really useful to buy me a beer.

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