=== Featured Page Widget === Contributors: GrandSlambert Donate link: http://wordpress.grandslambert.com/plugins/featured-page-widget/donate.html Tags: widget, page, feature, buttons, links, excerpt Requires at least: 2.8 Tested up to: 2.9 Stable tag: trunk Allows you to feature pages on your sidebar using an excerpt of the page and a text or image link to the page. == Description == Allows you to feature pages on your sidebar using an excerpt of the page and a text or image link to the page. * NEW: Added an option to set what tags are allowed in excerpts. * Set up a random featured page by selecting multiple pages on the widget form. * Added option to hide the widget if only one page is selected and user is viewing that page. * Allows multiple widgets each featuring a different page. * Use the page title or enter your own title for each widget. * Option to link the widget title to the page. * Uses an excerpt of your page or predefined text stored in the "featured-text" custom field. * Set a default excerpt length which you can override for each widget. * Adds a text link under the content, or uses the image in the "featured-link" custom field to link to the page. * Choose alignment of link text or image in widget. * Add an image using the "featured-image" custom field and set the alignment in the widget. == Installation == 1. Upload `featured-page-widget` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 3. Configure the default settings on the settings panel. 4. Add widgets to your sidebar. == Changelog == 1.2 - January 15th, 2010 * Fixed an issue on the Widget Form where defaults were always used. * Added a "none" option for image alignment. * Added a setting to allow user to indicate which tags are allowed in excerpts. * Changed name from "Featured Page Widget" to "Feature Pages" to better fit in menus. * Add support for language translation. 1.1 - December 18th, 2009 * Code cleanup and optimization. 1.0 - December 17th, 2009 * Fixed a bug to allow the plugin to work in Wordpress MU. 0.7 - October 19th, 2009 * Added a "Random" option by selecting multiple pages on the widget form. Will retain old settings without any updates. * Added option to hide the widget if only one page is selected and user is viewing that page. * Cleaned up some extra code left during debugging. 0.6 - October 16th, 2009 * Added basic instructions in the FAQ section and on the plugin settings page. * Added the ability to include an image in the widget using custom fields. * Image alignment and width added to default settings and to individual widget settings. * Image is linked to the post. 0.5 - October 15th, 2009 * First release == Upgrade Notice == = 1.1 = Not a required upgrade, but more optimized code. = 1.0 - Decmeber 17th, 2009 = This version runs on Wordpress MU, no changes for standalone version. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Can I set the text to use in the widget? = Certainly. By default the plugin will create an excerpt from your page content in the length specified on the widget. However, if you would prefer to write different lead-in text, you can create a custom field with the name "featured-text". The plugin will then use the contents in the value for this custom field for use in the widget. = Can I use a button or graphic for the post link? = By default, the plugin uses the text set in the settings for the link in the widget. If you want to use an image instead, you need to create a custom field for the featured page with the name "featued-link" and place the full URL of the image in the value field. Future versions will allow a default image to be used instead of default text. = How do I add an image to the widget? = To add an image, you need to edit the page itself, not the widget, and add a cutom field named "featured-image" and place the full URL to the image in the value field. = Can I have the widget feature a random page? = As of version 0.7 you can now select multiple pages on the widget form nd the widget will select a random page to feature with each page load. The widget will never display the current page as the featured page unless only one page is featured. = Where can I get support? = http://support.grandslambert.com/forum/featured-page-widget == Screenshots ==