Plugin: Displays

Description

The plugin's complete name should be "SD Meeting Tool Display Templates", which better explains what the plugin does: displays lists via templates to visitors using shortcodes embedded in posts / pages.

Using a combination of a template header, display format and template footer the plugin will display all the participants in a list to the blog visitor, as defined by the shortcode[s].

Requirements

• SD Meeting Tool
• Plugin: Display Formats
• Plugin: Lists
• Plugin: Participants

Installation

Enable the plugin in Wordpress.

The plugin will then create the following database tables:

• prefix_sd_mt_displays Stores display templates.

Usage

Create a new display [template] using the button.

The name of the display is used for identification. The display format and list sort is normally taken from the list the shortcode is made from, but can be overridden if need be.

The header is displayed before the list and the footer after the list. Between that the display format decides how to display each individual participant.

Example for display a list as an ordered HTML list.

First create a display format that displays the participant something like the following:

#first_name#

Now create a display template. Set it to override the list's display format with the just created. In the header box type

<ol>

and in the footer box type

</ol>

Update the display and finally create a shortcode for the list. The list participants should now be displayed in an ordered list.

Table example

Displaying users as tables is also possible. Just as the OL example above a display format must be created first.

<tr>
  <td>#first_name#</td>
  <td>#last_name#</td>
</tr>

Create a new display, use the newly created display format and the following texts in the header and footer boxes:

<table class="sd_mt_display">
  <thead>
  <tr>
        <th>First name</th>
        <th>Last name</th>
        </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>

and

  </tbody>
</table>

In between those two boxes the participant should be displayed in two table columns.

For an extra bonus, use the included table sorting javascript to allow users to sort their tables. Add the following to the footer box (you'll have to fix the path yourself, though):

<script type="text/javascript" src="wp-content/plugins/sd-meeting-tool-base/js/jquery.tablesorter.min.js">\/script>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function($)
{
        $("table.sd_mt_display").tablesorter();
});
</script>

Author

Edward Plainview edwar.nosp@m.d.pl.nosp@m.ainvi.nosp@m.ew@s.nosp@m.verig.nosp@m.edem.nosp@m.okrat.nosp@m.erna.nosp@m..se