• Shortcode Sidebars

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    Please see the newly added support forum for assistance.

    Features

    • Add widgets within your content.
    • You can add adsense code to specific pages only.
    • Put a custom text widget in all your post, and update them all at the same time!
    • Anything else you can put your mind to. You’re not longer limited to just a few predefined theme sidebars!

    Requirements

    • WordPress 2.9.x

    Installation

    1. If you download the plugin manually with the link above, make sure it is uploaded to “/wp-content/plugins/”.
    2. Activate in the “Plugins” admin panel using the “Activate” link.
    3. A new menu item under ‘Settings’ is added, it is titled ‘Custom Sidebars’.

    Instructions

    1. After activating the plugin, click “Custom Sidebars” located in the “Settings” menu title in the administration panel.
    2. Fill in the required information to add a new sidebar.
    3. Add the generated shortcode for your new sidebar to the text of your post or page.
    4. Add widgets to this new sidebar under “Appearance” -> “Widgets”.

    Changelog

    V1.0 – August 13th 2010

    • Plugin Released

    V1.1 – August 20th 2010

    • IMPORTANT: upgrading from v1.0 all previous sidebars will be removed.
    • Fixed bug where slashes were being added to sidebar data
    • Fixed error where when the title was modified it created a new sidebar

    V1.2 – September 24th 2010

    • Fixed bug when some users sidebars where not showing up in their post.

    Known Bugs

    • None.

    One Response to Shortcode Sidebars

    1. January 23, 2013 at 10:54 am

      the “sidebar” is not a sidebar on my page, but rather, a floating window. is it possible to make it an actual sidebar?