Scheduled Announcements Widget
The Scheduled Announcements Widget lets you add a scrolling list of site announcements, independent of normal posts and pages, to any widgetized area of your site, or to your theme files. Perfect for publicizing an event, alert, or notice that doesn’t require a full-page write-up. Announcements can
About this tool.
The Scheduled Announcements Widget lets you add a scrolling list of site announcements, independent of normal posts and pages, to any widgetized area of your site, or to your theme files. Perfect for publicizing an event, alert, or notice that doesn’t require a full-page write-up. Announcements can be scheduled to run indefinitely or during a specific date range, and admins can chose between horizontal or vertical scrolling.
Additional Details
This plugin makes use of the JSColor library. The JSColor project is maintained by Jan Odv�rko and released under the GNU Lesser General Public License. See http://jscolor.com for more information.
Screenshots & previews.
Getting started.
- 01Unzip and upload plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- 02Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- 03Add announcements using the Announcements tab in the WordPress Dashboard.
- 04Configure your widget under Announcements > Settings
Frequently asked questions.
Can I re-order my announcments?
Yes, as of version 0.1.1. Each Announcement now includes a numerical Order field. You can set whether you want the widget to display Announcements in ascending or descending order based on this field in the plugin’s Settings panel.
Can I put the ticker in a post or page?
Yes, using the shortcode [announcements]
The shortcode function will use the default configuration options set in Announcements > Settings, but those settings can be overriden and customized manually using any of the following variables.
title – Will display a header title above the ticker show_titles – Will show or hide the title field of the announcements. Set to 1 for show, 0 for hide. order – Set whether announcements display in ascending or descending order. Valid options are ‘ASC’ or ‘DESC’. scroll – The scroll style of the ticker. Valid options are ‘horizontal’ or ‘vertical’. speed – The speed in milliseconds at which the ticker will scroll transition – The length in milliseconds at which the scroll animation will take to complete width – The width in pixels of the ticker height – The height in pixels of the ticker link – The hexidecimal color code to use for links in the announcments (eg. 0000FF for blue) text – The hexidecimal color code to use for links in the announcments (eg. 000000 for black) saw_id – User specificed CSS ID for the ticker. Required if using more than one ticker shortcode on a page. tax – The taxonomy/category ID (you may use the ID or the slug) to filter by
