Posts Tagged ‘fund raising’

Fundraising Thermometer Plugin for Wordpress

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The plugin interface, for WordPress

Features

Example of a fund raising image from the new plugin

The fund raising tool is a true WordPress plug-in, testing with WordPress 2.7 and fully functional. It features:

  • W3C compliant Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Dynamically updated text including target and current fund status
  • Money formating options for use internationally
  • Theme options, allowing designers to customize the look of the thermometer
  • Call either the graphic or a formated number to display in text.

Admin Features

The new interface allows uses to set both the current amount (what has been raised) as well as the target amount (what you want to raise). The script automatically generates the ten steps in between and displays them for the user.


The plugin auto detects if the money_format() function is present and will use it automatically if found, otherwise it will display the currency using the number format function automatically.

How It Works

To display the current amount of money raised (in currently format) place the following code in your theme:

<?php echo show_ourprogress();?>

For a graphical version (by default the thermometer), include the following code:

<?php show_ourprogress_graphic();?>

Where to Get It

The plugin can be downloaded from the official WordPress repository: 

download file Fundraising Thermometer Plugin for Wordpress image

How You Can Help

I love developing plugins for WordPress and do my best to always keep them free but of course it take a lot of time and effort to build these plugins so if you’d like to say thanks, the best way is to take a few moments and write about the plugin on your own website, include a link to my website from your posts or download and rate the plugin on the official plugin directory. 

Support forums are now online! If you have any questions, please visit http://forums.thisismyurl.com.

The Stan Cassidy Dream Again Campaign

interior render The Stan Cassidy Dream Again Campaign imageOne of the great things about living here in Fredericton is that I have the opportunity to work with wonderful groups such as the Stan Cassidy Foundation to deliver strong, professional websites for meaningful projects.

The Foundation has helped raise money for Stan’s dream of building a world class center for rehabilitation. My job on this project, other than helping with the usual technology support and training was to put together a fund raising website for the organization capable of accepting online donations and effectively communicating the programs objectives to the public. 

The resulting website was a success and one of my first uses of WordPress as a content management solution, which allowed staff at the foundation to provide constant updates to the site.

Soon, the website will be replaced with a new, better version but I wanted to ensure it made it into my portfolio here on thisismyrl.com to highlight not just the great creative skills of people like Pierre Allain who’s wonderful logo and layout work was used as a basis for the design but also to highlight the fact that charities and fund raising organizations can create effective, attractive and professional websites with little effort if they find the right team of people to work with.

stan cassidy dream again campaign 20081210 300x225 The Stan Cassidy Dream Again Campaign imageOne of the key things we wanted to do with this website is communicate the cause but also allow online fund raising, a lot of the people who benefit from the centre come from hours away and couldn’t make it to the big events, so helping them to help us was key. 

As soon as I have the new website ready to launch, I’ll be sure to let you all know!

Before I forget, let me also thank Norah Mallory for project managing and spearheading this project. Luckily for her, I’m back on the juice (coffee that is) so I’m ready to go. :)

Care Connections

careconnections Care Connections imageWorking with Norah Mallory, I put together this website for the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation. The website is powered by WordPress which makes it easy to add, or update content but also features my first WordPress plugin designed to power the fund raising thermometer.

You can see the website online at http://www.careconnections.ca/