Posts Tagged ‘thermometer’

Some Minor Plugin Maintenance

I’ve been fairly hard at work this week but I found a bit of time to do some maintenance on a couple more plugins I’ve build for WordPress. 

No More Frames

I’ve fixed a minor bug with Safari, updated the documentation and added a new admin panel.

Autocopyright Notice

The new admin menu is operational, and I’ve updated the documentation. 

PHPinfo()

The new admin menu is operational, and I’ve updated the documentation. You can now also call the function from within your themes.

WP Stats Smiley Face Remover

A quick fix to add an admin menu and updates to the documentation.

I’m working on rebuilding the thermometer plugin for WordPress at the moment, so please expect to see an update within the week.

WordPress Web Sites for Charities

Over the past couple of weeks a lot of you might have noticed that I’ve put a lot of recent work into building websites and web tools for charitable organizations, charities, children’s charities and not for profits. There’s a few reasons for that. First, last December during the Christmas season I offered to donate my time to charities in return for links to my website. I  had a wonderful response to that proposition and spent most of January working with organizations who deserved great websites but lacked huge budgets.

Some of the websites your support helped included the Stan Cassidy Foundation and the Fredericton Meals on Wheels, both wonderful programs which have benefited from your contributions.

fredericton meals on wheels WordPress Web Sites for Charities imageI’d love to make 2009 a year that I can help make more of a difference for community groups, charities and not-for-profits but just like everybody else, I have to worry about keeping the lights on here at the office so if your company knows of a community focussed group you’d like to sponsor, I would love to help build a great web presence for your group at a heavily discounted rate.

In the mean time, my website has a great WordPress plugin for charities which features a fund raising thermometer you’re welcome to download and use for free. There are also at least ten great WordPress themes, all free for you to download and use for charities.

Do you want to help a local community group? Everyday I talk to wonderful designers, illustrators and web developers who are looking to help.

Fundraising Thermometer Plugin for Wordpress

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.

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/