Displays the latest information via ajax or as the page loads, from the British Foreign Office on security and travel to other countries.

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<p>British Foreign Office data includes information on safety and security, terrorism, local laws and customs, entry requirements, health and other aspects of travel for countries across the globe.</p>
<p>You can display the data in two ways:</p>
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<p>Via a button which pulls through the data via ajax</p>
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<p>Loads the data directly while loading the page</p>
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<h3>Directions</h3>
<p>1) Install the plugin</p>
<p>2) Create a custom meta tag called ‘geo_country’ to any post, adding the country you want information for. A full list of countries is available from the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice" rel="nofollow ugc">BFO website</a>.</p>
<p>3) There are two shortcodes you can use:<br />
[fo-advice] – gets info as the page loads (displayed in an accordion type box)</p>
<p>[fo-advice-button] creates a button which when clicked, will retrieve and display the data via ajax.</p>
<h3>Demos</h3>
<p><a href="http://utopiamultimedia.com/demo-british-foreign-office-advice-iraq/" rel="nofollow ugc">Info loading as the page loads</a></p>
<p><a href="http://utopiamultimedia.com/demo-british-foreign-office-advice-romania/" rel="nofollow ugc">Button and ajax loading</a></p>
<h3>Suggestions</h3>
<p>Create a text widget with a title called ‘BFO Advice’<br />
Drop the shortcode in the text area.</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>Drop the code below into your widgets area of your code. It will only display a widget if the meta tag ‘geo_country’ is detected.</p>
<pre><code><?php
/* look for a meta field called geo_country specific to the post displayed and if it's there, display a widget*/
$themeta = get_post_meta($pageID);
if (array_key_exists("geo_country",$themeta))
{
utopia_get_foreign_office();
};
function utopia_get_foreign_office(){
echo '<div class="widget-container">';
echo '<h3 class="widget-title">Foreign Office Advice</h3>';
echo do_shortcode('');
echo '</div>';
};
?>
</code></pre>
<p>The way the information is formatted into elements is near the bottom of index.php (line 207 onwards). You can add a title by unremarking line 208. We’ve deliberately left the code with lots of space and relatively easy to understand so you can reformat how you see fit.</p>
<p>Beware! The elements and their classes / IDs are tied in to the accordion. For the accordion reference and options see <a href="www.snyderplace.com" rel="nofollow ugc">www.snyderplace.com</a></p>
<h3>Donate</h3>
<p>You can always <a href="http://utopiamultimedia.com/foreign-office-travel-advice/" rel="nofollow ugc">donate as a way of saying thanks!</a></p>
<h3>Additional Info</h3>
<p>Thanks to <a href="www.snyderplace.com" rel="nofollow ugc">www.snyderplace.com</a> for the JQuery Accordion.</p>


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