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Protovis Loader is a plugin which faciliates the use of <a href="http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/" rel="nofollow ugc">Protovis</a> scripts. Protovis is a javascript data visualisation library being developed at Stanford, which allows the creation of interactive charts on web pages.
Incorporating Javascript code into WordPress posts can be tricky as it (deliberately) sanitises text typed into posts, which interferes with Javascript. When I first began experimenting with Javascript, this cause me some difficulties, as described in this post. In the end, I decided to roll up my sleeves and write a plugin to make the whole process a lot easier. Protovis Loader was the result.
Protovis Loader makes the whole process a lot easier in two ways:
<ol>
<li>It ships with a copy of the Protovis javascript library and once the plugin is activated, links to the library will automatically be included in page headers.</li>
<li>It creates a shortcode called [pvis] which makes it very easy to include Protovis scripts in blog posts and pages.</li>
</ol>
Usage:
Simply use the [pvis] shortcode in your posts and pages where you want to include a Protovis chart. There are a number of optional parameters:
<ul>
<li>type: ‘chart’ (default) displays a chart in a box with an optional caption, ‘inline’ has no box (e.g. useful for sparklines)</li>
<li>src: path to a Protovis (javascript) code file</li>
<li>height: height of canvas box for the chart</li>
<li>width: width of canvas box for the chart</li>
<li>img: path to a fallback image to use when scripts are blocked or the browser does not support Protovis</li>
<li>alt: alt text for the fallback image</li>
<li>caption: image caption</li>
</ul>
If any content is supplied between the opening [pvis] tag and the closing [/pvis] tag, it is taken to be javascript for inclusion. It may also be interpreted as a caption, but only if a caption field is not supplied and a src field is supplied.
Here is an example of use of the tag:
[pvis src=”http://www.example.com/chart.js” img=”fails.png” height=”125px”]My Caption![/pvis]
You can see the plugin in action on <a href="http://www.stubbornmule.net/resources/protovis-loader/" rel="nofollow ugc">the Stubborn Mule</a>.
<h3>To-Do List</h3>
This list is not really prioritised yet.
<ol>
<li>Improve user-agent (browser) detection</li>
<li>Create an options page</li>
<li>Allow custom CSS files</li>
<li>Allow for alterntive specification of the protovis js library</li>
<li>Replace tags in the imported script to allow shortcode parameters to be used in the script</li>
</ol>
I’m sure there’ll be a lot more!

Protovis Loader

Creates a shortcode to faciliate the use of Protovis data visualization scripts in blog posts.

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Prospect is a flexible and powerful plugin that allows administrators to create curated Digital 
Humanities projects whose data can be visualized, accessed and analyzed in flexible ways. 
See: prospect.web.unc.edu for documentation, sample data sets, training videos, etc.
<h4>Notes on System Requirements:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Requires PHP 5.4 or later.</li>
<li>WordPress 4.2 or higher recommended to ensure UTF-8 handled properly.</li>
<li>MySQL 5.5.14 or higher recommended to ensure UTF-8 handled properly.</li>
<li>HTML relies on FlexBox CSS styles, so up-to-date browser required.</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
By downloading, installing or using a copy of the code and documentation (“Software”), you (“End User”) agree to the following terms of this Agreement:
The Software was developed for research and educational purposes and is copyrighted by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (“UNC”). You can redistribute the software and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.
End User agrees that any publication of results obtained with the Software will acknowledge its use by the statement, “POWERED BY PROSPECT.”
END USER acknowledges and agrees that UNC will not be responsible for updating the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ‘AS-IS.’ UNC MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE END USER OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY. SPECIFICALLY, UNC MAKES NO WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE SOFTWARE. UNC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT ALL ERRORS HAVE BEEN OR CAN BE ELIMINATED FROM THE SOFTWARE. UNC MAKES NO WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE SOFTWARE WITH ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY THIRD PARTY COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND/OR HARDWARE, AND UNC ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY OR INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY CONTENT WITH THE SOFTWARE.
UNC SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSSES, DAMAGES, COSTS OR EXPENSES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE. UNC WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS OR ITS EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
If any provision of this Agreement is held unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable under any circumstance, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of all other provisions of this Agreement.
All actions or proceedings related to this Agreement shall be litigated in state courts of competent jurisdiction located within the State of North Carolina. End User (i) consents and submits to the jurisdiction of any North Carolina state court with competent jurisdiction, and (ii) shall not bring any action or claim in any other jurisdiction.
The distribution of modified versions of the software under the PROSPECT trademark is prohibited, except to the extent used in the required statement, “Based on PROSPECT technology,” which must be prominently displayed to users or recipients of any modified or derivative versions of the software.

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