Ron Rennick

Andrea Rennick

Adds a featured post management page for site admins who can input a sitewide feed address, then select posts via a checkbox. Also includes a widget to disply posts on the main (or any) blog.
We recommend using the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags/" rel="ugc">Sitewide tags plugin</a> in WPMU, then placing the feed address from the tags blog in the admin menu. Otherwise, any blog feed can be used.
A widget is included. You can also code the output in your theme with <code><?php ra_featured_show($how_many, $read_more, $show_avatar); ?></code> where
<pre><code>$how_many = how many posts to show - default 1
$read_more = add read more link - default show link
$show_avatar = show author avatar - default show avatar
</code></pre>
Also includes a shortcode with parameters where values & defaults match what is above
<pre><code>[ra-featured howmany=1 readmore=1 showavatar=1]
</code></pre>
For questions & updates, please see this post: 
<a href="http://wpmututorials.com/plugins/featured-posts-plugin-and-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPMU Tutorials</a>

Featured Posts

Featured posts plugin & widget for WordPress or WordPress MU.

Jennifer M. Dodd

The BuddyPress default theme provides users with an area in the sidebar for the 
display and dismissal of sitewide notices. This plugin wraps that code in a 
widget so that users can easily add that functionality to their own widget-ready 
sidebar without editing <code>sidebar.php</code>.
<h3>Credits</h3>
Development funded, in part, by Ariel Meadow Stallings and the Offbeat Empire.

BuddyPress Sitewide Notice Widget

Wrap the BuddyPress sitewide notice in a widget.

Featured Posts vs BuddyPress Sitewide Notice Widget