<p>WordPress Theme Demo Bar is a plugin for wordpress that allows any wordpress theme to be previewed without activating it. A demo bar would be shown on top of page, allow users to preview another theme. The demo bar is customisable at admin panel. More than 1 extra CSS files can be loaded too.</p>
<p><strong>Whats New in Version 1.6.1</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed error when use together with the new wordpress admin bar</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Whats New in Version 1.3 to 1.5</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Support child themes</li>
<li>With “Individual Theme Settings”, you can now display a link to theme info page and download/buy page at demo bar. <a href="http://zenverse.net/?themedemo=monoshade" rel="nofollow ugc">(Live in Action)</a></li>
<li>You can now display theme info, such as number of previews or preview URL using shortcode <code>[demobar]</code></li>
<li>To make the process easier, you can use media button to add it (see screenshot : Media Button)</li>
<li>You can do that in template files too, using the newly added template tag function <code>wptdb_output()</code></li>
<li>Now you can edit other theme’s options (functions.php) without activating it</li>
<li>Widget to show “Select Theme” drop-down menu (for your visitor to preview non-private themes)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Features</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Preview any wordpress theme without activating it.</li>
<li>A demo bar will be shown on top of the page, allow users to preview another theme.</li>
<li>The demo bar can be deactivated.</li>
<li>You can hide your themes that are private.</li>
<li>You can load extra CSS files (more than one)</li>
<li>Demo Bar can be always on top now</li>
<li>You can cusmotise the look & feel of Demo Bar using CSS</li>
<li>Auto collection of popularity count (number of previews) of each theme.</li>
<li>Persistent preview, all internal links will be auto edited to keep the ?themedemo= variable.</li>
<li>Persistent preview can be turned off by the visitors by closing the demo bar (all links will then be reverted back automatically)</li>
<li><em>NEW</em> Support child themes</li>
<li><em>NEW</em> With “Individual Theme Settings”, you can now display a link to theme info page and download/buy page at demo bar</li>
<li><em>NEW</em> You can now display theme info, such as number of previews or preview URL using shortcode <code>[demobar]</code></li>
<li><em>NEW</em> To make the process easier, you can use media button to add it (see screenshot : Media Button)</li>
<li><em>NEW</em> You can do that in template files too, using the newly added template tag function <code>wptdb_output()</code></li>
<li><em>NEW</em> Now you can edit other theme’s options (functions.php) without activating it</li>
<li><em>NEW</em> Widget available to show “Select Theme” drop-down menu (for your visitor to preview non-private themes)</li>
<li><em>NEW</em> New template tag function <code>wptdb_list_themes()</code> to display drop-down menu</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Usage</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>To preview any theme, simply add a variable “themedemo” to your site URL. For example: <code>myblog.com/?themedemo=the-theme-folder-name</code> <a href="http://zenverse.net/?themedemo=monoshade" rel="nofollow ugc">(Live in Action)</a></li>
<li>Alternatively, you can get the preview URL of all your themes at your Admin Panel > Settings > WP Theme Demo Bar</li>
<li>To hide the demo bar on individual theme, simply add a variable “hidebar” to your site URL. For example: <code>myblog.com/?themedemo=mytheme&hidebar=1</code> <a href="http://zenverse.net/?themedemo=monoshade&hidebar=1" rel="nofollow ugc">(Live in Action)</a></li>
<li>To load extra css, simply add a variable “extracss” to your site URL and seperate using comma. For example: <code>myblog.com/?themedemo=mytheme&extracss=blue,twocolumn</code> this loads blue.css and twocolumn.css from the theme’s directory</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Documentations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://zenverse.net/using-shortcode-in-wordpress-theme-demo-bar-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Understanding and Using Shortcode in WordPress Theme Demo Bar Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://zenverse.net/using-template-tag-function-in-wordpress-theme-demo-bar-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Using Template Tag Functions in WordPress Theme Demo Bar Plugin</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Info & Links</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://zenverse.net/wordpress-theme-demo-bar-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Info</a> | <a href="http://zenverse.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Author</a></p>


WordPress Theme Demo Bar

Wordpress Theme Demo Bar allows any wordpress theme to be previewed without activating it. A demo bar would be shown on top of page, allow users to pr …

Kreezxil

<p>A ribbon creation/corner decorator plugin that will allow you to generate your own ribbons for each of the 4 corners or you can upload your own graphics.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>All of the features of the static corner ribbons</li>
<li>Set the Message</li>
<li>Set the Link</li>
<li>Set the Title (hover message)</li>
<li>Set the toolbar offset</li>
<li>Set no toolbar offset</li>
<li>Set horizontal offset for each corner</li>
<li>Set the background and foreground color</li>
<li>Control the visibility of the of ribbon via (de)activation</li>
<li>Use custom images.</li>
<li>Z positioning</li>
<li>Our graphics can fade out via a timer control!</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Now with added JSColor color picker!</strong><br />
<strong><em>Our plugin now loads with JQuery No-Conflict mode!</em></strong></p>
<h3>Additional Information</h3>
<p>= Requirements =<br />
PHP 5.x<br />
GD image library</p>
<h4>Issues</h4>
<p>Godaddy 4GH has a strange cacheing problem, no matter what you set for cacheing over-ride, they cache things for upto a minute and typically longer so if you notice that your images don’t immediately display then wait at least 2 minutes and refresh and they’ll be there. However, if you know of a solution to this mess please let me know and I’ll add you to contributors line. Turns that after you mash “regenerate images” if the graphics still have not updated, if you do a ctrl+f5 (forced refresh of your browser) then new graphics appear. That makes it sound like a browser issue. But it isn’t. If anyone has some ideas. Please let me know so I can fix this or stop worry about fixing it in case it is a browser issue.</p>
<p>Site5 webhosting has a really old version of PHP and I believe the GD library. So if you aren’t getting generated banners and you are somehow based off of Site5.com that is most likely the problem. However, I am told that they are switching to the latest version of PHP in the next few weeks, so we will soon see.</p>
<p>Implementing the planned CSS rendering engine will alleviate both issues.</p>
<h3>TODO</h3>
<p>= REWRITE!!! =<br />
Completely rewrite the plugin as it is hugely unmaintainable now. This must be done before anything else on the TODO list can be accomplished. I am currently looking for people to help with getting this done and for future development of the plugin. Benefits are new friends, additional promotion of your site and a warm fuzzy feeling!<br />
* I am thinking of going with classes as well as segmenting the file into multiple parts.</p>
<h4>Cookies</h4>
<p>By using cookies I’ll be able to add a banner/graphic skipping mechanism. Example of this would be that you would tell the banner to not show for 5 pageviews, or skip for 5 then show up. By using cookies, we can control this on the user and when the cookie count matches, we will display the graphic in question.</p>
<h4>Store for Future</h4>
<p>Add database routines to store everything you create or upload for future retrieval at any time. Also, needed for scheduling.</p>
<h4>CSS Functionality</h4>
<p>Switch to a completely CSS driven routine. Which will solve resolution issues and transparency issues. Because the GD library sucks. For some reason GD is forcing me to use the “black” color for the transparency. It is not agreeing with the code at PHP.net. Going CSS will solve this issue. I just have to wrap my mind around CSS now. 😀</p>
<h4>Transparency</h4>
<p>Fix transparency issue. I checked with browsershots.org and it seems the images are drawing great. So if I can solve the issue where GD insists on black being the only transparent color for the background, things will be better. This will be a non-issue when the css rendering engine is implemented.</p>
<h4>Scheduling</h4>
<p>Allow the decorations to be scheduled to appear on any given time and day. This is great for the holidays, special events and more!</p>


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