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Turn your wordpress blog into a games arcade!
This beta version WordPress plugin, WP Games Embed, makes it easy to embed games into your 
WordPress blog by using shortcodes in your posts and pages. WP Games Embed is intended to be able to 
support content offered by the various free games sites out there using the codes or downloads 
they provide.
FEATURES
4 Different views:
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Grid view – a grid of thumbnail images linking to each game (can be restricted to a single category 
or parent category)
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Category view – this view includes a medium sized image and a written description of the game
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Single page view – the page where you play the game itself
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Featured Game view – this view is similar to category view, but allows you to pick the games yourself 
to create your own ‘Featured Games’ page.
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Different embedding modes:
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iFrame embedding – embed iFrame content using code provided by free games sites, or use this method to display games from your own server where an html file has been provided with the free game download.
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Flash embedding – embed Flash content using embed codes provided by other sites, or embed flash games directly from your own site. You can even upload them easily using the wordpress ‘Add Media’ tool.
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WORKING EXAMPLE
Visit Zap Gamez Arcade: http://www.zapgamez.com to see an example of the plugin in action.
<h3>Usage</h3>
Use the [game /] shortcode to embed games into your wordpress posts 
Use the [get_latest_games /] shortcode to display a thumbnail grid of the latest games.
For more detailed info visit the plugin page: http://www.samburdge.co.uk/plugins/wp-games-embed-plugin/

WP Games Embed

Turn your wordpress blog into a games arcade!

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The plugin adds a widget that shows news for selected games.
<h4>Configuration Options</h4>
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Steam Game IDs: 
Games are referenced by their steam app id. 
Just enter a comma-separated list of app ids, like “440, 570, 730” (without quotes). 
You can find the full list of steam app ids at http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamApps/GetAppList/v0002/ .
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Maximum Number of News: 
The maximum number of news to show.
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News Length: 
It limits the length of shown news.
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HTML Template: 
Allows you to define HTML layout of the widget in a way you like. 
The news data can be extracted with special tags {{some_news.some_property}}. 
Just put those in a right place. The plugin will replace them with actual data. 
To iterate through all fetched news use <code><foreach></code> tag, 
e.g. <code><foreach iterator="{{news}}" in="{{newslist}}">{{news.text}}</foreach></code>, 
where {{newslist}} is a predefined value and it points to the news set.
Each news has following properties:
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<li>title, e.g. {{news.title}}.</li>
<li>url, e.g. {{news.url}}.</li>
<li>text, e.g. {{news.text}}.</li>
<li>date, e.g {{news.date}}.</li>
<li>time, e.g. {{news.time}}.</li>
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<h4>Other Notes</h4>
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The date/time format as well as the timezone of the news match the ones from WordPress “General Settings”.
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The widget’s content is updated about every hour.
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The plugin requires PHP 5.3.3 or higher.
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A special requirement from the data provider: 
Each page that uses the Steam Web API must contain a link to http://steampowered.com with the text “Powered by Steam”. 
We suggest that you put this link in your footer so it is out of the way but still visible to interested users.
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Steam News Widget

The plugin adds a widget that shows news for selected games.

WP Games Embed vs Steam News Widget