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Schedule HTML sections to be shown or not based on a date range using a simple shortcode.
Right now the plug-in is enabled by using the rotator shortcode. For example, To specify we want to show a specific piece of HTML from 9am to 5pm you can use the following code:
[rotator start=”9am” end=”5pm”]
 Some custom HTML.
[/rotator]
Where start and end parameters are using the date format specified in the <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php" rel="nofollow ugc">php manual</a>, so you can specify more specific dates like showing the HTML section all Tuesday between 10am and 11am, etc. Read the Other Notes section for more information.
Note: the hour range is server based time and the default timezone is UTC, in other words, it depends on the configured time of the server, you can set that in <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/general-settings/" rel="nofollow ugc">general settings</a> at the admin console.
There is a page available at “Settings” -> “Schedule generator” in the wp admin console with a basic form which lets you generate the short code configuring different values like start and end times, among others.
<h3>Usage</h3>
Right now the plug-in is enabled by using the rotator shortcode. For example, To specify we want to show a specific piece of HTML from 9am to 5pm you can use the following code:
[rotator start=”9am” end=”5pm”]
 Some custom HTML.
[/rotator]
That will show the contents only if the user access the blog post or page in the specified hour range.
Currently, it supports the following parameters:
<ul>
<li>start: a date to specify the start of the hour range, required.</li>
<li>end: a date to specify the end of the hour range, required.</li>
<li>visible: false to hide the html section, by default true.</li>
<li>inverse: to specify if we want to show the html section outside the our range, by default false.</li>
</ul>
Both start and end are using the date format specified in the <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php" rel="nofollow ugc">php manual</a>. For example, we can specify the timezone of the hour range:
[rotator start=”9am -0600″ end=”5pm -0600″]…[/rotator]
Note: Using GMT notation doesn’t work in some installations, not sure which php version is required for that to work.
Note: the hour range is server based time and the default timezone is UTC, in other words, it depends on the configured time of the server, you can set that in <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/general-settings/" rel="nofollow ugc">general settings</a> at the admin console.
There is a page available at “Settings” -> “Schedule generator” in the wp admin console with a basic form which lets you generate the short code configuring different values like start and end times, among others.
<h3>Configuration</h3>
The first lines of the plugin contains some global variables to configure the plugin, for example, if you want to disable the generator from the admin -> settings page, among other configurations.
<ul>
<li>WP_HTML_ROTATOR_DEBUG: defines if the plugin echoes debug information.</li>
<li>WP_HTML_ROTATOR_ENABLE_WIDGETS: enables the shortcode to work on text widgets.</li>
<li>WP_HTML_ROTATOR_ENABLE_GENERATOR: enable the shortcode generator to be shown in the admin panel or not.</li>
</ul>

WP HTML Rotator Plugin

Schedule HTML sections to be shown or not based on a date range using a simple shortcode.

Van Patten Media

PeterUpfold

Note:: Total Slider is not in active development at this time.
<a href="http://www.totalslider.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Total Slider</a> is a plugin for WordPress from Van Patten Media that helps web developers build sliders that can be easily managed by non-technical users.
Build your own templates in HTML/PHP, CSS, and JavaScript, and Total Slider will supply a WYSIWYG interface designed to blend seamlessly wit the WordPress core.
<h4>Note to non-technical users</h4>
Total Slider makes editing sliders easy, but it typically needs to be installed and configured by an experienced developer first. Out of the box, Total Slider does not provide a way to edit your theme, add previous/next buttons, and otherwise customise the look of the slider without diving into code.
It does, however, ship with three built-in templates and is very easy to use if you are happy using those.
If you’re looking for a slider solution that won’t involve editing code to set it up, Total Slider probably is not for you.
<h4>How it works</h4>
Total Slider allows you to create a number of ‘slide groups’. Each slide in the group can be given a title, some description text, a background image and, optionally, a link. You can then have these displayed in a slideshow interface on a portion of your page.
Once this plugin is installed and activated, use the Slider tab in your WordPress dashboard to assemble a group of slides with text, backgrounds and so on. You can then have the slides show up on any page of your site using the Total Slider widget.
Go to Appearance > Widgets in WordPress and drag a new Total Slider widget to the correct area. Then, simply select the slide group to show in this area of your site. You can also use the Total Slider shortcode to add a slider into a post or page by clicking the new button in the editor toolbar.
Available in: English, Français
<h4>Key links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.totalslider.com" rel="nofollow ugc">TotalSlider.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.totalslider.com/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Docs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/vanpattenmedia/total-slider/wiki" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer Docs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raw.github.com/vanpattenmedia/total-slider/master/license.txt" rel="nofollow ugc">License</a></li>
</ul>

Total Slider

Transform your experience with sliders forever. A beautiful, true WYSIWYG interface designed to blend seamlessly with the WordPress core.

WP HTML Rotator Plugin vs Total Slider