WordPress Wiki Theme » Plugins

Installing the WP-PageNavi Plugin

Derek Herman — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:40:12 +0000

The wp-pagenavi plugin by Lester Chan will give you pagination. To get this plugin working just upload the plugin to the “/wp-content/plugin” folder and activate it in the admin menu, the plugin is now available and ready to be used without any customization.

No really it’s that simple

Installing the WP-PostRatings Plugin

Derek Herman — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:27:46 +0000

The WP-PostRatings plugin by Lester Chan will give you the ability to rate posts and in doing so the four posts with the highest rating will be displayed on the front page. However, if you decide not to install this plugin the front page will show the last four posts instead, or if no posts have been rated yet and the plugin is installed it will still show the last four posts, as well.

Getting set up for ratings

To get this plugin working just upload the plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins” folder and activate it in the admin menu, the plugin is almost ready to be used, we just need to change a few settings.

Before leaving read this next part. It’s very important and if you’re having issues with the way rating is working then you might want to read this again.

The Proper Settings

Go to “Ratings->Ratings Options” and choose (stars_crystal), with a max rating of 5. Then below where it says “Ratings AJAX Style” set the “Show Loading Image With Text” to NO. The other options on that page are up to you.

Rating Templates

Next, go to “Ratings->Rating Templates” and input the following code into the correct fields.

Ratings Vote Text:
Rate this Article %RATINGS_IMAGES_VOTE% (%RATINGS_USERS% Ratings)

Ratings Voted Text:
Rate this Article %RATINGS_IMAGES% (%RATINGS_USERS% Ratings)

Ratings None:
%RATINGS_IMAGES_VOTE% (No Ratings Yet)

Highest Rated:

%POST_TITLE%

%POST_EXCERPT%
Read Article ›

The other two are totally up to you, these four are the ones that are needed to make the theme act correctly and need to be done before the rating system is fully functional!

And that’s it! You have ratings.

Have fun, and enjoy!

Installing the Wiki FAQs Plugin

Derek Herman — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:15:18 +0000

All you really need to do is upload the Wiki FAQs plugin to the “/wp-content/plugin” folder and activate it in the admin menu, the plugin is now available and ready to be used without any customization.

The Wiki FAQs plugin is a completely custom addition built specifically for this theme, you will not find it anywhere else. If for some reason you want to use this plugin with another theme and need help getting it working I would be happy to help at my hourly rate, please contact me for more info.