I wanted to make a basic template for social media recommend buttons that I could use going forward. I’ve a had a lot of requests for them – especially the same five kinds – and it was a bit bothersome always having to remember to line them up a certain way.

I decided to make a basic one off of a full web template that I’ll be selling: GR FlexiBasic (there will also be a GR FlexiBuild [php based] and GR FlexiPress, which will be the WP version). But what’s most important is how easy it is to customize and control this menu. I’ve done it in HTML and HTML5, though the one on display here is strictly html. The mouseover backgrounds are simple gif files I’ve given a half second delay to. You can change the color scheme by clicking the color below. The full HTML file I’ve provided for download has this same example in it so you can test it out at home.

• gold
• charcoal
• crimson
• emerald
• midnight
• cream
• winter

You can download the files for this menu HERE.

This slideshow is free for download. The best way to describe this plugin is simply to see it in action. Precisely why I have it running here, to the right.

I wanted to build a slideshow widget with as many customizable elements as one would likely have need of and also make it really easy to use (hence, the widget format where you don’t have to spend too much time trying to figure out the back end).

GRG Slideshow Solo uses a mix of php and jQuery to execute its functions. It is very simple to use and also very simple to customize (beyond the featured parameters) if you have some familiarity with either language.

You must first know how to install this plug in and how to feature images in your pages and posts. It’s easy! But if you’ve never done so before, you can always refer to this handy guide for installing plug ins that the many core and contributing WordPress designers and developers have put together for all of us. Following these simple directions will help you get started with the free GRG Slideshow Solo for WordPress.

GRG Slideshow Solo displays the Featured Images from your lists of post. If there is no Featured Image set in a particualr post, it will display the default image you set for it. To learn more about Featured Images, you can read from this nifty article.

Once you’ve activated the plugin, drag and drop GRG Slideshow Solo into your active widget area and set it up accordingly.

To get the slug name, if you wish to display a specific category, just click “Categories” on your dashboard menu (left-hand side) and copy the particular slug name from the slug name column.

If you want to display, a row of little, clickable thumbnails beneath the slidehow, that’s what the Display Thumbnail List option does. It will even show the default image you select on that list, if there are no Featured Images in the post, but will still link to any recent article in that list.

The Description Display option will allow you to display an exerpt from a the post whose featured image is being displayed. In selecting Rollover, it hides the exerpt until you move your mouse over it.

Slideshow Height and Width… the best advice I can provide is to consider the image you place in there carefully, because it will stretch or squeeze image to whatever dimensions you save in the widget. Most pictures we take are usually either 3:4 or 9:16 ratio. Yes, there will be math! So keep that in mind. Why didn’t I consider placing an “auto” option? Because that would cause the widget to expand and contract accordingly and depending on where you place it, one particularly long or wide image could play havoc with the layout of your website or blog.

And also because I’m a big meanie.

Make sure you save your changes and to any code savvy users, I’ve tried my best to implement jQuery noConflict variables to make this thing operate the way it should, BUT even so, if you find that this plugin breaks your whole world and sends your site to a spinning-out-of-control and flaming end, feel free to send me a message here and let me know what the specific issue is. Just don’t send me a link to anything, I promise you I won’t click it.

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Hi and thanks for using my plugin!

I built this plugin in response to a client’s demand for a small gallery plugin he could easily figure out and size up to his blog content. I hope that you will find this plug in easy to use as well. In the near future there will, of course, be additions and expansion of GRG Gallery and I hope those of you who use it will find it useful.

GRG Gallery Lite uses a mix of php and jQuery to execute its functions. It is very simple to use and also very simple to customize if you have some familiarity with either language.

You must first know how to install this plug in and how to attach images to your pages and posts. It’s easy! But if you’ve never done so before, you can always refer to this handy guide for installing plug ins and this guide on attaching images to your posts that the many core and contributing WordPress designers and developers have put together for all of us. Following these simple directions will help you get started with the free GRG Gallery Lite Plug In for WordPress.

First, choose what kind of gallery you want to use in the admin page; you’ll find the menu item for it under settings on the dashboard menu to your left.

As you can see in the image above, you are provided options for how the gallery will display. When entering the total pixel width you wish your gallery to occupy, it is important to know what width the containing layer has. The easiest way to do this is to use a browser like Google Chrome, preview the page your gallery is going on, right click in the area you’re placing it in and then choosing “Inspect Element.” However, everyone has their own preference of browsers, so you can alwasy just choose “Editor” under Appearance on your dashboard menu to the left, locate “Stylesheet” to your right and then search for the styles for .post or .page or #content – figure a width equal or slightly less than that particular div and voila! Well, not quite ‘voila!’ but you get the idea.

Next is to create the page or post you want your gallery to display in and then type in the shortcode. See the image below.

Paste the GRG Gallery shortcode in your page and publish it. All images attached to that page or post will appear in the gallery on that page or post.

Happy blogging!

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