Tried it but can’t seem to show the info page, does the Page ID on the config panel accept friendly permalinks?
Cheers,
Gene
Description
The SponsorMe plugin lets you organise your fund raising on your WordPress blog. It shows a graph of your target and how much money you have collected. It also lets users pledge an amount to you and sends them to PayPal to collect money directly from them.
Screenshots
Installation
1. Download the plugin file, unzip and place it in your plugin folder.
This makes the plugin available to WordPress and it should now appear in your Plugin folder. The zip file contains all the files you need. Please make sure all files end up in the “SponsorMe” directory.
2. Activate the plugin
This “starts up” the plugin, making it available to your presentation files (you know, the ones that make up your theme). At this point, the plugin is active, but WordPress doesn’t know where it should be displaying SponsorMe or what you’re collecting funds for.
3a. Add this snippet to your theme: <?php SponsorMe_sidebar(); ?>
This tells WordPress where to put a small Sponsor Graph and link to your Sponsor page. Place the snippet in the sidebar where you want the graph to appear.
3b. Alternatively, the plugin is also widget-aware and will appear in your widget list.
Go to your widget screen and drag the SponsorMe widget to the place you want it to appear on your sidebar.
4. Create a new page with some information about your sponsorship campaign. Add this tag to your page: <!–SponsorMe-page–>.
This will be your sponsorship page. The special tag above tells the plugin where to put the main graph and display any sponsorship you have received to date. You’ll need to take note of the ID of this page
5. Configure the plugin
You now need to go to the administration menu for the plugin and give it a number of settings that will be used to generate the graphical representations. Specify the currency you want to sell in, your Paypal address, your target amount and the Page ID of the page you created in step 4.
6. Wait for pledges to come in!
When a user pledges an amount, they will be taken straigh to PayPal to donate money. Once you receive the PayPal email to confirm the amount has been received, log into the plugin page and click “Verify” next to the payment you have received. This updates the graph and moves the payment to the confirmed list.
Usage
The plugin can be used in one of two ways:If you are using widgets, just drag the widget onto the area of the sidebar where you want it to appear.If you aren’s using widget, add the following code: <?php SponsorMe_Sidebar(); ?> to your template where you would like the graph to appear. You also need to create a special page for the your sponsorship and update the plugin settings with the appropriate values.
Download
Download here: sponsorme
History
v0.2: Initial public release. Let it loose on the world and see what feedback comes back ..
Responses
on May 5th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
By: Gene
on May 5th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Also, could the sidebar widget be a little more discreet? It’s way out of proportion, doesn’t match most themes and AFAIK, textual info could be an option.
By: Gene
on May 6th, 2008 at 4:35 am
@Gene: Thanks for the feedback. I’ll see if I can come up with an option to present textual information. Also, I’ll change the config panel to request the full URL so pointing it at your sponsorship page will be easier.
By: Owen
on May 6th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Hi Owen,
Thanks for the changes, it works quite well now.
Cheers,
Gene
By: Gene
on May 8th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Owen, I love this widget, but I am having trouble. I am sure it is user error.
however, In wp 2.5.1 as a sidebar widget with the Theme peacemaker 1.0 by Nate from http://refueled.net/
The code was put in a page(http://grizzlygroundswell.com/join-us-today) but I can not find the page id with the new wp 2.5.1 interface for manage/pages
I hope all this helps troubleshoot.
I appretiate your attention to this matter.
And I really appretiate you developing this plug-in. Once we get it working it is exactly what I have been looking for.
Thanks,
Mr. Chad T. Everson
http://grizzlygroundswell.com
By: Chad Everson
(1 comments)
on May 8th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Hi Chad,
If you edit the page and look at the URL you’ll see the ID at the end of the URL, something like &ID=xxx
I’m working on a way to make this totally transparent to you, by providing a button where the plugin will scan your pages to determine what the landing page should be. Just haven’t got there yet, so watch this space.
Hope this helps
By: Owen
