ClaimID Wordpress Widget
April 13th, 2006 - Fred StutzmanA few days ago, the Automattic team released Widgets for Wordpress. Widgets are little handy drag-and-drop tools for your Wordpress blog. We’ve built a simple widget for ClaimID users that lists your recent ClaimID links. Keep in mind, you’ll need Wordpress 2.0 or greater, with the Widgets plugin enabled. You can read more about the requirements here. To install the ClaimID widget, follow these simple directions:
- Download the ClaimID Wordpress Widget (zip file).
- Unpack the widget in your Wordpress widgets directory, generally wp-content/plugins/widgets.
- Activate the widget in the Plugins screen, available from your Wordpress dashboard.
- Drag, drop and configure the widget in Presentation — Sidebar Widgets, available from your Wordpress dashboard.
- You’re done! Your recent ClaimID links will appear on your blog.
If you log in to your claimID account, you can find extensive directions (in our help documentation, and in the account extras section in your account). If you’re comfortable with wordpress widgets, however, the claimID widget should be quite painless to install. Thanks to Riccardo Cambiassi for motivating us to develop this widget; if you have any problems or suggestions, please let us know. We’ll also lobby Wordpress.com for inclusion of our widget, and we’ll let you know how that goes.
April 13th, 2006 at 8:26 pm
Ehy, this is what I call emrgent customer relationship management
I write a post on my blog in my own language and you guys pick up the ineherent request and resolve the issue in no time. Cool!
Thank you for the widget, I’m now trying it in my new sidebar.
April 13th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
That’s what we’re here for!
Let us know how it goes.
April 13th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
Prego Riccardo!
April 14th, 2006 at 12:01 am
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May 4th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
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June 14th, 2006 at 1:12 am
Is there anyway to use this plug-in without a Widget-enabled WordPress theme? I have the latest version of WordPress installed in on my server as well as the Widgets plug-in enabled and activated. However, my WordPress theme (PressRow) isn’t “widgetized.” If there is a way to get this to work or another plug-in for non-widget themes, that would be fantastic!
June 14th, 2006 at 3:33 am
Hey John - I don’t think that plugin will work with any non-widgetized WordPress. I’m sorry. The good news, however, is if you use the API snippet, you should be able to replicate the functionality. Just use the little cut and paste code, and drop it in as a link (or into your template), and you should be able to make it work. It might take a little hacking, but I’d be happy to explain more (just drop me an email - fred @ claimid.com). Hope this works out for you.
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March 8th, 2007 at 5:17 am
I’d love to have the widget available in wordpress.com.
Please feel free to lobby in my name…
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