Hmmm... this topic is over a year old, but it's as good a place to ask as any.
Is there a way to hack the global footer plugin so the same content shows in the header and footer? Or is there any chance richie's code will work with WPMS 3.1.3+?
I currently butcher another plugin that requires hardcoding the content (no admin interface) to create network wide links with adds that get auto-hidden on supporter blogs.
Example: http://tripawds.com
(click random blog link to see on different sites)
Problem is, it doesn't always play nice on every theme. I'm now developing a new network and just wondering if the awesome wpmudev team has a solution for creating a nice network wide navigation stripe in the header and footer where we can show/hide ads.
Thanks all! I remember trying Hiranthi's plugin but had difficulty with styling issues, so I stuck with my hacks to the WPMU Footer HTML plugin, which has since disappeared from the legacy mudev repository.
WPMS Global Content looks like it may do the trick, I'll check it out.
can I ask a small favor? when you've implemented the global footer you were looking for, would you mind posting a link here to the live site? I had some problems adjusting the css for my global footer, opened a thread here: http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/need-some-help-with-css-for-a-footer but didn't get anywhere so I took it offline for now. I'd like to look at your css to get an idea when you've got it online. Ideally I'd like my footer like these guys have styled their's: http://apicciano.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
@Ovidiu willdo... as soon as i get around to it! ;-)
My first post above has info about how I implemented our current solution for the custom header and footer at http://tripawds.com - It requires no css, just picking up styles from the active theme.
It requires no css, just picking up styles from the active theme.
I mean styles are css anyway, how did you do it? create an extra stylesheet that gets loaded on each blog?
in the end it doesn't matter its the same as I asked: how to style a footer so it looks good on all blogs, not the method of how you add it :-)
you got around the problem since you seem to include it in the header, while I am hitting the problem of all the different footers out there so I am struggling to create a style that looks identical on all themes :-(
I mean the solution I wrote about at the link above includes no additional css, just the content and code for inserting it. We are both obviously encountering the same struggle with styling across all sites, hence my search for another plugin/solution.
I'll provide an update once I look into that global content option suggested by nelnehal.
I think this may just do the trick for us. Just installed it on a brand new network... http://veganize.us/?random
Only two blogs/themes right now, but the plugin appears to be picking up theme styles flawlessly. It has a nice tinymce editor for both the header and footer, either of which I assume could be left blank and it's own stylesheet in the assets folder if custom edits are required.
Noting your concern about footer placement on blogs with no posts, I deleted posts on one of the blogs. If I encounter issues after activating more themes, I'll post an update here.
I still see a problem here: independently of what plugin we use to insert a global footer it all depends on the CSS supplied for the footer content to looks "nice" with all themes.
Besides, the WPMS Global Content plugin doesn't support PHP as does Hiranthi`s :-(
Responses (12)
Geeky Developer — 15th April 2010 15:35 #
try put this in mu-plugins/
it works like footer-content but call setting at wp_head()
Member — 17th June 2011 03:37 #
Hmmm... this topic is over a year old, but it's as good a place to ask as any.
Is there a way to hack the global footer plugin so the same content shows in the header and footer? Or is there any chance richie's code will work with WPMS 3.1.3+?
I currently butcher another plugin that requires hardcoding the content (no admin interface) to create network wide links with adds that get auto-hidden on supporter blogs.
Example:
http://tripawds.com
(click random blog link to see on different sites)
How I did it:
http://wpmu.tripawds.com/2009/11/10/we-have-a-blog-ring-now/
Problem is, it doesn't always play nice on every theme. I'm now developing a new network and just wondering if the awesome wpmudev team has a solution for creating a nice network wide navigation stripe in the header and footer where we can show/hide ads.
Member — 17th June 2011 06:39 #
what you need is the global header plugin, but it seems it was pulled out of wpmudev?
here is hte original author's page: http://hiranthi.nl/wordpress/global-header-versie-1_4-wpmu-plugin/ which only links here: http://wpmudev.org/project/global-header which is broken.
I still have a copy, check here: http://pastebin.com/DAZzCuVt
the plugins has some little quirks, and Hiranthi, the author said she'll update it but nothing happened yet :-(
Member — 17th June 2011 13:31 #
have a look at this.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpms-global-content/. the global header appears above the normal theme header
Member — 17th June 2011 15:47 #
Thanks all! I remember trying Hiranthi's plugin but had difficulty with styling issues, so I stuck with my hacks to the WPMU Footer HTML plugin, which has since disappeared from the legacy mudev repository.
WPMS Global Content looks like it may do the trick, I'll check it out.
Cheers.
Member — 19th June 2011 14:33 #
@jcnjr:
can I ask a small favor? when you've implemented the global footer you were looking for, would you mind posting a link here to the live site? I had some problems adjusting the css for my global footer, opened a thread here: http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/need-some-help-with-css-for-a-footer but didn't get anywhere so I took it offline for now. I'd like to look at your css to get an idea when you've got it online. Ideally I'd like my footer like these guys have styled their's: http://apicciano.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Member — 20th June 2011 15:49 #
@Ovidiu willdo... as soon as i get around to it! ;-)
My first post above has info about how I implemented our current solution for the custom header and footer at http://tripawds.com - It requires no css, just picking up styles from the active theme.
Member — 20th June 2011 15:54 #
what do you mean by:
I mean styles are css anyway, how did you do it? create an extra stylesheet that gets loaded on each blog?in the end it doesn't matter its the same as I asked: how to style a footer so it looks good on all blogs, not the method of how you add it :-)
you got around the problem since you seem to include it in the header, while I am hitting the problem of all the different footers out there so I am struggling to create a style that looks identical on all themes :-(
but hey, glad you're sorted :-)
Member — 20th June 2011 16:27 #
I mean the solution I wrote about at the link above includes no additional css, just the content and code for inserting it. We are both obviously encountering the same struggle with styling across all sites, hence my search for another plugin/solution.
I'll provide an update once I look into that global content option suggested by nelnehal.
Member — 20th June 2011 17:28 #
thanks, much appreciated
Member — 21st June 2011 22:14 #
@Ovidiu Check out that Global Content plugin.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpms-global-content/
I think this may just do the trick for us. Just installed it on a brand new network...
http://veganize.us/?random
Only two blogs/themes right now, but the plugin appears to be picking up theme styles flawlessly. It has a nice tinymce editor for both the header and footer, either of which I assume could be left blank and it's own stylesheet in the assets folder if custom edits are required.
Noting your concern about footer placement on blogs with no posts, I deleted posts on one of the blogs. If I encounter issues after activating more themes, I'll post an update here.
@nelnehal Thanks!
Member — 2nd December 2011 11:12 #
I still see a problem here: independently of what plugin we use to insert a global footer it all depends on the CSS supplied for the footer content to looks "nice" with all themes.
Besides, the WPMS Global Content plugin doesn't support PHP as does Hiranthi`s :-(
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