Get your hands on the new Street Fighter 2 widget. You can grab the widget code and embed it on your website, or even your myspace or facebook profile. This flash remake of the game is a very accurate copy of the arcade original featuring all the characters and bonus levels. If you just want to play the game on a website please follow this link:
Screenshots from the new Loopy Pursuits Arcade Site.
I have recently entered the world of Arade Website webmastering and, being the WordPress geek I clearly am, have chosen WP as the management sytem to drive my arcade sites. I have developed two new plugins WP Games Embed (released) and WP Mochi (so far unreleased) and launched my first arcade site Zap Gamez.
In the past I have had a fair few jobs designing custom / bespoke themes for WordPress blogs and for sites that use WP more as a CMS. These jobs are where most of my plugins originate from, adding custom features to sites when no existing plugin is available to achieve the same functionality.
My most recent custom theme is for the arcade site Loopy Pursuits, for which the games content is also driven by my two plugins WP Games Embed & WP Mochi. The theme is incredibly simple - no sidebar or nav bar as such, 3 basic layouts - Home page, Category/Tag/Search results page & single page view where the game itself is displayed. Apart from the formatting of the comments there is nothing about the theme which suggests it is wordpress. No 'recent posts','blogroll' or 'tag cloud' or any other content that could be associated with standard WP blog design.
The theme incorporates google advertising interspersed with the content. My approach to google advertising with arcade sites is to use predominantly image ads as gaming is very visual, and image ads seem to sit better within a very image based site layout. I also use the standard approach of identifying key placements for ads, sometimes referred to as 'Hot Spots', which are normally adjacent to key areas of the page, such as navigation, main content (i.e. the game), etc.
During the development of Loopy Pursuits the WP Mochi Plugin has come a lot closer to releaseability. It still lacks an options page which it would definitely need, but it now incorporates the Mochi Leaderboard (score board) using the Mochi Publisher Bridge, it also now has the ability to add entire directories of games automatically too!
If you are interested in getting a custom design for your WordPress blog, or if you want an arcade website set up, or if you are trying to do something different / unusual with WordPress please feel free to get in touch. I would be happy to provide a quote for any such jobs. I have been working with WordPress since version 1.2 and have set up many WP blogs in that time, I have never used a theme by someone else, custom built is the only way for me!
How can I download this theme .. ?
I Just use a free wordpress theme in my auto post arcade website, I interest with embeded plugin, but I havenot used it cause the mochie games not properly install.
Great article. WP is has so many options and is super fun to use to create arcades.
I have recently been working on a highly versatile premium theme for WordPress which is due for release soon. As part of the project I wanted to test how the theme (and WordPress itself) could work with sites of various different genres. My intention was that the theme would be configurable enough via it's Options Menu that it could easily be styled to suit corporate sites such as recruitment, blue chip company, technology site & product portfolio, media sites such as magazine, news, image & video gallery and also youth oriented sites such as music / band website, games website.
The theme also features simple integration for banners and advertising, so creating a couple of 'working example' sites was not only a good way of testing the theme's versatility but also a potential source of a few extra quid!
I had been wanting to do a games & videos website for a while, and I had built the theme's default settings around a 'corporate magazine' look & feel, so I decided the games site would be a great way to test the theme. Here is my wordpress games arcade site so far: Zap Gamez
I decided to look around and see what articles I could find about creating a games arcade website with wordpress, or if there was a plugin that allowed you to easily insert games into your WordPress blog. I found this article by Emanuele Feronato:
It describes a method of populating your WordPress blog with games via a feed from MochiAds (A source of free games for websites) using custom fields. However, for my site I wanted to be able to integrate games from various free content suppliers and host games on my own server as well as embedding games hosted by content suppliers. What I really wanted was a plugin that could embed games into posts or pages using shortcodes.
THE PLUGIN
The prototype plugin I have built includes the following features:
4 Different views:
Different embedding modes:
The beta version of the WP Game Embed plugin can be found here.
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Keep it up man! Now, when I need useful info I’ll come here.
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wow i think wordpress just for blog, but im wrong, good idea bro
Nice plugin, made myself also a mochiads wordpress plugin, its still in decelopment.
i heavily cusomized a video theme for the layout.
you might wanne check it some times.
god job…
grts,
chris
Hey, this is cool free stuff
Awesome post. Very informative 
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i am new to wordpress but i like this site, good article… and i like the sound od the flash arcade….
So, this is interesting for me, I will translate it and post to my saite http://grang.info Thanks, Alex
Great work with the blog mate let me know if you want to partner up with my blog as well! =]
Nice your beta I’ll gonna translate in romanian language this post and i will put a direct link to your site. Thank you
Very cool. I finally got around to changing my own games site, http://www.kwikgames.com over to Wordpress earlier this year. After years of updating static HTML pages it was high time I made the switch and was thoroughly worth it…
I love your thumbnail “grid”! You might want to use a rating plugin, there are quite a few good ones, so you can show most popular games and encourage more user interaction, but overall it looks great. And to anyone thinking of using WP for a games site I highly recommend it!
Nice article. But there are other sides which are based on wordpress and use mochi games: http://highscoregaming.net
Cheers idic
i heavily cusomized a video theme for the layout.
you might wanne check it some times.
god job…
I like playing Games..So I make blog and include many games..In order that if I want to play game just open my blog.
Regard
Ali Mustika Sari
How has this theme been going? any updates on this one? There has been lots of game themes now and I`m hoping you were successful on this.
I love your thumbnail “grid”! You might want to use a rating plugin, there are quite a few good ones, so you can show most popular games and encourage more user interaction, but overall it looks great. And to anyone thinking of using WP for a games site I highly recommend it!
I think is a great idea, keep up the great work. Looking forward for some updates on this.
Thanks.
Nice article. But there are other sides which are based on wordpress and use mochi games: http://www.ccymx.com/
Cheers idic
wow, I rarely ever have to scroll down this much just to comment on a post before. Great post, keep them coming!
yep. still waiting for some new info. A game theme would be great adition to all of us.
Thanks alot mate, this is a really nice info about WordPress game I’m bookmarking this page!!
My website http://playmspacman.net is also powered by Wordpress and I can say that it is doing very well.
Turn your wordpress blog into a games arcade!
This beta version WordPress plugin, WP Games Embed, makes it easy to embed games into your WordPress blog by using shortcodes in your posts and pages. WP Games Embed is intended to be able to support content offered by the various free games sites out there using the codes or downloads they provide.
4 Different views:
Different embedding modes:
Visit Zap Gamez Arcade to see an example of the plugin in action.
Use shortcodes to embed games into your posts, or to create a grid of thumbnails on a page or your home page.
Shortcode: [game /]
Additional attributes:
[game width="640" height="480" src="http://www.example.com/games/pacman.html" thumb="http://www.mysite.com/images/pacman-small.jpg" main="http://www.mysite.com/images/pacman-medium.jpg" title="PacMan" description="This is a great game! Use the arrow keys to play." flash="false"/]
[game width="640" height="480" src="http://www.mysite.com/games/pacman.swf" thumb="http://www.mysite.com/images/pacman-small.jpg" main="http://www.mysite.com/images/pacman-medium.jpg" title="PacMan" description="This is a great game! Use the arrow keys to play." flash="true"/]
Shortcode: [get_latest_games /]
Additional attributes: list_category - the category id for the games you want to appear in the list.
The list_category attribute makes it possible to display the latest games under a certain category e.g. 'Arcade' or the latest games under all categories. Simply set up a main category called 'games' and then create all your games categories (action,adventure,sports, etc.) as sub-categories.
[get_latest_games list_category="2" /]
Shortcode: [game /]
Additional atrtributes: (see above)
The important attributes for creating a features games list are 'featured' which should be set to true, and 'game_url' the url where the game can be played on your site.
[game main="http://www.myblog.com/uploads/pacman-medium.jpg" title="PacMan" description="This is a great game! Use the arrow keys to play." featured="true" game_url= "http://www.myblog.com/games/pacman/" /]
[game main="http://www.myblog.com/uploads/donkeykong-medium.jpg" title="Donkey Kong" description="This is a great game! Use the arrow keys to play." featured="true" game_url= "http://www.myblog.com/games/donkey-kong/" /]
good work:) I am going to install it , I have also interest in the wp Mochi plugin..
Thanx for sharing
Hi Imad
Good luck! Don’t forget to post a link to your arcade here as an example…
The mochi plugin needs a bit more development to integrate the mochi ‘bridge’ which gives the scoreboard functionality etc.
Sam
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Hello Sam and thanks for this wonderful plugin.
I only have a slight problem with the get_latest_games shortcode. Every time I put in and define the category (for example 20) it lists all content from all categories. It might be a bug or might be something that I’m looking over.
Thanks for your help
Hi Acrylic
The get_latest_games shortcode will return all posts under a category, and all posts under child categories of that category. So if you have a main category called ‘games’ with an id of 1 and sub-categories of games such as ‘action’ (id =2), ‘arcade’ (id = 3), ‘fighting’ (id =4), etc. if you call category 1 in get_latest_games you will get all games, but if you call category 2 you should just get ‘action’ games.
If this doesn’t help please comment again as it is this type of feedback that helps me to develop and improve my plugins over time.
Sam
Hi Sam!
I tweaked the code a bit and now it’s doing what I need. My concept was to have the grid system represented on a separate wordpress page rather than in a single post.
So I created a new page template. The problem that I encountered was that the page template gets the content by running the loop first but the ep-embed.php runs the loop again. So what happens is that the page template loops through all the posts you have and displays the content.
What I did was that I omitted the while loop and left the if conditional in. In this way the loop only runs when you have a content in your page and retrieves it. Once it happens it activates your function call which loops through the given parameters and retrieves all the game posts.
I hope I made sense :/
Interesting plugin, no doubt - however I have interesting dilemma, is there some kind of limit how many games is needed before grid appears? On my site it’s not working, at least not yet.
thank you so much for sharing this plugin. really helpful to my game site
Hi, great plugin.
One question, if we use feeds to get mochi games can we use this plugin to show those games in posts?
Hi,
I’m trying to get this to work, but can’t quite get it right. The plugin is activated - and this is code that I’m trying to use - (I changed example.com and mysite.com to our site)
[game width="640" height="480" src="http://www.skuzziport.com/games/pacman.html" thumb="http://www.skuzziport.com/images/pacman-small.jpg" main="http://www.skuzziport.com/images/pacman-medium.jpg" title="PacMan" description="This is a great game! Use the arrow keys to play." flash="false"/]
grateful for tips!
Thanks for this little plugin…it works a treat.
I’m gonna use it to add games as I go along, and then put a category page up… in the meantime I’ll just add each game I find as a blog post.
The 1st game attempt can be found here….
http://www.foundstuff.co.uk/2009/magic-towers-solitaire-an-addictive-little-solitaire-game/
Excellent plugin and simple to use.
Well it seems to me to be quite useless, the grid view shows evey post of the whole blog, fine if 2-3 is all you have, but when in the 1,000s very terrible.
When I click the game, it just reloads the page..
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Hi!
I tried the code for the “Grid” and it is not working, can you please check?
http://www.juegoxdia.com/?page_id=23
thanks
Ana
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Sam, I tried to use the plug-in using the same example for iframes (no flash), and I believe you have a bug in your code or in your example. The thing is, if you define flash=”false” (I want to use iframes) then the variable flash will be defined as string “false” but in your code you are checking for if($flash) and that will return true whatever the value of flash variable is. As a user, if you don’t want flash, you will have to remove the flash parameter.
[game ... flash="false"] -> [game ...]
The WP Post Columns Plugin for WordPress allows you to easily create columns within your wordpress posts and pages. It is ideal for sites with a magazine / newspaper style layout, or if you want text to appear on one side of the post with an image displayed opposite. It is much easier than creating html tables within posts and perfect for users with no coding experience. This plugin is a perfect solution for those using WordPress as a CMS.
As you can see from this example it is also possible to have text, before or after the columns, which spans the full width of the post.
Installation:
New Features:
More examples:
Please visit the WP Post Columns 2.0 examples page for more examples of the column based layouts that can be achieved.
Usage:
When writing a wordpress post simply use the following shortcodes to create your columns:
For example shortcodes you can copy and paste directly into a wordpress post please check the first comment on this post.
Additional Info:
The current version of the plugin is 2.0, it used to only support two columns, but now you can have as many as you like! The idea of adding the code for extra columns was inspired by RickHap who sent me his modified version of the plugin.
The only restriction is that the total width of all columns together does not exceed the width of your WordPress post.
If you have upgraded from an earlier version of the plugin be sure to read the 'Usage' notes again, as the way the columns are implemented has changed in order to incorporate the new features. The latest version no longer supports the original method. If you have been using the plugin since it's first release, or it is working fine for you there is probably no need for you to upgrade. Instructions for the earlier version of the plugin can be found here: WP Post Columns 1.2
The width and padding of each column can be set in any unit of measurement supported by CSS. Absolute units of measurement include: px, mm and relative units include: %, em. 'Padding' refers to the right padding of the column (i.e. the space between its right margin and the left margin of the next column). For this reason it is recommended that you don't apply padding to your final column (set its padding to 0).
The example shortcodes above had to be embedded into this post as an image, else they would be interpreted as column formatting by the plugin. For example shortcodes that you can copy and paste into your wordpress post please refer to the first comment on this post.
Don't forget to close each column before opening a new one. And don't forget use the 'end_columns' shortcode after your last column, or you might get some funky results!
Updates:
24/4/2008 - Minor update to version 1.1 - Added extra preg_replace code to remove implicit <p> tags inserted by wordpress
27/4/2008 - Minor update to version 1.2 - Added priority of 13 to add_filter to make compatible with 2.5.1 - preg_replace is called after shortcodes have been processed (priority 11)
19/1/2009 - Major update to version 2.0 - Added shortcodes support so that the column widths can be configured within each post. Added the potential to allow as many columns as required, so long as the overall width does not exceed the width of the available space.
9/2/2009 - Minor update to version 2.1 -added do_shortcode() function to allow nesting of other shortcodes within the columns
20/4/2009 - Minor update to version 2.2 - removed original 'curly bracket' shortcode functions from the plugin as a bug fix.
Download Plugin:
More shortcode examples:
2 column layout:
[column width="47%" padding="6%"]3 column layout:
[column width="30%" padding="5%"]4 column layout:
[column width="22%" padding="4%"]Copy and paste any of the above examples into a WordPress post or page, edit the text and hit preview!
WP Post Columns Plugin version 2.0 - Sam Burdge…
The WP Post Columns Plugin for WordPress allows you to easily create columns within your wordpress posts and pages. It is ideal for sites with a magazine / newspaper style layout, or if you want text to appear on one side of the post with an image disp…
great. using it on my site now, example here: http://pacura.ru/blog/site-server-optimization/
unfortunately this plugin causes invalid xhtml because the column shortcodes can break tags apart that wordpress inserts into the_content 
in other words, it breaks paragraphs
any solutions to this?
Hi Ovidiu,
This is an example of how wordpress (particularly if using tinyMCE advanced) inserts extra html such as ‘p’ tags into the post. many people are complaining about this at the moment: http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=437
Try bunching your column shortcodes up, without any line breaks, like so:
[column width="47%" padding="6%"]Column 1 content goes here.[/column][column width="47%" padding="0"]Column 2 content goes here.[/column][end_columns]Sam
thx, but its the other way around: actually I needed to do it like this:
[column width="47%" padding="6%"]Column 1 content goes here.to give tinymce space to insert its - aka p closure tag
Hi
How can I use your plugin for a page like my homepage? Your fabulous plugin works very wel in my pages (articles,etc) but not on my homepage…
Tx for your help
Pierre
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Hi Pierre
Maybe to do with your homepage template? can you send me a link please so i can have a look…
Sam
I am having trouble with the plugin. (Possibly the same as Pierre?)
1) I have a homepage that uses the_excerpt. The plugin appears to be overriding this and printing out the full article. (It doesn’t affect the list of headings which uses neither the_excerpt or the_content)
2) It is also repeating posts on single pages (I haven’t added column shortcode to any posts yet). In the repeat it prints out the shortcode for captions etc. But it does not do this in the original i.e article one (caption) article repeat (caption shortcode)
I’ve currently deactivated the plugin on the website. So, I can’t show you an example.
Hopefully you can shed some light on this?
Thanks.
Hi
im testing this plug in but it doesnt work.
i substitute the content where it says “content goes here ” but nothing happes it just looks like a normal post.it doesnt separate columns
Thank you for your answer. Here is the link. The problem is that we use Qtranslate to translate our Website. But Q Translate can’t translate the Widget in this version of Wordpress. So the idea to preserve the three columns on the homepage is the creation of a template in the template with the three columns. We have 2 options :
1) Create three columns in the template of the homepage and call for a content automatically
2) Create a page with 3 columns and integrate it dynamycally in the homepage.
In the 2 cases, I’m not skilled in PHP to integrate it dynamycally but if you can help me, it’s very kind of you.
Best Regards
Pierre
Hi Michelle
As far as I can tell, shortcodes aren’t supported in the_excerpt. See this wp support topic:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/205246
there is a suggested solution:
add_filter(’the_excerpt’, ‘do_shortcode’);
which i will put to the test, and see if there is a way to integrate this into the plugin.
Sam
Hi Pierre,
Unfortunately I haven’t used Qtranslate, but I will get it and install it, and see why my plugin is not compatible with it.
In WordPress under ‘Settings -> Reading’ you can set a static page as your homepage, this may solve your problem?
Sam
Hi albo
The problem may be that your theme uses ‘the_excerpt’ on the home page. Have you tried the columns out on another page?
Sam
Hi Sam,
How can I replace the 3 widget “bottom left -middle and -right by your colums. I need translate the texts… Tx
Pierre
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To complete this : Qtranslate seems to be incompatible with the Widgets of my theme. So I need a solution to give the same aspect with 3 columns and a translation… So the problem is’t an incompatibility between my theme, QTranslate and your plug-in but wel a problem to integrate your plug-in in my home page.
Regards
Pierre
Hi Pierre
I’m guessing your homepage uses the_excerpt code (See Michelle’s comment). I am working on a solution to this at the moment…
Sam
Hi Sam,
We ‘ve not used the_exerpt code. The code under “Plus d’infos” is hardcoded on HTML…
Hi Pierre
The plugin is for formatting WordPress posts and pages, it can’t be used to format hardcoded html.
Hi Sam,
I understand but my question is very simple: how can I put your plug in on my home page?
Tx
Regards
Pierre
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Hello Sam. Thanks so much for this useful plugin (I’ve been looking everywhere)!
I was wondering if you could offer some tips as to how to set a default width and padding in the plugin for the different column configurations (2col, 3col, 4col) so that these won’t need to be typed each time? I am making a blog for someone else so I’m hoping to keep the shortcode as simple as possible (version 1.2 was actually really nice for that reason though I found your site too late and can’t reference the code there). Thank you so much for your help!
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I am having trouble with nesting other shortcode within this plugins shortcode? Is there a reason for this?
Hi Ken,
Well spotted! I found this info from WordPress:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API
The shortcode parser correctly deals with nested shortcode macros, provided their handler functions support it by recursively calling do_shortcode():
[tag-a]
[tab-b]
[tag-c]
[/tag-b]
[/tag-a]However the parser will fail if a shortcode macro is used to enclose another macro of the same name:
[tag-a]
[tag-a]
[/tag-a]
[/tag-a]
I have made a minor change to the code and updated to version 2.1 (you can download it from the link above, or do an auto update via your plugins page in WordPress)
Sam
how to avoid the short codes from showing up in the feeds?
thanks in advance
Hi Cat
The shortcodes don’t seem to be showing up in my feeds…
http://www.samburdge.co.uk/category/plugins/feed
What version of WP are you using? Do you use feedburner?
Sam
Hi,
I have been looking a long time for a plug in like this. I have problem when i use the plug in on pages, the text of the page shows up on top of the page You can see what i meen here : http://wp8.facilitech.fr/?page_id=7
Hope it can work with this website.
If you hae an idea of what the proble is that would be great
Thanks in advance
Alain
Hiya,
I installed the plugin and it works great on the pages. However it breaks the rest of my blog by putting two columns and duplicating the content off the side of the page.
It is this way for internet explorer and firefox.
You can click my name to view my blog, but I deactivated the plugin because it made the blog unreadable.
I really like the plugin and hopefully there is an easy solution!
Btw, the problem is in the right side column under where it says, “recent posts”. Instead of following the rules and posting just a thumbnail, title and exceprt, it reposts the entire post in the column including all of the full size photos from the post.
I hope you will have a solution.
Thank you!
Oh my gosh!!! I’m so sorry to spam. I do not mean to but I removed this line from the plugin code and now everything works ok. Please tell me if this will cause any problems. Again, my apologies.
add_filter(’the_content’, ‘wp_post_columns’,13);
Hi Alain
I just looked at your page, the problem seems to be with your meta description tag. In your meta description I can see the code:
<meta name=”description” content=”<p id=”top” />
I suggest you edit the page in wordpress, go to the html view and remove the code: <p id=”top” />
This should solve it. I don’t think it is the plugin which is causing the problem.
Sam
Hi Cindy
I think this problem is due to an incompatibility with your theme. Specifically with the way recent posts are displayed in the sidebar.
Removing the line:
add_filter(’the_content’, ‘wp_post_columns’,13);
from the plugin code should actually work for you. It won’t affect the plugin’s performance either.
Sam
Hi Sam,
What code can you see ? What should i take off. Sorry i am not at ease with cooding.
Alain
Hi Alain,
Sorry I didn’t notice that the code didn’t show up in my previous comment. I have updated it.
In your meta description I can see the code:
<meta name=”description” content=”<p id=”top” />
I suggest you edit the page in wordpress, go to the html view and remove the code: <p id=”top” />
If you are using an SEO plugin it might be causing it.
Sam
Hi and thank you for this plugin. I am using it on a school site to publish staff photos in columns. It seems the second column is lower than the first but I don’t see the cause for it in the html code or css - any ideas how to fix it?
hi I’ve try out your great plugin, it’s what I’m looking for ages.
but the problem is breaks the “PHPlist 1.5″ plug in, I use that for people register to my Phplist.
when your plug in is activate, the “PhPList” disapeared.
any idea how to fix it?
many thanks in advance.
Great plugin but here’s my little problem by using your plugIn with the_excerpt: it doesn’t show an excerpt on the mainpage but the full article. You can see it on may site in the middle (right:-) column. The left column (”Wortberge”) uses the_content, shows another problem… Why? - Its a great little plugin and I think I only have to add a little code segment, but where and what??? Any idea? - No, I’m no programmer or php-specialist…
Hi again, I solved my problem with columns not aligning correctly because of the p tags added by tinymce.
I created a new template and added the code to remove p tags;
Use this template for the pages using columns and they align correclty.
Thanks again for this great plugin.
I’m using the K2 theme. I have the plugin activated and I copy paste the default code and the columns does not show up - what can possibly be wrong?
Check out the page: http://stefanboman.se/hallbar/store/find-a-qrs-distributor/
Hi
I was having the same problem as a few folk dealing with the extra break tags wordpress was adding between the columns causing the second column to be stepped down from the first.
Open includes/formatting.php
line 116
change $br=1 to $br=0
That worked for me
Hello, nice plugin. Is there any way you could make it working with Wordpress 2.7.x?
Hi stefan
Are you sure you have activated the plugin? perhaps your theme doesn’t support shortcodes, try it out by inserting the [gallery] shortcode using the Add Images tool in WP
Sam
I took Cindy’s advise and removed the following line of code:
add_filter(’the_content’, ‘wp_post_columns’,13);
This fixed most of the problems.
However, using two columns, the top line of the text in the right column is one line or so lower than the top line in the left column. No obvious line breaks, etc. Any ideas as to how to fix?
well, this plugins works excellent.. but…
i have this weird error with internet explorer..
help me pleeease..
i don’t know much about coding.. or english..
http://chilepolitik.freehostia.com/blog/noticias-regionales/
Hi! and thanks for your plugins. If I activate the columns plugin, it duplicates every post content.
I mean: all the content and images of the post appears twice into the post content. Im using wordpress 2.7.1
Any ideas?
Hi Dave
Are you using the tinyMCE plugin? It has been known to insert unwanted line-breaks in shortcodes…
Sam
Hi dogday
If you could send a link to a page where this error is occurring I will try to solve it for you.
Sam
please try again.. i’m having some server issues..
and the error happens only with internet explorer..
Thanks a lot Sam!. Here is the link: http://www.dempalmada.com/wordpress/barra-libre-su-minuto-de-gloria/
Anyway it occours every posts in my blog. Just activating the plugin all posts get its content duplicated.
Ok. It conficts with YARPP, a plugin to insert related posts after the post: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/
or plugin home page: http://mitcho.com/code/yarpp/
I have deactivated yours, till finding a solution.
If you want me to activate both to try to solve this just tell me.
Thanks a lot anyway.
Sam, thanks for the plugin, I’m trying to use it but I’m experiencing that when you have a lot of content on the post, when you click on “Publish” or edit the content and then click “Update Post”, everything disappears from inside the tinymce editor. The post is indeed updated and it appears on the site, but I can no longer access the post from editor. It’s just blank whenever I go to the edit page of that post.
I’m not sure if it’s because it has too much content or not, but once I deactivate the plugin and then go back to the edit page, all the content is there again. meaning, it must be something with the plugin I believe. Have you experienced this? And would you have a fix?
Please respond as soon as you can. I appreciate your help.
Thank you
I’m using 2.7.1 and this plugin does not work at all for me. I can do everything that I need to do with it, however no columns actually show up regardless of how I try it.
I’m figuring such a lack of effect must be theme related, which begs the question … how will you make this plugin work on all themes?
I like your plugin but it seems that it conflicts with Lightbox2 (http://www.stimuli.ca/lightbox/)
When it is enabeled the pictures in my blog doesnt load anymore in a lightbox.
Hi Eike
You could try removing this line of code from the plugin file:
add_filter(’the_content’, ‘wp_post_columns’,13);
I haven’t had much time to work on plugins lately but an upgrade for wp post columns is in progress. Compatibility with other plugins is one of the main issues I am addressing in the upgrade.
Sam
nice plugin. Would be nice to have more custom control over class & id tags so we could control widths and padding via external style sheets rather than having to set them inline. The inline option is of course a nice option to have to override when necessary, but I prefer having the defaults set via stylesheet…
lovely plugin. having the same issue with YARPP. hopefully this can get worked out soon because i love both plugins. thanks for your hard work!
Thanx a lot!needed this badly…am a newbee with php but am hardworkin, so if i could help you with any programmin pls lemme know.will do it for free…!
Not sure but I think there is a problem in that your function wp_post_columns (which is called by add_filter(’the_content’, ‘wp_post_columns’,13)) echoes the content rather than returning it.
The latest update to 2.2 should solve all your problems (well, problems related to the plugin anyway!). Unfortunately it no longer supports the very original column codes ({column} - from before the days of shortcodes), but for 99% of you that won’t apply.
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When I add more than seven photos all my content disappears from display. It exists in the HTML, but does not show up on the actual post. This appears to be the same trouble that was described before the update to 2.2. If I disable wp post columns, the content returns so it definitely is something to do with the plugin. Any help you could give me would very much be appreciated.
The above problem seems to only happen when the 2nd column starts immediately next to the first. If I have the 2nd column start a paragraph down, the error does not occur. Weird.
Hi Lance
Do you have an example I can look at? send me a link in a comment, I won’t publish it 
This sounds weird, are the widths of the columns set wide enough to accomodate the images? perhaps the combined widths of the columns exceed the overall post width as set in your theme? If you send me an example I may be able to solve it for you.
Hi, this plugin works for me using IE8 and Firefox 2.0. but it doesn’t work in IE7, the columns won’t show in the single post page. is it incombatible with IE7? what can I do?..thanks
Hi Samburdge, great solution, now im thinking how can i add to my proyect because im using custom fields and maybe need a version in php to separate my custom image in 1 column & the text content in the column 2…. this is posible??? Salute!
Hi Pardo
You would have to code it into your theme if you are using custom fields. It shouldn’t be too hard to do.
Hi Jeni
Have you triedtesting different column widths / padding in IE7. If making the columns a bit narrower doesn’t work, send me an example page to look at and I will try to solve it for you.
Does anyone know if it is possible to but a border line between the columns and how I can do that if it is possible.
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somehow it stopped working. but I msut say I am just testing wp 2.8 beta 2, maybe that is the reason? have a look here, one can see the column tags, half of them are shown, but the text is still displayed right: http://pacura.ru/blog/site-server-optimization/
Hi Ovidiu
That is weird as the columns are still working, but the shortcodes are also showing in the post… maybe the shortcodes API has changed for 2.8 ? You should report this to WP as it may be a bug with shortcodes in 2.8 beta
I have an installation of 2.8 that i will test it on too as it may be theme related?
Great plugin, but what’s with the hidden tag your code inserts?? After pulling my hair out thinking it was Wordpress/TinyMCE inserting the (unclosed) tag, I found it nestled in your PHP. Please take that out! Also, if it’s not too difficult, it would be great to have incremental counters to add unique classes or id tags to your columns!
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Problem with my bullets when making the 2 column post. The first column is numbered the second column is bullet. How can I fix this? Pls help.
Hi Sam,
I seem to have some problems getting Post Columns to work together with xLanguage - a translation plugin that uses the code eg. blabla . Whenever I combine the two, Post Columns seems to override this code and the translation goes to h… any clues of how to resolve this?
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Tesing it on a local server now. It works (on a page), but somehow the right column starts a little below the left one. And of course that does not look nice..
It’s almost too easy! works a treat.
thanks!
I have used this plugin a lot but it doesn’t seem to working with WordPress 2.8
Sam, please help! I just upgraded to 2.8 of WordPress and now the columns are no longer working! My whole site is ruined right now! If you go to my site and click on the “Rankings” tab, you will not see clean columns as before. Please look into this and patch it as quickly as possible, a million thanks!!!
Hi ,
I ask you if is possible to modify plugin so I have 2 column and in automatic the post goes inside the two column , in my site the post are no longer than 3500 spaces so I need two column of 1750 spaces and justify text
Hi Guys
With regards to the problems with WP 2.8, as far as I can tell this is a bug with 2.8’s handling of shortcodes, as documented here:
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10082
As this is a bug with WP rather than the plugin it will most likely be solved with WP 2.8.1
If I can come up with a solution in the meantime I will post it here.
One possible solution is to try inserting a space between the two shortcodes.
Sam
Shortcodes for other plugins such as Cforms and NextGen Gallary are working fine in WP 2.8.
I hope you will find the problem and fix this. I have a number of broken pages and I have had to revert to a CSS column scheme.
Hi Rick
The shortcodes bug is specifically this:
[shortcode]hello world[/shortcode][shortcode]hello again[/shortcode] — doesn’t work
[shortcode]hello world[/shortcode] [shortcode]hello again[/shortcode] — works
notice the space between the two shortcodes in the second example.
This is a new bug in version 2.8 which has already been reported to wordpress.
Unfortunately there is not much I can do about it except to advise people to insert a space between their shortcodes as a quick fix for the problem.
I’m sure that this bug will be squashed with the next release.
This and other bugs have prevented me from updating my site to 2.8 so far.
Sam
Sam…
This plugin works for me in WP 2.8, save for the second column being offset one line lower than the first. I am using only the HTML editor in WP, and have removed any line breaks between the shortcodes and text.
The example page is here:
http://westernhillsvetclinic.com/blogdev/
and the code for the page (copied directly from the HTML editor) is here:
Any thoughts on a fix for this issue?
Many thanks…
JGB
Hi JGB
You were missing a forward slash in your second closing column tag: [/column] instead of [column]
I updated your example on pastebin:
http://pastebin.ca/1470409
Let me know if that doesn’t solve it.
Sam
Hi Sam,
Thanks for this great plugin.
All looks good except the-
[/column][column width="47%" padding="0
at the beginning of he second column. I'm sue it's something simple just cant work out what.
Regards Auriana
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Hi Auriana
try adding a space like so: [/column] [column width=”47%”
It is a new bug with wp 2.8
Sam
hi sam,
i get a fatal error on activation with wp 2.2
sadly, i trashed the earlier version of your plugin which worked just fine only to find out that you’ve now made it unavailable for download.
in case you can’t fix this, i’d appreciate a dl link of the old version
thomas
how do you use this plugin on the index.php? Is it capable of working there since of course it is a static page?
Hi Jay
When you say index.php do you mean index.php of your theme? or the homepage of your site itself?
Does the page contain wordpress content? if so you can use the post columns plugin as normal.
If it is a static page with hard-coded content then you will need to edit the html and css of the page manually.
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Great plugin!
Thanks a lot!
Does anyone know if the plugin works with WP version 2.8.1? I’ve refrain from upgrading my wordpress because the plugin works so well in 2.7 (thanks for the great job!!!).
Hi, the plugin works well however when I upgraded my WP the code [column width="47" padding="0"] is showing up in my published post? Any help please
Thank you for a very helpful plugin! Donation on the way..
works in 2.8.
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Is there a way you can use colors… like text color and backgroundcolors?
When adding column example 2 heres what happens when viewing:
Test Test
Test Test
the column to right and any other columns are shifted down by one line how can I make them all even?
Thanks Sam for a great plug-in. It got me out of a real jam with a recent site I was building and I’ll probably use this numerous times in the future. I do have one “situation” I’m trying to overcome - it’s not a problem with the plug-in - but rather a formatting problem that I can’t seem to overcome. I have some info that I’m trying to put part of it in two columns - http://www.drugtreatmentaddictionhelp.com/ - under types of cases we handle, the first line runs full width and the next two lines need to be in two columns - but I’d like them to come directly under the first line. It seems to be putting an extra “return” in the format even though I’ve taken all line breaks out. I’m assuming that it probably has something to do with the formatting for the tag. Can I create an extra tag (maybe something like or so that I can format without any extra spacing above or below the lines? Sorry if this is outside of something you can help with - I’m just searching for a little help here.
Thanks again for a great and useful plug-in.
Hey George. I had the same problem the first time I used this. Then, I realized that I had a “return” AFTER the start of the column. I removed the “return” and the two columns lined up wonderfully. The notes about spaces versus no-spaces are very important for the formatting when using this plug-in. But, it works beautifully and I’ve been extremely pleased with the results - as have my customers.
Thanks for the great plugin!
I have a slight issue that I can’t seem to fix myself. The column function works great for my blog on Mozilla Firefox but not for Internet Explorer 7. Here’s a link to my blog - http://www.cfssearch.net - Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Cal
I had problems with the tags in my code. I had my column shortcodes on the same line, however that no longer parsed properly when I upgraded to wordpess 8, after fixing that the extra space was there.
I wrote a bit of CSS just to hide the spaces
div.post_column_1 + br {
display:none;
}
Sam,
Thanks for offering this useful plugin. I used the shortcodes in a very straightforward way to get three columns, but the result at http://staddendesign.com/?page_id=18 gives me two columns instead of three. WP seems to be inserting a tag where it doesn’t belong. Can you help? Here’s my WP editor code:
Portfolio
[column width="33%" padding="5%"]L O G O T Y P E S
[/column]
[column width="33%" padding="5%"]B R O C H U R E S
[/column]
[column width="33%" padding="0"]N E W S L E T T E R S
This should be the third column.
[/column]
[end_columns]
This line should be full-width across the bottom of the page.
Excellent plugin. Is there a way to get a vertical line between the columns? That is a line which seperates the columns from eachother? Best regards
on wp 2.8.4 is not working
Although is enabled, When I’m trying to insert it on a page a)it does years to publish & b) I get the following message:”Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/citynews/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 972″.
Note that my wp, is on my server and not to wp.com
thank you
Hi all,
This plug-in is great. Very easy to use. I am experiencing a small bug. At the top of the 2nd column there is an extra tag being inserted. It happens on any page where I use the plug-in. Here is just one example: http://tw2blog.fabianross.com/case-studies/
Above the heading “San Diego Canyonlands” there is the extra tag causing this right column to be pushed lower than the left column.
Any thoughts on how to correct this?
Thanks,
Jerry
@Ken
Hi, could it be because of the width settings?
width: 33%+33%+33%=99%
padding: 5%+5%=10%
99%+10%=109%
Could be your third column doesn’t fit and therefore not seen.
And, after the WP-upgrade, be sure to put a space between the tags.
[/column] [column width="30%" padding="0"]
NOT
[/column][column width="30%" padding="0"]
I had some job going through my pages
Hello,
I’m having the same issue as @George above with three columns. Suggestion by @James Dunn helped but the third column shifted. Any ideas? Thank you.
P.S. I tried the wpautop plugin but I didn’t want to loose the formatting where needed within the same page.
Btw, I am using WP 2.8.4 + WP PC 2.0. Thank you.
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Hi i put one column with a picture and the other column with texts. It turns out that the column with the picture is higher than the column with text. For example, the text is not in the same height level with the picture. It’s like the picture is slightly higher than the texts column. Can anyone help me to fix this?
Use the code together with “Article Templates” and you can easily build quick pages with several layouts. Thanks for the code and keep on developing.
Sam,
First off, great program. However I have an issue on the second column its slight lower then the first column. Anyway to fix this issue? Seems like its a known issue from reading the comments, but I didnt know if their was a fix for it yet.
Thanks
Nick
Hi Sam,
wonderful plugin. Thank you. I’d like to have only one thing a vertical divider between the cols. Any idea how to achieve it?
Thanks
Thomas
Hi Nick,
I had the same problem, you have to be sure that you have a space between the tags.
[/column] [column width="30" padding="0"]
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Hi Sam,
Love the plugin… My only prob? In WP 2.8.4 the shortcode tag is published with the post– why? It’s driving me nuts! Other than that, best plugin of its kind.
I’m having an issue with this plugin validating.
First question: Does this plugin validate?
Second question: Why is there an open tag on line 59 of the “wp-post-columns.php” file?
I’ve been using this plugin on a client site and it has been working wonderfully. I just noticed this morning that site using it no nlonger has columns. I just recently upgraded my WordPress. Is this working with the latest version? Are there any plug-ins that may create problems? (although I haven’t added any new ones lately) Thanks
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Great Plugin!
I have worked through all of the little issues that come with how certain Themes are created. However I cannot figure out why when I insert 2 columns into a page, a large amount of blank space is added to the end of the content.
http://ourstorkgotlost.com/about-2/nicufamilies/
After the end of the content I have placed into both columns there is nothing showing in Visual or HTML editors.
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Found that after creating a page with 2 columns if i ended with:
[/column] [end_columns] or
[/column]
[end columns]
i was left with tons of blank space below the columns. If I end with:
[/column][end_columns]
i do not see the blank space, but I see the [end_columns] and the bottom of the 2nd column. I am able to add text below (outside) of the columns just fine, but still see the ending tag.
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I seem to have a similar issue as Virginie’s. As of WP 2.8.4 the plug-in seems no longer to work and displays the shortcode txt instead. Is it theme-centric or a general issue?
Anyone know why the columns are always misaligned at the top?
This is PERFECT! I have been trying to figure out how to put my resume neatly on my website. I had settled for saving it as a PDF, converting it to a jpg and putting it up as a picture.
This is exactly what I needed! I already tested it and it works perfectly. I will be updating my resume shortly - thanks to you!
Is it possible to have my post title in category in columns?? Because if it can then my webpage won’t stretch that much cause of all the post title in my categorys…
for those having issues with the trailing [end_columns] tag…
all you need to do is put a space between [/column] [end_columns]
I encounter the same problem as Steevie (2 post above me)
I think it has something to do with the latest Wordpress. I hav eused this plugin before on an older version. Up until today its fine. Now however on the curren Site iam working on the columns always misalign at the top. Please help!
…by the way, other than that its a great plugin!!!!!!! thanx!
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I am attempting to get 2 columns on the front page of my site using rocketthemes refraction. I don’t want individual posts to have 2 columns I want all the posts to flow across two columns. I have spent days w/ a few different tutorials, http://www.cre8d-design.com/2008/03/how-to-organize-posts-into-two-side-by-side-columns-in-wordpress/ , http://forum.bytesforall.com/showthread.php?t=1288 , and http://perishablepress.com/press/2008/08/04/two-column-horizontal-sequence-wordpress-post-order/ and none of them seem to work w/ my theme. Does anyone have any other recommendations?
Just installed the plugin and I can’t get it to work. I’m using WP 2.9. I copied and pasted the code in the plugins readme file and added some text where indicated and the text just shows up vertically with a large space between what is supposed to be col 1 and col 2 text, not side by side.
Tring on WP2.9 seems to work great in FF, Chrome and IE6 but no in IE8. Any suggestion would be appreciated!
Just installed this plugin myself on WP 2.9.1 - what would it take to make this “wp-touch iPhone theme” friendly? ie: is there a way to adjust this so not all three or four of the columns I want displayed cram together on ultra small displays? (for example, the option to set a minimum width for each column when using percents? or a min/max column values?
anyways keep up the great work! 
what a great plugin. I can’t wait to r=try it. I hope you’ll know that i mean the following in a truly respectful way. white type on black is a bear for many, myself included. it actually triggers migranes. but the tiny white type adds an extra level of cruelty. II hope you’ll think of changing it. I am hoping i can successfully paste your text into a word doc & turn it to black text on whaite. oIf not I may never be able to read instructions or comments. And this si such a GREAT plugin! I can’t wait to give it a whirl.
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I´m so glad I found your plugin! I am working on a bilingual website and it is the perfect solution for displaying copy in different languages side by side. (here is an example: http://discoveringparaguay.com/home/about/)
I´m wondering if there is a way to modify the code so I can place an image in between the columns and have both sides of copy wrap around the image. I don´t know much about coding, maybe there is an easy solution or maybe it is impossible. I figured I´d ask!
Thanks for the awesome plugin!
great plugin! Do you know if there would be a way to outline the columns to provide even more separation? Or perhaps outline and include different background colors for each column? I know html can do this, but you’s saved me so much work I thought I’d ask
I’m trying to place an image to cover two columns at http://debrucellc.com/ (with the image over interim management) but I can’t seem to get it to work, any advice appreciated
Thanks for the great plugin! A little reading through the comments and I was able to resolve issues I ran into. Feature request, if you take them, add parameters to the [column ..] which allow us to add borders, set width|height of border, title of column, gradient color start|end for title. Thanks again for a great plugin!
not working for me
Thanks for creating the plugin,
I have installed the plugin and work well in Firefox and Opera, but not in IE8. How I can fix the problem? Click my name to see my blog
Thank
http://www.123webdesign.be/portfolio
this works on IE but not on mozilla…
Any help please ?
Me too, I have an issue with columns being always misaligned at the top.
Any hints?
I am having a little trouble with an interesting problem. I am using Page Tabs and Tabs Slides to decrease my page size and categorize a bunch of articles.
See here for example: Http://www.vyralmusic.com/vyral-university/
I am wondering if there is a way to have multiple redundancies of columns on a single post/page. I am trying to have Each tab have a 2 column layout like the “publishing” tab on my page. Is there a way to add this for each tab.?
I am trying to break the static home page into 3 columns to place a grid of photos 3X3 with text below each photo. It all works except the top of the columns don’t line up, they are each about a double space lower than the previous one. They look great! if I could just get them to line up…
Thanks. The problem can be seen on http://royaltreeworks.com/?page_id=131&preview=true. It is only published as private now so I don’t know if you can see it.
Hi! I got it to work! and line up properly! I just had to move the [/column]up a line at the end of each column. Yippee! Thanks for the great plug-in. Will send beer.
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Hello, i have this problem, i want to have space between one paragraph and other, i tried   and and and   and nothing works, i want to have something like this
first line
(space)
(space)
(space)
second line
thanks
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I am testing here: http://www.darciefox.co.uk/testbox/services/wellbeing/
the columns always seem to step down? - i have inputted through HTML & visual (Mac and safari) any ideas why?
oops, posted my comment in the wrong (old) topic,
but here again, your plugin still works with WP3.0b2
awesome
Hi,
Really nice plugin - saved me a lot of time!
I have one problem though: With Internet Explorer 8 the last sentence seems to have an extra space that none of the other browsers show.
My code is:
[column width="48%" padding="3%"]
Lorem ipsum…
[/column] [end_columns]
Any help would be highly appreciated!
Cheers,
Thomas
Hi Freakenstein
how did you mange to get the vetical or horizontal lines ween columns
how did you mange to get the vetical or horizontal lines between columns?
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I am trying to use this plugin on this page:
http://kim.thewebgents.co.uk/?cat=20
I have typed my post with the following info:
[column width="80%]The right hand column seems to be lost once the gallery loads. Can anyone help?
Hey Sam,
I know it’s been awhile since you’ve updated this page, but I was wondering if you can try to help me a little bit. I implemented your code into my website on the following page:
http://www.awarenessribbonpin.com/?page_id=17
As you can see, the last column refuses to align properly with the first two… I know this has been asked before, but none of the responses yielded any valuable fixes. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me with this (if you ever read it, hahaha)
-Jake
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i have used the 3 column layout in a post, it works fine in all browsers accept internet explorer 8. ie8 displays the third column underneath the second column. i cannot work out why or how to fix this. please can anyone help?
I am trying to use the 2 columns page http://www.smb-gr.com/?page_id=1229
But the colums are not lining-up and also lot of blank space at the botton of each colums.
Any help will be appreciated.
SA
“[column width="47%" padding="6%"]Column 1 content goes here.[/column][column width="47%" padding="0"]Column 2 content goes here.[/column][end_columns]
Sam”
Works like a treat - Thanks!
Hi! Using the 4 column code you so generously provided, is there a way to add a border to each column? Thanks!
it causes validation errors http://validator.w3.org, I’m using Wordpress 2.8.5
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Still seeing extra p tags with WP 3.0 and WP Post Columns 2.2.
If there is a solution in the comments, I must have missed it.
Any help is appreciated.
ok… html filtering.. another try.
to fix the error just remove the html p tag from the plugin code
One thing to note is this plugin seems to require (on my install v2.2 wp3.0.1) that each shortcode be on its own line. This seems to be recent behavior. If it’s not on its own line the code simply appears in the page/post.
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This plugin is a lifesaver! It makes creating beautiful pages so much easier.
I do have a question though. I am trying to add an image in the top right corner that uses 2-columns. I did it and it works perfectly in Firefox and Safari, but the 3rd column drops down in IE. Here is the page: http://aaadesigner.com/?page_id=69
What I did was added the image above the text in the second column and added a 1 pixel wide (same height) transparent image above the text in the 3rd column and it worked… but just not in IE.
Any Suggestions???
Thanks!
A perfect plugin
Why don’t you turn this plug-in over to a developer so it can be improved and maintained by someone who gives a damn. THAT just makes sense dude!
It hasn’t worked right in a while, at least through 2.9.2 Think this one is dead
I have used this before with success but now in 3.0 it drops the second column down a line so the lines are out of sync, example her on my bata site. http://drclown.ubeop.com/ I need a solution for this asap, it would be much appreciated.
I was wondering how you get a border between two columns.. or a line down the middle inbetween two columns?? Please help.
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This plugin is no longer updated or supported by me. It still works in version 3.1 and I am confident that it will work in future versions too.
The problem with the column dropping down a line is due to a change in the way the wordpress shortcode api works from around WP2.9 onwards
The solution:
[column width="48%" padding="4%"]content
content
content[/column] [column width="48%" padding="0"]Content
content
content[/column]
[end_columns]
Notice the space between the columns instead of a line break. If you add a line break wordpress will treat it as a new paragraph and push it down a line.
@Ray
“Why don’t you turn this plug-in over to a developer so it can be improved and maintained by someone who gives a damn. THAT just makes sense dude!”
Offer something for free and this is the thanks you get, this is a big part of the reason why none of my free wordpress plugins are updated or supported any more.
@Doug
IE always handles widths slightly strangely when using pixels as a measurement
In all other browsers three 100px columns would fit into a 300px space, but for some reason in IE you would have to make one of the columns 99px, so that the total width of all three columns is at least one pixel smaller than the space it has to fit into.
Hope that makes sense
@DLR
It’s not ‘Dead’ !!!
You just have to change the way you insert the shortcode very slightly (as mentioned in my comment above).
It’s beyond my control when wordpress changes the way it works, and there’s nothing i can change in the plugin code to account for this.
One last note:
If you are using pixel measurements for your columns please note that if you change your blog’s theme the width of your posts may change which could mess up your column layouts.
If this happens it doesn’t mean that “the plugin is broken” it just means that you will have to reset your column widths to fit your new theme.
Thanks for the last tip about the spacing thing. Ignore people that don’t appreciate your hard work and letting thousands of people create more professional looking websites using your plugin for free. I’m sure everyone else here appreciates your work very much.
I have to agree with Walter. Ignore the whiny basement dwellers. I, like Walter, appreciate your work.
Just started using WP POST COLUMNS and it is working well.
Works like a charm in WP 3.0.1!:) Probably thnxz to wutop remove combination with this
just wondering why the generated columns all have a class called: post_column_1 ? makes it hard for me to style them differently
can this be fixed maybe?
Why this plugin doesnt work, not just your but every column plugin what I found today on the internet. Can you help me with your plugin?
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Thanks so much for this marvellous plug-in. So useful and easy to use. I’m using it on WP 3.0
I’d really like to have a dotted border between columns. I tried this (below) but it messed up the columns.
.post_column_1{
border-right-style:dotted;
border-width:3px;
border-color:#cc0000
}
I’d be very grateful if you could point me in the right direction how to do this. Thanks again.
Tried Magazine Columns and WP Columnize, both would not work for me. (Perhaps it’s an issue with my Artisteer generated theme?) Thank goodness for your plugin, which is working perfectly!
Only thing is, the [end_columns] is coming up as if it were regular text (not shortcode) on the page. Any idea why that may be? I didn’t see any mention of needing a [begin_columns]. Could it be that or something else?
The example showed
[/column][end_columns]
on the same line, I tried separating it:
[/column]
[end_columns]
and that removed [end_columns] from being visible on the page.
Hi! I was trying your plugin and everything is ok, but for some reason the text doesn’t show spaces between paragraphs breaks! Its all together! I tried code and didn’t work. Any help?
Hi there,
I’ve used this great plugin before without any problems. On a new install, all the code shows up, in addition to my content. Can you help?
Thanks!
My columns are not aligned flush to the top? Anyone any ideas? Here is a link to my site, the columns are on the homepage at “www dot flexhk dot com”
..it looks as tho its an issue with my headers at the top of the columns but Iv tried taking them out and they still dont align. Feel free to email me on “conor909 at gmail dot com”
Thanks for the nice plug-in.
The only problem I have is that if i use the columns plug-in twice on the same page, I still have the problem with dropping down the line in the second column set.
Any ideas on this?
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Love the plugin and I’m currently building my blog…The prob I have is how to align to top..if you notice on my blog the columns are misaligned at the top.Example: column one sits higher than column two and two higher than three..how do i fix this?
Hello,
I’m hoping someone can help me with this one…
I recently changed my Wordpress theme to Semiologic 0.9.6 and can’t seem to get the columns to appear properly. This is a three column theme with two sidebars appearing on the right side. I had everything right with my old 3 column theme that had sidebars on the left and right.
This is what I have now…
[column]In column 1 the video overlaps column 2 text. I tried changing the widths/paddings but nothing changes or corrects the misalignment. I don’t want to make the video any smaller than what it is now, so I’m hoping there is something else I can do.
Search Google for “Insider’s Guide to Direct PCTV | InternetTvDotCom” and you will see what’s on going.
Thanks… Any Help is Greatly Appreciated!
Philip
Hey Sam,
Phil here… Please ignore my previous post. I should have read each one of your posts, as a result you solved my issue.
Thanks!
Thanks for this nifty little plug-in; it solved the problem of lots of empty space when making long lists. I found I had to play around with it to get rid of the dropped height of the second column, but adding space between the end of the first and start of the second shortcode did the trick, as well as leaving out [end column]
Hey,
thanks for plugin but I got a problem. I testet this plugin on 3 different pages but it doesnt work fine.
If I use the normal code the column get a spaceline and the 3 Column get two spacelines.
Anyone got the same problems?
I do not know where the problem is.
Thanks anyways,
Best regards Nico
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I love this plug-in, and thank you for making it freely available. But I need help. I’m getting unexpected layout problems in IE8, on Windoz XP on this page: http://www.lenzlegal.com.au/glossary
It works beautifully on any Mac, and on Virtual PC with Windoz 7, but … not on XP with IE8. The text in the first column doesn’t wrap into the column. Instead, it just appears on top of the other columns. Any thoughts on a solution? Would really appreciate help with this.
Anyone?… thanks.
Ingrid.
I am trying to use the columns for my contact page and the first columns contents start at the top then the second is lower and when i tried a third it was even lower so they were cascading. Is there a simple solution to remedy this?
here is my contact page (maybe i have figured it out by now?) http://tinyurl.com/4esjq63
Hi, thanks for an excellent tool. It works even in Holland.
Perhaps this bit of information may be of value to you. Please note that for the columnwidget to work properly in LiveWriter (and possibly other desktop editors) that the quotemarks as in width=”68%” and padding=”2%” have to be the quotemarks that are used in the code.
If you use the keyboardquotes the tool may not work at all
Is there any way to get rid of the space that is created above and below the columns?
this works with the latest version of wp but comment #3 code gives me this http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/gs83zxwv/Selection_053.png is there a way to align those as indicated in the red line?
Thanks
This is a fantastic plug in and works incredibly well with my theme.
Appreciated
This un-updated plugin is the only working column plugin right now. Those that were updated 3 days ago (wpcolumn) and 20 days ago (easy column) were a huge waste of time.
Does this plug-in use a cache? It works well but I am having problems since loading it, as one of my other plug-ins wont stop functioning even after it was removed. I have been told maybe yours has a cache that is effecting my page? Is this a possibility and if so how do i empty it?
thanks,
gary
Hi Sam, appreciate you are no longer supporting this plugin but thought I would chance my arm and ask a question. I have not yet found an alternate plugin the operates as well.
What I am finding is the the get_excerpt is blank, so archive pages and plugins that call this function are empty.
I have tried adding add_filter(’the_excerpt’, ‘do_shortcode’); into the functions.php but to no avail.
Maybe this is a change to WP3.x that means your plugin will no longer work?
Appreciate any support you may be able to offer.
Cheers
John
How can I get columns to begin on the same line? The code I copied and pasted from the original WordPress plugin begins each column on the next line.
Hi
I have a problem with the plugin. When I make 3 columns each column starts a bit further down than the one left to it:
http://www.weightlessemotions.com/contact
It might have something to do with paragraphs but i tried everything, without luck. Does anybody have any ideas?
Is there a way to apply the plugin for recent posts widget only?
Hey Sam. Was wondering if this plugin works with WordPress 3.1.2? This is the version I’m using. I’ll give it a try and will post back to let you know.
It works in WordPress 3.1.2! It’s rare for a WordPress plugin to still work properly when it hasn’t been updated for a current version of WordPress. Thanks for building this outstanding plugin. Wow…
FIX TO LOWER PARAGRAPHS WHEN USING H2 HEADINGS
I had a problem right off with using H2 tags to head each column - the right column would drop down a line or so. The solution is nuts but it works.
Not in the first column (where you would think it belongs) but in the SECOND column:
[column width="45%" padding="0"]Customized Headline
Yes! On the one that’s too far down tell it to add a paragraph break. No idea why it pulls the line UP instead of down but it works. I tried to push down the first paragraph and it jumped UP instead, so I figured it might work in the second and it did.
Great to see my little WP columns plugin has survived many WP updates and is still going strong. It’s simplicity is it’s strength I guess.
Appologies for the lack of support guys, I’ve been busy! Most answers to most questions can be found in the huge trail of comments above though…
Thanks very much to all the people who have taken the time to leave comments, suggestions and thankyou messages. I appreciate it very much
Maybe a new version is due?? last update was in 2009…
a new version would be great. there are a few little annoying bugs in this one… also see my above comment about adding classes for styling
Hi Ovidiu,
Yeah, new version is overdue for sure!!!
Features I would add:
Add your own css classes to columns
Minimise inline css
Improvements I would make:
Improved documentation, to explain the exact formatting for the shortcodes.
Most ‘bugs’ relate to wordpress’ handling of line-breaks and paragraphs within a post. The only workaround is to enter the shortcodes in a very specific way, like:
[column width="47%" padding="6%"]Column 1 content goes here.[/column][column width="47%" padding="0"]Column 2 content goes here.[/column][end_columns]No line-breaks between the shortcodes, but must have a space between them.
One of my main gripes with WP has always been that it tries to wrap everything in paragraph tags…
Any other feature requests before I get started?
Cheers,
Sam
no other features that I can think of. just don’t bloat it too much. it dopes well what it does, and that is enough. if I’d wanted it all in one, I’d go with this plugin: jshortcodes.com but that one adds tons of stuff I’ll never use…
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I am glad that I came across this. I used to play Street Fighter 2 about 15 years ago
hey great sf2 widget mang ill put it onto my blog