Using short code in cell when adding a link.

  • smokinjo

    (@smokinjo)


    12 years, 8 months ago

    Hello

    I am writing because I recently found WP table reloaded.

    On a page in my WP site, I want to make a table that will list a variety of documents to be downloaded.

    Each cell will contain the link (and a corresponding title) to download a catalog of a brochure from our company.

    When I go to add a link to download the file, I add in the short code from the plugin “file Manager” {filelink=1} (also download manager is in the title).

    The link does not appear. Here is the link to the page with the table and link:
    (unfinished table because I wanted to get it working before adding in the rest of the info…)

    http://www.eco2.ca/wp/?page_id=297

    Can I use short code in WP Table reloaded? If so, how can I do this successfully?

    Thanks

    Joseph

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  • TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,

    in order to use the File Manager plugin within WP-Table Reloaded, a small piece of extra code is necessary (because File Manager does not use existing WordPress functionality, but implements them again by itself…).

    Please see http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-use-shortcodes-from-download-manager-plugin for an explanation on what you need to do.

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter smokinjo

    (@smokinjo)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks for the link.

    I had a question though on the reply that you gave in the other thread. You say to add the snippet of code into the functions.php file.

    Does it matter where? I am not a programmer or coder, so I want to make sure to put this in the right place.

    As well, if/when you upgrade WP table reloaded, will this code be included, or will I have to add it again then?

    Thanks for all help!

    JOe

    TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,

    the best and easiest place for adding the code is right at the end, before the closing ?> PHP bracket.

    This code will then work even when you upgrade WP-Table Reloaded. Only when updating your theme it will be removed (as far as I know about the update mechanism of themes).
    If that worries you, you could simply create a small new plugin with just that line (and the plugin header for a WordPress plugin, so that the plugin gets recognized as such by WordPress). That might be a little bit overkill though. The better solution probably is to create backup of the functions.php before updating the theme.

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

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