Posted 2 years ago #
Hey! I run the website http://blog.moviesentinel.com, and basically I'd like to add a little drop-down box centered between the "Next page" and "Previous page" links at the bottom of the site. The box will be a page selector for the site so users can more easily navigate the page history of the site.
I'm sure there's a simple plugin out there for this? :) Cookie 4 u if you answer~! ;p
Here's a pic of what I'm talking about:
http://i27.tinypic.com/2m30okl.jpg
I've never seen that type plugin
why not just a sitemap?
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sitemap-generator/
Posted 2 years ago #
Well, if you visit my site you'll notice that just by the nature of the site I end up putting up a swarm of small posts quickly instead of longer posts occasionally. Because of this it'd be nice to give my visitors the ability to skip between pages quickly using the drop down box instead of being forced to navigate a single page at a time. Even being able to select from the most recent 10 pages or so would be fine.
Older content on the site will be for the most part ignored. It's the recent content that matters more to occasional visitors with a site like mine.
I know the plugin exists because that screenshot is actually from a website I frequent that uses it. I'm just not sure what the plugin is called. I ran into a plugin that seemed right for what I wanted, but couldn't get it operational. I can only assume it's old and doesn't work with WP 2.8 or something.
just because that site has something doestn mean its a plugin.
I had something slightly similar in my old theme, only mine was way cooler:
http://www.village-idiot.org/archives/2007/03/31/js-navigation/
it wasnt a plugin - it was just loose code I wrote that never got shared.
and keep in mind that some poople write their own plugins that they dont share.
whats the url to that site, that would be most helpful. oh wait -- im guessing its a site with pirated movie stuff.. hence the not linking ..
Posted 2 years ago #
Thanks for the reply!
Granted it may not be a plugin, I thought about that. Am I wrong in assuming there would be a plugin for something as simple/essential as this though? :) I appreciate the link to the js. :) I'll look into that..
URL of that site is: Oneclickmoviez.com
http://oneclickmoviez.com/wp-content/plugins/
theres their plugins.
Judging by the placement of that form, they just added some code to lester's plugin.
Im pretty sure his doesnt allow for that out of the box. At least it didnt, the last I checked. You might want to confirm that though by downloading it and seeing, if you havent already.
http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/category/plugins/wp-pagenavi/
Posted 2 years ago #
After looking at the source of that page, I managed to find this code:
<div align="center"><div class="wp-pagenavi">
<form action="/index.php" method="get">
<select size="1" onchange="document.location.href = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;">
<option value="http://blog.moviesentinel.com/" selected="selected" class="current">1</option>
<option value="http://blog.moviesentinel.com/page/2/">2</option>
<option value="http://blog.moviesentinel.com/page/3/">3</option>
<option value="http://blog.moviesentinel.com/page/4/">4</option>
<option value="http://blog.moviesentinel.com/page/5/">5</option>
<option value="http://blog.moviesentinel.com/page/6/">6</option>
<option value="http://blog.moviesentinel.com/page/7/">7</option>
<option value="http://blog.moviesentinel.com/page/8/">8</option>
<option value="http://blog.moviesentinel.com/page/9/">9</option>
<option value="http://blog.moviesentinel.com/page/10/">10</option>
</select>
</form>
</div>
</div>I'm assuming there's a function somewhere accompanying that? Any Idea how I'd get that function?
Posted 2 years ago #
Alright, Solution found (for the most part, I just can't get it centered, but meh.. no biggy. :p).
The Plugin is called WP Pagenavi, after installed you can throw in this code:
<div class="alignleft"><?php if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); } ?></div>
between this code:
<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('« Older Entries') ?></div>
<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries »') ?></div>on your index.php page.
After installed, the plugin has an option to change to a drop-down box under 'settings -> pagenavi' in your admin page.
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