Title: Ciao Box
Author: payday81
Published: <strong>November 30, 2008</strong>
Last modified: December 4, 2008

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# Ciao Box

 By [payday81](https://profiles.wordpress.org/payday81/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ciao-box.1.31.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ciao-box/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ciao-box/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ciao-box/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ciao-box/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ciao-box/)

## Description

Allows the user to display a Ciao Box in the sidebar.

## Installation

 1. Unzip `ciao_box.zip` and upload the contained files to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

#### Add the sidebar widget

 1. Install the `Ciao Box` widget through the ‘Design’ menu in WordPress
 2. Generate a Ciao Box Code at http://www.ciao.de/specials/Ciao_Box_Generator
 3. Copy & Paste the generated code in the textarea Ciao Box Code through the ‘Design’
    menu in WordPress

#### (Optional, for advanced users) Add `ciao_box` to a post or a page

 1. Type `[ciao_box]` into a post’s or a page’s body text.

#### (Optional, for advanced users) Add `ciao_box` to a template

 1. Enter `<?php echo do_shortcode('[ciao_box]'); ?>` into a suitable template file.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Ciao Box” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ payday81 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/payday81/)

[Translate “Ciao Box” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ciao-box)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ciao-box/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ciao-box/), or subscribe 
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ciao-box/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ciao-box/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.31**
 *  Last updated **18 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.7**
 * Tags
 * [sidebar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/)[widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
   [widgets](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ciao-box/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ payday81 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/payday81/)

## Support

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