HI there and thanks.
To answer your question, Yes, you can place your shortcodes in the text widget.
Thank you for your prompt reply.
Also, are the shortcodes and supporting code being stored in the database or by some other method?
In This version of My Shortcodes, all the code is stored in the database.
The Pro version however, shortcodes can be exported as standalone plugins and widgets. In which case the PHP code is written to a functions.php file while keeping the template/html, CSS and Javascript in the database.
Thank you again.
Last question (I hope!) – does this plugin work with multisite? And if so, is the code shared/accessible with all sites or independent per site?
I’m actually currently working on that.
Right now it’s per site independently. However I’m adding in support to activate a shortcode across the network.
Thanks a lot for all your answers. Great job on the plugin!
Hi- Thanks for a great plugin! I’m having trouble making it work in the widget area though. When I place one of my custom shortcodes into a Text widget (or Enhanced Text Widget) I just see the shortcode, not the result of the shortcode. For example, if I create a shortcode called localweather and put this in the Text widget content: [localweather], I see [localweather] in the sidebar and not the result of the shortcode. It works when I put that in a page but not in a sidebar widget. What is the trick to get this to work in a widget? Thanks!
Corinne
P.S. I’m using this for an internal website that is behind a firewall so I can’t send you a link to the site – sorry.
Sorry – my problem was a user error. 🙂 I didn’t see the “Caldera” option in the widget area. I was thinking there would be a widget with my shortcode name. I like how you did this (all shortcodes available via the one widget called “Caldera”), I just did not think to look for that name. You might want to consider renaming it to “Caldera Widgets” or “Caldera Shortcodes”, so it’s really obvious.
Thanks again for an awesome plugin. I am finding it really useful! 🙂
Corinne
lol, no problem. But you do have a good point on the naming of the widget. I’ll look into renaming it on the next update.
