Edward Caissie

@bace135 – There are a few ways to implement this from your own custom site plugin to adding some code to your theme’s functions.php file. The custom site plugin is more future proof as you generally retain full control over it whereas the theme will be subject to update over-writes the same way plugins are.

As it is, use something along the following in either place:

function my_bnsfc_link() {
    /** This is what you replace the ∞ with */
    return 'Continue Reading';
}
add_filter( 'bnsfc_link', 'my_bnsfc_link' );

@jtillman – My apologies for not picking up this topic much sooner. Basically the Add Widget plugin is designed to add a widget area to the footer. It was basically introduced when themes where still being released without widgetized sidebars and to fill a need at the time as well.

A bit of history: BNS Add Widget was created so a site without widgets could use the BNS Corner Logo widget (prior to BNS Corner Logo having its own shortcode).

The article you reference seems to fill in all the blanks as far as what you are suggesting (I hadn’t read it before just a few minutes ago) so I would follow along what they are suggesting. The plugin itself was, as I noted, created for a specific need, but as “Joe Foley” wrote it can be used for much more with a little imagination and some custom CSS … although it may be more of a challenge with some themes than others.

– Cais.

@bace135 – Thanks for the ideas, my apologies for not picking up this earlier.

The first in interesting but more involved than what I would want and I like the idea of being able to always see multiple choices at a glance. Granted it may not be as intuitive as seeing the category name but it does keep the interface simpler.

As to the second item you should be able to use the bnsfc_link hook to change the infinity symbol. I purposely added that hook with version 2.5.

Thanks, again!

– Cais.

@wordprosystems – I would recommend installing and activating Jetpack (http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/) if it is not already installed and activated. Then make sure the “Widget Visibility” module is active.

Now you should be able to use the “Visibility” button and its logic to have whatever widget you want display on whichever page suits your needs.

Thanks!

– Cais.

Great idea, @painfield! I just added some additional text and will be releasing it shortly.

Thanks!

~Cais.

@painfield – The plugin/widget essentially just builds an RSS feed URL for SMF Forums; and, to the best of my knowledge it is still creating the URL correctly. You can see the full feed URL by looking at where the RSS icon is linking to.

The feed also appears to draw from the first items it finds based on the order of the individual parameters used.