=== WP Visual Adverts === Contributors: webcodin Tags: ad, ads, advert, adverts, visual adverts, widget, sidebar, ajax, WooSidebars, groups, categories Requires at least: 3.5.0 Tested up to: 4.2 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Stable tag: trunk WP Visual Adverts plugin allows you to quickly and easily create ads to display in the sidebar of your site. == Description == WP Visual Adverts plugin allows you to quickly and easily create different types of advertisements and group them into categories to display in the sidebar of your site. With this plugin you can easily create: * Featured news for your blog or news portal; * Banners with discount / sale / campaign for your store; * Advertisements with links to your partners; * Interesting headlines with pictures to share with your community; * ... and much more. = Features = * Easily way to create ads; * Creation of various advert types: graphic (image), text ads, combined Ads (title / picture / description); * Addition of external and internal links to the ads; * Grouping ads by category; * AJAX-update of ad groups; * Setting of a custom image size, number of displayed ads, and animation settings; * Personal text color for widgets; * Uses the default theme styling; * Compatible with WooSidebars; * Developers have the possibility to customize the plugin by creating a duplicate templates and styles in the active theme folder. = Ad Categories Creation = To create an ad group, go to the menu: "Visual Adverts"> "Adverts"> "Categoties". Set ad group name and click "Add New Category". More information can be found in the section [screenshots](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-visual-adverts/screenshots/) and [FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-visual-adverts/faq/). = Ad Creation = To create an ad, go to the menu: "Visual Adverts"> "Adverts" Click on the "Add New" to create a new ad. To create different types of ads you can use the following parameters: * **Post Title** - allows to set ad headline; * **Post Descriptions** - allows to set ad description; * **Link** - allows to set external or internal ad link; * **Post Featured Image** - allows to set ad image; * **Advert Categories** metabox - allows to set ad categories. More information can be found in the section [screenshots](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-visual-adverts/screenshots/) and [FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-visual-adverts/faq/). = Widgets = To add a widget to the sidebar, go to the menu: "Appearance"> "Widgets", select widgets "WP Visual Adverts" and drag it to the desired sidebar. Following options are available for configuring in the widget: * **Title** - allows to set widget headline; * **Category** - allows to set ads group for displaying; by default will be displayed all existed adverts; * **Font Color** - allows to set widget text color. More information can be found in the section [screenshots](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-visual-adverts/screenshots/) and [FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-visual-adverts/faq/). = General Settings = To change the global plugin settings, go to the menu: "Visual Adverts"> "Settings". You can configure the following options: * **Advert Image Size** - allows to set default custom size of the ad image.
**NB! Please use "Regenerate Thumbnails" plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/) or similar one for properly displaying of custom thumbnails after customization of this plugin option;** * **Refresh Time** (msec) - allows to set custom time between ads updates; in order if you need to disable ads refreshing, you can set this option to zero value; * **Animation Speed** (msec) - allows to set speed for fade in/fade out animation effect; * **Advert Count** - allows to set custom number of displayed ads inside groups. More information can be found in the section [screenshots](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-visual-adverts/screenshots/) and [FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-visual-adverts/faq/). == Installation == 1. Download a copy of the plugin 2. Unzip and Upload 'wp-visual-adverts' to a sub directory in '/wp-content/plugins/'. 3. Activate the plugins through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress. == Frequently Asked Questions == = How can I style the widget content? = The plugin includes CSS file "assets/css/style.css". You can copy this file in your active theme and customize it for your needs. Path to the styles inside the active theme: [ActiveTheme]/templates/wp-visual-adverts/assets/css/style.css = How can I change the widget content? = The plugin includes some templates in "templates/" folder. You can copy any template in your active theme and customize it for your needs. Path to the templates folder inside the active theme: [ActiveTheme]/templates/wp-visual-adverts/ = How to disable AJAX updates of Adverts? = Set "Refresh Time" as "0" in plugin settings = How can I get image ad? = Create a new ad, upload featured image and save ad. Now you have ready-to-use image ad. = How can I get simple text ad? = Create a new ad, fill "Post Description" in and save ad. Now you have ready-to-use simple text ad. = How can I get text ad with headline? = Create a new ad, fill "Post Title" and "Post Description" in and save ad. Now you have ready-to-use text ad with headline. = How can I get clickable ad? = Create a new ad, fill all necessary fields in including "link" field and save ad. Now you have ready-to-use clicable. == Screenshots == 1. Adverts Samples 2. Adverts Samples 3. Adverts Samples 4. Adverts Samples 5. Admin Panel :: Adverts List 6. Admin Panel :: Advert Details 7. Admin Panel :: Categories 8. Admin Panel :: Settings 9. Admin Panel :: Widgets Options == Changelog == = 1.1.1 = * Minor changes of the plugin core = 1.1.0 = * Added: adverts categories * Added: category widget option * Added: personal widget text color option * Updated: plugin description, screenshots & FAQ = 1.0.3 = * Minor bugfixing. = 1.0.2 = * Fixed issue: "plugin stops functioning after a few refreshes" * Added: multiple widgets contain different adverts after refreshing = 1.0.1 = * Minor bugfixing. = 1.0.0 = * Initial release.