Dilemma! WordPress Plugin
Easily create "Would you rather" type contests
- Created: 11/07/2012
- latest Update: 11/07/2012
- By: MYO
- dilemmaplugin.com/
- Email: support@dilemmaplugin.com
Thank you for buying this plugin. If you have any questions beyond the scope of this help document, please feel free to contact us via email. Thanks for using Dilemma! WordPress Plugin.
Quick Start Guide
Dilemma! WordPress Plugin
This Quick Start Guide will walk you through the basics of this WordPress Plugin. By the end of this guide you will have the Dilemma! WordPress Plugin installed.
1. Log into your WordPress blog admin area
2. Once logged in click "Plugins" on the left hand menu (if you don't have a "plugins" option you will have to ask a blog administrator to do this and the following steps!)
3. Once on the "Plugins" page click the "Add New" button in the top middle of the page:
4. On the next page "Install Plugins", click the "Upload" link as indicated by the red arrow in this screenshot:
5. On the next page you will be asked to "Choose File" - Click this button and here you must select the .zip you have downloaded from Code Canyon, once you have selected that .zip file Click "Install Now":
6. The next page will be entitled "Installing Plugin From Uploaded File: (e.g "EnvatoComments.zip") on this page click "Activate Plugin":
7. Once you have clicked "Activate plugin" you will see a screen similar to the next image, with a yellow "Plugin Activated" message and two new menu items "Dilemmas".
8. Congratulations, Dilemma! WordPress Plugin is now installed!
Thanks for using the Dilemma WordPress Plugin!
Adding Dilemmas
It is really easy to add new Dilemmas, once the plugin is installed and activated, go to the "Dilemmas" menu option and you will be presented with a familiar WordPress "add new" post menu.
Simply enter the two choices for the Dilemma in the empty fields and click Publish. Your Dilemma has now been added to the game. You can view a list of all your Dilemmas on the Dilemmas menu
Shortcodes
Viewing the Dilemmas
Once you have added your Dilemmas to your WordPress displaying them on the front end is achieved through the use of the following shortcode.
[dilemma]
This will create a fully CSS styled Dilemma contest as shown below.
Click on the option which you prefer, and you are then displayed the results of the poll so far. This is all handled by powerful jQuery and AJAX. Once you have clicked a link you are shown the results with a link to display the next Dilemma
You can add variants to the shortcode to filter the Dilemmas by category or author with the following shortcodes
[dilemmas cats = '5'] where cats is the ID of the category
and
[dilemmas author = '1'] where author is the ID of the user who has added the Dilemma.
Allowing users to upload their own Dilemmas
Allowing users to upload their own Dilemmas is really easy. You can create an upload form for your site by using the following shortcode to any page or post.
[dilupload]
This will create an upload form similar to
This allows your users to Add a Dilemma. You will need to ensure visitors are registered and logged into your site to be able to upload Dilemmas though.
Any uploaded Dilemmas are added as Pending posts so you can review them before publishing them. This will help prevent against any SPAM Dilemmas which people may add.
That's all there is to using the Dilemmas plugin. A very powerful and highly customised CSS WordPress Plugin which leverages jQuery, AJAX and CSS.
Installing the Plugin Via FTP
It’s very quick and easy to install the Dilemma Plugin, simply follow these 4 steps:
1. Unzip your download and put the “Dilemma” folder somewhere memorable
2. Upload the “Dilemma” folder into your Wordpress plugins folder
3. Once fully uploaded you will see the Dilemma plugin on your plugin’s screen, click “Activate” under its title.
4. That's it. You're ready to go!
If you have any problems installing our plugin please do read this great guide from Wordpress or alternatively read our Quick Start Guide
Further Help & Support
Support:
Envato Comments RSS is easy to use but in the rare case that you should you require any further help please contact us.