WPChurch Center

A ‘Next Steps’ Hub WordPress plugin for churches

This is a WordPress plugin which enables an extra post-type and associated templates to run a set of ‘Next Steps’ for a church. Intended to be used as part of an existing site, or as a standalone site.

NEW in Version 1.3:

• Change or remove the /card/ slug in URLs
• Group Cards into categories
• Insert cards using the new [wpcc] shortcode.
• Set cards to be unlisted/hidden in the Center
• Have a separate Favicon for your Center
• Control SEO settings for your Center

Features include:

• 4 layout options (grid, small card, list, and card views)
• Colour customization options
• Header and footer customization options
• Cards utilise and display any kind of WordPress content
• Mobile first and fully responsive
• Works as standalone site, or as part of your existing WordPress site

== Installation == 1). Download the plugin

2). Install the plugin by either: extracting the .zip file and uploading the entire wp-church-center folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory of our web server. go to Plugins > Add New in the WordPress Admin and upload the .zip file.

3). Activate the Plugin. You should see a ‘Cards’ menu item. You’ll need to set up some settings for your centre in the ‘Church Center’ section of the Customizer (Appearance > Customizer). These will allow you to alter the appearance of your hub - editing the header, footer and other details of how things look.

4). If you’re having ‘page not found’ issues when trying to view single cards - try saving your permalinks under Settings > Permalinks.

5). Add/Edit Cards in the same way you would with any other content

6). You can add your ‘Center’ to any page using the [wpcc] shortcode. It supports the following attributes to adjust the display: `[wpcc count=10 card_group=‘your_card_group_slug’ layout=“small_card”]

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== Frequently Asked Questions ==

== Screenshots ==

1. Editing Settings in the Customizer
2. Editing a card
3. An example card

== Changelog ==

v1.3

• FEATURE: You can use a custom slug in the URL instead of “/card/”
• FEATURE: Cards can now be grouped in a ‘Card Group’ taxonomy
• FEATURE: Cards can now be ‘unlisted’ so they don’t show in card lists or grids
• FEATURE: You can now add a Favicon for your center
• UPDATED: Update bundled ACF version to 5.7.9
• UPDATED: Moved Customizer settings and Added SEO area
• UPDATED: Ensure social icons work with FontAwesome 5
• BUG: Fix Vertical scroll for cards on small screens
• BUG: Tidy up styles for list view
• BUG: Fix incorrect display of footer on Card view.

v1.2.12

• UPDATED: updated bundled version of ACF to support WordPress 5.0

v1.2.11

• UPDATED: More robust styles for the mobile menu
• UPDATED: Tidy up php files to remove additional headers

v1.2.10

• BUG: Make sure admin bar can be hidden
• BUG: Make sure the_content() never displays within cards
• BUG: Ensure that iframes and images with captions are contained by the card
• UPDATED: Set up card title and single titles to be filtered by plugins
• UPDATED: Better title styles for Small Cards
• UPDATED: Change the filtering of content and titles on the single-card views
• UPDATED: Add filters to OG:tags and Twitter tags

v1.2.9

• UPDATED: Higher priority for our custom ‘single’ template so it overides some themes with ‘builder’ templates
• UPDATED: Introduce new style for selecting Card Type.
• UPDATED: Add filters to the single card so we can change it with addons?
• UPDATED: Change the way we output content within the cards.
• UPDATED: Allow Cards to be Password Protected
• BUG: Stop changing the order on all taxonomies in the site
• BUG: Don’t disable stylesheets in admin

v1.2.8

• BUG: make addon scripts exempt from being disabled

v1.2.7

• Add extra actions and filters to allow addons to change card behaviours
• Manually include WordPress' Media management scripts

v1.2.6

• Add filter for Card Link

v1.2.5

• UPDATED: Tested up to WP 4.9
• UPDATED: Add filter to allow for new PCO giving plugin
• UPDATED: Update to v5.x of Advanced Custom Fields

v1.2.4

• UPDATED: Updated Advanced Custom Fields to v4.4.12
• BUG FIX: Return footer to desktop view of Card home page
• BUG FIX: Only include

  tag for Subtitle if there is one

• BUG FIX: Fix permalink refresh on activation
• FEATURE: Add FitVids.js to make sure videos maintain aspect ratio

v1.2.3

• BUG FIX: Logos no longer stretch out of shape in header (thanks @maco)
• BUG FIX: Remove anonymous functions that choke old PHP versions
• BUG FIX: specific list styles to allow for DIVI
• BUG FIX: Add class and styling to for when weird styles are applied in some themes
• BUG FIX: Now an option to set a title on the ‘church website’ link in the menu
• BUG FIX: More robust styling for ‘cards’ view on small screens

v1.2.2

• CHANGED: Start using a version number on our stylesheet and scripts to get around aggressive caching
• BUG FIX: Make sure stylesheet for MediaElement isn’t disabled

v1.2.1

• FEATURE: Added option to have a custom URL on the site logo
• CHANGED: More specific classes on header (.wpccHeader) & footer (.wpccFooter) for more robust styling
• BUG: External links now open in new tab if option is selected
• BUG: Disappearing toolbar buttons now show correctly

v1.2

• FEATURE: Add architecture to allow for WPCC Addons
• FEATURE: Add new ‘External Link’ card type
• FEATURE: More robust menu button for small screens

v1.1.2

• FEATURE/BUG FIX: Use CDN version of icons
• FEATURE: Add option for maximum number of columns on Small Card view
• FEATURE: More robust type styles on cards

v1.1.1

• BUG FIX: Fix error on Twitter card image

v1.1

• FEATURE: Add drag-and-drop sorting
• FEATURE: Add option for scroll direction on small screens
• FEATURE: Add new ‘Small Card’ layout
• FEATURE: Add a whole suite of new design/layout options for more variety
• FEATURE: Add link to “Center home” in admin menu
• BUG FIX: Fix undefined_constant error that sometimes appears
• BUG FIX: More robust styles to override custom themes
• BUG FIX: Escape all the html (and urls) so things are secure
• BUG FIX: Use a variable for our image field - so it works on older PHP versions
• BUG FIX: Lots of small tweaks and bug fixes

v1.0.3

• BUG FIX: remove hover background behind menu items
• BUG FIX: Use a variable for our image field - so it works on older PHP versions
• BUG FIX: Make body BG more specific so it overrides installed theme
• BUG FIX: Simplify permalinks so they always work.

v1.0.2

• FEATURE: Flush rewrite rules on plugin activation/deactivation
• FEATURE: Add styles for card view when ‘swiping’ isn’t used.
• BUG FIX: Fix Instagram link
• BUG FIX: Default colours for social icons
• BUG FIX: More robust menu styles to allow for longer text
• BUG FIX: tidy up theme switcher
• BUG FIX: WPCC javascript not loading when scripts disabled

v1.0.1

• BUG FIX: Include ACF later to avoid conflict with themes using ACF Pro
• BUG FIX: More robust OG & Twitter meta tags
• Tweaks to logo & header styling
• Make card header shorter on mobile screens
• Tidy up ReadMe.txt

v1.0 First release of core plugin