jQuery(document).ready( function() { updateAfview(); }); //this function is used to update the shortcode generated from the options the user has chosen in the shortcode generator function updateAfview() { var updatedAfviewTag = '[afview'; //first grab all the values var selectedNumLinks = jQuery('#af_selectLinkNum').val(); updatedAfviewTag = updatedAfviewTag.concat(' limit='); updatedAfviewTag = updatedAfviewTag.concat(selectedNumLinks); if ( jQuery('#af_cb_display_title').prop( "checked" ) ) { updatedAfviewTag = updatedAfviewTag.concat(' title="'); var displayTitle = jQuery('#af_title').val(); if (displayTitle.length < 1) { //grab the placeholder text displayTitle = jQuery('#af_title').attr("placeholder"); } updatedAfviewTag = updatedAfviewTag.concat(displayTitle); updatedAfviewTag = updatedAfviewTag.concat('"'); } else { updatedAfviewTag = updatedAfviewTag.concat(' display_title="false"'); } var categoryFilter = jQuery('#af_categories_to_filter').val(); if (categoryFilter.length > 0) { updatedAfviewTag = updatedAfviewTag.concat(' category_filter="'); updatedAfviewTag = updatedAfviewTag.concat(categoryFilter); updatedAfviewTag = updatedAfviewTag.concat('"'); } updatedAfviewTag = updatedAfviewTag.concat(']'); jQuery('#af_generated_shortcode').text(updatedAfviewTag); }