Managing Testimonials

Testimonials can be added/edited/deleted under the Testimonials menu. Images are optional and will display only on the page (not in the sidebar). If you do not set a minimum height on the settings page the image will display full size. You may use an image uploaded through WordPress or reference a URL from anywhere on the Internet.

Settings

You can manage several options for the testimonials through the Settings menu.

1. Set minimum user level - this allows you the option of allowing editors or authors access to your testimonials management page
2. Show "more" link in sidebar - this option will insert a link below the testimonial in the sidebar that will take visitors to the full page of testimonials.
3. Text for "more" link - enter what text you want to appear as the hyperlink to your full page of testimonials
4. Number to show in sidebar - how many random testimonials should be displayed in the sidebar
5. Testimonials page - select the page where you have the shortcode (see below) for displaying all of your testimonials
6. Sort - select which method to use when displaying the full page of testimonials
7. Image alignment - select if images should be aligned left or right within the testimonial
8. Remove table - this will delete all plugin-related data when deactivating the plugin (use with caution)

NOTE: you must create a new page for testimonials (see below) to use the "more" and "page" options above

Show all testimonials in page

1. Create a new page
2. Enter [sfs-testimonials] in the body content
3. Publish

Sidebar display of random testimonial

To add the random testimonial block to your sidebar, you can hard code the PHP or use the built-in widget. To activate the widget, go to Appearance, Widgets and drag the "Testimonials" widget to the sidebar where you want the testimonial block to appear.

<?php sfstst_onerandom(); ?>

Be sure to remove this code from your template if you disable the plugin so your site doesn't throw ugly errors at you.

Style & Layout

Testimonials are displayed using blockquote and cite formatting. You can control how the testimonials look by adding code to your theme style sheet. Modifying core plugin files is not recommended as they will be overwritten with future updates.

To control the look of the testimonials, place the following code in your theme CSS and modify to suit your needs (sfstest-sidebar controls the formatting in the widget and sfstest-page handles the formatting on your page):

/* CSS for testimonials */
#sfstest-sidebar blockquote { padding: 2px; }
#sfstest-sidebar cite { font-style: italic; }
#sfstest-page blockquote { padding: 10px; }
#sfstest-page cite { font-style: italic; }
#sfstest-sidebar .sfststreadmore { text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; }

The plugin assumes you have .alignright and .alignleft already in your style sheet. If you do not, add the following and adjust as necessary:

#sfstest-page .align-right { float:right; margin: 0 0 5px 5px; }
#sfstest-page .align-left { float:left; margin: 0 5px 5px 0; }

Support

If you need help, visit the WP-Testimonials support page at: http://www.sunfrogservices.com/web-programmer/wp-testimonials/

WP-Testimonials is © Copyright , Jodi Diehl and distributed under the GNU General Public License. If you find this plugin useful, please consider a donation.