With the new Entrecard + SezWho deal there are many WordPress users out there who are overwhelmed by trying to figure out how to customize SezWho and get it working properly on their blog.
I was one of those people. I looked over the WordPress plugin for hours, not just within the admin section but through the actual PHP files. I ran into problems such as not being able to customize the ‘Who am I?’ link correctly and the misplacement of the user avatars within posts. I searched for the answers and found others just like me who are having problems, with the addition of those having problems with the sidebar widget.
I headed over to the SezWho website in search of answers. I couldn’t find anything. I finally decided it was my fault. That I was obviously doing something wrong. I headed over to the download page and clicked on the WordPress plugin. Low and behold, at the bottom of the page is a link to “SezWho template modification example“.
Why you should manually install SezWho:
If you head to the page you will see a generic WordPress template with highlighted code. You might be wondering what each one does, so here are the answers:
comments.php
Places the avatar within your comments page. If you include this, when you hover over the image the users profile pops up.
<?php if (function_exists(’cp_comment_user_image’)) echo cp_comment_user_image(); ?>
This is a link to the users profile. By default, it displays ‘Who am I?’
<?php if (function_exists(’cp_comment_profile_link’)) echo cp_comment_profile_link(); ?>
This displays the rating system for comments.
<?php if (function_exists(’cp_comment_footer_content’)) echo cp_comment_footer_content(); ?>
single.php
This displays the ratings of your posts.
<?php if (function_exists(’cp_post_ratingbar’)) echo cp_post_ratingbar();?>
index.php
This displays the authors image with a popup to their profile.
<?php if (function_exists(’cp_post_author_image’)) echo cp_post_author_image(the_author());?>
This is a link to the authors profile using the authors name. A popup as usual is displayed.
<?php if (function_exists(’cp_post_author_link’)) echo cp_post_author_link();?>
This displays the rating of for each post on the index page.
<?php if (function_exists(’cp_post_ratingbar’)) echo cp_post_ratingbar();?>
To manually add the Red Carpet widget:
<li>
<?php
include(’/wp-content/plugins/sezwho/cpratecomments.php’);
if(function_exists(’widget_sezwho_rc’))
widget_sezwho_rc();
?>
</li>
Written: Jul 16, 2008
Tags: comments, howto, sezwho, wordpress
Joy
July 19, 2008 @ 1:32 am | Reply
This is what I’m looking for. I’ve already spent a lot of time to figure out SezWho in my WP blog but unsuccessful. I’ll try this thank one thank you.
Ian
July 19, 2008 @ 3:51 am | Reply
I haven’t decided whether I want this on my blog yet. I’m inclined to wait and see what other people have to say after using it for a while. I’m not a great believer in rating posts and comments - don’t see it as a particularly useful thing to do.
Atniz
July 19, 2008 @ 12:01 pm | Reply
Wow.. Luckily, I don’t have to go trough this.. The plugin just work fine.
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July 22, 2008 @ 9:58 pm | Reply
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