Plugin / Giveaway of the Day Shortcode

Description

This plug-in enables the addition of Giveawayoftheday.com software giveaways in your WordPress blog with just a simple shortcode.

This is my first WordPress plug-in, made basically to simplify the edition of my site front page, and since it became quite a nice plug-in, I decided to share it, hoping it will be useful to somebody else.

Features

• 100% compatible with localization – translate it into your own language.
• If you are a member of the Partner Program you can use your own Partner ID.
• Choose between the 12 language options provided by the Giveaway Feed Service.
• Comes with 7 pre-defined colors for the download button match your site template.
• If none of the pre-defined colors suits your needs, you can create a custom color.
• If your template already have a download button style, you can reuse it’s CSS class name.
• If none of the color options above are enough, you can use the CSS editor (with syntax hightlight and autocomplete function) to customize every style aspect of the plug-in generated code.

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Special Thanks

My wife, who is my inspiration.

Shotcode Usage

Main Shortcode

[giveawayoftheday] and [gaotd]

• Use the shortcode without parameters to insert all the relevant information about the current software giveaway.
• Note: Both shortcodes accepts the same parameters listed below.

Giveaway Sample

To make things easier to understand, let’s assume that the software being given away is the My Awesome Software which requires Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 (x64/x86); 1GB RAM/Pentium D or above, is developed by My Software Company that normally sells it for $199.95, has a download file size of 132.45 MB and can be downloaded for free for the next 14 hours and 37 minutes.

Shortcode Options

[gaotd data=”title”]

• Insert the software name of the current software giveaway.
• Sample output:
  My Awesome Software

[gaotd data=”content”]

• Insert the full description about the current software giveaway, may include html tags.
• Sample output:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

<p>Duis aute irure dolor in <a href="sample url">reprehenderit in voluptate velit</a> esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p> 

[gaotd data=”excerpt”]

• Insert excerpted description about the current software giveaway, in plain text.
• Sample output:
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam eget ligula eu lectus lobortis condimentum. Aliquam nonummy auctor massa. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Nulla at risus. Quisque purus magna, auctor et, sagittis ac, posuere eu, lectus. Nam mattis, felis ut adipiscing.

[gaotd data=”publisher”]

• Insert the publisher name of the current software giveaway.
• Sample output:
  My Software Company

[gaotd data=”sysreq”]

• Insert the system requirements of the current software giveaway.
• Sample output:
  Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 (x64/x86); 1GB RAM/Pentium D or above.

[gaotd data=”size”]

• Insert the download file size of the current software giveaway.
• Sample output:
  132.45 MB

[gaotd data=”price”]

• Insert the regular software price of the current software giveaway.
• Sample output:
  $199.95

[gaotd data=”days”] and [gaotd data=”hours”] and [gaotd data=”minutes”]

• Insert the number of days or hours or minutes left until the end of the software giveaway, depending on the supplied parameter.
• Note: The giveaways timespan are usualy set to 24 hours, which means that the parameter “days” will almost always return zero, this is why I strongly recomend you to use the timeleft parameter to get the giveaway remaining time instead.
• Sample output for [gaotd data="minutes"]:
  37

[gaotd data=”timeleft”]

• Insert the remaining time left for the current software giveaway.
• Sample output:
  14 hours and 37 minutes

[gaotd data=”downloadlink” class=”optional-class” target=”optional-target]

• Insert the download link for the current software giveaway.
• Note: Parameter class if not specified will be filled according to color configuration.
• Note: Parameter target if not specified will be filled with the default value _self.

• Sample output:
  Download

• You can also insert the shortcode around text to customize the download link text.

• Sample output for [gaotd data="downloadlink"]My Download Text[/gaotd]:
  My Download Text

[gaotd data=”downloadmirror1″ class=”optional-class” target=”optional-target]

• Insert the download link mirror 1 for the current software giveaway.
• Note: The downloadmirror1 option accepts the same parameters as downloadlink option.
• Obs: The XML field downloadmirror1 usualy contains the same value as downloadlink.
• Sample output:
  Download (mirror 1)

[gaotd data=”downloadmirror2″ class=”optional-class” target=”optional-target]

• Insert the download link mirror 2 for the current software giveaway.
• Note: The downloadmirror2 option accepts the same parameters as downloadlink option.
• Obs: The XML field downloadmirror2 usualy is not used in giveaways and was included just for conveniency.
• Sample output:
  Download (mirror 2)

[gaotd data=”giveawaylink” class=”optional-class” target=”optional-target]

• Insert the link for the current software giveaway on the giveaway page.
• Note: The giveawaylink option accepts the same parameters as downloadlink option.
• Sample output:
  Read more at the promotion page.

[gaotd data=”publisherlink” class=”optional-class” target=”optional-target]

• Insert the link for the publisher of the current software giveaway.
• Note: The giveawaylink option accepts the same parameters as downloadlink option.
• Sample output:
  My Software Company.

[gaotd data=”screenshot” alt=”optional alt text” class=”optional-class” title=”optional title”]

• Insert the screenshot of the current software giveaway.
• Note: Parameters alt and title if not specified, will be filled with the software title.
• Note: Parameter class if not specified, will be empty.
• Sample output: