Comments on: WordPress Wednesday: Amazon QuickTags Plugin

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:26:53 +0000

I’ve tried using it twice, and both times it linked to Amazon’s Kindle page. Apparently others aren’t having that problem. How do you use it?

By: vodoochile

vodoochile — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:15:03 +0000

Please delete my first two entries. I was trying to add code in Html brackets. Instead I will use a “(” for a opening and “)” for a closing Html bracket.
Hi, I’m trying to change your plugin, to add more Quicktags to the Tinymce editor. I removed the Amazon functionality from your davids-ultra-quicktags.php and added the needed extra Quicktags to it. But now Iam stuck: I want to add some special open and closing characters to a single quicktag because they are needed by another plugin. For example I have one (span class=”pullquote”) which should close with a (/span) – which is no problem with your plugin. But I need this: (span class=”pullquote pqRight”)(!– and a open and closing html uncomment Tag –)(/span). But here is a Problem with the following code which is closing a span with the default Tag: ed.execCommand(‘mceInsertContent’, false, newtext + toreplace + ‘(/span)’);
Is there a way to define a individual closing Tag for each Quicktag?
Best Regards,
Ben

By: vodoochile

vodoochile — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:08:27 +0000

Hi, I’m trying to change your plugin, to add more Quicktags to the Tinymce editor. I removed the Amazon functionality from your davids-ultra-quicktags.php and added the needed extra Quicktags to it. But now Iam stuck: I want to add some special open and closing characters to a single quicktag because they are needed by another plugin. For example I have one which should close with a – which is no problem with your plugin. But I need this: . But here is a Problem with the following code which is closing a span with the default Tag: ed.execCommand(‘mceInsertContent’, false, newtext + toreplace + ”);
Is there a way to define a closing Tag for each Quicktag individually?
Best Regard,
Ben

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By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:31:19 +0000

Is it possible for you to create a plugin that lets you add new buttons, or let me know how I can modify the existing buttons?

Cheers.

By: Karin

Karin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:57:03 +0000

I would LOVE to use your plugin, but unfortunately I’m getting javascript errors. TinyMCE will not even load. Firebug shows the errors:

missing ; before statement
var alassociateid = ‘settings['amazonlink']['associateid']; ?>’;

j is undefined
var tinymce={majorVersion:”3″,minorVersi…nged();return true}return false})})();\r\n

I’m not sure where the second one is generated, but the first error is for sure somewhere in your plugin. I am not very good with javascript so I could not find the typo. Please help?

By: Micah

Micah — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:37:31 +0000

David, I think you’re totally on the right track. I’d LOVE to see more custom buttons and combining this with the TinyMCE Advanced plugin until TinyMCE matures to become a better product.

Take a look at my ticket to see a broad view of what I think WordPress should be doing. I’d really like to see a radical change in functionality in the long-term, and would be even more thrilled to see this happen by beginning of next year.
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10753

Anyway, until then, I can easily come up with some ideas for your plugin to supplement TinyMCE Advanced to make it a better editor for all people!

By: baron

baron — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:13:10 +0000

Works great, thank you

By: ella

ella — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:48:00 +0000

Hi, David. Just a quick note to say all is fine with this plugin with 2.8 and 1.5.1. I thought for sure I’d rated this in the extend/plugins listings. Now I have. (5)

By: ella

ella — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:03:15 +0000

You’re a doll. Thank you so much!

By: dvg

dvg — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:11:06 +0000

Hey ella,

I updated the plugin so that the TITLE tag is now a Javascript prompt instead of always defaulting to “Buy @ Amazon”.

Grab the latest version (1.0.30) and you should be happy.

By: ella

ella — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:15:27 +0000

Hi. The plugin is working but is there a way to prevent the Buy @ Amazon title? I removed it manually — no big deal — but I know I’ll forget sometimes and it’s a bit too brash for me. Also using Thesis, btw.

Thanks!

By: alex

alex — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:01:23 +0000

great article. thank

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By: Willis Whitlock

Willis Whitlock — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:46:11 +0000

This is great. Just what I need.

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