Presentation of the different features of Simple Long Form, a plugin developed for WordPress, independent from theme and plugins. Note that SLF has been designed in a journalistic context with the aim to « keep it simple ».
WordPress dashboard
- Long Form: list, add new, manage categories and tags, define options
- Options: Google Analytics code, Twitter id
- Home : « Simple Log Form activity » + meta-box « At a glance »
- Widget: Single Long Form (display latest custom post type, as in « Recent posts »)
Add / edit Long Form
- Choice among three templates (built in HTML5, CSS3, PHP, Bootstrap.js, jQuery)
- Choice among 5 fonts for text
- Choice among 5 fonts for titles (Google Fonts) / or default font option
- Choice of a custom color (main color of the Long Form)
- Choice of the color of the title of each section : black or white (default)
- Titles: title, subtitle, lead
- Author’s name + Photo credits
- Background images (for the intro and for each section)
- 5 sections + intro + footer
- No mandatory field: an empty field does not appear
- 2 types of galleries: popup (unlimited for Long Form), slider (momentary limitation to only 1)
- WP’s native options: categories, tags, featured image
Front-end
- Each template includes Open Graph metadata, Twitter card, and buttons for sharing (Twitter, FB, LinkedIn, Google+, email) + an optimized style sheet for printing
- Intro effect of Btb and SaW (templates) are adaptations from Codrops’ inspirations
- The layout includes iconic fonts (Glyphicon linked to Bootstrap.js and FontAwesome)
- Each Long Form is automatically added to the RSS feed Site
- Each template is responsive (adapted to smartphone and tablet screens)
- A navigation system permits to move from one section to another (bullets or links / « hamburger menu »)
- Horizontal bar to view the progress of the reading in page
Languages
• SLF is available in French (original development) and in English (translation)
