I need to build a dashboard that will allow users to sign in/out and access/update their business account information.
WordPress has its own dashboard for publishing content but this is not what I am looking for.
Would it be easier for me to create a second site using a framework (Ruby on Rails) that makes this type of user access easier? Or is there a solution in WordPress that I am unaware of?
You can easily customize the existing WordPress dashboard. The items shown on the dashboard are determined by the function current_user_can(), so you can hide items by restricting the capabilities of the user using the function add_role(). You can add your own items by the function add_submenu_page().
It has been a while since I customized the WordPress dashboard but if I remember correctly I also had to use JavaScript and CSS to dynamically modify the DOM but this may be because I was doing something unusual. Anyway I think it was quite easy to do.
you can check out the following wordpress plugin for your requirement
https://wordpress.org/plugins/client-dash/
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I am trying to implement a simple one page -no blog- WordPress theme using a bootstrap template. I have an aside with three social links -facebook, twitter, Instagram- in the header.
I want to be able to make it so not only are these able to put truned on or off in by the user through the wp admin dashboard, but also the links to those sites able to be put in through said dashboard.
I am using udnerscores as a starter theme. How do I go about doing what I am looking to do?
This can be achieved using the Customizer API. That would be my recommendation. There is a lot of really good documentation on how to use that here. It also includes a whole bunch of sample code. Give that a look.
I want to create a widget for WordPress that anybody can use (for free) which contains some entertaining content (like a gadget for iGoogle in earlier times).
What I did not find out:
Can a (custom) widget be public/listed, so everybody using WordPress can see and use it?
Or do I need to create a plugin in order for other WordPress users to see and use it?
Since I want to let the users decide, where to put this additional content, how can I achieve this? (i.e. integrate this widget behaviour into a WordPress plugin?)
The basic idea is that we have some interesting content, we want to spread on WordPress for free.
It's up to you wether you want to create you widget through you theme (eg: via functions.php) or via a plugin. If you would like everyone to use it independently from a theme, then the best idea would be to do it through a plugin.
Here is a simple tutorial that explains the pieces of code you need to include either in your theme or in a new plugin to create a Widget accessible via the WordPress's widgets panel: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-a-custom-wordpress-widget
I would like to know which WP plugin should I choose to allow every user who come to my page to add a post to my page form the frontend.
He just click on a button add a new post or something like that. Than a form appear and he inserts the title and uploads an image.
After that its published as a post.
Is there a solution like this available for WP?
Thanks in advance.
From what I know, there is no existing plugin doing it as you need. Even if it existed, I wouldn't recommend it's use for security reasons; it is hard to follow every uses and make sure visitors would post the way you want.
You are definitely better to code it by your own, and it's quite simple using the wp_insert_post function. This function will work anywhere you put it inside Wordpress (no need to build a plugin from scratch), so a simple form with validation would make it.
Hope it guides you on what you're looking for.
Is it possible to create small blocks of editable content on certain pages of a wordpress install?
I am thinking along the lines of little boxes that contain specific information that can be edited through the admin dashboard.
I'm sure it's possible, but you'd probably have to look in to the WordPress plugin API to hook in to the proper places and save it to the DB. Also check out jQuery's inlne editor plugin.
Is it possible to create an image gallery in wordpress that is managed by the admin via it's own page / panel. I am not talking about creating a new post and adding custom html for each image. I mean actually having a page in the admin that has the ability to upload and manage your images?
If it is possible how do you go about creating a custom page like this? I understand the PHP side of uploading and manipulating images, but I don't know how to integrate it with wordpress. I don't need a full blow tutorial on how to do this, but if you could just point me in the right direction that would be great.
One issue that comes to mind right away, is if this is possible would upgrading wordpress break the code? Since I assume you have to edit the admin files directly and you can't just do it from your own custom template?
From playing around I found NextGEN Gallery (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/) that has a tab in your admin panel. It looks like it would meet your needs.
You can manage all your media from the WordPress Media Library using tags if you install Tag Gallery
It requires the Media Tags plugin but it makes managing galleries so much easier and your using the built in media facilities of WordPress so it's not disjoint from the experience. There is a new version in the works that will offer much more impressive functionality as well.
Hope that helps.
There are a huge amount of image galleries for wordpress already made. Have a quick google for some (search "wordpress image gallery") and see if any of them are suitable (I'll be surprised if one of them isn't).
Failing that, you'll need to create yourself a Wordpress Plugin.
I've integrated ZenPhoto into my wordpress blog. It was pretty easy, would probably take you a few hours. The admin pages are completely separate from the wordpress admin pages, so you can easily give access to only one person.
You can create a custom post type called Gallery to manage create and manage image galleries. The post will have its own "Gallery" panel in the admin section and from there you can add new galleries just as you describe. There are lost of tutorials for creating gallery custom post types.