This scenario works perfectly if:
1 – some part of the post that should be hidden from printers for copyright reasons,
2 – or if you need a certain section styled differently
3 – AND your client doesn’t want/need to use the HTML editor.
Warning – for Developers only!
The following is code that should be inserted into the functions file only by your website developer. ANY mistake at all (like a missing “;” ) will break the entire site!
This goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: never ever ever edit a site live.
Goal: Simple Shortcode that adds div classes
This code will add the shortcodes, but not the buttons to the TinyMCE editor. You’ll have to train your clients to memorize and/or use them.
In this case, our client wants the section of the post about a ‘story’ styled differently. We’re going to add a shortcode that simply assigns a “story” class to this section.
Shortcode Functions in WordPress (Also Genesis Framework)
add_shortcode('story', 'dswp_storydiv');
add_shortcode('end-story', 'dswp_endstorydiv');
/* Open Div */
function dswp_storydiv($atts) {
extract(shortcode_atts(array('class' => 'story', 'id' => '' ), $atts));
$return = '<div';
if (!empty($class)) $return .= ' class="'.$class.'"';
if (!empty($id)) $return .= ' id="'.$id.'"';
$return .= '>';
return $return;
}
/* Close Div */
function dswp_endstorydiv($atts) {
return '</div>';
}
References:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_shortcode
