{"id":694,"date":"2016-05-17T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T18:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/?p=694"},"modified":"2016-05-26T13:51:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T17:51:59","slug":"new-sidebar-widgets-mooberry-book-manager-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/new-sidebar-widgets-mooberry-book-manager-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: More Sidebar Widgets for Mooberry Book Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the next few weeks, I\u2019ll be releasing some extensions for Mooberry Book Manager. Extensions are plugins that extend the functionality of Mooberry Book Manager. You\u2019ll need to have Mooberry Book Manager version 3.0 installed to use these add-on plugins.<\/p>\n<p>One of these extensions is call <strong>MBM Advanced Widgets<\/strong>. This plugin will add two additional sidebar widgets for Mooberry Book Manager, as well as add additional functionality to the existing Book Widget included with Mooberry Book Manager.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-708 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/widgets.png\" alt=\"screen shot of 2 new widgets\" width=\"565\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/widgets.png 565w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/widgets-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/widgets-325x200.png 325w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/widgets-500x308.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Most Popular Book Widget<\/h2>\n<p>The first sidebar widget included in MBM Advanced Widgets is called the <strong>MBM Most Popular Book<\/strong> widget.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-700 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mostpopular.png\" alt=\"screen shot of Most Popular Book widget options\" width=\"401\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mostpopular.png 401w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mostpopular-291x300.png 291w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mostpopular-194x200.png 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This widget will allow you to feature the book that has received the most views over a given time period:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Year to Date<\/li>\n<li>Month to Date<\/li>\n<li>Week to Date<\/li>\n<li>All time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because you as the author may view certain a book\u2019s page several times while creating or updating it, this widget includes an option to ignore views from certain users or roles of your website.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/excludeusers.png\" alt=\"screenshot of excluding users\" width=\"461\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/excludeusers.png 461w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/excludeusers-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/excludeusers-172x200.png 172w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/excludeusers-429x500.png 429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The number of views for each book can be reset back to 0, and there\u2019s also an option to reset the views of all books back to 0.<\/p>\n<p>On the individual book page:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bookviews.png\" alt=\"screen shot of reseting number of views\" width=\"577\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bookviews.png 577w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bookviews-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bookviews-500x98.png 500w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bookviews-570x113.png 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the Book Page Settings page in the Mooberry Book Manager Settings Menu:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/resetall.png\" alt=\"screen shot of reseting number of views\" width=\"395\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/resetall.png 395w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/resetall-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>MBM Advanced Widgets<\/strong> plugin must be activated in order for book views to be counted. Any views that happened before installing the plugin will not be counted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Related Books Widget<\/h2>\n<p>The next sidebar widget is the <strong>MBM Related Book<\/strong> widget.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/related.png\" alt=\"screen shot of related book widget options\" width=\"392\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/related.png 392w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/related-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/related-211x200.png 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This widget appears only when viewing blog posts. If one of the tags of the blog post matches a tag of one of the books, that book will be displayed in the widget. If multiple books match tags with the blog post, one will be chosen by random. If no books match tags with the blog post, the widget will not be displayed at all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Related Books on the Book Page<\/h2>\n<p>Although not a widget, the functionality was so close to the <strong>MBM Related Book<\/strong> widget, this feature is being included in the <strong>MBM Advanced Widgets<\/strong> plugin.<\/p>\n<p>This is an optional feature that can be turned on\/off either in the Mooberry Book Manager settings for all books, or on an individual book\u2019s page.<\/p>\n<p>Default settings on the Book Page Settings page of the Mooberry Book Manager Settings menu:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relateddefaults.png\" alt=\"screen shot of related books settings\" width=\"749\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relateddefaults.png 749w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relateddefaults-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relateddefaults-687x200.png 687w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relateddefaults-500x146.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the individual book page:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relatedbooksindividualbook.png\" alt=\"screen shot of related books settings\" width=\"503\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relatedbooksindividualbook.png 503w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relatedbooksindividualbook-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relatedbooksindividualbook-500x156.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When turned on, this feature will add a section to the bottom of a book\u2019s page that displays books that have matching tags.\u00a0 You can choose to display 1-5 books.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-703 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relatedbooksbookpage.png\" alt=\"screen shot of related books output on book page\" width=\"726\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relatedbooksbookpage.png 726w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relatedbooksbookpage-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relatedbooksbookpage-660x200.png 660w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/relatedbooksbookpage-500x152.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Additional Features on Existing Book Widget<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>MBM Advanced Widget<\/strong> plugin adds some additional features to the existing Mooberry Book Manager Book widget included in the base Mooberry Book Manager plugin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/filter.png\" alt=\"screen shot of filter options on Book widget\" width=\"388\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/filter.png 388w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/filter-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/filter-157x200.png 157w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you choose <em>Newest Book<\/em>, <em>Random Book,<\/em> or <em>Future Book<\/em>, you\u2019ll now have the option to filter the results by the following options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genre<\/li>\n<li>Series<\/li>\n<li>Tag<\/li>\n<li>Editor<\/li>\n<li>Illustrator<\/li>\n<li>Cover Artist<\/li>\n<li>Publisher<\/li>\n<li>User<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, if you choose to display the Newest Book filtered by Series, the widget will display the book from the selected series with the most recent publication date. If you choose to display a Random Book filtered by User, the widget will select a random book from the list of books added by a specific user.<\/p>\n<p>An additional option has also been added to the \u201cWhich book to show?\u201d list: <em>Random Book by Random User<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/randomuser.png\" alt=\"screen shot of book widget options\" width=\"385\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/randomuser.png 385w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/randomuser-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/randomuser-151x200.png 151w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/randomuser-377x500.png 377w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This option will be useful if you have multiple users adding books to your website and you want to fairly choose a random book to display. This option will first choose a user at random, and then choose a random book added by that user. If the chosen user has not added any books, another user will be chosen at random. The reason this differs from simply choosing <em>Random Book<\/em> is because if one user has added more books than other users, a book added by that user will be statistically more likely to be chosen. This option levels the playing field by choosing the user first, then the book.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Features on All Book Widgets<\/h2>\n<p>This plugin also adds additional customization features to all of the book widgets: <strong>Mooberry Book Manager Book<\/strong>, <strong>MBM Most Popular Book<\/strong>, and <strong>MBM Related Book<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bookextra.png\" alt=\"screen shot of new book widget options\" width=\"392\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bookextra.png 392w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bookextra-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bookextra-157x200.png 157w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The customization options added include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alignment of book title: left, right, or center<\/li>\n<li>Alignment of book cover: left, right, or center<\/li>\n<li>Display of additional information<\/li>\n<li>Alignment of additional information: left, right, or center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The plugin adds a field to the book page where you can enter the additional information to be displayed on the widget.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advancedbooksettings-1024x386.png\" alt=\"screen shot of additional book information settings\" width=\"1024\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advancedbooksettings-1024x386.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advancedbooksettings-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advancedbooksettings-768x289.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advancedbooksettings-531x200.png 531w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advancedbooksettings-500x188.png 500w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/advancedbooksettings.png 1081w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/widgetadditionalinfo.png\" alt=\"screen shot of book widget example\" width=\"284\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/widgetadditionalinfo.png 284w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/widgetadditionalinfo-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/widgetadditionalinfo-187x200.png 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The reason the widgets don\u2019t simply pull from an existing field, such as summary, is to not only allow for more flexibility, but to keep the widgets from displaying <em>too<\/em> much information.<\/p>\n<h2>Just the Beginning<\/h2>\n<p>This blog post has described the features of <strong>MBM Advanced Widgets Version 1.0<\/strong>. Have a need for another kind of widget? Let me know!\u00a0 I intend to update this plugin with new widgets based on your input.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the next few weeks, I\u2019ll be releasing some extensions for Mooberry Book Manager. Extensions are plugins that extend the functionality of Mooberry Book Manager. You\u2019ll need to have Mooberry Book Manager version 3.0 installed to use these add-on plugins. One of these extensions is call MBM Advanced Widgets. 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