@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Plugin Name: GitHub Gist Shortcode Plugin URI: http://www.entropytheblog.com/blog/2008/12/wordpress-github-gist-shortcode-plugin/ Description: Allows the use of a simple shortcode [gist id="12345"] to embed <a href="http://gist.github.com">GitHub Gists</a> in a post or page. -Version: 0.1 +Version: 0.2 Author: Paul William Author URI: http://www.entropytheblog.com/blog/ github-gist-shortcode-plugin.php @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Contributors: paulwilliam Requires at least: 2.5.1 Tested up to: 2.7 Stable tag: trunk -Tags: github, gist, shortcode, embed, git +Tags: github, gist, shortcode, embed, git, code, script Allows the use of a simple shortcode to embed GitHub Gists in a post or page. @@ -17,9 +17,31 @@ For example, to embed the [gist: 30948](http://gist.github.com/30948) enter this It is that simple. +One problem with gists is that a search engine spiders (and users with javascript disabled) will not see your code in a blog entry. This plugin allows you to get around this by including text, such as content of the gist inside the shortcode. The text is wrapped inside these tags: + + <noscript><code class="gist"><pre> + +You would use it like this: + + [gist id=30948] + puts hello_world_test; + i = 0 + 5.times do + i = i + 1 + puts i + end + [/gist] + +The content inside a gist is optional. + == Installation == 1) Download the plugin zip file. + 2) Unzip. + 3) Upload the github_gist_shortcode directory to your wordpress plugin directory (/wp-content/plugins). -4) Activate the plugin. \ No newline at end of file + +4) Activate the plugin. + +5) Use the gist shortcode in your posts or pages \ No newline at end of file readme.txt 5a33451bdcddfb49bcb4651f01a1d793aa3e76c4 paulwilliam paul@entropytheblog.com http://github.com/paulwilliam/wordpress-github-gist-shortcode-plugin/commit/84801a89f3bd06df9ecc0f9b1d4d9a6295fe503a 84801a89f3bd06df9ecc0f9b1d4d9a6295fe503a

2008-12-06T16:02:38-08:00

bumped version number. updated reademe f0b56ec2670fc6b1fa346d658622c8f12d8a4d6f paulwilliam paul@entropytheblog.com