Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects plugin for WordPress

Our open source plugin has been downloaded 363 times from the WordPress.org plugin repository.

Provides configurable widget and shortcode for displaying upcoming weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson subjects.

Description

Display upcoming Christian Science Bible Lesson topics in any widget-enabled sidebar on your site.

Widget Features:

  • Select number of upcoming subjects to display (default is 3 weeks)
  • Select whether to display ‘more info’ link to Spirituality.com
  • Configure number of days in advance of Thanksgiving Day service to display explanatory message
  • Option to disable Thanksgiving Day message if desired

Shortcodes:
Insert [cs_subject_of_the_week] into any post or page to insert the default number of upcoming subjects

Optional shortcode parameters
[cs_subject_of_the_week weeks_to_display="3" display_more_info_link="1" thanksgiving_days_in_advance="30"]

  • weeks_to_display – configure number of weeks in advance to display
  • display_more_info_link – Set to ’1′ to show more info link, ’0′ to hide (Default)
  • thanksgiving_days_in_advance – Set to 0 to disable, or number of days in advance of Thanksgiving Day to show special message

Installation

  1. Unzip the ZIP file and drop the folder straight into your wp-content/plugins directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

Use as a widget

  1. Navigate to ‘Appearance’ -> ‘Widgets’
  2. Drag the ‘CS Bible Lesson Topics’ widget into a sidebar to display in that sidebar
  3. Configure widget if you’d like to change the default settings

Use as a shortcode

  1. Insert [cs_subject_of_the_week] into any post or page to insert the default number of upcoming subjects

Use in Templates for Theme authors
You can use this plugin in your themes if you wish instead of using it as a widget.
Place into your theme to display list of upcoming subjects:

<?php if (function_exists('stp_getBibleLessonSubjects')) echo stp_getBibleLessonSubjects( 3, true, 30); ?>

Function parameters are ( weeks_to_display, display_more_info_link, thanksgiving_days_in_advance).
You can also call the function without parameters and the defaults will be used.

CSS Classes for adding custom styles

Add the following declarations to your stylesheet if you’d like to further customize the output of this plugin:

/* Enclosing div */
.stp_cs_bible_lesson_topics_widget { }
/* span surrounding date in outputted list */
.stp_cs_bible_lesson_topics_date { }
/* span surrounding subject in outputted list */
.stp_cs_bible_lesson_topics_subject { }
/* class on enclosing li tag for more info link */
.stp_cs_bible_lesson_topics_more_info_link { }
/* enclosing class for special Thanksgiving message */
.stp_cs_bible_lesson_topics_thanksgiving_message { }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this provided by the Christian Science Publishing Society?
No, this has been coded by ShareThePractice.org for use by branch churches and societies.

Is support available?
Yes, use the contact form on the ShareThePractice.org website.

Screenshots

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Widget configuration options

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Output of widget in a sidebar

Changelog
1.0
* Initial release of plugin

Download

Click here to download latest release: cs-subject-of-the-week.zip

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