Description
Display upcoming Christian Science Bible Lesson topics in any widget area on your site. Also includes shortcode and Spanish translation. Bonus new feature: Embed CSPS Internet Radio player in your site.
Widget Features:
- Select number of upcoming subjects to display (default is 3 weeks)
- Select whether to display ‘more info’ link to ChristianScience.com
- Configure number of days in advance of Thanksgiving Day service to display explanatory message
- Option to disable Thanksgiving Day message if desired
Shortcodes:
Christian Science Bible Lesson topics shortcode
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
CSPS Internet Radio embed shortcode
Insert [csps_internet_radio]
in post or page to embed the player
Optional shortcode parameters
[csps_internet_radio customize_player=false show_title_bar=true iframe_height="380" iframe_width="100%"]
- customize_player – Default is false, load standard script directly from JSH site
- show_title_bar – Include the standard title bar graphic for the player? Default is true
- iframe_height – height of embedded playlist iframe – Default is 380 (px)
- iframe_width – width of embedded playlist iframe – Default is 100%
Screenshots
Installation
- Unzip the ZIP file and drop the folder straight into your wp-content/plugins directory.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Use as a widget
- Navigate to ‘Appearance’ -> ‘Widgets’
- Drag the ‘CS Bible Lesson Topics’ widget into a sidebar to display in that sidebar
- Configure widget if you’d like to change the default settings
Use as a shortcode
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Insert
[cs_subject_of_the_week]
into any post or page to insert the default number of upcoming subjectsOptional 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
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Publish and view post or page to see output.
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 { }
FAQ
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Is this provided by the Christian Science Publishing Society?
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No, this has been coded by ShareThePractice.org for use by branch churches and societies.
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Is support available?
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Yes, use the contact form on the ShareThePractice.org website.
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Contributors & Developers
“Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
ContributorsTranslate “Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.9.1
- Release date: March 11, 2024
- Update link to point to sample Bible Lesson, change to https
- Tested using WordPress 6.4.3
1.8
- Release date: November 12, 2018
- Fix PHP notice about undefined constant
1.7
- Release date: October 31, 2018
- Tested to upcoming WordPress 5.0 version
- Improve grammar / display of Thanksgiving date
- Update CSPS Internet Player playlist URL
1.6
- Release date: March 9, 2018
- Add CSPS Internet Player
[csps_internet_radio]
shortcode to plugin
1.5
- Release date: May 30, 2017
- Add Spanish language translation of Bible Lesson subjects
1.4
- Release date: December 19, 2016
- Permanent fix for correctly calculating week numbers using Sunday as start day for the week
1.3
- Release date: November 16, 2016
- Add 2016 Thanksgiving Bible Lesson link to special Thanksgiving message box. Change styling to use div instead of ul.
1.2
- Release date: January 12, 2016
- Fix to re-synchronize weekly Bible study lesson topics for 2016
- Update “More info about Bible Lesson” link to point to new URL
1.1
- Release date: January 9, 2013
- Fix to re-synchronize weekly Bible study lesson topics for 2013
- Fix widget so it correctly shows the More Info link depending on user input in widget options
- Update “More info about Bible Lesson” link to point to new URL
1.0
- Release date: January 9, 2013
- Initial public release of plugin