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Hello, can I add some chatbot code inside? The chatbot contains css, html and javascript code. I would like to have a top nav button to open the sidepanel when a user clicks on it, can I accomplish this with this plugin? Thank you
Sidebar doesn’t have to be actual sidebar with widgets, it can be custom content with shortcodes, custom content where you can add HTML and PHP, or action hook that runs your custom action in code to add output. You can put in the custom chatbot code with CSS/HTML/JS, and it will work fine, but you may have to adjust some CSS styling if needed depending on the code you want to embed.
Thank you for your reply. And I can have it open by triggering a button anywhere on my page correct?
Button is on the side of the screen, if you want to have other buttons that open that sidebar slider, you need to add the button yourself where you want it, and add small JavaScript to it to open the desired slider (example in documentation, and plugin interface shows the JS code for control).
Looking great. For testing in detail we must have to buy – topic: issues with other plugins. Is there a money-back-solution if not working?
If you find any issues, please report it, if I am not able to fix it, I will refund the purchase, according to the Envato refund policy.
With that said, in same cases, it happens that some themes (or custom CSS added to theme), is quite aggressive (using !important) to handle some styling which can cause issues with my plugin, and in that case, I can’t fix anything, since my plugin is not to blame, and the theme or custom CSS needs to be fixed. In such cases, I do not give refunds (and Envato refund rules support that).
Is there any free light version so I can check the basics? A lot of plugins have this solution so be able to do real tests before buying the full plugin? This would be helpful.
Sorry, there is no free version. Last time I had seen reported issues related to the theme was maybe 2-3 years ago, and I managed to give advice to the user to add to theme to fix it, so that is quite a rare issue.
Thanks for answers. I see your plugin is not very small and so a high chance of conflicts. We will choose an other plugin first for the moment where we hopefully are able to test first on staging pages. But I keep your one on our wishlist as remembering.
Hello, I cannot open the support page
Hi, there was some issue with the website, it is restored now.
Can it be set up so it’s automatically open when the visitor lands on the homepage, but only the first time?
Also, can it be set up so it’s on automatically open on only specific pages and only the first time the visitor lands on that page?
There are no such settings included by default, it is way to specific. But, plugin has JavaScript/jQuery methods that you can use – you can write your own code to handle first landing, and only some pages opening, and tie your custom code with the methods in the plugin to open/close the sidebars.
What does it not do? Automatically open when a visitor lands on the homepage? Or Only opens the first time? Or can be set up to only open on some pages?
Other plugins do all of that, but they have a yearly price. This one is a one time price so I’d rather use this one if it can do that. But if this one is going to be annoying and open automatically on every page, then it’s worthless, because that will annoy visitors.
The sidebar can open on page load, but there is no control over first time opening, you would need to implement that. Also, plugin has rules to specify on which types of pages it will appear, but again, that is loading of the sidebar on specific page, not opening (if the auto open is active, it will auto open, and again first landing on page is not implemented).
So, you need to implement control for the auto opening to handle first landing, and plugin has WordPress/PHP filter to change the settings for the sidebar, and it has JavaScript methods you can use in your code to open/close sidebars.
Ik looks there is an issue with the plugin. After installing it does not show the list of sidebars or styles anymore. So there is no possibility to change a sidebar or style once it has been saved. And it does not show the buttons New Sidebar and New Style.
Do you have any errors logged on server? Which WordPress and PHP versions you use?
Hi GDragoN. I found out what the problem is: it is the PHP-version. Version 7.4 works perfect, but 8.0 and 8.1 gives the problems as mentionned.
Thanks for that info. I am in process of updating all my plugins for PHP 8+, and I expect all of them updated during this month.
thx for a great plugin, left 5star review; brilliant job
Hello there! I need a floating right box that stay open in desktop view and close/openable in tablet/mobile view. So is it possible to set different behaviours (open/close) for desktop/mobile view? Thanks
There is no option to do exactly that, but the plugin opens JavaScript controls to use in your own code, so you can create your own JavaScript code to detect the device type and open/close the sidebar box depending on the device type.
Can You help me with the CSS styling? I want to have no border on the tab when the page loads. But when the tab and its contents are open, I would like a border around all of it.
I need help with this issue. It would be nice if someone would answer my question, as it had 12 days ago
I don’t provide support with CSS styling, because that is a customization request, and customizations are not covered by the Envato Support License.
In any case, all the elements have unique ID’s, proper classes, and you can style it anyway you want. If you don’t know how to do it, you can hire a developer to help you with the customizations.
Support form didn’t work for me… (Purchase code is not valid.)
Working with filter but always getting the error:
“syntax error, unexpected ’’sidebar_1_activation’’ (T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING), expecting ‘(‘”
I just tried to add: add_filter(‘sss_sidebar_activation_1’, ‘sidebar_1_activation’); function ‘sidebar_1_activation’($active) { if (!$active) { $active = is_category(‘blog’) || is_year(2013); } return $active; }
Your code is not correct, you put the function name inside the quotes, and it should not be.
Hey there, is it possible to have text links on the Website opening the sidebar?
Best,
Sergej
Hi,
Yes. For each sidebar, you can see jQuery code (in the list of sidebars, you have option to see that) that can be used in page to open or close the toolbar. Combine that code with your buttons/links, and that’s it.
Milan
Hey, is ist possible to add a Link on the whole Tab? I’m using one Tab with widgets in it. But I want a second Tab just to open a Link on click. I can set a link on the title but not on the whole tab. Thanks a lot & best regards
Sorry, there is no such feature.
thank you for your answer but is there also no workaround that you can recommend to me?
If you need tab with link only, you don’t need a plugin, that can be done with some HTML for the markup and some CSS for styling.
hello, I have problems with this plugin, how can I get the help?
You can ask here, or in the support forum.
Hello!! i want to add some custom content in a tab, this content is designed in visual composer, can i add the shortcode of the content in one tab, i will add some colors and materials to the visualization of the product.
Yes, sidebar can be configured to contain actual widgets sidebar, custom HTML (with shortcodes support), custom PHP or result from action.
Can i have an individual the content of the slider for each page?
How would that work in the first place, what type of complex interface would be needed to achieve that?
In theory, you can add tons of sidebars, and configure each one for individual pages, but maintaining that would be painful, with tons of sidebars registered.
does this plug in include the ability to place forms from other sites? (iFrame)?
This plugin allows you to place widgets inside, regardless what the widget is. If you place widget with the IFRAME, it will work, as long as the IFRAME doesn’t use some styling that is not resizing IFRAME properly inside the container.
I was unable to get the plugin to work with WP 5.5.3 or WP 5.6. I can’t either save styles or sidebars. Disabling all other plugins did not help. Due to a bug on the author’s website, I was unable to access the author’s own support system.
Hi,
Plugin version 2.9.1 has been released with few fixes that should solve the issues you had. New version is tested with WordPress 5.6, and it was all fine.
Milan
Version 2.9.1 fixes my problem. Thank you!
Hi, Its a pre-purchase question.
I want the sidebars to open on load and the content area (shrunk), meaning 100% visible. However, when the user closes the side bar the main content area should get stretched to full again.
Is it possible with this plugin?
Thanks for the earliest response. SF
It is not possible. Something like that is heavily dependent on the theme and theme layout and styling. There is no way to do it, and make it work with every theme.
how can I translate this slider? or display a different slider with different settings when my site is using a different language?
Plugin has .POT file that is used for translation, and finished translations should go into central WordPress languages directory or language directory inside the plugin: https://support.smartplugins.info/kb/faq/can-i-translate-plugin-to-my-language/
what about RTL? and can I use different sidebar when the website changes languages
Sidebars can be on left or right side, there is no specific RTL support. You can change sidebars visibility with PHP code snippet, and the example is included in PDF documentation.
Hi there, I tried signing up to your support forum but it seems the site is having issues and kept giving me bad gateway errors.
Love the plugin, but I’m looking to have the tab work as a button rather than slide open and show content, is this possible? I see that you mentioned this becoming a feature 5 years ago in another comment?
Thanks, Matt
Hi,
I can’t see any issues with the website, I am not sure why you had the problem.
That feature is on the list, and it might be added to the next major update, but no promises. I usually work on features that were often requested, and this was not that. I have few things on the list for major update, and if there is time, I will consider this too.
Milan
Okay no problem. Is there a simple way to achieve this using the “Sidebar Content: Custom Action”?
That is used to fill the sidebar with custom content, not related to widgets, by running specified action.
Hello, I have a question….. I have 3 smart sidebars on the left side of my screen. Is it possible to hide the tabs until a visitor scrolls about half way down the screen?
There is no option to do this. But, you can write your own JavaScript code to do this, there are simple code examples on how to attach events for scroll and use that to hide show slider tabs.
Where can I find it?
