plamen9/apex-plugins-the-blogger-helper

APEX Plugins

The Blogger Helper Plugin

Description

A Region type plugin which generates a nice link to a blog post (or any other website). Could be used as a fixed to the page Ribbon (auto collapsed on mobile) or as a Card with title, description and image. If Hashnode blog post is specified then title, description and image are automatically populated.

Demo Application

https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/r/gamma_dev/demo/

Install

• Import plugin file "the_blogger_helper_plugin.sql" from source directory into your application
• (Optional) Deploy the image and CSS/JS files from "server" directory on your webserver and change the "File Prefix" to web servers folder (Inside the Plugin Settings).

Usage

• After installing the plugin, create a new Region in the Body position of your page. Set the Region "Template" option (under "Appearance") to Blank with Attributes.
• Set the desired configuration attributes in the Region Attributes tab and save.
• While your application is open, use setPrimaryColour("#b3840e") in you browser Dev Tools Console to try out new colours for your plugin. Just replace the default colour HEX value with your own. You can later use it in the Plugin Settings as a permanent one.
• Change the ribbon CSS class if you like to change the position of the ribbon:

/* for example changing the vertical position */
.ribbon {
    top: 50px;
}

Preview