Sphere Related Content Widget for WordPress
 Tools for Connecting Blogs and News
I just installed this widget after testing the ability of Sphere It! to actually show me postings related to the very unique content on my blog. The results of my tests were good because Sphere It also included other messages from my blog in the results. To test Sphere It! on any page, you can add the javascript, found on their tools menu to your Firefox toolbar.
You install the widget for WordPress very easily; copy to plugin folder, goto admin, activate. Next, I wanted to customize the output and control when and whether the widget would show.
In the file sphere-related-content.php I edited only two lines:
$auto_sphereit= FALSE;
$sphereit_threshold= FALSE;
Then in my styles.css for my theme, I added:
.sphere
{
padding: 9px 0px 9px 0px;
margin: 10px;
}
span a.iconsphere:link, span a.iconsphere:visited
{
padding: 7px 15px 7px 15px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-family: "Zurch BT", Sans-serif, Helvetica, Georgia;
font-size: 128%;
border: outset 4px #F49316; /* orange */
background-color: #C90D0D; /* dark red */
}
span a.iconsphere:hover
{
color: #FFFF00;
}
I added the commands specified in the readme file to all of my templates in Wordpress that show a message.
This widget is done very well. I was shocked when it superimposed a tidy menu over my screen with the top few related posts from the blogosphere. When you click the more button, a new tab will open with the full search page.
The Sphere Related Content Widget for WordPress is a win-win situation for blogmasters and blogreaders!
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