Referring back to the previous article, you might ask how are snippets used in Pledge Drive 2? You simply paste the snippet inside a Pledge Drive 2 Progress Meter widget as in the picture below (click to enlarge). Go to the WordPress Admin “Presentation” menu and select the “Widgets” tab.
What if you don’t […]
Our original progress meter example used a template that was pure CSS colors. The new one (in the sidebar currently), uses two small gifs as CSS background images instead of background colors. I really like the improved look and it was a minor change to the snippet used to create the meter. […]
You can customize the Pledge Drive 2 progress meter using CSS, XHTML, Flash, AJAX, whatever.
You can add your own text or images to the progress meter and let others put it on their site too! You can customize the Pledge Drive 2 progress meter using both CSS and XHTML. You can also include variables such as the amount raised, the number of contributions, etc. You could even make a Flash progress meter if you are so inclined!
You can change the background, top and bottom colors of this flash widget right from this snippet. The first two characters of the top and bottom colors are used by flash to define transparency...try it out! If you're into Flash 9 or Actionscript 3.0, the source code can be found here.