Frequently asked questions (and answers)
What does oik stand for?
oik is an acronym for “Often Included Key Information”.
But why did you choose that?
I wanted something short and memorable. oik may not be the best acronym I could come up with but it satisfies another desire of mine to somehow be related to Bobbing Wide. It’s actually the last word before Bobbing Wide… if you know where to look. For more information see Rethinking the Bobbing Wide API plugin name.
What’s a shortcode?
A shortcode is a time saver. It’s supposed to do something useful, whilst not breaking the website.
It’s a macro that expands into something more complex than the shortcode itself.
WordPress provides 3 shortcodes: [caption], [[ embed]] and [
oik provides many more shortcodes, ranging from simple codes that provide commonly used data ( e.g. [bw_email] )
to complex codes that extract and format information. ( e.g. [bw_pages] )
Other plugins provide shortcodes to do similar things to the ones that oik provides.
What’s a lazy shortcode
A lazy shortcode is one where the code to expand it is only loaded into WordPress when it’s actually needed. So if you never use the [bw_tides] shortcode, for example, then the code to expand it will not be loaded into WordPress.
What’s a smart shortcode
A smart shortcode is one which alters its behaviour taking in account the context in which it’s invoked. Say you wanted to use a short code in a title, such as on this page. The [oik] shortcode will happily expand for when it’s used on a page title, but when the title is displayed in the administrative interface the shortcode should not included unwanted HTML tags.
Conversely you would not want the [bw_pages] shortcode to expand in a page title. So it’s smart enough to only expand when used in the content.
From where can I download oik?
Here –> oik WordPress plugin
How do I install it?
See oik installation
Which is the latest version?
You should always download the latest stable version of the oik plugin on WordPress.org
Version 1.17 was released on 27th November 2012
Version 1.16 was released on 9th August 2012
Version 1.15 was released on 5th July 2012
Version 1.14 was released on 3rd July 2012
Version 1.13 was released on 11th May 2012
Version 1.12 was released on 30th April 2012
Version 1.11 was released on 3rd April 2012
Version 1.10 was released on 9th February 2012
Version 1.9 was released on 31st December 2011
Version 1.8 was released on 25th December 2011
Version 1.7 was released on 10th December 2011
Version 1.6 was released on 22nd November 2011
Version 1.5 was released on 31st October 2011
Version 1.4 was released on 3rd October 2011
Version 1.3 and 1.3.1 was released on 14th September 2011
Version 1.2 was released on 19th August 2011
Version 1.1 was released on 10th August 2011
Version 1.0 was released on 26th July 2011
Version 0.8 was made available on the 19th July.
Previous versions include: 0.7 – 14th July, 0.5 – 16th April, 0.4 -21 Feb 2011.
Is there a development version?
Yes. Download version 2.0-beta.0510
What does it do?
The oik base plugin provides a series of WordPress shortcodes that take the pain out of producing commonly used information. For some of the simpler shortcodes you provide this information once on the oik options panel.
Where can I find out more?
You can see examples of oik‘s use all over this website PLUS on other Bobbing Wide sites:
www.marshallbuildershorndean.co.uk
Where are the shortcodes documented?
See shortcodes
Is there a support forum?
Yes. On WordPress.org oik support forum
Can I get email support?
Certainly. Please use the contact form.
Can you check my page please and tell my why there is a blank space in the slider ?
http://fiz-x.com/splatter-star-wars-art/
Thank you
Hi, the blank space in the slider is due to the Nivo slider frame using up all the available space in the containing div BUT your images aren’t this wide.
You wil need to use the class= attribute to set the class of the containing block, choosing a class name that has a width CSS keyword.
If none of the CSS classes already provided in oik.css or any of the other CSS files (e.g. ultimate Tiny MCE’s column-style.css) are any good you may want to use the oik custom CSS capability.