Widget:GoodShelf For GoodReads
Jun 9th, 08I just finished writing a wordpress widget that grabs a list of books from GoodReads (book readers social network) and I’d like to share it with whoever needs it 
If you want to use this widget you have to use Wordpress and of course have a GoodReads account.�
Features
- Choose any shelf that you want to display
- There are 16 sorting options
- Choose one of the 3 book cover sizes
- Show or hide book title
- Set the length of book title
- Show or hide author name, isbn, user rating, and average rating
- You can also change the display labels for�author name, isbn, user rating, and average rating
Download
Installation
To install it, simply unzip the download file and move/copy�goodshelf.php�to�/wp-content/plugins�folder of wordpress. In the admin page, go to Plugin and activate the GoodShelf plugin.�After that, you need to configure to get it working. Go to Design or Presentation and select GoodShelf. There is a list of options (mentioned in Features) that you can choose from.�The final step is go to Widget to add GoodShelf widget to your sidebar.�
Customization
If you like to customize the widget, below is a list of CSS classes and id associated with the widget that you can style:
- Book list: .goodshelf_ul
- Book item: .goodshelf_li
- Book cover: .goodshelf_cover
- Book description: .goodshelf_text
- Profile link: #profile_link
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Comment by alice — June 14, 2008 @ 2:23 am
no but you can use it flash-based widget from GoodReads.
Comment by phalkunz — June 14, 2008 @ 2:58 pm
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Pingback by Dan Johnson » Hey, I made a new website! — December 1, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
thanks! this is great. I don’t like the flash-based widget and was looking for something like this.
Comment by kaitlin — March 18, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
download link broken.
Comment by brett — March 27, 2009 @ 7:55 am
Hi guys,
The link has been fixed. Enjoy!!!
Comment by phalkunz — March 27, 2009 @ 8:22 pm
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Pingback by Widget GoodShelf For GoodReads Simply Random | Patio Chairs — June 3, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
This is interesting. It’s like having your own library. I could give it a try. Thanks a lot for posting!
Comment by AudiobookApril — July 9, 2009 @ 10:41 am
Love the application. Is there a way to duplicate the widget? My wife and I have a blog and want 2 widgets to display our separate goodread accounts.
Comment by Michael — August 1, 2009 @ 6:42 am
@Michael: this widget is not multiple-instance ready. We need to change some names in the code to have another one. If you know any PHP you should be able to do it by yourself. If not, you can drop me a line to phalkunz[at]gmail.com (change [at] to @) I’ll do it for you.
Comment by phalkunz — August 1, 2009 @ 9:30 pm
Is the download link broken?
Comment by sharon — November 26, 2009 @ 4:15 am
Thanks for you pointing out, @sharon. It’s fixed now
Comment by phalkunz — November 26, 2009 @ 4:44 am