Title: Welcome Announcement Author: jmbamba Published: نونبر 10, 2009 Last modified: يونيو 28, 2010 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/welcome-announcement.svg) # Welcome Announcement By [jmbamba](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmbamba/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/welcome-announcement.1.0.5.zip) * [Details](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-announcement/#description) * [Reviews](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-announcement/#reviews) * [Development](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-announcement/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-announcement/) ## Description ### This plugin displays a welcome announcement when a visitor enters your blog. The announcement is shown over a transparent veil with an appearance effect, displayed for the defined duration and then taken offscreen with a disappearance effect. The plugin supports announcement in flash format (swf) and standard HTML announcement. An HTML announcement can be defined and supports all standard HTML tags, including text and images. There is wysiwyg editor in the administration panel to help you design it. If you fancy rich content, you can also add it. The announcement is shown on any page, as long as the visitor has not yet seen it. It is very useful if people are redirected to your articles / pages from other blogs or search engines. It has been testes on Internet Explorer 6+ and Firefox 3+. [_Top_](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-announcement/?output_format=md#top) To view a demo of the plugin, open [The demo and disucssion page](http://mbamba.fr/?page_id=93). ### *Features: * * Welcome announcement in **Flash** animation or static (**HTML format**) * You can dynamically pass **parameters** to your flash file * If you choose the flash format, you can provide an **alternate content** * You can temporarily **enable or disable** the welcome announcement * You can **style the announcement**: dimensions and background color. Further customization is possible via the provided CSS file. * You can **style the veil**: background color and transparency. Further customization is possible via the provided CSS file. * You can completely set up the **animation flow**: appearance phase duration and effects, display phase duration, and disappearance phase duration and effects. About **20 effects** are proposed for **appearance and disappearance**, ranging from simple show and slide to stunning infinite zoom or explosion. * You can set **cookie** parameters: name and expiration. * A fully fledged **configuration page** where you can completely set up your welcome announcement. Detailed description of each parameter and visual aids like **wysiwyg text editors** or **color selectors**. ### _Tags_ Welcome announcement, Flash, animation, static, HTML, flash parameters, flash vars, alternate content, style, opacity, transparency, flow, effects, fx, appearance, disappearance, cookie, cross-browser, cross-platform, IE, Internet explorer, Firefox. ### Installation is very easy. 1. Download the package here: 2. Unzip it 3. Upload the folder to your WordPress site in the plugins folder: /wp-content/plugins 4. Log in to your WordPress admin page, go to the plugins menu and activate welcome. 5. You can open you WordPress blog to see how the default animation looks. If you are updating from an earlier version, follow steps 1, and 2 above. Then – replace the previous files with the new ones – Log in to your admin panel, – Deactivate the plugin – Activate the plugin – That’s it for the update! Nota: it is recommended to test the appearance of your announcement by opening your blog page. After you make modification to the plugin options, modify the cookie name to view yourself the changes. [_Top_](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-announcement/?output_format=md#top) ## FAQ I have tested it on many WordPress 2.8.5 installations, under various themes, under Internet Explorer and Firefox. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Welcome Announcement” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ jmbamba ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmbamba/) [Translate “Welcome Announcement” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/welcome-announcement) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/welcome-announcement/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/welcome-announcement/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/welcome-announcement/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/welcome-announcement/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog v1.0.5 Corrected a bug with the add_theme_page call v1.0.4 Added the following: 1. Corrected an addressing bug, thanks to Luis from judowaza.net 2. Opted for the wa prefix instead of welcome_ v1.0.3 Added the following: 1. All scripts loaded using wp_enqueue_scripts and via the hooks wp_print_scripts // admin_print_scripts 2. All stylesheets loaded using wp_enqueue_style and via the hooks wp_print_styles // admin_print_styles 3. Correct noConflict mode to ensure smooth running in presence of other js libraries v1.0.2: Added the following: 1. Ready for internationalization. Loaded with a pot file and a french translation 2. Array of options 3. Restore Default Options Button 4. Dynamic loading of embarqued librairies like jQuery 5. Improved default values ## Meta * Version **1.0.5** * Last updated **16 سنة ago** * Active installations **10+** * Tested up to **3.0.5** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-announcement/) * Tags * [animation](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/animation/)[flash](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/flash/) [html](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/html/)[static](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/static/) * [Advanced View](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-announcement/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-announcement/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-announcement/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ jmbamba ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmbamba/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-announcement/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://mbamba.fr/?page_id=93)