Display your 5 featured eHow articles on your WordPress sidebar. This widget requires no editing knowledge to install and use. Simply locate your eHow User ID in the code provided by eHow [see below] and fill out the simple widget form. Once you click save, your eHow Author Widget will be displayed on your WP Sidebar. Control height, width and background colors.
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Current release: 1.2
Corrected typographical errors, added on-screen instructions, updated code to reflect more recent eHow version, added fields to reflect addition of background colors, included on screen color picked (courtesy of JSColor.com).
Known bugs: color picker does not work after widget options are saved unless page is refreshed.
Features anticipated for the future: live preview of the Widget during editing, autolocation of eHow author ID based on user name.
Note: Some users with Linus hosts have reported trouble uploading/unpacking the archive through WordPress’ plug-ins menu. Manually upload the unpacked folder to avoid problems.
Locate your eHow User ID through the eHow Widget code
Your User ID is found after “userId%3D” and before either a double-quotation mark or an ampersand (&).
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