Enhanced Bibliplug [plugin] for WordPress

Description
Features
Installation
Settings (short code)
Profile page setup

Reference list setup
Zotero link (sync) setup
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Description:

Bibliplug was first developed at the Virtual Knowledge Studio in 2009, and is still in use on some dozen project-related Web sites. At the time of development, the goal was to create a central repository for all researchers affiliated with the Studio to organize their academic work. The initial design included: (a) database schema for storing bibliographical references, (b) administration pages to manage the references, and (c) short code for easy retrieval of references based on author, year, and publication type.

In this project we further developed the plugin and re-released it (locally) as Enhanced Bibliplug. Added functionality includes: (a) the ability to connect and synchronize with Zotero accounts (see below), (b) a custom Author page template to display user’s academic title, affiliation, bio, and CV content such as publications and presentations, (c) the ability to export bibliography data in RDF format based on the SPAR ontologies, and (d) the ability to group references based on categories and tags.

 

Features:

(1) Bibliplug augments WordPress author pages to create user profiles, which are managed throughout native WordPress account management.

Each registered author page is displayed as: website.org/author/username. In addition, author lists can be created with the use of short code.

(2) adds field for title affiliation

(3) designed to work with ‘User Avatar‘ an existing WP plugin, that facilitates easy upload and cropping of a profile picture.

(4) displays email and website links

(5) large text field with WP rich text editor provided for bio text; facilitates hyperlinking, text formatting, and embedded images or videos.

(6) publication and presentation reference lists are managed through the Zotero Link, and are associated with registered users. in this way, authors manage their publication lists in Zotero and the resulting lists are automatically appended to the respective author profile pages. (Short codes are used to display a reference list at the bottom of a text.)

(7) Publication titles are linked to the source document by entering the URL in the Zotero ‘URL field’

(8) Reference lists are created and managed using a registered (free) Zotero account (individual or group)

(9) references can then be organized is sub-folders, or collections, that are can be individually linked to a WordPress user profile or any WordPress page or post.

(10) the plugin uses the Zotero API to synchronize references with a custom table developed and managed within WordPress database. These settings are available in the Zotero settings at the Feeds/API tab.

 

Installation:

Upload the Enhanced Bibliplug plugin to your CMS.

Activate it.

To use customized author template, copy

wp_content\plugins\bibliplug\template\author.php

to your theme folder.

• If you are using thesis 1.8 for your theme, please copy the content of wp_content\plugins\bibliplug\template\author-loop.php to wp_content\themes\thesis_18\custom\custom_functions.php
• If you are using thesis_custom_loop in your custom_functions.php already, just copy the function author(){ ... } to your thesis_custom_loop class.

You’re done!

To upgrade:
In most cases, reinstall the plugin is sufficient.

However, if you upgrading [Version 0.2.5], please go to the option panel in the admin page, under bibliplug, click “Upgrade Schema” for a manual upgrade.

 

Settings

References can be displayed on any post/page using shortcode bibliplug. For example, to list all John Smith’s journal articles published in 2008, use

[bibliplug last_name='Smith' first_name='John' type='book' year='2008']

Here are the options you can use with bibliplug shortcode.

[bibliplug id=2] displays a single reference.
[bibliplug last_name='Smith'] displays references by author/editor last name.
[bibliplug first_name='John'] displays references by author/editor first name.
[bibliplug type='book'] displays all books.
[bibliplug category='chapter7'] displays all references under category chapter7.
[bibliplug tag='biology'] displays all references with tag biology.
[bibliplug year='2008'] displays all references published in 2008.

Note:

1. You can mix-match any arguments except:
   a. If id is used, other arguments are ignored.
   b. If category is used, tag is ignored.
2. Other than types shown in the drop down box when editing a reference, there are two super types you can use.
   a. Publication => any type that’s not presentation or conference paper.
   b. Presentation => presentation and conference paper.

All references are shown in Chicago Style Author-Date System.

 

Profile page setup

Creating/Editing User Profile Page

In the WP user menu, select ‘Users’ to choose which user to edit, otherwise select ‘Your Profile’.

(1) upload profile photo. once uploaded, drag frame around picture to crop.

(2) ensure either ‘author’ or ‘editor’ role is selected (eg. admin role dose not appear in contributor lists)

(3) add middle name/initial and/or (last name) prefix to synchronize with Zotero collections. List by author requires that names are identical here and in Zotero collections. NOTE: the prefix is for last name prefixes, such as ‘van’ or ‘de’ (eg Dutch names)–however, this must be consistent with Zotero naming convention for proper synchronization.

(4) email address and website addresses will be linked to the words [email | website] in your profile, rather than displaying actual addresses. this is an effort to thwart spam robots.

(5) add title, affiliation, and institution on separate lines

(6) bio text can be edited using the rich text editor or via html (same as WP posts and pages).

NOTE: the ‘Update User’ (below) and Update Picture’ (above) are mutually exclusive.