Interactive Longform Articles

Interactive multimedia articles, with a background scroll effect. Wordpress plugin for for longform journalism.

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Examples

Upload the unzipped plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install the plugin via Wordpress CMS
Activate the plugin in Plugins section in Wordpress CMS.
If using WP 5.0+, disable Gutenberg Editor (see instruction below)
Add a new post or page, and select “Interactive article” as the page template
Create an Interactive Article (see instruction below)
Publish article

Interactive Longform Articles doesn’t currently support the Gutenberg Editor. Please see your options on disabling the editor at: https://kinsta.com/blog/disable-gutenberg-wordpress-editor

There are a few optional settings you can adjust in Settings > Interactive Longform Articles:
- Enable Interactive Articles as a separate post type
- Enable the “downloads” section
- Add Google Analytics Event tracking
- Adjust the progress indicator color

A custom logo can be added by enabling Custom Logo for the theme: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/functionality/custom-logo

Default header and footer can be customized by including a header.php or footer.php template in a directory named “interactive” inside the theme

A carousel list of interactive articles can be added by using shortcode [interactive-list max=”3”]. “Max” parameter indicates the maximum amount of articles listed. Requires that featured images are set for all articles.

Use Node 8.*

npm install
npx gulp default
npx gulp watch

The plugin uses SASS for styling. The files can be found at the /sass directory.

Licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE for details

Authored by the tech team at CLICKON Media Ltd https://www.clickon.co