Wordpress Gurus - Need help!

[Lace]

Trying to find a way to show TripAdvisor reviews on a blog, and found this plugin - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...sor-shortcode/

I have already edited it from .co.uk to .com and removed a few things that I did not need to show up, but it keeps showing at the beginning of the post when I have the short code added to the bottom of the post.

Is there any easy way to fix this, or is it some complicated code? If it's complicated, I'll just wait or email the author and see if he can change it.

Here's the code

<?php

// set up menu and options page.

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'tripadvisorsc_menu' );


function tripadvisorsc_menu() {
	add_options_page( 'tripadvisorsc', 'TripAdvisor SC', 'manage_options', 'tripadvisorsc', 'tripadvisorsc_options' );
}

add_action ('admin_init', 'tripadvisorsc_register');

function tripadvisorsc_register(){
register_setting('tripadvisorsc_options', 'tripadvisor_url');
register_setting('tripadvisorsc_options', 'tripadvisor_name');
register_setting('tripadvisorsc_options', 'tripadvisor_id');
}

function tripadvisorsc_options() {
	if ( !current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) )  {
		wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.' ) );
	}
	?>
	<div class="wrap">
	<h2>TripAdvisor Shortcode</h2>
	<div id="donate_container">
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    </div>
	
	<p><form method="post" action="options.php">	</p>
	<p>Add the url of the hotel or accommodation from Tripadvisor:</p>
	
	<?php
	
	settings_fields( 'tripadvisorsc_options' );
	
?>
<p>Add business url from TripAdvisor (exclude the http://tripadvisor.co.uk/): <input type="text" size="80" name="tripadvisor_url" value="<?php echo get_option('tripadvisor_url'); ?>" /></p>
<p>Add business name to display at top of feed (ie Reviews of BUSINESS NAME ): <input type="text" size="80" name="tripadvisor_name" value="<?php echo get_option('tripadvisor_name'); ?>" /></p>
<p>Add Tripadvisor ID (the dxxxxxx number in your url - do not include d: <input type="text" size="80" name="tripadvisor_id" value="<?php echo get_option('tripadvisor_id'); ?>" /></p>

 <?php


	
 submit_button();
echo '</form>';

	
	echo '</div>';
}



// lets build the shortcode



function tripadvisorscode($atts) {

$name = get_option('tripadvisor_name');
$url = get_option('tripadvisor_url');
$id = get_option('tripadvisor_id');

extract( shortcode_atts( array( 
    'name' => $name,
    'url' => $url,  
	'id' => $id, 
), $atts ) ); 


?>
<script  src="http://www.tripadvisor.com/FeedsJS?f=hotels&defaultStyles=n&d=<?php echo isset($atts['id']) ? $atts['id'] : get_option('tripadvisor_id') ?>&plang=en"></script>
<script>window.realAlert = window.alert;
window.alert = function() {};</script>

<div id="TA_Link"><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/<?php echo isset($atts['url']) ? $atts['url'] : get_option('tripadvisor_url') ?>">Reviews of   <?php echo isset($atts['name']) ? $atts['name'] : get_option('tripadvisor_name')  ?> from TripAdvisor.com</a></div>
<div id="TA_Container"></div>

<?php

}

add_shortcode('tripadvisorsc', 'tripadvisorscode');  
?>

[Lace]

Found this in another plugin

// Add the shortcode once for each map
		$shortcodes = "";
		foreach($maps as $map)
			$shortcodes .= '<p>[mappress mapid="' . $map->mapid . '"]</p>';

		if ($autodisplay == 'top')
			return $shortcodes . $content;
		else
			return $content . $shortcodes;
	}

So I guess I need to change a few things and use $content . $shortcodes;

Why didn't I ever take the time to learn php?

[Mr Pheer]

http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

[Killswitch]

http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

[CaptainWolfy]

http://www.tuxradar.com/practicalphp
there u go..

[moeloubani]

what keeps showing at the beginning of your posts? hit me up on skype moeloubani ill take a look

[fris]

please avoid doing a get_option lookup via every shortcode call.

[PornMD]

please avoid doing a get_option lookup via every shortcode call.

Yes, please avoid doing that - it makes fris weep.