Ephemeris
Adds a sidebar widget that display from the astrological sky the sun sign, the moon sign and the moon phase. The plugin also display degrees for the sun sign, degrees for the moon sign and how old the moon is. It has options to display the signs and moon pictures large and small.
- In addition of English, the plugin comes with various translations:
- Dutch
- French
- Hungarian
Translations credits go to Milly Rondèl for Dutch and Tamas Koos for Hungarian.
Please refer to the WordPress Codex for more information about activating the translation.
If you want to help translating the plugin to your language, please contact me. If you already know how to translate wordpress plugins, have a look at the ephemeris.pot file which contains all the definitions. You may use a gettext editor like Poedit for that purpose.
Download
Download the plugin here: Ephemeris (489.43 KB)
Installation
- To install the plug-in:
- Unpack the *.zip file and extract the /ephemeris/ folder and the files
- Using an FTP program, upload the full /ephemeris/ folder to your WordPress plugins directory (Example: /wp-content/plugins)
- Go to Plugins > Installed and activate the plugin.
- To add the widget:
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Go to Appearance > Widgets, add the widget to the sidebar of your choice and save.
- To use the shortcode:
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Simply add [ephemeris] to your posts or your pages.
Frequently Asked Questions
- I see differences with other websites. Why?
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Calculations are done for the northern hemisphere in local time, so you may see differences with other websites as some of them display calculations in universal time (GMT). For example, Joe’s Web Tools server is in Los Angeles and display the correct calculations for pacific standard time (GMT-8).
- Is the plugin compatible with versions of WordPress ealier to 2.8?
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No. Because of the new widget implementation, you need to use WordPress 2.8 or later. If you are using an earlier version of WordPress, you can try using Ephemeris version 1.1 but, really, you should upgrade.
- How can I support this plugin?
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If you enjoy this plugin and would like to help with the development, please consider donating. Otherwise, spread the word, report bugs and give this plugin a good rating.
- How do I report a bug?
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If you find any bugs with the plugin or if you have any suggestions, please leave a comment to let me know.
Version history
The current version of the plugin is 2.0
The plugin requires Wordpress to be at least version 2.8
The plugin has been tested with wordpress version up to 2.8.2
- Version 2.0
- Compatibility check with WordPress 2.8.2
- Integration of the Hungarian translation
- New [ephemeris] shortcode
- New WordPress 2.8 widget structure
- Version 1.1
- Fixed CSS border style
- Integration of Dutch translation
- Integration of French translation
- 1.0
- Initial release
- To do
- Check sun sign angle accuracy
- Integrate Italian translation
- Add an option to hide the title
- Add an option to display additionnal planets
- Add an option to display the ascending
- Add an option to display the chinese astrological year
- Add an option to display the midheaven
June 8th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
How to change language? There is language folder in plugin but how to change language?
June 8th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
@ahm:
No translations are available in the current version but I should be releasing a new version this week that will include Dutch and French. Please refer to the WordPress Codex for more information about activating the translation. If you want to help translating the plugin, I can send you all the information. It’s very easy to do.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
TNX
I’ll wait for this new version, it’s great plugin.
June 14th, 2009 at 3:49 am
funny stuff
nice to view
kudos to the DEV
greetings from southwest germany
guido
June 14th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Can I use it in german language?
Thanks
Joachim
June 14th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
@Joachim:
It hasn’t been translated in German yet. If you want to help translating the plugin to your language, please contact me (contact@joeswebtools.com). If you already know how to translate wordpress plugins, have a look at the ephemeris.pot file which contains all the definitions. You may use a gettext editor like Poedit for that purpose.
July 13th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Little inaccuracy:
Moon in Aries
-2 degrees
13/7/2009 18:30 MET
Otherwise a very nice plugin!
July 31st, 2009 at 12:37 am
Hi there! I’ve just sent you the italian translation for this plugin!
I’d like to know if there can be a way to have this plugin not for pacific standard time (GMT-8) but for Europe (GMT+1).
Greetings from Italy!
August 5th, 2009 at 6:38 am
I downloaded the widget twice. Today the Sun is in Leo, but not at 29 degrees, as the widget states. There are only 30 degrees to a Sun sign, which would translate that the Sun is about to enter into a new sign tomorrow, August 6th. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, love the widget, just trying to understand this discrepancy.
August 7th, 2009 at 3:08 am
Have something funny (may be a bug):
I want to delete the title in the widget, because the contents speak for themselves,
but it keeps showing up in the sidebar.
It was alright in earlier versions.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:23 am
@Marcel:
Thanks for pointing out the inaccuracy. I’ll look into that.
@Sujan S.:
Thanks a lot for the translation. I’ll do the integration for the next release.
@Jone:
That may be related to the issue that Marcel was pointing out. I’ll look into that.
@Milly:
It’s linked to the new WordPress 2.8 widget structure where widgets use the default title if the title is empty. I’ll add an option to hide the title in the next release.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:51 am
oi sou uma iniciante em bruxaria e as fazes da lua soa muito importante para mim.
October 30th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Hello Joe,
Could you please tell me if your plugin works on Nucleus Blogs? Thanks in advance. Claire.
October 30th, 2009 at 6:18 am
@Claire:
The plugin doesn’t work on Nucleus blogs but I’ve been working on a widget that you should be able to use on any type of blog. Stay tuned…