• version: 0.1
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Cool Code Boxes Plugin

what does this plugin do?

This plugin will create a neat little jQuery box around your code that expands if needed when moused over. Many sites show snippets of code and many times these lines of code are wider than the available content areas. This plugin offers an alternative to the traditional scroll bar at the bottom of the code box. The actual code was published by Chris Coyier at Digging Into WordPress, and I created a plugin to integrate it into WordPress.

example

This is a long piece of text to show how the plugin works.  I am just typing filler to expand past the content area.

why I created it?

I have wanted to contribute to the WP community for some time, but never really had the expertise to create anything useful. I found this code and really liked it and I integrated it into WP. Then I thought it would be easily turned into a plugin. There is also a video series that shows how I created the plugin for those interested in creating plugins for WordPress but don’t know where to get started.

how to use the plugin

All you have to do to use the plugin is to upload the plugin to the plugins folder, activate it in the plugins menu in the admin section. Then add
<pre><code>
before the code you want to display with the cool code boxes and
</code></pre>
after the code.

That’s it, the plugin supplies everything else to produce the effects.