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+<?php
+/*
+Plugin Name: Verite Timeline Plugin
+Plugin URI: http://timeline.verite.co/
+Description: Add Verite Timelines to your WordPress posts using the shortcode [verite-timeline].
+Version: 0.1
+Author: Zach Wise, Jeremy Rue
+Author URI: http://timeline.verite.co/
+License: GNU
+
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
+
+Map tiles by [Stamen Design](http://stamen.com "Stamen Design"), under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 "CC BY 3.0"). 
+Data by [OpenStreetMap](http://openstreetmap.org "OpenStreetMap"), under [CC BY SA](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 "CC BY SA").
+*/
+
+class VeriteTimelinePlugin{
+
+	function VeriteTimelinePlugin(){
+		
+		//add scripts if shortcode exists in a post
+		add_action( 'wp_head', array(__CLASS__, 'detectVeriteShortCodes'), 0);
+		
+		//adds the shortcode [verite-timeline] to WordPress hook
+		add_shortcode('verite-timeline', array(__CLASS__, 'addVeriteShortCode'));
+	}
+	
+	function addVeriteShortCode($atts){
+			
+		//extract the URL to json from the shortcode attribute
+		extract( shortcode_atts( array('url' => null), $atts ));
+		
+		// HELP ME OUT HERE, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PHP-ZW
+		//extract the height from the shortcode attribute
+		//extract( shortcode_atts( array('height' => null), $atts ));
+		
+		if($url) $verite_json_uri = $url;
+		//if($height) $verite_height = $height;
+		//if($width) $verite_width = $width;
+		//if($js) $verite_js = $js;
+		//if($css) $verite_css = $css;
+		
+		//write to the DOM
+
+		return "
+			<!-- BEGIN Timeline Embed -->
+			<div id=\"timeline-embed\"></div>
+			<script type=\"text/javascript\">// <![CDATA[
+				var timeline_config = {
+					width: \"100%\",
+					height: \"650px\",
+					source: \"". $verite_json_uri ."\"
+				}
+			// ]]></script>
+			<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://veritetimeline.appspot.com/latest/timeline-embed.js\"></script>
+			<!-- END Timeline Embed -->
+		";
+	}
+	
+	function detectVeriteShortCodes(){
+		global $post;
+		
+		//if there is a shortcode in the post...
+		$verite_shortcode_exists = stripos($post->post_content, '[verite-timeline');
+		
+		//load in scripts
+		if($verite_shortcode_exists || $verite_shortcode_exists === 0){
+			
+			//take out any existing versions of jquery to use our own
+			//wp_dequeue_script( 'jquery' );
+			//wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );
+			
+			//register our scripts and styles
+			//wp_register_script( 'jquery', plugins_url('/jquery-min.js', __FILE__) );
+			//wp_register_script( 'verite_script', plugins_url('/timeline-min.js', __FILE__), array('jquery'), '0.5', false );
+			//wp_register_style( 'verite_styles', plugins_url('/timeline.css', __FILE__), false, '0.5', 'all');
+			
+			//load them into the DOM
+			//wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
+			//wp_enqueue_script('verite_script');
+			//wp_enqueue_style('verite_styles');
+			
+		}
+	}	
+}
+
+function VeriteTimelinePluginInit(){ 
+	global $veriteTimelineInstance; 
+	$veriteTimelineInstance = new VeriteTimelinePlugin();
+}
+
+add_action('init', 'VeriteTimelinePluginInit');
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