opolitics

Israel. The war against the Hezbollah in Lebanon and bloodshed are having their toll on the population. The majority of the Israeli general public support the war and numbers haven’t declined since it started, 3 weeks ago.

The other day Gili challenged me and asked me if I could help her with an online petition. I said that I don’t write code, but I could help her and find a solution.

Orit and Gili have been petitioning the government for a ceasefire and needed way to collect signatures in an easy way.

The WordPress Blogging software is very easy to skin. You can create and design your own theme very easily if you have basic knowledge of HTML and CSS (PHP is also usefull).

How to create a petitioning software with Wordpress?

1. I used the default WordPress theme Kubrick and changed the commenting system and internal instruction to a form for adding names, emails and addresses. I shortened the comment field and labeled it as the place for entering the address.
2. I added a Page template that creates a list of all the signatures collected.

Basically this is it. The first version was in Hebrew I started working on English one adding a printer friendly version and thinking of other features.

Shortly, I will post the Wordpress Petition theme \ code on the internet and share with others.

Here is the English test site and the Hebrew working version of the petition, calling the Israeli government for a cease-fire and the opening of negotiations with Lebanon.

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