Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on July 4th, 2008 in Software, WordPress

RunningAHEAD is an online running log. It allows you to insert summary and statistical information from your log into various website. This widget allows you to easily add this information to your sidebar. It offers the following information:

• A link to your log
• Your mileage in the current week, month and year along with the total miles logged
• Your latest workouts
• Your personal records

The plug-in can be downloaded here:

• Version 1.0.1
• Version 1.0.0

Installation

To install, do the following:

1. Unzip the contents of the plug-in into your wp-content/plugins directory
2. Activate the RunningAHEAD plug-in from within your WordPress admin control panel
3. Go to Design -> Widgets
4. Add the RunningAHEAD widget to your sidebar
5. Edit the widget settings. This is described below

After installation and plug-in activation, it should look like this in your list of plug-ins:

Widget Settings

Here is the widget’s control panel:

At a minimum, you must provide your RunningAHEAD user ID. This is the 32-character hex string that you would see in the URL of your running log. E.g.

The “Title” allows you to change the heading on the widget. The default is “RunningAHEAD”, but as you can see in the screen shot, I have changed it to say “Running Summary“.

The various check boxes allow you to enable or disable various pieces of information.

If you are displaying your latest workouts, the “Num Workouts” drop down allows you to set how many workouts to display. The maximum number is 10.

Please note that the Widget Logic setting is not a RunningAHEAD widget setting, but is actually from a different widget.

Here is an example of the widget being displayed. In this example I chose to display only my distance totals: