The MeasureSquare Flooring Calculator widget plugin allows you to add a flooring calculator to your website in order to increase visitor engagement. It allows users to create basic rooms and approximate how much flooring material (carpet, hardwood, etc…) they need.
Please contact carpet_calculator@measuresquare.com for questions or to report bugs
Copyright (C) 2020 Measure Square Corp.
License
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 2
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.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
Details about the widget
- The widget is intended to attach to a sidebar and will appear as a red button with label saying “Flooring Calculator”
- You may customize the widget’s position using the dropdown menu in settings. Choose from Top Right, Middle Right, or Bottom Right
Details about the flooring calculator
- It defaults to the carpet flooring type, but allows users to select tile, vinyl, wood, and laminate as well
- Click on “Advanced” to adjust advanced settings, which impact the measurement system (Imperial, Metric) and flooring material attributes
- Draw rooms by clicking on the different shapes at top. You may adjust their sizes by dragging walls or typing measurements in the width and length input boxes
- When done drawing rooms, click on “Get Quantity Estimate and Layout” to generate a report containing flooring usages, cut sheet, and waste. Users can elect to mail this report to themselves by providing an email address and clicking “Email Estimate”
Check out a demo of our calculator here: https://calculator.measuresquare.com/flooring
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.