Description
This plugin enables websites to ‘go dark’ on January 18th with a customizable message and start/end times to protest SOPA/PIPA and Internet Censorship
It enables you to customize the message displayed on the front end, and optionally display either a stylized ‘Censored’ sign or seal.
When ‘dark’ your website will return a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable status code so as to not damage your search engine rankings, as well as specify the length of time for the visitor to try back after.
Credits
- Design and Sign/Seal was created by Cheryl Eisenhard ( http://cheryleisenhard.com/ )
- Development by George Stephanis ( http://stephanis.info/ )
- Wood Grain Background taken from http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/8-tileable-dark-wood-texture-patterns/
Screenshots
Settings Page 
Settings Page 
Front-end Display 
Front-end Display
Installation
- Upload the folder
go-darkto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- (optionally) Customize the start and end times, as well as the message displayed.
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Contributors & Developers
“Go Dark” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
Translate “Go Dark” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.0.7
- Adding nonce for further security.
1.0.6
- Added vimeo video to default message, and link to admin panel sidebar for convenience.
1.0.5
- Minor CSS change — html,body {height:100%;} becomes {min-height:100%;}
1.0.4
- I’m a numbskull, forgot a )
1.0.3
- Added backwards compatability for WP < 3.1
1.0.2
- Added
503 Service Temporarily Unavailablestatus code so as to not damage website SEO.
1.0.1
- Added screenshots.
1.0
- Initial Release.