I’ve updated the Comment Spotlight plugin for WordPress. Changes in 1.1 include: Fully WP 2.6 compatible Lots of code cleanup Fixed spotlight image so it’s NOT inside the first paragraph Spotlighted comments add “clear: both” div to end so spot images don’t extend past comment bottom Moved Settings screen to Settings menu (was in Comments [...]
Version 2.1.2 of my JavaScript Pull-Quotes plugin for WordPress is up. The biggest change from the user end is that localizations (i.e. translations) now work. (The had worked previously, but broke somewhere along the way.) It includes French and Italian translations. If anyone out there would like to translate the plugin for others who speak [...]
A new version 2.1.1 is up. Among the changes: Increased efficiency of version checking Fixed a small bug with the admin footer Significant cleanup of Style selection code Moved Default style to resources folder so it can’t be misplaced Significant error checking RE missing or renamed styles If chosen style is missing, falls back to [...]
A few weeks ago I wrote instructions on putting a plugin attribution in the footer of your plugin’s Admin/Settings screen. It’s a good technique, and I’ve already seen a few plugins using it. I’ve noticed somewhat of an issue recently. This is nothing Earth-shaking, nor will it break anybody’s blog; it’s really just a matter [...]
By Stephen R
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Posted in GUI Goodness, Webcraft
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Also tagged attribution, caution, code, consistency, GUI, how to, manners, priority, standards, WordPress
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Okay, folks. A user pointed out a recent bug that can prevent the VUSER from being determined correctly. It probably accounts for the vast majority of the “This isn’t working” reports we’ve been getting around here lately. Sorry about that. So, if you’ve been having trouble getting the latest version to work, try version 2.4. [...]
A reader (or at least someone who tried to be one…) emailed me to point out that my site was down for a good portion of the day. To further the embarrassment, in place of my content was a PHP error message pointing a finger squarely at the Shrinkylink plugin that I just yesterday used [...]
If you’ve ever written a plugin for WordPress you’ve probably dealt with giving the end user options. Unless you’ve taken the low road and forced the user to directly edit the plugin file, “options” means a Settings screen in the WordPress admin, and most likely you are storing those options in the blog’s wp-options table. [...]
In a recent post I showed how to put an attribution in the footer of your plugin’s admin screen. In the example I gave, I used a format of: MyWidget plugin | Version 1.0 I have seen a few plugins already updated and using this methodology, but for the most part authors are adding a [...]