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BNS Featured Tag 1.5

Posted by Edward Caissie on Oct 7, 2009 with Comments Closed
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I just uploaded a short while ago the most recent update to the WordPress plugin BNS Featured Tag now at version 1.5.

Here is the recent changelog:

== Changelog ==

= 1.5 =
* added option to set the quantity of the first words of the post to display instead of the default excerpt.
* modified description to reflect new functionality
* slightly increased the size of option panel to better display controls

BNS Featured Tag functions essentially the same as BNS Featured Category. There are a few minor code differences, and the obvious tag versus category selectors. It is usually just a matter of clearing my schedule enough to update the code of one after adding the new functionality to the other. This time it took a few days … busy is good.

Three Plugins to Update

Posted by Edward Caissie on Oct 3, 2009 with Comments Closed
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We have finished a review of the current versions of the last three of our plugins and made minor updates to all of them.

The modifications added a simple version check against the global $wp_version variable that holds the installed WordPress version number. Currently each plugin will only verify the installed version meets the minimum requirements based on functions being used.

There are future possibilities in creating an incentive for users to upgrade to the most current stable version of WordPress. We will be using this “check” method in all our themes and plugins. This verification process has been added to our BNS Login plugin and will be implemented in all of our existing themes with their next updates.

Sample code snippet for (current as of this writing) version checking:

global $wp_version;
$exit_message='This BuyNowShop theme/plugin recommends the use of WordPress 2.8.4, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress">Please Update!';
if (version_compare($wp_version, "2.8.4", "<"))
	{
		exit ($exit_message);
	}

NB: Current version versus minimum version checks will be added at appropriate times.

New Home

Posted by Edward Caissie on Feb 17, 2009 with Comments Closed
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We have just moved to a more flexible home. This is a sub-domain of one of our longest standing web sites, BuyNowShop.com.
Our former home at WordPress.com was a great place to start, but the lack of Plugin and widget access provided the impetus to move to a self-hosted WordPress blog.
We finally decided to go with [...]

WordPress MU 2.7 Out of the Box

Posted by Edward Caissie on Jan 30, 2009 with Comments Closed
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Just recently Donncha O Caoimh posted on his blog that WordPress Mu (2.7) was available. We have not had a great deal of time lately to stay on the bleeding edge of its development so this announcement was all we were waiting for to push two MU installations updates.
A quick review and some brief observations:
The combined time to [...]

WP e-Commerce Installation Fix

Posted by Edward Caissie on Jan 24, 2009 with 1 Comment
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We have been reviewing various e-Commerce plugins recently and found issues with installing WP e-Commerce version 3.6.9 by Instinct Entertainment.
The problem, in its simplest form, is the zip file packaging. The WordPress automated Plugin installation program perpetuates this problem by not installing the Plugin correctly.
If you have already tried to install the WP e-Commerce Plugin prior [...]