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BNS Featured Tag 1.9

Edward Caissie — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:33:13 +0000

Just as the new version of BNS Featured Category (BNSFC) was release today so am I releasing a new version of BNS Featured Tag (BNSFT). The plugins follow a very similar development path and are generally reviewed and updated in tandem. In this case most of the work was done in BNSFT then ported to BNSFC but I decided to finalize and release BNSFC first due to end-user requests I had received.

The updates to BNS Featured Tag are very similar to those done to BNS Featured Category, please see the changelog for additional details.

To see the changelog click here.To hide the changelog click here.

= 1.9 =
* released November 2011
* confirmed compatible with WordPress 3.3
* added PHPDoc style documentation
* added functionality to BNS Featured Tag Custom Excerpt function – see `bnsft_custom_excerpt`
* added stylesheet to manage plugin specific CSS elements
* added support for bnsft-custom-style.css stylesheet (will not be over-written with updates)
* added i18n support using `bns-ft` textdomain
* added call to `the_excerpt` and wrapped post output in `bnsft-content` CSS element
* added clearing CSS element and `wp_link_pages` after `the_content` call
* changed `bnsft_first_words` to `bnsft_custom_excerpt`
* cleaned up code organization and optimization
* cleaned up documentation
* fixed ‘only_titles’ form issue
* moved CSS for images wider than widget area from inline to ‘bnsft-style.css’

May 2011 Updates

Edward Caissie — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:59:38 +0000

It seems I have been on a bit of a tear with updating recently. Although nothing very dramatic, all of the recent (and upcoming) updates are still useful; and, I suggest keeping up-to-date at your earliest convenience.

The first updates are for two long-standing plugins: BNS Featured Category; and, BNS Featured Tag. Versions 1.8.5 and 1.8.4 respectively are now readily available from the WordPress Extend Plugin repository. As both plugins are very similar, the updates to each are almost identical in nature. That being the case, I will just list the common changelog details. Please feel free to read the specifics after you update.

- released May 2011
- confirmed compatible with WordPress version 3.2
- addressed some minor items in the readme
- cleaned up some text strings in the code
- minor variable changes
- `load_*_widget()`, `*_first_words()`

Next on the updates list is my long time favorite Theme, Desk Mess Mirrored. Again, minor updates, especially since this is what I would call a mature theme. Most of the changes and modifications were directed at adding additional aesthetics via CSS, or at least allowing end-users to be able to further style elements of the Theme. Here is the changelog of recently go “live” version 1.8.5:

- released May 30, 2011
- add 'WordPress Required Version: 3.0' and 'Tested Up To: 3.2' - see http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16868
- added (temporary) Jetpack plugin CSS to resolve clearing issue; see http://tinyurl.com/jetpack-clear-issue
- modify `bns_dynamic_copyright` to include link to home page
- modify `bns_dynamic_copyright` and `bns_theme_version` to have unique `span` wrappers for styling
- adjust comment styles: `p`

There are many more updates (some minor, some not so much) to be addressed with all of my public Themes and Plugins. This will be my focus for the next little while, but please feel free to contact me if you need help with other items or issues WordPress related. I am often available to provide various WordPress Services.

BNS Featured Tag 1.8.1

Edward Caissie — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:03:05 +0000

NB: There was an issue with the plugin version 1.8 and possibly 1.8.1 having to do with ‘newlines’ within the file causing the headers to be resent. This has been corrected with version 1.8.2. The most likeliest solution will be to remove version 1.8 or 1.8.1 and then re-install using version 1.8.2. My apologies for any inconveniences.
Edward Caissie

I finally put the finishing touches on my free WordPress plugin BNS Featured Tag and released version 1.8 … then I realized I missed some of the documentation updates, and just released version 1.8.1. Below is the most recent changelog entries:

== Changelog ==
= 1.8.1 =
* Fix typo and other minor items in readme.txt file
* Update internal 'Release Date' comment

= 1.8 =
* released: October 3, 2010
* added post_thumbnail support
* added shortcode support (`bnsft`)
* version requirements changed appropriately to minimum WordPress version 2.9

= 1.7.2 =
* released: July 5, 2010
* added wp_reset_query();

= 1.7.1 =
* released: June 13, 2010
* format tag names into tag slugs for use in the query (needs to be further addressed)
* cleaned up code to meet WP Standards

= 1.7 =
* compatible with WordPress version 3.0
* updated license declaration

BNS Featured Plugins Verified on WordPress 3.0

Edward Caissie — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:56:39 +0000

The next two plugins on my list for compatibility review with WordPress 3.0 have been verified to work correctly. The plugins I reviewed this time are:

In the cases of these plugins there were not significant edits required to verify they will work correctly when used on WordPress 3.0 installations.

Next up will be the BNS Login and BNS SMF Feeds plugins, followed by the BNS Support plugin. I will be reviewing the BNS Facebook Sharecount plugin after all of the BNS themes have been reviewed.

BNS Featured Tag 1.6

Edward Caissie — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:21:48 +0000

Hot on the trail of the BNS Featured Category plugin update comes the latest version of the BNS Featured Tag plugin. These plugins have virtually the same functionality except one does categories and the other does tags. Their changlogs read almost identical, with the odd exception. I generally work with BNS Featured Category first, work out any bugs that may creep into the code then apply all of the changes to BNS Featured Tag.

One benefit of the new Description option is you can create a tag (or category, if you are using BNS Featured Category); make it the first one in your list; and, then use it to display introductory text for the plugin. Below is a screen snippet of the BNS Featured Tag with Tag Description checked to give you an idea.

Sample of using a tag with no posts.

PS: The color scheme and styling of the plugin are from an upcoming theme I am working on. The plugin itself gets almost all of its style from the active theme.

New WordPress Plugin: BNS Featured Tag

Edward Caissie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:51:13 +0000

Although not exactly new since version 1.0 was released yesterday; I did not make my customary announcement post.

So … here it is!!! BNS Featured Tag is now available at WordPress.org in the Extend Plugins repository. It’s actually at version 1.1 as of today, Aug 26, 2009.

If it sounds a lot like another plugin, do not be alarmed, this is simply the Tag version of my BNS Featured Category plugin.