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BNS Featured Category 2.0

Edward Caissie — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:35:01 +0000

Just a little update to one of my more popular plugins, BNS Featured Category. The changes happen mostly under the page aside from a bit of JavaScript and some more intuitive adjustments to the options panel.

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Changelog
= 2.0 =
* Added `BNS_Options_Scripts_and_Styles`
* Added inline documentation indicating what conditions will partially collapse the widget options panel
* Added `*-toggle` variables for collapse effect
* Added code to remove spaces (if used) when multiple categories are chosen
* Added `current_theme_supports` check for `post-thumbnails`; no support = no thumbnail options

Enjoy!

BNS Early Adopter 0.1

Edward Caissie — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:01:52 +0000

A brand new plugin … freshly minted and ready to show your WordPress spirit: BNS Early Adopter.

It’s quite a simple plugin actually. If you are one of those adventurous souls who like to start using the latest and greatest version of WordPress before they actually release it to the masses then this little plugin will happily show all of your readers you are doing just that.

That being the case, even as it may seem a bit of a Mallory-Everest idea (again) don’t worry about it being version 0.1 … all my new works start at version 0.1, following the typical WordPress version numbering conventions.

Enjoy!

BNS Support 1.1

Edward Caissie — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:09:44 +0000

Finally!

OK, not so much for releasing this plugin but more so for sorting out the issue with this plugin throwing errors when `WP_DEBUG=true`. The issue seems to have been with the code I used from Lester Chan’s ‘WP-PluginUsed’ which I replaced with very similar code from Paul G Petty’s ‘WP List All Active Plugins’.

Aside from the above update, the rest is rather straight-forward and standard fare for recent releases. See the changelog for more details, or better yet: download and activate the plugin … and enjoy!

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== Changelog ==
= 1.1 =
* released November 2011
* confirmed compatible with WordPress version 3.3
* added PHPDoc style documentation
* added `BNS Support TextDomain` i18n support
* added `Enqueue Plugin Scripts and Styles`
* added i18n support
* replaced Lester Chan’s code with the (nearly identical) ‘Plugin Lister’ code by Paul G Getty
* added corrections to ‘Plugin Lister’ code
* removed ‘Plugin Lister’ options and excess/unneeded code
* removed ‘Plugin Lister’ description
* completely merged, stripped out excess, and re-wrote (as needed) ‘Plugin Lister’ code
* re-wrote Parent/Child-Theme Version code

BNS Login 1.8

Edward Caissie — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:06:50 +0000

As I noted in yesterday’s post, I have updated what I consider an essential plugin: BNS Login.

Most of the updates for this plugin were in the documentation with some minor code clean-up, so I’ll just post the changelog and carry on with the next plugin to be updated.

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== Changelog ==
= 1.8 =
* released November 2011
* confirmed compatible with WordPress 3.3
* added phpDoc Style documentation
* added conditional check for custom stylesheet
* cleaned up use of `wp_register`
* general code tidying
* wrap `BNS_Login` and `Add_BNS_Login` in `function_exists` conditionals

Enjoy!

BNS Inline Asides 0.6

Edward Caissie — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:55:10 +0000

As WordPress 3.3 approaches I am still working on updating and releasing my current plugins; themes will follow afterward. All of my themes and plugins are functionally compatible with the current beta release of WordPress 3.3 and I do not foresee any issues once version 3.3 is released.

All the same I am putting each plugin through my new workflow method and tools as part of the general compatibility checks.

The most recent updated plugin is one of my personal favorites: BNS Inline Asides. The biggest difference is changing from using the `blockquote` element to using a `div` block with the `bnsia` class, and dropping support for the `span` element. This is easily changed and noted with the plugin (inline) documentation. Feel free to ask for help if making the change to another supported element is needed.

The other major changes are listed in the recent changelog found in the plugin `readme.txt` file, and below.

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== Changelog ==
= 0.6 =
* released November 2011
* confirmed compatible with WordPress version 3.3
* added PHPDoc style documentation
* added `BNS Inline Asides TextDomain` i18n support
* added `BNS Theme Element` to set CSS element to be used
* added `bnsia` class (to be used as default)
* removed `is_admin` check from enqueue action function (not needed)
* removed ‘span’ support; going forward with block display elements only

You can also expect the BNS Login plugin, next on my list, to have its update released next.

Enjoy!

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Due to an unfortunate over-sight on my part I missed a potential issue. Please update to version 0.6.1 if you are experiencing problems with version 0.6. EAC

BNS Corner Logo 1.6

Edward Caissie — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:08:49 +0000

As WordPress 3.3 approaches I am working through all of my plugins. Although not really in any particular order, and some plugins have more on their @todo list than others, the latest to be highlighted with it’s update is BNS Corner Logo.

The biggest change, or at least the one that is most noticeable to the end-user, is the ability to choose the Gravatar to be used based on user ID rather than only `user_ID = 1` as the default.

The rest of the major changes, although mostly “under-the-page”, are noted in the changelog.

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== Changelog ==
= 1.6 =
* released November 2011
* confirmed compatible with WordPress 3.3
* added phpDoc Style documentation
* added i18n support
* added conditional enqueue of `bns-corner-logo-custom-style.css` stylesheet
* removed inline `z-index` reference; see `bns-corner-logo` stylesheet for value
* moved inline style for corner positions to plugin stylesheet
* refactored `use_gravatar` code to have option of choosing gravatar by user ID

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Important: If you were using the “Gravatar” option prior to updating this plugin, you may need to go into the widget option panel and re-Save to properly re-set the options after updating.

Enjoy!

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.

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= 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’

BNS Featured Category 1.9

Edward Caissie — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:28:16 +0000

A new version version of the BNS Featured Category plugin was released today. There were several changes and additions as well as a few extra bits of goodness.

The plugin is compatible with WordPress 3.3 (specifically tested up to beta3-19254 as of this writing) and now supports internationalization (i18n). End-users can now add their own custom stylesheet for the plugin as well. The full details can be read in the changelog.

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= 1.9 =
* released November 2011
* confirmed compatible with WordPress 3.3
* added phpDoc Style documentation
* added i18n support
* added `bnsfc-style.css` for plugin specific elements
* added `wp_link_pages` after `the_content`
* changed code blocks order to more logical sequence
* changed `bnsfc_first_words` to `bnsfc_custom_excerpt` (refactored documentation)
* changed options panel width to 200px to fit within Administration Panel Sidebar
* changed `bns-cat-class-` to `bnsfc-cat-class-` CSS prefix for category choices for consistency
* corrected documentation typos
* fix ‘only_titles’ form issue
* minor code and format clean-up
* updated ‘readme.txt’ Frequently Asked Questions
* updated screenshot image

BNS Theme Add-Ins v0.2

Edward Caissie — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:28:07 +0000

Several updates and tweaks were made to this plugin based on recent readings and other ideas that came to mind. Here is the changelog for version 0.2:

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= Version 0.2 =
* Released Oct 22, 2011
* Change $bns_textdomain to $bns_lower_case
* Remove `BNS Child-Theme TextDomain` and i18n (translation) support
* Add `BNS Plugin TextDomain` and i18n (translation) support specifically for ‘bns-theme-add-ins’
* Correct `textdomain` issues and re-work the `BNS Child-Theme TextDomain` into `BNS Plugin TextDomain`
* i18n improvements in ‘Readme Menu’ and ‘Changelog Menu’ as well as change CSS containers from `id` to `class`
* Change `BNS Child-Theme Version Control` to `BNS Theme Support`; added functionality to read and display a `support.txt` file similar to the `readme` and `changelog` menu items.
* Minor inline documentation edits

Also to note this entire update was done using a local installation (WampServer) as the primary test environment; the PhpStorm application as the primary IDE; and GitHub for version control.

I would have to say, doing the development across three PC’s was interesting but as I described my “new” workflow previously it was actually a lot easier to adapt to than I expected.

My next release will be the NoNa theme which is being developed under the same conditions; and with a few more tests it too should be ready for the public.

Enjoy!

Plugin: BNS Theme Add-Ins

Edward Caissie — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:26:46 +0000

This was an interesting week for coding. I really hadn’t planned to write a new plugin and get it released into the WordPress Extend repository, it just sort of worked out that way.

I started with the premise of putting into practice the ideas behind one of the core trac tickets I have submitted (#16395). This one deals with the Parent-Theme version and the “Template Version” a Child-Theme is created and maintained for.

The idea actually started from a post by Justin Tadlock at DevPress that follows very closely the idea I presented in the core trac ticket.

This brought about these add-ins:

`BNS Extra Theme Headers`
`BNS Child-Theme Version Control`

My involvement with the WordPress Theme Review Team and the idea of presenting the recommended documentation provided the ideas for the following items:

`BNS Readme Menu Item`
`BNS Changelog Menu Item`

This naturally led to the last Add-In function, as generally Child-Themes do not be default support internationalization:

`BNS Child-Theme TextDomain` and i18n (translation) support

… and so we have a new plugin that covers these items and does not require editing to add a `textdomain`; or menu items; or even a Child-Theme version versus Parent-Theme version test.

As I think of more “generic” functionality, or suitable suggestions, I will update this plugin; in the meantime, please use the plugin and feel free to provide any constructive feedback.

As a closing remark and a bit more back-story, this code was first written to be called with an `include` statement; then re-written to be a mu-plugin; and, finally, as a general WordPress plugin.

I suspect there will be at least some code optimizations to be made; let me know what you think … and, enjoy!