For some time now I have been trying to manage support for my WordPress plugins in the comments here or via email. I have quickly found that it becomes unmanageable and the comments become overwhelming.
To alleviate the pain of supporting my plugins via this manner I have added a support forum. All WordPress plugin support discussions should be entered at the new support forum. I have enabled comment moderation here now so that support discussions no longer make it into the comments. These instructions are provided in the comment field on all pages.
So if you here to ask a support question for a WordPress plugin please head over to http://forum.sivel.net/.
A link to the forum also appears in the navigation bar on the upper right of this site.
The AJAXify FAQ-Tastic WordPress Plugin has been updated to version 0.3. New to this update is WordPress 2.6 compatibility. See the Change Log for changes. Enjoy!
The Lightview JS WordPress Plugin has been updated to version 0.3. New to this update is WordPress 2.6 compatibility. See the Change Log for changes. Enjoy!
The Shadowbox JS WordPress Plugin has been updated to version 2.0. New to this update is shadowbox.js 2.0,calling javascript libraries when available from Yahoo and Google APIs and WordPress 2.6 compatibility. See the Change Log for changes. Enjoy!
In a recent post I said that I wanted to release updates to all of my plugins for WordPress 2.6 compatibility at one time. But I have been busy on some other things and haven’t given my plugins the attention they need. So I’m going to release updates as I get time. To start I am releasing an update to the Polaroid on the Fly WordPress Plugin. See the change log for changes.
I’m in the middle of updating all of my WordPress plugins, excluding those that I have previously marked as end of life, for WordPress 2.6 compatibility.
The changes in 2.6 will not affect the large majority of WordPress users so the current versions should work without problem.
I hope to release all updated plugins at the same time. I’m not quite sure when that will happen so keep an eye out. I may have to leave Shadowbox JS off the list and release the update later seeing as though I have to get Shadowbox 2.0 into the this coming release.
This message is for all of the WordPress plugin developers out there.
Use the WordPress plugin repository dammit!
Reasons to use the WordPress plugin repository:
- It is free
- It gives your plugin a lot of exposure
- It isn’t dependent on your crappy $5.95/month hosting
- It provides real download links that can be used with wget and not those annoying download counters
- The WordPress software will allow the blog owner to see that there is an update to your plugin
- It will work with the WordPress auto updater
Now stop only providing download links on your site and publish your plugins in the WordPress plugins repository!
Let me put it this way…The next time I am looking for a plugin and I find yours, and it is not hosted in the WordPress plugin repository, I am taking your code, publishing it in the WordPress plugin directory and I wont acknowledge you as the author!
I’m tired of using outdated WordPress plugins because it wasn’t hosted where it should be and I wasn’t notified that an update was available, and come to find out that it wasn’t even working!
And yes I am using a lot of exclamation points! It’s because I am pissed!
Knowledge Constructs has released a new version of their FAQ-Tastic plugin dubbed FAQ-Tastic Lite.
The AJAXify FAQ-Tastic WordPress plugin has been tested with this new version and is fully compatible. Enjoy!
I will no longer be updating the Lightview JS WordPress plugin with new versions of Lightview from Nick Stakenburg as the author has changed the licensing requiring users to purchase Lightview. As I DO NOT purchase software and frown upon authors who distribute their software freely and then decide to require licensing fees; this plugin is now end of life.
The Shadowbox JS WordPress Plugin has been updated to version 0.4. New to this update is the ability to add class=“hidden” to hide additonal links when creating an album or gallery and the ability to not include the javascript libraries in the header if you have a theme or other plugin that handles this. See the Change Log for changes. Enjoy!