2nd March 2007

Readme

Posted by Lester Chan at 17:33 in Site

DO NOT POST support questions in the comments, please use http://forums.lesterchan.net instead.

BUT before you do that, please make sure you have read the plugins online readme and NOTE the tabs at the top. That is the exact same readme.html that is included in the zip file of each plugin.

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15th June 2009 (3 weeks ago)

Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins June 2009 Update

Posted by Lester Chan at 18:52 in WP-Ban, WP-CommentNavi, WP-DBManager, WP-DownloadManager, WP-EMail, WP-PageNavi, WP-PluginsUsed, WP-Polls, WP-PostRatings, WP-PostViews, WP-Print, WP-RelativeDate, WP-ServerInfo, WP-Stats, WP-Sticky, WP-UserOnline

Here is my June 2009 WordPress plugins update containing all my 16 WordPress plugins update. All of them should work on WordPress 2.8 as I did not test them on any WordPress version below that.

Now my plugins uses jQuery for AJAX instead of TW-Sack. I have also updated the widget code to make use of the new WordPress 2.8 new Widget class and that supports multi-instances widgets. The widget code has now been merge with the main plugin file so the standalone widget plugin file is no longer in use. Please delete the whole plugin folder and upload it again to avoid any error.

As WordPress 2.8 supports loading of JavaScript in the footer, all my plugins’ JavaScripts will be loaded in the footer. Be sure you have in your theme footer.php.

Be sure to read the readme.html and checkout the changelog for more information and most importantly NOTE THE TABS AT THE TOP

WP-Ban 1.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-CommentNavi 1.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-DBManager 2.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-DownloadManager 1.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-EMail 2.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-PageNavi 2.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-PluginsUsed 1.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-Polls 2.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-PostRatings 1.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-PostViews 1.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-Print 2.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-RelativeDate 1.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-ServerInfo 1.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-Stats 2.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-Sticky 1.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

WP-Useronline 2.50
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Support Forum

If you like or love my plugins a lot, do consider making a donation to me. My Paypal email address is lesterchan AT gmail DOT com. Thank you =D

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11th June 2009 (4 weeks ago)

WordPress 2.8 Released

Posted by Lester Chan at 10:11 in WordPress

WordPress 2.8 has been released!

Here is the quote from Matt:

I’m very excited to announce to everyone that the latest and greatest version of WordPress, version 2.8 “Baker,” is immediately available for download. 2.8 represents a nice fit and finish release for WordPress with improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed. We also fixed over 790 bugs. This release is named in honor of noted trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker.

Major New Improvements
First and foremost, 2.8 is way faster to use. We’ve changed the way WordPress does style and scripting.

The core and plugin updaters in previous versions of WordPress have been such a success we decided to bring the same to themes. You can now browse the entire theme directory and install a theme with one click from the comfort of your WordPress dashboard.

If you make edits or tweaks to themes or plugins from your dashboard, you’ll appreciate the new CodePress editor which gives syntax highlighting to the previously-plain editor. Also there is now contextual documentation for the functions in the file you’re editing linked right below the editor.

If you were ever frustrated with widgets before, this release should be your savior. We’ve completely redesigned the widgets interface (which we didn’t have time to in 2.7) to allow you to do things like edit widgets on the fly, have multiple copies of the same widget, drag and drop widgets between sidebars, and save inactive widgets so you don’t lose all their settings. Developers now have access to a much cleaner and robust API for creating widgets as well.

Finally you should explore the new Screen Options on every page. It’s the tab in the top right. Now, for example, if you have a wide monitor you could set up your dashboard to have four columns of widgets instead of the two it has by default. On other pages you can change how many items show per page.

Download: WordPress 2.8

View: WordPress 2.8 Changelog

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8th June 2009 (4 weeks ago)

WordPress 2.8 RC1

Posted by Lester Chan at 08:55 in WordPress

WordPress 2.8 RC1 has been released. Here is a link to the changelog from beta 2 to rc1.

Download: WordPress 2.8 RC1

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24th May 2009

WordPress 2.8 Beta 2

Posted by Lester Chan at 22:01 in WordPress

WordPress 2.8 Beta 2 has been released. Here is a link to the changelog from beta 1 to beta 2.

Download: WordPress 2.8 Beta 2

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17th May 2009

WordPress 2.8 Beta 1

Posted by Lester Chan at 16:51 in Site, WordPress

WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 has been released. For all the new features, refer to the WordPress 2.8 in Codex. I am going to upgrade this site now.

This site is running the development versions of all my plugins, so it should work with WordPress 2.8. Please let me know if you encounter any bug.

Download: WordPress 2.8 Beta 1

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5th April 2009

Interview By shakin.ru

Posted by Lester Chan at 00:58 in WordPress

I was interviewed by Mike of shakin.ru, a webdesign blog. Check our the interview in Russian or English.

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17th March 2009

New WP_Widget Class In WordPress 2.8

Posted by Lester Chan at 13:30 in Plugins, WordPress

In WordPress 2.8, there is a new WP_Widget class, which personally I like it very much as now the multi-instances of widgets is handled by WordPress, all you need to do is just to extends the WP_Widget class and overwrite 3 of the functions namely widgets(), update() and form();

Below is a sample code taken from my WP-Polls that displays Polls Widget. It is tested and it works perfectly. Hope it is useful for plugin authors.

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<?php
### Class: WP-Polls Widget
 class WP_Widget_Polls extends WP_Widget {
	// Constructor
	function WP_Widget_Polls() {
		$widget_ops = array('description' => __('Put a poll that you have added in WP-Polls on your sidebar', 'wp-polls'));
		$this->WP_Widget('polls', __('Polls'), $widget_ops);
	}
 
	// Display Widget
	function widget($args, $instance) {
		extract($args);
		$title = esc_attr($instance['title']);
		$poll_id = intval($instance['poll_id']);
		$display_pollarchive = intval($instance['display_pollarchive']);
		echo $before_widget.$before_title.$title.$after_title;
		get_poll($poll_id);
		if($display_pollarchive) {
			display_polls_archive_link();
		}
		echo $after_widget;
	}
 
	// When Widget Control Form Is Posted
	function update($new_instance, $old_instance) {
		if (!isset($new_instance['submit'])) {
			return false;
		}
		$instance = $old_instance;
		$instance['title'] = strip_tags($new_instance['title']);
		$instance['poll_id'] = intval($new_instance['poll_id']);
		$instance['display_pollarchive'] = intval($new_instance['display_pollarchive']);
		return $instance;
	}
 
	// DIsplay Widget Control Form
	function form($instance) {
		global $wpdb;
		$instance = wp_parse_args((array) $instance, array('title' => __('Polls', 'wp-polls'), 'poll_id' => 0, 'display_pollarchive' => 1));
		$title = esc_attr($instance['title']);
		$poll_id = intval($instance['poll_id']);
		$display_pollarchive = intval($instance['display_pollarchive']);
?>
 
 
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php _e('Title:', 'wp-polls'); ?>
<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></label>
 
 
 
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('display_pollarchive'); ?>"><?php _e('Display Polls Archive Link Below Poll?', 'wp-polls'); ?>
<select name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('display_pollarchive'); ?>" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('display_pollarchive'); ?>" class="widefat">
					<option value="0"<?php selected(0, $display_pollarchive); ?>><?php _e('No', 'wp-polls'); ?></option>
					<option value="1"<?php selected(1, $display_pollarchive); ?>><?php _e('Yes', 'wp-polls'); ?></option>
				</select>
 
			</label>
 
 
 
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('poll_id'); ?>"><?php _e('Poll To Display:', 'wp-polls'); ?>
<select name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('poll_id'); ?>" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('poll_id'); ?>" class="widefat">
					<option value="-1"<?php selected(-1, $poll_id); ?>><?php _e('Do NOT Display Poll (Disable)', 'wp-polls'); ?></option>
					<option value="-2"<?php selected(-2, $poll_id); ?>><?php _e('Display Random Poll', 'wp-polls'); ?></option>
					<option value="0"<?php selected(0, $poll_id); ?>><?php _e('Display Latest Poll', 'wp-polls'); ?></option>
				</select>
 
			</label>
 
<input type="hidden" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('submit'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('submit'); ?>" value="1" />
<?php
	}
}
 
### Function: Init WP-Polls Widget
add_action('widgets_init', 'widget_polls_init');
function widget_polls_init() {
	register_widget('WP_Widget_Polls');
}
?>
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7th March 2009

WordPress as a Blogging Tool

Posted by Lester Chan at 21:54 in WordPress

I presented about WordPress as a Blogging Tool during BlogOut! 2009 earlier today. I have uploaded my slides to SlideShare. Feel free to take a look at it =D

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5th March 2009

Downloads Surpass 1 Million Mark

Posted by Lester Chan at 14:46 in Plugins

My 17 plugins download count has surpass the 1 million mark. As of 2.44pm (GMT+8), it has a total download of 1,001,369 making up 4.5% downloads of the grand total downloads of 22,152,788 on WordPress.org.

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23rd February 2009

WordPress PowerPoint Template

Posted by Lester Chan at 17:33 in WordPress

I googled and could not find any WordPress PowerPoint Template for me to use for my WordPress presentation entitled, Using Wordpress as a blogging tool, which will take place during Blogout’09 on the 7th March 2009.

So I thought, I must as well create it and share with those who needed a WordPress theme PowerPoint Template for a WordPress related presentation. Logos and colors are referenced off WordPress Logos and Graphics.

Cover Slide   Content Slide

  WordPress PowerPoint Template (73.8 KiB, 1,040 hits)

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