Comments on: Recent Posts: WordPress Plugin http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/ Spirituality and Theology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:08:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rob http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-938 Rob Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:08:15 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/#comment-938 <a href="http://rmarsh.com/plugins/recent-posts/" rel="nofollow">A new version is now available.</a> A new version is now available.

]]> By: Rob http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Rob Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:47:39 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/#comment-501 Shiva: I'm coming round to the idea of separate options pages. Lots of other things are underway too. I've found a way of stripping any kind of pseudo-tag. I could also give the possibility of letting the tags 'do their stuff' just as they would in the post itself. I'm also getting somewhere with a very flexible way of specifying whatever kind of output the user wants. My main problems now are implementing all that without too many bugs and working out how best to specify the burgeoning set of options! Shiva: I’m coming round to the idea of separate options pages. Lots of other things are underway too. I’ve found a way of stripping any kind of pseudo-tag. I could also give the possibility of letting the tags ‘do their stuff’ just as they would in the post itself. I’m also getting somewhere with a very flexible way of specifying whatever kind of output the user wants.

My main problems now are implementing all that without too many bugs and working out how best to specify the burgeoning set of options!

]]> By: Shiva http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Shiva Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:56:43 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/#comment-499 I think the advantages of having seperate options pages outweights the disadvantages. It's only one more tab on the options page and duplication of code is no big deal. Having the option of stripping out things in brackets would be ideal as so many other plugins use these. Something like the youtube tags mentioned above where it uses 2 sets of brackets might be too difficult? ~shiva I think the advantages of having seperate options pages outweights the disadvantages. It’s only one more tab on the options page and duplication of code is no big deal.

Having the option of stripping out things in brackets would be ideal as so many other plugins use these. Something like the youtube tags mentioned above where it uses 2 sets of brackets might be too difficult?

~shiva

]]> By: the.preaxz » W3C Validation, Blog Ini “Not Valid” http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-492 the.preaxz » W3C Validation, Blog Ini “Not Valid” Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:25:16 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/#comment-492 [...] Silakan lihat baris yang dinyatakan tidak valid. Tampilan itu adalah baris hasil dari “Recent Post” yang merupakan plugin Wordpress, meski saya tidak mendapati kesalahan pada script plugin tersebut. Plugin URI: http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/ Version: 1.03 Author: Rob Marsh, SJ Author URI: http://rmarsh.com/ [...]

[...] Silakan lihat baris yang dinyatakan tidak valid. Tampilan itu adalah baris hasil dari “Recent Post” yang merupakan plugin Wordpress, meski saya tidak mendapati kesalahan pada script plugin tersebut. Plugin URI: http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/ Version: 1.03 Author: Rob Marsh, SJ Author URI: http://rmarsh.com/ [...]

]]> By: Rob http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Rob Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:04:01 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/#comment-480 Shiva & David: You are right that it is getting complicated. I personally don't use the excerpt functionality so I haven't thought a lot about how best it should work. I took over from the Related Posts plugin the way it displays a simple snippet with HTML tags removed. My sense is that the excerpt is just to give a glimpse of the content rather than to render it fully ... but am I wrong? There are some choices then: do we render the excerpt fully, tags and all; do we try and give options to strip out whatever kind of tags the user happens to use; or do we leave it alone? Any ideas? David: Sharing options? I built Similar Posts first and then realised I could extend it to the other plugins easily. It seemed silly at the time to duplicate all the option page code for each plugin. I thought users would probably have a basic set of options that would be shared among the various plugins and still be able to customise each one by specifying its parameters. I am wondering now whether or not to give each plugin its option page. The price would be duplication of code and of option screen real estate. The pay off would be ease of use. What do you (all) think? Shiva & David: You are right that it is getting complicated. I personally don’t use the excerpt functionality so I haven’t thought a lot about how best it should work. I took over from the Related Posts plugin the way it displays a simple snippet with HTML tags removed. My sense is that the excerpt is just to give a glimpse of the content rather than to render it fully … but am I wrong? There are some choices then: do we render the excerpt fully, tags and all; do we try and give options to strip out whatever kind of tags the user happens to use; or do we leave it alone? Any ideas?

David: Sharing options? I built Similar Posts first and then realised I could extend it to the other plugins easily. It seemed silly at the time to duplicate all the option page code for each plugin. I thought users would probably have a basic set of options that would be shared among the various plugins and still be able to customise each one by specifying its parameters.

I am wondering now whether or not to give each plugin its option page. The price would be duplication of code and of option screen real estate. The pay off would be ease of use.

What do you (all) think?

]]> By: David http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-476 David Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:13:58 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/#comment-476 I have a similar problem with the brackets, only it is with inserting videos. The tag looks like this: [youtube]Ge0kYHjXHL0[/youtube], so in this case one would want to get rid of not only the brackets but everything in between them. Sounds like it is getting complex! Also, does this plugin have to share options with similar posts? I use both and want different display options for each. I have a similar problem with the brackets, only it is with inserting videos. The tag looks like this: [youtube]Ge0kYHjXHL0[/youtube], so in this case one would want to get rid of not only the brackets but everything in between them. Sounds like it is getting complex!

Also, does this plugin have to share options with similar posts? I use both and want different display options for each.

]]> By: Shiva http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Shiva Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:25:28 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/#comment-471 Thanks Rob for your work on this. Much appreciated! An option would be great. If the plugin doesn't render such things in brackets I am wondering why it would be needed. Thanks Rob for your work on this. Much appreciated! An option would be great. If the plugin doesn’t render such things in brackets I am wondering why it would be needed.

]]> By: Rob http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Rob Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:39:53 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/#comment-456 Hoboken: I'm working on a new version that will give much greater flexibility of what to display and how to display it. It involves some biggish changes so it might be a few days before I'm happy it is working properly. Shiva: I'll think about your request... obviously it would be no good to strip everything in square brackets but I may he able to include an option. Hoboken: I’m working on a new version that will give much greater flexibility of what to display and how to display it. It involves some biggish changes so it might be a few days before I’m happy it is working properly.

Shiva: I’ll think about your request… obviously it would be no good to strip everything in square brackets but I may he able to include an option.

]]> By: Shiva http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Shiva Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:16:06 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/#comment-455 This is a great plugin. However I am using a photopress plugin which puts in tags like [photopress:alignment_1_2_blahblah] and this code shows up in the excerpts. I don't want the photo to show up on the front page where I am using this plugin, but I don't want this code either. Is there anyway to just strip out everything in brackets? thanks!! ~shiva This is a great plugin. However I am using a photopress plugin which puts in tags like [photopress:alignment_1_2_blahblah] and this code shows up in the excerpts. I don’t want the photo to show up on the front page where I am using this plugin, but I don’t want this code either. Is there anyway to just strip out everything in brackets?

thanks!!

~shiva

]]> By: Hoboken411 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Hoboken411 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:55:48 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/26/recent-posts/#comment-453 How can I get the date to show up before the post titile? How can I get the date to show up before the post titile?

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