Tag Archives: release

10.06.13
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wp-SwimTeam v1.40-beta-6 available

I have just uploaded beta-6 of wp-SwimTeam v1.40.  This is a very minor update, the only fix is to deal with a typo which causes the activation process to fail.  If you had updated the plugin by simply dropping the beta release on top of your existing install, you would not have encountered this problem.

The type came about as I have started adding roles and capabilities to wp-SwimTeam (which has been a long standing request).  I have some basic roles and capabilities defined however they are not currently being used for anything.  Their first use will be to allow access to the plugin menus on the Dashboard.  More to come on this later.

wp-SwimTeam Beta (2418 downloads )
09.25.13
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Email Users v4.5.3-beta-3 now available

This afternoon I posted the third beta release of Email Users v4.5.3.  There is a pretty significant change in this build so I may bump to v4.6 when I release it.

Yesterday I posted an article about an odd Email Users problem I was looking at.  This build fixes (correctly) the problem encountered by that user by properly using get_users() instead of a complex SQL query to retrieve the information used to construct the User Settings page.

In addition to being properly constructed, the User Settings page has a number of fixes including proper sorting and the addition of Search (which I could never get working using the old query).

I’ve also addressed a couple of other very minor requests that came up recently in the WordPress Support Forum.

Email Users Beta (5479 downloads )
09.17.13
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Email Users v4.5.3-beta-1 now available

I’ve been looking at a problem reported on the WordPress Support Forum.  While I can’t replicate the problem, I have found some things in the code which constructs the email headers which needed some attention.

This beta build has refactored the construction of the email headers as well as a couple recently requested minor enhancements (%POST_CONTENT% keyword, CC Sender).

Email Users Beta (5479 downloads )
09.03.13
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WordPress Google Form v0.57 released

This afternoon I released a minor update to WordPress Google Form. This update, v0.57 addresses a bug which prevented translation of the “What is” phrase used for CAPTCHA support.  It also includes updated language support files which were not updated in v0.56.

You can find the update in the WordPress Plugin Repository or on your Dashboard as an update.

09.02.13
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Email Users v4.5.1 released

This evening I released a minor update to Email Users. This update, v4.5.1 addresses two feature requests (Post Author Keyword Replacement and Post Excerpt Filtering, removes some debug code, and adds Italian language support.

You can find the update in the WordPress Plugin Repository or on your Dashboard as an update.

08.25.13
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WordPress Google Form v0.56 released

This evening I released v0.56 of WordPress Google Form.  I have not had any bug reports in about a week and my own usage has looked pretty solid so it was time to push it out.

GForm_SS_60This release fixes some issues dealing with UTF-8 characters which are common when using non-English versions of Google Forms.  It also adds a significant new feature in HTML5 Placeholders.  Placeholders are useful for providing your users with hints on what should entered into various fields without setting default values which could then be submitted.  A placeholder has the appearance of a value without actually having something that can be POSTed to the form processor.

Placeholders are an advanced topic in that usage requires knowing the name of the input element.  I have based Placeholders on the same basic usage model as the Advanced Validation functionality I introduced a few releases back.  Locating the name of the input element isn’t difficult but does requiere examining the HTML source.  I wrote up a post on Advanced Validation a few weeks ago and there is a good description of how to identify the name of the input element.

You can find this update on your WordPress Dashboard or in the WordPress plugin repository.

08.21.13
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WordPress Google Forms v0.56-beta-4 available

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I have released beta-4 of WordPress Google Forms.  This beta update addresses a problem reported where the settings for the form weren’t being saved correctly (e.g. turning Title on would not appear to be saved).

It turns out that the settings were saved correctly so the form would work as desired however subsequent edits to the form would return all of the settings to the default state which would then be saved unless the author noted they were wrong and set them correctly again.

The logic to pre-populating the current state of the form’s settings was faulty.  This beta update fixes this bug.

Google Forms Beta (8557 downloads )
08.20.13
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WordPress Google Form v0.56-beta-3 available

This evening I released beta-3 of WordPress Google Form.  This release addresses a requested feature to have “pre-populated fields which disappear when clicked“.

My solution to this request was to implement the placeholder attribute for the input tag.  This is also much easier than expecting users to decipher the complex URL requirements to pass default values to a form.  The difference between a placeholder and a default value is the placeholder value cannot be submitted.  In the case of wanting to have something like “email address”, which isn’t a valid email address, in the form field as a “placeholder”, using the placeholder attribute is a better solution.  At least I think so.

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Placeholder values are defined when the form is added as a Custom Post Type.

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Like the custom validation rules, to use placeholders you will need to know the name attribute for the field you are defining a placeholder for.  Refer to this post I wrote on Advanced Validation to learn how to identify the field name.

Google Forms Beta (8557 downloads )