WP-o-Matic 1.0RC4 released

Some important and some not-as-important bug fixes in this version. Hopefully this will be the last release candidate before the grand 1.0 release:

  • Tables not deleted anymore upon installation
  • Fixed SimplePie error report.
  • Fixed small post content bug (not hidden by default)
  • Fixed cron url
  • Removed inverted quotes from queries
  • Fixed notices in debug mode
  • No error showing for campaigns w/o feeds fixed

Click here to download

As usual, head to Lighthouse for bug reports

WP-o-Matic 1.0RC3 beta shipping.

Here is the upcoming RC3 release!

Remember that, just like any release prior to 1.0, upgrading will erase your previous campaigns, feeds, logs, etc.

  • Now compatible with Wordpress 2.5
  • Categories shown with indentation (parent > children now separated)
  • SimplePie updated to 1.1.1, and SimplePie Core now supported.
  • Fixed broken cron command
  • Fixed broken export on some systems
  • Fixed broken redirect when resetting a campaign
  • Everything now stored in GMT to avoid time issues. Gotten rid of NOW() functions in favor of WP time functions
  • Fixed bug with validation upon deletion of feeds in existing campaigns
  • Fixed bug with ‘allow comments’ setting.
  • Fixed bug with logs dates
  • Fixed bug with double quote escaping (fixes campaign templates / rewrite html bugs)
  • Username in options tab changed to a more handy select box.
  • Interface now looks better on IE (d’oh)
  • Added many help files
  • Fixed annoying duplicates bug
  • Fixed small bug in import with labels

I need feedback on:

  • All sorts of errors, warnings, notices, blank screens
  • Styling problems, indicating Browser, OS, URL and a screenshot.
  • Behavioral problems: bad dates, bad content, duplicates, etc
  • Performance problems
  • Unexpected behavior

Always include instructions on how to reproduce the issues please!

Go ahead and download it

Updates

  • 1 - Fixed bugs with categories in edit mode and posts tools (thanks Mike)
  • 2 - Fixed empty rewrite bug (thanks Mike) and replacements now case insensitive
  • 3 - Fixed bugs with ‘use feed date’ option, footer copyright, bad dates in ‘view all’ logs, log message field made text, timestamps converted to datetime, ‘Clean logs’ function fixed (big changes, please test)
  • 4 - Fixed bugs with older WP releases (now WP-o-Matic works with any version starting from 2.2). Now rewrite works with PHP4.
  • 5 - str_ireplace bug fixed, allow comments bug fixed, now user can choose comments state.
  • 6 - {content} not getting rewritten fixed, titles and other settings not being stored fixed.

WP-o-Matic 1.0RC3 on its way

Update: here it is

Just writing to let you know that the upcoming release candidate of WP-o-Matic is being cooked and betatested!

This is a list of all the exciting changes, which include new features you’ve been requesting and lots of bugfixes

  • Categories shown with indentation (parent > children now separated)
  • Fixed broken cron command
  • SimplePie updated to 1.1
  • Fixed broken export on some systems
  • Fixed broken redirect when resetting a campaign
  • Everything now stored in GMT to avoid time issues. Gotten rid of NOW() functions in favor of WP time functions
  • Fixed bug with validation upon deletion of feeds in existing campaigns
  • Fixed bug with ‘allow comments’ setting.
  • Fixed bug with logs dates
  • Fixed bug with double quote escaping (fixes campaign templates / rewrite html bugs)
  • Username in options tab changed to a more handy select box.
  • Interface now looks better on IE (d’oh)
  • New option added to select max number of items to process
  • New option added to decide whether the permalink should point to the created blog post or to the source permalink
  • New general option to get logs feedback while the campaign is being processed.

As usual, stay tuned. Sorry for not being able to respond and release with more frequency, but I’ve been really busy.

TextboxList meets Autocompletion

TextboxList Autocompletion

Demo here

In my previous blogpost I explained how to extend TextboxList to add closing functionality via a link added to each box. But it was missing an important ingredient: autocompletion!

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TextboxList: Fancy Facebook-Like dynamic inputs!

TextboxList Screenshot

Check out a demo of TextboxList before reading!

While working on my big and exciting new project, I decided to include an input that resembles the famous Apple Mail to: textfield. I’d seen it in Facebook before, which has a really decent implementation of this concept (it work well, but it doesn’t respect any modern programming principles; basically, it’s a big tag soup with lots of inline Javascript)

I created my own, MooTools 1.2 compatible, in just 5kb. It’s not only small, but also really frexible! Here are some notes of the creation process and how to implement it in your own projects.

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WP-o-Matic 1.0 to be released

This weekend (around Sat 26) WP-o-Matic 1.0 is to be released, including many bugfixes, some small new features (like tags support in campaign creation), and most importantly, full Wordpress 2.3 support

This stable branch will not see feature updates in quite a while, only bugfixes, in an attempt to provide a solid and reliable feed aggregating plugin for Wordpress once and for all.

You can contribute! Suggest new features or changes for the upcoming WP-o-Matic 1.1 by posting your comments here. You can stay up-to-date with all the news regarding WP-o-Matic through your favorite RSS reader.

Update: Here is a pre-release version for you to try.
It’s fully 2.3 and 2.4 compatible, and includes the new setup screen to assist users in installing WP-o-Matic successfully. Click here to download

Update 2: Newest version here. WP-o-Matic is slowly reaching perfection

Update 3: You can find WP-o-Matic RC2 in the main post now.

WP-o-Matic 1.0RC1 released (updated again)

After so much feedback, reading so many of your -often annoying- comments, the first release candidate is out.

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WP-o-Matic Stable is coming!

Despite all this time of inactivity, the WP-o-Matic project is more alive than ever!

Here are some screenshots of what will be the next stable version of this useful plugin. As I promised, it comes packed with all the features of competitors’ similar products, and even more.

Please don’t hesitate to send in your comments, and don’t forget to…

WP-o-Matic Updated

WP-o-Matic 0.2-beta is out, earlier than expected. The first to test the first uploaded version noticed that adding new feeds wasn’t possible.

Apparently, some part of WP-o-Matic was still working with MagpieRSS instead of the new Simplepie, which resulted in some PHP warnings.

Please refer to WP-o-Matic main post to download the new version. No new features, only small bugfixes so far.

CSS+Javascript power. Fancy menu

Update: the code that empowers this menu has been upgraded to the latest MooTools version, and even improved! Now works with vertical, horizontal menus, with more flexible morphing!

Let me introduce you to Fancy Menu:

When it comes to creating the navigation part of your Website, the first thing you might think of is an unordered list that you style as tabs. Lately, such navbars are everywhere, as many people believe they’ll make their site more Web 2.0-compatible. Personally, I just think they’re semantically better and accessible.

In this article I’ll go through the creation of a custom navigation bar with some cute Javascript effects that will certainly impress your friends. Thanks to the great Mootools library, this beauty is contained in 1.5kb. Not only that, but it’s also cross browser (tested on Internet Explorer 6/7, Firefox and Safari) and accessible!

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