Imieniny WordPress Plug-in

The Imieniny Widget Plug-in

Version beta 0.1
Version alpha 0.4
Version alpha 0.3
Version alpha 0.1
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Updates to the Imieniny WordPress Widget Plugin (0.1 beta)

I’ve released the latest version, beta 0.1.

The plugin has been running as expected on my blog since Feb. 27, 2007. I took an opportunity to clean up the code a bit more, removing $option = $newoption calls and making the option replacement calls cleaner.

I’d appreciate your feedback on this version. Does it work for you? Does it make sense? Are the options sufficient?

Thanks.

Updates to the Imieniny WordPress Widget Plugin (0.4 alpha)

I’ve released the latest version, alpha 0.4.

I cleaned up the code a bit more and corrected an issue I had where the option values set in the Presentation – Sidebar widgets tab were reset upon re-opening. The php code was not complete and the options were lost on reloads.

I’m thinking that it is pretty stable now and I’d love your feedback on this version. Does it work for you? Does it make sense? Are the options sufficient?

Thanks.

Updates to the Imieniny WordPress Widget Plugin (0.3 alpha)

I’ve updated the Imieniny widget as follows:

  • Added support for setting time offsets in the administrative interface.
  • Added support for re-naming the widget title in the administrative interface.
  • Cleaned up the code

The current version is alpha 0.3.

The Imieniny WordPress Widget Plugin (0.1 alpha):

As I mentioned in Blog updates, I had added a PHP script to my blog to list the current saints’ name day. I took that script and created a Word Press widget out of it.

As recommended by Automattic, I took their Google widget script, which is very well documented, and worked from there, adding Adam Brucki’s Imieniny PHP script to it.

I had already taken the script and updated it for UTF-8 compliance and tweaked the output.

I’ve now added a section to the script to adjust for server time differences. My server in on UTC so I had to adjust the time by -5 hours.

I am releasing the widget as an alpha 0.1 version. It works for me ‘as expected’ but there are no guarantees… It is being released as-is. If it breaks your stuff, delete the plug-in and move on.

Here are some of the things I’d like to do with it:

  • Allow the end user to adjust the title
  • Allow the end use to adjust the time differential
  • Clean-up the code

Installation:

To install:

  1. Download
  2. Unpack
  3. FTP the imieniny.php file to your WordPress plug-ins directory
  4. Activate the plug-in
  5. Drag the Imieniny widget to the preferred locale on your sidebar (your theme must have widget support and Automattic’s Widgets must be installed.
  6. Set any optional parameters if you wish: The widget title and/or the server time offset.

Download:

Here’s the download: imieniny.zip 0.1 beta (zip file)