Comments on: Anybody want to test a new widget?

By: Query Posts Widget: WordPress Plugin

Query Posts Widget: WordPress Plugin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:02:42 +0000

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By: DaveK

DaveK — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:34:48 +0000

Hi Justin, been looking but can’t find a solution.
Do you know somewhere that I can look to find a filter/function for shortening the excerpt text?

By: Justin Tadlock

Justin Tadlock — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:32:30 +0000

Everyone — I should have this plugin updated and officially released this week.

Mika — I guess a “typical user” might be out of luck, so to speak.

The best method of showing instructions I’ve found is simply including them in a file with the plugin download. That way, the user won’t have to hunt around for how to use things and the instructions will always be the most up-to-date instructions they can find.

DaveK — The limit_content() function is actually a really crude method to use. WordPress filters are much better suited for something like that. Plus, I don’t really have anywhere to add in anything else. If anything, I need to start removing stuff.

By: DaveK

DaveK — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:09:16 +0000

Justin,
been playing with this plugin for the last few days and love it.
The only issue I have is when using it in a narrow ‘sidebar’ to display posts with image & excerpt, the default excerpt can be too long, so your old limit_content function would be a great addition.

By: Mika

Mika — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:57:21 +0000

Thanks for the readme file. I found it by my a bit later

However, once this plugin gets released officially, a “typical” user might not ever see the readme.html file (unless it is linked somewhere), because they install it directly from their wordpress admin.

All the query options and settings are outstanding! Now the only thing I’m missing is how to define the way how the query results are shown in by sidebar. Should the timestamp and author be shown and things like that. There could also be a possibility to define the layout of items by pasting some code for the plugin. Then other people would be able to create their own layout codes for showing items in your plugin. Or should this be left to the theme designer

By: Justin Tadlock

Justin Tadlock — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:13:56 +0000

Jason — Maybe I'll have that Widgetized theme out sometime in March. I'll be looking for loads of feedback on it. Jim — Definitely try it out. Let me know how it works out for you. Danny — Thanks. I'm hoping to have it officially released soon. imtiedup — In general, I don't test things for WPMU. If it works, it works. You'll just have to test it out and let us know. Mika — The list of options and everything is referenced in the readme.html file included with the download.

By: Mika

Mika — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:52:36 +0000

This is exactly what I need, I guess. Now I just need to learn how to use it. Could there be some kind of short list of options you may put into those text fields. For example when you move your mouse over the text “Author:” you would get an example of use or a list of options or something to help the user to understand what you can do with the text field.

By: imtiedup

imtiedup — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:22:23 +0000

does this work with wordpress mu?

if not is it planned for the future?

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:51:45 +0000

OMG! this is awesome! I’ve installed this plugin 3 minutes ago and I already love it!

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:59:53 +0000

I would love to try out this widget. I have been looking for this kind of widget for a long time.