I’m pleased to announce the release of SRG Clean Archives 4.0 for WordPress which has been completely rewritten from version 3.0.
In this latest release, you’ll notice the following features and improvements:
Updated SRG Clean Archives Admin Page with the following options:
- Toggle on/off showing total post count next to month (on by default)
- Toggle on/off showing total comment count next to post title (on by default)
- Added option to toggle on/off password protected post display (off by default)
- PayPal donation button so you can show your support
The plugin code was completely rewritten (again) with the following enhancements:
- Added a caching function (only generates 1 or 2 queries per page view)
- Added collapsing months using moo.fx javascript effects library
- User can expand or collapse full month view from archives page
By using moo.fx to achieve the collapsing month effect, the final user visible display is much cleaner and not a mile long if you have hundreds or thousands of posts.
However, to search engines, all your archived posts are still being shown. Just view source of your archives page to confirm this. Yay web 2.0 technology.
Please be aware that if you are upgrading from any version prior to 4.0, it’s not just a simple upload a new plugin file and go.
The plugin structure is completely rewritten, there is a new token to use when creating a dedicated archives page and the plugin now has it’s own dedicated folder, so be sure to read the readme.txt file included with the download.
I still have plans to automate the process of adding the code to a page for creating the archives page but I’m working through some issues with the WordPress visual editor which is causing some problems if you try and use the token while using the visual editor.
Right now you have to use code mode and/or have the visual editor turned off on the specific page for your archives.
I’d like to take this time and give some link love and thanks to the following people for contributing to and/or testing this latest release:
- Shawn Grimes (Original plugin author – version 1.0 – 2.1)
- Mark Jaquith (Tracking down a WordPress 2.1 bug)
- Rubin J. Kaplan (Helping me with late night coding)
- Ajay D’Souza (Suggesting collapsing months)
- Viper007Bond (Introducing me to moo.fx javascript effects library)
- Weblog Tools Collection (Spreading the word about SRG Clean Archives)
- Brandon Wood (Beta testing and help with improved readme.txt)
That’s about it for now.
If you find this plugin useful, consider making a PayPal donation to show your support.
If you have any comments, suggestions or bugs to report, let me know.
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