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Viper’s Video Quicktags v6.1.0 Released

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I’ve released a decent sized update to my Video Quicktags plugin that incorporates many features requested by users after the release of 6.0.x.

  • YouTube: Can now choose between high quality FLV and high quality MP4 formats.
  • FLV: Bundled skins.
  • FLV: Improvements on how custom colors are set.
  • TinyMCE: Can now choose what line number to display the buttons on.
  • TinyMCE: Automatic browser cache breaking when the plugin is (de)activated or the line number is changed.
  • General: SWFObject calls moved to bottom of posts rather than theme footer.
  • General: Admin notice warning about automatic plugin upgrade breaking SWF files, etc. (ASCII vs. binary).
  • General: Ability to set custom feed text via settings page.
  • General: Image pre-cache URL fix.
  • General: Settings page improvements for users without Javascript.
  • General: More translations and translators added to credits page.
  • General: Redid admin warning message for users without the head hook.
  • Flash: Aliased “kml_flashembed” shortcode and “movie” parameter now used if it’s there. This is to support Anarchy Media Player.
  • Other various bug fixes.

If you find any bugs, please report them via my support forums or the plugin’s homepage. Thanks!

Viper’s Video Quicktags v6.0.0 Released!

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Yes, that’s right — 1-2 months, 3200+ lines of code, and countless cans of Dr. Pepper later, the new version of Viper’s Video Quicktags has been released!

It’s a complete recode literally from scratch (essentially no old code was used) and is incredibly more powerful and feature filled than before.

The only way to really see all the new features is to try it yourself, but here’s a taste of it:

New Plugin: Regenerate Thumbnails

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A client needed a way to regenerate all thumbnails for their uploads, so I threw together a plugin to do that in just one click and a helpful interface.

Post Feature Requests For Viper’s Video Quicktags 6 Here!

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I’m in the process on recoding Viper’s Video Quicktags and am looking for input.

If there’s a feature or a video site that you would like to see supported in the next version, the comments section of this post is the place to post it. Please note that in order for a video website to be supported, the URL in your address bar must have something in common with the embed code. What I mean is the URL can’t be this:

http://videosite.com/videos/my-cool-video/

while the embed HTML looks like this:

<object width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.videosite.com/files/52asdf7f43j753v32465" /></object>

Notice that there is no way for my plugin to figure out the embed ID from the video’s URL.

Perhaps in a future version I’ll add the ability for you to paste in the HTML embed code and the Javascript powered button will figure out the video ID before inserting it into the post (just inserting the HTML itself into the post would defeat the purpose of this plugin), but not for now.

Oh, and here’s a sneak preview of my work in progress configuration screen:

Viper's Video Quicktags v6 - YouTube Config Screen Preview

WordPress Admin Bar v3.0.0 Released — Recoded From Scratch

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I’ve just released the latest version of WordPress Admin Bar. The new version features themes, the ability to hide items, and much, much more!

WordPress theme developers: please consider bundling your own custom admin bar theme with your WordPress theme. It’s a much slicker experience if the admin bar matches the theme. For details, check out the plugin’s theme API. It’s just a single function call and then some CSS.

Clean Archives Reloaded v3.0.0

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For those that haven’t noticed, I released a new version of Clean Archives Reloaded yesterday. It’s a major reworking of the plugin and it now requires WordPress 2.5 (due to functions it uses).

It’s now faster than before (I saw page generation times drop by about 10% on my test blog), an options page to configure the plugin, and much, much more.

So, upgrade today! 🙂

Announcing Clean Archives Reloaded v2.0.0

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The latest version of Clean Archives Reloaded is now available.

It’s a complete recode from scratch featuring a queryless (maybe one query in certain cases) generation, the use of jQuery which comes with WordPress (no more MooTools aka moo.fx), and much, much more.

The big thing though is that it’s compatible with WordPress 2.1+. The old version became broken when 2.1.0 came out (or was it 2.3? I can’t remember). Either way, I coded it under WordPress 2.5 (due out Monday) and it should be relatively future proof meaning it won’t break when the next version comes out.

Check it out in action on my archives page!

Calling All “Clean Archives Reloaded” Users

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EDIT: Nevermind. I’ve gone ahead and released the new version.

Do you use my Clean Archives Reloaded plugin? Then please read this post. The rest of you are welcome to as well.

I’m currently recoding the plugin from scratch to use less queries (something like 1/2 as many) and no manual SQL queries, only WordPress functions. What’s this mean for you? Well, it’ll work in WordPress 2.5 due out this Monday (the 10th) and should work infinitely into the future, no matter what part of WordPress changes.

However, I’m also retooling the HTML and styling of the plugin. This is where I need feedback. What markup are you looking for? The old one was a series of <ul>‘s while I currently have it as nested lists (a big list with each month as an individual month).

Check out my public sandbox here: http://www.viper007bond.com/tests/clean-archives-reloaded/ (as of the time of this post, it still needs some CSS padding to look better)

You’ll also note that while I’ve kept the expand/collapse feature (it’ll be an option), I’ve gotten rid of the accordion feature. This was by accident, but after taking a look at it, I decided I kinda like it better. It’s also now all powered by jQuery which comes bundled with WordPress rather than MooTools, previously known as moo.fx.

So please, if you use this plugin, please leave feedback on this post as to what you’d like to see in the next version!