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WordPress 3.0 and Gigs Calendar

Dan — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:20:51 +0000

My plugin had a slight (and easy to miss) compatibility problem with the new version of jQuery that came with WordPress 3.0.

I’ve just released a fix in version 0.4.8 for that. It should show up in your dashboard soon.

Update: I left some debug code in that will cause problems for some people. I’ve released an update that has all of that removed.

Gigs Calendar 0.4.6

Dan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:11:58 +0000

Ok, so in 0.4.5 I added in a security “feature” that would block people without proper security levels from seeing the admin pages. This was a temporary kludgy fix that is probably going to go away sooner rather than later.

The only problem was that it made the plugin a little too secure and blocked all users from using their new installs. This wasn’t a problem related to a specific version of WordPress, only fresh installs of Gigs Calendar 0.4.5. This new version should fix the problem for you and let you gig away happily.

Gigs Calendar 0.4.4

Dan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:41:08 +0000

I’ve just put up a bug fix release. If you upgraded to 0.4.3, you might have noticed that the icons in the calendar list broke suddenly. That was a pretty simple mistake that I made and it should be fixed now. Also, I’ve added Finnish and Spanish translations that two contributors were kind enough to provide.

Gigs Calendar 0.4.3

Dan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:21:25 +0000

I’ve just tagged the 0.4.3 release of Gigs Calendar. This version lets you use the plugin with the FORCE_SSL_ADMIN setting in WordPress. If you have any other favorite bugs that you’d like me to look into, let me know. I’ve got a list of some, but it can’t hurt to remind me.

WordPress 2.7 released and Plugin upgrades

Dan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:43:11 +0000

WordPress 2.7 was released yesterday and there are a lot of great changes. I’ve been using the beta for some time now, and I can tell you that I really like the new administration panels. The upgrade has been pretty painless for me, but the new side menus made me push out a new version of my plugins.

Both Gigs Calendar and Discography have been updated for the latest version of WordPress. Before 2.7, the best place for the administration pages for my plugins was under “Manage”. In 2.7, that particular section is gone, so I’ve moved them up into their own section and should appear below “Comments” in the side menu. At some point, I may support the drop down menus that the built in menu items have.

The Gigs Calendar update also contains several important bug fixes that had not been in a previous release.

Good luck upgrading!

Gigs Calendar 0.4.1 – Bug Fixes

Dan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:02:07 +0000

I’ve just put up a bug fix release for Gigs Calendar. The most important fix is that your settings page should function normally now. Hurrah! Also, if you set it so that users other than your editors could access the gigs calendar, that should be working as expected now.

If your gig is not created for whatever reason (except browser compatibility) it should pop up with a little error message with a few more details. Please don’t hesitate sending me that information if it looks like it’d be helpful in explaining your problem.

I’ve got a list of bugs for future bug fixes, but those will have to wait for the next version. I wanted to get the settings page fix out as soon as possible.

Settings page problem

Dan — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:54:03 +0000

So far I’ve been unable to duplicate the problem with the Gigs Calendar settings page that so many people have reported. If the problem I describe below is the problem that you’re experiencing (and you’re using 0.4.0), leave a comment or send me feedback from the plugin if you’d be willing to help me track down the bug.

The problem that I’ve been hearing is that on upgrading to 0.4.0 or installing it fresh, you save your options. After that, the “Settings” page disappears from the list of tabs from the page. You are unable, even on your main “admin” account to access the settings page. You might be able to create a new administrator account and get to the settings that way, but the main admin account still can’t get to it.

Gigs Calendar settings page problem

Dan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:45:24 +0000

With the new version of Gigs Calendar, there is a setting that only allows administrative users of the blog access to the settings page. For some reason, I made that setting on by default. I’ll change that for the next release, but if you’re having a hard time getting into the settings page in Gigs Calendar all of a sudden, you may need to log in as your blog’s administrive account.

Gigs Calendar 0.4.0

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:24 +0000

I’ve just pushed out the new version of Gigs Calendar. It is available on the official download page. Please report any bugs you find, even if you know they existed in 0.3.3.

New Features

WordPress 2.6 compatibility
New plugin API to allow for greater customization. With this, I (and others) can create one-off customizations of the plugin without having to worry about the changes breaking when I release a new version.
RSS Feed for Gigs (iCal coming soon, probably in 0.5)
Set permission levels for users accessing the plugin.
Interface for using a post’s custom data fields.
A new widget to display details on the next gig.

Those are the biggies. In the next few days, I’ll put up a plugin to demonstrate the API and custom fields functionality.

Gigs Calendar 0.4 beta

Dan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:07:30 +0000

Last night, I wrapped up all of the features that I think will be making it into 0.4. I still need to write up some documentation and examples, but I’d be grateful if anyone could download the development version of the plugin to look for any gaping holes/glaring bugs that I have somehow missed. There are some bug fixes in this version, so you might want to see if I’ve fixed your favorite bug. If not, send it to me again, I may have lost your bug report.

The major features include:

RSS feed of events (without using a category)
Custom fields using the built in post custom metadata. (these are extensible using a new plugin API, I’ll have documentation and examples for that soon)
Pointed the custom templates folder to a new location that won’t get destroyed when you use the automatic WordPress plugin updater. (the new templates go in /wp-content/gigs-templates/)