The beta has been around for a while now, and since no major bugs have been discovered yet, I decided to make it public.
The first thing I decided to do with the plugin is remove some `useless` features. Mostly these are settings hardly anyone uses and just confuses people. What I want is the plugin to be super easy to use, not to much trouble with configuring and other stuff should be necessary.
One other thing that I removed is the possibility to upload images. While this might have been a very nice feature for some of you, I decided it isn’t really something that does belong in this plugin.
Second I’ve completely rewritten the code. The whole plugin is now OOP based, and I’m very happy with the current results, even though I’m not done with it yet.
So what is new then? Well, something that the plugin misses right now is the possibility to create some sort of archives from all the great posts you receive. And this is something that I really wanted to add, and improve further in the future.
For now, I added pagination to the plugin, witch will be the start of being able to have an archive of news on your website. To get this simple archive on your website, use the following tag:
<!--fvCommunityNews:Archive-->
Make sure to put it into your page using the code view!
Besides the start of archives, the plugin received numerous of other updates, bug fixes and other improvements.
If you are interested in testing the plugin, you can download it from the wordpress repository.
If while using it you find any bugs, find ways to improve things or just have this awesome idea, do not hesitate to leave a reply! Or just send me an email.
For new ideas you might have, I would like you to ask to post them into the forums, created for exactly that kind of stuff.
Changes regarding the plugin can kept track of here.
A quick side note; currently the beta says that it is version 1.4. This is correct, and done to make sure there will not be any problems with updating to the final version.
More information about new features of the plugin will follow.
October 31, 2010 at 1:28 AM
new version conflicts with the ad buttons plugin on install
December 5, 2010 at 4:44 PM
Hi Frank,
I’ve been using 2.0 Beta for a while now and it works perfectly, the only question I had is how to un-spam a user. I notice some of my regular submitters are in the spam que daily and I always approve their posts. Is there any way to get them out of that spam que?
December 6, 2010 at 1:41 PM
There are some problems with Akismet working `to good`. The only option you have for now is to disable it while I’m trying to fix it. Or you could set it to approve posts when a submitter has a previously approved submission.
December 7, 2010 at 1:32 PM
I’m having trouble editing the description box in order to make it 450×450 instead of its current size. Also I’m having trouble configuring the page thats suppose to show the submissions my community has sent and has been approved of. Please help.
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April 27, 2011 at 7:14 PM
Frank, great plugin but on the latest version of WordPress I am getting a 403 error back from the AJAX post. Any ideas? Would be happy to donate to the project if you can lend a hand.
April 27, 2011 at 9:42 PM
Hey Michael,
I’ve send you an email for this problem, hope to hear from you soon.
May 11, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Minor spelling correction needed for English Versions.
./Includes/Forms/Admin/EditPost.php: __(‘Auhtor’, ‘fvcn’),
./Includes/Forms/Admin/EditPost.php: __(‘Auhtor Email’, ‘fvcn’),
./Includes/Forms/AddPost.php: __(‘Auhtor’, ‘fvcn’),
./Includes/Forms/AddPost.php: __(‘Auhtor Email’, ‘fvcn’),
The word is Author
May 12, 2011 at 11:28 PM
That’s what happens if you use the copy/paste function a lot and make one typo :p
Thanks for the heads up!