Recently i added some action hooks to dropdown menu widget. Using those hooks you can easily add menu items to the menu and also subscribe buttons or search boxes. Here in this step by step tutorial i will show you how to add a simple administration menu to your dropdown widget.
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Today i released alpha1 version for dropdown menu widget. With this new version now you can select your own colors through the dropdown menu settings page. Go update your widget and enjoy this new feature now ..
Here is a snapshot of the custom colors panel:
Note: Since this is an alpha release i don’t recommend updating the plugin for the regular users.
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Just updated the image banner widget. Here is the changelog:
Get the latest version of image banner widget here.
Google Ajax API allows us to easily import rss data using javascript. Using this simple script you can add any feed updates to your web site. Not only it is practical, it also makes sites load faster compared to php based readers.
RSS reader reads the feed after page load is complete so it doesn’t slow your page load. You can use a tiny loading image to show users something is loading there. You can view a demonstration of rss reader script here.
Mark Jaquith announced that wordpress will no more support PHP4 & MySQL4. If you are (your host is) using PHP 4 or MySQL 4 you may not be able to catch the next wordpress update. Don’t know which version you have? Mark created a health check plugin just for this issue. You can install it using one click installer script on his site.
Well, I did my health check. I’m fine 
How about you?
I updated the dropdown menu widget plugin today. It was a huge update so i think i will get a lot of comments about the new version. This update was necessary to make it work with wordpress 3.0. While doing that i played a little with default styles & plugin itself. Here is a list of things that are new with this update:
While updating the plugin i wanted it to be a clean version. So i removed some unused elements from the plugin. Here is a list of things i removed from the plugin,
I hope you won’t get hurt by those changes. And after all those changes what’s next? Here is a list of things i want to complete with the next version:
Now, its your turn. Just update the plugin an see if you’ll like it.
If you see a problem you can report bugs here & you can request a custom theme here.
After a little delay on schedule, here comes one great release : “WordPress 3.0 Thelonious!”.
Yesterday Matt announced the new release of wordpress, called “Thelonious” after Thelonious Monk.
This new version has a lot of enhancements including the most wanted navigation menu support, custom headers, custom background, shortlinks support, and better use of custom post types and custom taxonomies. WordPress 3 admin interface is lighter and faster with less colors to let you focus on content more. Updating plugins & even themes got easier; you can update all the outdated plugins with a click of a button!
You can view the release video trailer below for more tips on the new release:
You should also watch Matt’s talk at WordCamp San Francisco on the announcement page for a brief history on development.
You can view more information on WordPress 3.0 on the WordPress Codex.
So, What are you waiting for? Go update your blog!
SAY you want a private blog to post your secrets OR make your blog available for the registered users only. WordPress allows you to create protected (private) posts but if you want full privacy this won’t be enough. In this post i will show you how you can easily turn wordpress into a private blog.
I made two updates to the dropdown menu widget. Here are the updates: Continue reading
