As I’m sure many of you are already aware, the newest version of Wordpress, titled “Ella”, was announced earlier today. It includes some great new features and improvements, along with over 550 bug fixes. I upgraded Ekonoline today and everything is running great.
Well, not everything.
Unfortunately, “Ella” seems to have broken Own the Feed, my popular Dashboard feed replacement plugin. It loads just fine initially, but is replaced by the normal feed once the page finishes loading. I’m already hard at work for a fix, but my knowledge of this new version is limited, so there are no guarantees to how fast it will happen, or even if it will happen at all. The original version was kind of hacky, so it might require a complete re-write.
My apologies to anyone who may be using the plugin — there have been roughly 600 downloads to date — and is experiencing these difficulties. I’ll keep all of you updated on my progress here on the site and I hope to have a fix ready soon.
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Hmm, that sucks!
zzap: That it does! I’ve already completed a significant portion of the coding for the new version of the plugin and, assuming I don’t hit any major snags, hope to have a “quick fix” version ready by the end of the week. It will be version 1.1a.
Shortly after I get that out the door, I’ll start working on version 1.1b, which will hopefully include some new features (including multiple feeds!).
Hey Brian, hoping you are going to make some good announcements sometime soon! Any luck on getting this plugin WP2.1ized? Thanks for your efforts; I can’t wait to start using it.
James: Things have been hectic lately, with a recent trip to the hospital for my dad (as seen by my most recent post). As I’ve stated before, I’m an amateur when it comes to this thing, so it’s taking longer than anticipated, but I’m hoping to be done soon.
It’s all good, Brian G. No worries, no stress. There are sooo many add-ons out there to install and test and see what they can do for ya. Conceptually, yours is a great idea, and the one other that I found dealing with google reader’s shared feeds
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Plugin Name: Google Reader Shared
Plugin URI: http://mike.crute.org/
Description: A sidebar add-in for Google Reader shared items.
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Wouldn’t even work out of the box.
Take care of your family. We’ll be here when you get back.
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