Comments on: About Me Widget and WordPress 2.7

By: jba

jba — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:39:32 +0000

Hi guys,

Latest update is that I have updated this plugin to work in the new WordPress Widget API (as of 2.8.2). Rather than host the download here I have updated the plugin at the WordPress plugin repository. See this blog, http://jbablog.com/2009/10/about-me-widget-for-wordpress-2-8-x-or-embeding-tinymce-in-a-wordpress-widget/.

By: jba

jba — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:47:23 +0000

Hey guys,

FYI, after some struggles with the changes to the widgets admin page I have a working version of the widget working in WordPress 2.8.2 and greater versions. I just need to package it up and distributed it. Should have it out over the weekend.

By: jba

jba — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:40:28 +0000

It’s mostly there, I just can’t seem to find a way to get the html content out of the rich text editor in the newer simplified widget API.

By: Geoffrey Allan Plauché

Geoffrey Allan Plauché — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:17:47 +0000

Thanks for the update.

By: jba

jba — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:35:18 +0000

The widget API changed significantly in WordPress 2.8, mainly to provide things like auto-multiwdigets, and it looks like this has futzed the way the widget works in the sidebar.

I am looking into a complete re-write of the widget in the new API at the moment. As progress depends on how much free time I get to do it I have no real ETA at the moment, except to say I am currently working on it.

By: Geoffrey Allan Plauché

Geoffrey Allan Plauché — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:43:54 +0000

How is the progress going on updating the plugin to 2.8.2, actually now 2.8.4?

By: Janel

Janel — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:08:22 +0000

oh do plz get version up for 2.8.2!!! i would be most grateful!

By: jba

jba — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:14:52 +0000

FYI: This version doesn’t work with WordPress 2.8. Will look to getting an update out soon.

By: jba

jba — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:44:44 +0000

Hi Tom,

I haven’t upgraded my WordPress to 2.8.2, so I don’t know if it works using 2.8.2. Are you having this bug on both 2.7 and 2.8.2, or just 2.8.2?

Also this plugin doesn’t use java. It uses php and javascript. Worth looking for when debugging is if any requests for javascript files are failing (sometimes these don’t register errors in the javascript console).

JBA

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:39:45 +0000

Hi again,

so:

1. I’ve got this problem on FF IE6 IE7 and Opera. No script error.
2. I’ve tried on 3 different computers – 2xWINXP an one Windows 7
3. I have updated java from Sun
4. Today I just even install Apache/PHP/MySQL on my local computer to exclude any my hosting provider setup. Then I install WP 2.8.2

…still nothing.