I just discovered this lovely bug this morning. Basically the regular expressions do some wierdness to links that remove the href from them and cause the xmlHTTPRequest to go into an infinite loop. I have a strong idea of where the problem is and hopefully will issue a fix soon. My apologies to anyone encountering this problem.
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Now serving Lightbox Plus 1.6.9.6
Yet another point release for Lightbox Plus. This release is primarily some additional bug fixes including usage of class method with auto-lightboxing of text links and the skipping of images during auto-lighboxing. See the full change list after the jump.
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Lightbox Plus updated to version 1.6.9.5
I’ve just updated Lightbox Plus to version 1.6.9.5 which addresses some IE issues that slipped through as well as a glaring issue with the way the backend code rendered JavaScript for the front end. I also discovered that is was not possible to save setting if you were using SSL for the adminstration side of WordPress. Change log after the jump.
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Outstanding Lightbox Plus Issues
There are a couple of outstanding issue with Lightbox Plus that I hope to address this weekend.
- Can’t change to another style besides shadowed.
- IE specfic stylesheets not loading correctly in shadowed and elegant themes.
I will have these fixed this weekend and release version 1.6.9.5 addressing both of those issues.
Lightbox Plus version 1.6.9 Released
I’ve just released version 1.6.9 of Lightbox Plus. It addresses a couple of issue that became apparent rather quickly. Here’s the changelog:
1.6.9
- Fixed problem with styles in IE 6/7/8 not working under various circumstnaces (hopefully)
- Added the option to disable Lightbox Plus from adding it’s own styles allowing the user to place Lightbox/Colorbox styles in their theme stylesheet and reduce number of files loading.
You can find downloads for Lightbox Plus at wordpress.org and 23systems or download [Download not found] directly.
If you require support you can go to the Lightbox Plus message board.
Facebook Rewrites PHP Runtime For Speed
On Tuesday, February 2nd, Facebook announced a new runtime for PHP, called HipHop. It was rumored that this project was an under the table sort of thing. However it turns out, HipHop is not just a runtime, it’s also a new webserver and has been powering 90 percent of Facebook’s servers for months now. Starting this Tuesday evening you should be able to a look at the GitHub respoitory for HipHop, the HipHop wiki or join the HipHop developer mailing list.
Lightbox Plus 1.6.6 – JavaScript in footer, load speed improvement, Colorbox Update
I’m pleased to announce the release of Lightbox Plus 1.6.6 for WordPress. Change log details are below.
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Lightbox Plus 1.6.3 released – Fixes jQuery issues with Featured Content plugin
Lightbox Plus 1.6.3 has been released to address issues with jQuery conflicts especially with the Featured Content plugin. Here are the latest changes.
1.6.3
- Eliminated conflict with Featured Content plug-in
- Removed
jQuery.noConflict()
due to poor implementation on my part. - Kept
$lbp
jQuery variable.
- Removed
- jQuery conflicts should all be resolved – hopefully.
- Minor modification to
wp_enqueue_script
function cal to include colorbox version. - Now works with WordPress Mu if
rel=lightbox[]
is added manually.- Working on solving auto lightboxing issues with WordPress Mu
You can get it from wordpress.org or 23systems download [Download not found] directly.
For support please see the Lightbox Plus message board.
Lightbox Plus 1.6.2 Released – Fixed jQuery.noConflict() and Shortcode Gallery Issues
I just released Lightbox Plus 1.6.2 to address issues with jQuery conflicts and implementation or shortcode galleries in templates. Here are the latest changes.
1.6.2
- Added
jQuery.noConflict()
to the initiator to hopefully eliminate issues with other jQuery libraries loading and causing conflicts.- Changed jQuery
$
variable to$lbp
to give a unique constructor.
- Changed jQuery
- Added replacement shortcode gallery method to allow Lightbox Plus to work with shortcode galleries called via the
echo do_shortcode('[ gallery link="file" size="thumbnail"]
');
method in templates.- Replacement shortcode gallery function automatically adds
rel="lightbox"
orclass="cboxModal"
as selected in options.
- Replacement shortcode gallery function automatically adds
- Added code to automatically cleanup doubled title tags from shortcode galleries.
- Added quicklinks to the plugin listing on the plugin page.
- Some minor UI tweaks to the admin page.
You can get it from wordpress.org or 23systems download [Download not found] directly.
For support please see the Lightbox Plus message board.
Lightbox Plus 1.6.1 Released – Fixes IE 6/7/8 style issues
I’ve released Lightbox Plus 1.6.1 which while is doesn’t really add any new features it does fix some display issues for IE with the elegant and shadows themes. Here are the change log notes:
1.6.1
- Fixed IE display issues for elegant and shadowed themes.
- Should now correctly grab path to images for IE 6/7/8
- Re-added additional simple styles blue, green, grey, purple, red, teal, yellow in addition to balck and white
- Fixed prev/next buttons in simple styles to only display when cursor hovers over left or right of image.
You can get it from wordpress.org or 23systems download [Download not found] directly.
For support please see the Lightbox Plus message board.