I’m pleased to announce the release of Facelift Image Replacemen for WordPress version 0.8.9.1. Among other things Flir for WordPress includes and update to Facelift bringing it up to version 2.0b3, all JavaScript has been move to the footer to improve load speed, the admin panel has been updated for ease of use and quick links to support, general speed improvements to Facelift and FLIR for WordPress have been incorporated.
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Plugin News
I’ve updated all my plugins to be compatible with WordPress 2.8. There are still the lingering bugs that affect some people but not others. Here’s the latest news and updates regarding the plugins.
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New Version of FLIR Soon
I was hoping to have a new version of FLIR out by today but life does that strange thing, you know where it interrupts with programming.
Anyway the new version is just a minor update that fixes a few bugs and adds a few small features and makes it a little more WordPress 2.7 friendly.
I need to finish up a few things then do some browser testing.
The changes should be as follows:
- Set the tags used by the Automatic method to follow the element types as defined in the configuration
- Add checkbox to allow the use of external JavaScript libraries – jQuery, Scriptaculous and Prototype support only
- Hide Elements to Replace section when using Automatic method as it is not used in that case.
- Add checkbox to disable FLIR for IE6 users to to various problems, may expand to disable for older browsers in general.
- Fix the global Use FancyFonts not showing it’s activated.
- Other minor interface fixes.
FLIR & Safari Issues
There may be some lingering issues with FLIR and Safari. This post is by way of confirmation.
Flir & Safari
FLIR for WordPress 0.8.0
I am in the process of testing version 0.8 of FLIR for WP. Assuming all goes well it should be released tomorrow sometime. Here are some of the key changes:
- Updated Facelift to 1.2 release
- Rewrote code for better readability and adherence to code conventions (hopefully)
- Redesigned admin interface to be more logically organized (again, hopefully)
- Added more helpful information to the configuration text.
- Added ability to specify all elements to replace rather than just the few I had.
- For example you can specify something like
h1,h2,div#sidebar ato have your h1, h2 headers and all of the sidebar links replaced.
- For example you can specify something like
- Fixed
config-flir.phpfrom being replaced or not present.
In the meantime you can visit the Facelift Image Replacement (FLIR) for WordPress page for more information.
Lightbox Plus and FLIR, Projects and Frameworks
I’ve got a whole lot on my plate and development efforts for Lightbox Plus, FLIR for WordPress and Actionable are going to have to go on hold for a bit. I’m going to try to push out another release of Lightbox Plus either tonight or tomorrow then after that I probably won’t even be able to provide much in the way of support for about a week and a half. I’ve got to literally cram a 3-4 week project into 3-4 days. I’m not looking forward to it. Then I’m going out of town for about five days for a much needed escape.
To get the project I need to finish out done by Thursday of next week I’m looking at some frameworks for PHP though I’m not sure they wouldn’t just slow me down. Ideally they shouldn’t and right now I’m trying to decide between CakePHP and Symfony. Both are good but it’s pretty much going to be whichever I can pick up on quickest tomorrow or Sunday night.
After I get back from being away I will still have more to do on the project but I should hopefully be able to put some time into the plugins – at the very least I should be able to do some support. I hope everything doesn’t go to hell in a handbasket while I’m gone.
FLIR for WordPress
Not long ago I ran across some a set of scripts (JavaScript/PHP) called Facelift which is an alternative to sIFR and I thought this needs WordPress plugin to make it easy for people to use with WordPress.
So I downloaded it and created a plugin from it. Since then – Sunday – it’s proven extremely popular.
A lot of people seem to be having some issues with it and I think the bulk of them come down to two things:
First you need to have the GD Graphics Library built into your PHP installation. This is probably the main contributor to the problem. The second issue is probably not having your cache folder for the plugin be writable. I’ll be glad to help anyone – within reason – get these issues resolved.
I am pretty much constantly trying to work on this plugin to get it up to version 1.0.0 – it currently sits at 0.5.5 and as such is functional but incomplete.
You can get it from Facelift Image Replacement and you can get support at Mawhorter.net Forums or via commenting on the plugin page.