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Organize Series 2.0 Final Release

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It’s out. I decided I’m happy enough with the current codebase to put a final release of Organize Series 2.0 out. Thanks to all the people who gave feedback on the Organize Series 2.0 Beta forums:

With their help I was able to address some things I might have missed. As it is, there is still the possibility that I may miss some bugs so if you come across any please post here.

With the release of Organize Series 2.0 I’ve decided to stop supporting all earlier versions (I just don’t have the time). I’ve completely rewritten the Organize Series Page and have also started a Organize Series Usage Tips series.

Oh, one more thing…OrgSeries 2.0 is all spiffed and ready for WordPress 2.5 too :)

Happy Easter!

Organize Series 2.0 Beta 1 Release

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UPDATE: Organize Series 2.0 Final has been released. You can get it here.

Finally, I’ve reached the point where I can release a beta version of the Organize Series 2.0! It’s been a long time in the making and I’m glad to finally have reached this stage. UnfoldingNeurons.com is now running on WordPress 2.3.3 and I’ve installed OrgSeries and all seems well.

I’m still going through the code and cleaning it up, adding internal documentation, and structuring the files so it’s a bit more intuitive. I also want to get OrgSeries 2.0 ready for WordPress 2.5 before I do a final release. However, since I know so many people have been patiently waiting for me to get this version out the door I decided to release the Beta for those brave souls who want to give it a go. REMEMBER though, that this is a BETA release and I take no responsibility for any problems you may have with it. I’m hoping that releasing this BETA will also lead to some great feedback from users, helping me to improve it in time for the big release.  

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Organize Series 2.0 Roadmap

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I just thought I’d write a little update about some of the things I’m working on for the next version of my Organize Series WordPress Plugin. As I’ve noted in my earlier post, the existing version of Organize Series will not work with WordPress 2.3 because of the way I had written the plugin to integrate with the category system of WordPress. The good thing is that if you upgrade your blog to WordPress 2.3 you can deactivate Organize Series and your existing series structure will stay intact because it’s based on WordPress categories. This means you can still blog using the series structure you’ve been accustomed to with one caveat of course – the “organize” part of Organize Series won’t be available…yet. The bad news is that although I am wanting to get Organize Series upgraded as soon as possible (because I use it myself and want the spiffyness of WordPress 2.3!) I am not able to work on the plugin full-time so – it will still be a while yet before the update is done.  

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Upcoming WordPress 2.3 will break current version of Organize Series Plugin

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Just a heads up folks that the upcoming new version of WordPress will break my Organize Series Plugin.  I just read a great article about the new Taxonomy Schema changes that will be introduced with the new version of WordPress and unfortunately due to the way I designed the plugin, Organize Series won’t work with 2.3.  This isn’t a knock against 2.3 though because I like the direction they are going with the taxonomy structure in the database.

Unfortunately it means a pretty significant rewrite of my plugin in order to work right with 2.3  On the plus-side – in the course of the rewrite I will probably try to introduce some of the features I’ve had on my ticket list for a while.  Also, because I use my plugin pretty throughly myself I’ll probably start working on it sooner rather than later.

However, I can’t make any promises regarding time frame for a new version release as this is something I do as a hobby.  I just wanted to announce this now though so that people using my plugin will know not to upgrade right away when WordPress 2.3 comes out (unless you don’t mind not using the plugin for a while :) ).  

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Organize Series 1.6.2 release – minor bug fix

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Right on the heels of 1.6.1, one day later, I’m releasing another version of the Organize Series WordPress Plugin.? Again, it’s a minor bug fix – ordinarily some of this stuff I’d leave until I can add more features etc.? – but since my life is pretty busy lately I’ve decided to release any fixes as I do them so that it can benefit those using this plugin.? I never know how long it will be before I can work on it again.

Anyway, enough with that dribble…you can download the files on the page here.

Minor Update to Organize Series WordPress Plugin

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I just finished version 1.6.1 of the plugin.? There’s nothing big in this version – just a minor bug fix and some added files to make it compatible with the new WordPress plugins page.? I want to thank Jim for his communication with me that alerted me to a potential problem with my plugin resulting in this bug fix.

You can find out more and download the Organize Series WordPress Plugin on this page.

Organize Series 1.6 Released! Bug fix and New Feature

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I’ve just pushed live the new version of my Organize Series Plugin for WordPress.? I was going to hold off doing a new release until I got some more features added I had in mind but the bug fix that is in this publish couldn’t wait.? So without further ado here’s the scoop on what this version includes:

  • BUG FIX: Blank screen/errors in the options panel when plugin installed in WordPress versions below 2.1.
  • NEW FEATURE: You can now set how posts will be displayed on the series ?table of contents? page (i.e. ascending or descending, ordered by date, author, title etc.) This can be selected via the new options panel on the plugin options page. (NOTE: This appears to only work with WP 2.1+ for now – I?m still investigating if it works with other versions)
  • NEW TEMPLATE TAG: ?is_series()? This tag will check for if the displayed category archive page is a series category. Returns true if it is, false if it isn?t.

As always, for the download and installation/upgrade and usage instructions, check out the plugin page.

Organize Series Bug Fix: Disappearing Content

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Thanks to Thomas Sutton, I became aware of a bug in the plugin that caused the post content for all posts to disappear when the auto-tag toggle for the series-meta was disabled. I’ve updated the .zip file for the download – which you can get quickly here. The only file that needs to be replaced is orgSeries.php.

Or if you are comfortable editing .php files do the following in the orgSeries.php file:

Find,
if($settings['auto_tag_seriesmeta_toggle']) {
$content = wp_seriesmeta_write($postID) . $content;
return $content;
}
which is at about line 375 (to 378)

ADD (at line 379 right before the })
return $content;

That’s it! I really apologize for that bug. It is something I should have noticed earlier. Thanks Thomas for pointing it out!