T2: Explained #2
There were some changes in T2 in the last few versions, and some of the changes are added to make using T2 easier. T2 panel now has 3 tabs. Also, few new options are added to template editor panel. That and more will be explained in this post.
GD Star Rating 1.5.7
This wasn’t really planned release, but I felt I need to add few more things before concluding the cycle with 1.6.0. Some of the things I need for the customizations I have been working right now, and you will get to read that in upcoming tutorials.
Optimization Guide #1
I know, GD Star Rating has a lot (or maybe too many) settings. But that’s what it takes to make a plugin that can be customized to the extent this plugins does. But, all that will require some tweaking and optimizations for better performance.
GD Star Rating 1.4.5
I am sorry for the bug that managed to sneak into the code in the previous version. Bug only affected those that tried to install plugin for the first time. Problem was with installing default templates, so the rendering failed without them.
Press Tools & Simple Widgets
In the last week I was very busy working on my 3 main plugins: GD Star Rating, GD Press Tools and the latest one GD Simple Widgets. Both Press and Widget plugins have seen a major release in the last two days. Here is a little more about them.
GD Star Rating 1.4.0
Plugin has reached yet another major release in the short period. Last week was used mostly for testing but there are some new features added after the beta release. I will try to cover all changes from last official release and few more things.
Comments integration #2
After the rating is saved along with the comment into database, now it’s time to show that rating with the comment on the post page. This will also require modifying the theme files. And again, there is a couple of functions you will need to use.
Comments integration #1
Integrating both post’s standard and multi ratings into comment, so that the post reader can add comment about the topic and assign rating (or review) for that post along with the comment, is very easy. Read for more details.
T2 Templates Map
The number of templates needed for rendering has grown, and at this point all the needed templates are completed. So, I have decided to display interconnection of all the templates and they use. So, this post contains a map of all T2 templates.
GD Star Rating 1.3.2
For the past week I have been working on few more features from the roadmap. And, almost half of it is done by now. Most important new feature is support for integration of the rating blocks (both standard and multi) into comment form.
