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If you haven’t noticed, Wordpress 2.5 was released not too long ago. With the new release was a slew of new features. One of the new features is dashboard widgets. I took this opportunity to update KQF to support the new dashboard widgets.

In the past, KQF had it own dashboard management system, but as of this version, I will leave dashboard management to third party plugins such as Dashboard Widget Manager, or if you are using a version of WP prior to native dashboard widgets, try WP-Dash.

You will still be able to add feeds to your dashboard via the KQF templates. So, if KQF detects dashboard widget support, it will create a widget for each feed you choose to add to the dashboard.

There are also new sample OPML (XML) files in the KQF directory for you to have a play with. They will help you understand how the templates work.

Download KQF 1.7.9 and see how easy feed management has become.

Today I have decided to release the latest version of KQF. It will give you some time to play with the plugin and get back to me if there are any major bugs before I head off rock climbing in Krabi!

I have fixed all the bugs that I could find, while at the same time introducing new features. Of course this will inevitably lead to new bugs, but we will deal with that when the time comes.

This release sees many new features, such as OPML import/export, full Ajax interface, extra ticker addon scripts. Not everything is perfect, but who’s perfect in this world eh?

I have not updated the readme file, simply because I have not had the time to do it. I figure you would want a working plugin first and then maybe ask questions later. Who reads readme.txt anyway? Having said that, if anyone wishes to help me maintain the readme.txt file for this plugin, they are more than welcome to. Just contact me..

I would also appreciate if you would leave comments on the plugins page if there are genuine issues/bugs. Please use common sense before commenting. Pretty please. With sugar on top.

With this version there have been some major changes. The single major change that will affect some of you is how the parent container id is handled. In the past you would specify it as something like this: <div id=”[id]”>, then type in the id name in the provided input field Eg. myDiv. This would be the reference for your styles.

The new format is thus: <div id=”[myDiv]”>. And that’s it, because there won’t be an input field anymore. If you have been using <div id=”[id]”>, with a blank input field, now you will have to change it to <div id=”">.

If none of this makes any sense to you, I have included a sample OPML file (sample.xml). Just import it and examine the templates for the new entries. Keep at it and everything should become clearer…

I have tried to include all the changes I have made in the history.txt file. I might have missed some due to my enthusiasm to finished coding. Play around with the plugin. You will find many of the issues you might have experienced in the past have been fixed, for example dot notation on properties will now resolve properly.

Finally, as with all upgrades, BACKUP first!!

Now, go get it!

Enjoy!

I know many of you are waiting for the new version of KQF to come out. I’ve been working on some new features that I think you will like. Some minor bugs that crept in after the release of WP 2.3 have also been squashed.

The latest version will be smoother in operation, since it will be fully AJAXified. In other words, it should operate more like a desktop application. No more page refreshes!

It should be out soon. Cheers!

Retrieve RSS feeds from the sites you select, then display them in your dashboard, posts or any page. Replace the default dashboard with your custom feeds.

Use simple tags. Eg. [kqf=1] or [kqf=Weather: Melbourne]

Uses XMLHttpRequest to retrieve feeds, so no need to wait for the server to fetch all the feeds before your page loads. Each feed is displayed as soon as it is fetched. All feeds are cached as well.

Highly customisable and easy to setup. Use templates to control appearance and content.

Since the templating system retrieves RSS fields dynamically, there is no need to know what fields are available for a particular RSS feed beforehand! Just select the fields you wish to include from the list!

There are many more features…

Download: Get the latest version from the plugins page.

Works with WP 1.5.x up to WP 2.2.x.

Demo:

Type this anywhere in a post (or template!): [kqf=1]

Result:

[title]

• Loading...

Simple!

It’s been a while, but a new release of KIN is now ready for download. There’s been a few changes to make it compatible with Wordpress 2.1, as well as some enhancements and added features.

The latest version of KCA is out. Updated default.ini to include a few examples of addons. Now you can also save all addons to default.ini. New variables, %%site_url%% and %%kca_url%% have been added to make it easier to reference certain URLs. There have been many other enhancements made as well.

It will be compatible with the soon to be released Wordpress 2.1.

Be sure to download it.

I’ve released the latest update of DOM Tooltips (dtt).

dtt basically allows you to add tooltips to any element on your page. The tooltips can be customised with your own HTML and CSS, and also comes with a couple of effects.

The script achieves all this functionality in a completely unobtrusive manner, so using the script is extremely straightforward. You only need to add one line to reference the script:
<script src="$dtt$.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

dtt then automatically searches for the specified elements on a page that has title attributes set, and converts them to tooltips. Simple.

During the process of enhancing the tooltip script, I created a few support/helper scripts. Together they provide a means to dynamically load external scripts, simplify event management, while eliminating memory leaks. I will talk more about these support scripts at a later date.

For now, you can download dtt 1.5 from the Javascript downloads page.

I’ve just released the latest version of KQF. There have been many enhancements. It is also much easier to use now. At least I think so anyway.

Here are some of the changes:

• Improved interface
• Added drag n’ drop
• All functions have been ajaxified
• Added polling for freshness
• Added extra template tags
• Cleaned up HTML output - nice and tidy now
• Removed footer hook dependency
• Plays more nicely with other plugins that use output buffering
• A lot of code restructuring

Of course there are many more changes that I haven’t listed. Just download it to find out what’s new.

This update sees many new features added to KQF (was called KQD).

In the last version you could add RSS feeds to your Dashboard, but now you will be able to add feeds to any part of your blog using a simple tag.

So, to display a feed in your templates, or post Read the rest of this entry »

The latest version of KQD has been released. This update includes many new features such as a new template and CSS system. Nearly every aspect of how you want to see feeds can be customised.

Specifying which feed to see is simply a matter of activating it. If you don’t want to see a particular feed, just click the deactivate button.

You can also set the number of items to show for that feed as well as the order in which the feed appears.

Which properties of the feed to view can also be defined via the template.

To deliver the feeds, KQD still uses AJAX, so you don’t have to sit there waiting for the Dashboard to load.

One feature I have yet to mention is version checking. KQD now has a built-in check for updates. If a new version comes out, it will tell you. Nifty.

All options are conveniently configured from the admin panel.

You can find the latest version at the Plugins page.