Is it possible to configure the url style for one individual page instead of making the configuration site wide?
I built my plugin to work with the ?page=7 style.
Which is easier or is it even possible to have users set the page url format for this page like that or do I need to rework my code to accomodate all the other styles?
Thanks
Well, I was able to submit my new plugin to the WordPress site.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bungeebones-remotely-hosted-web-directory/
Fortunately, I have had some tutoring on command line use and was able to upload its files to the repository also.
There seems to be a little bit missing from the documentation they send on how it all works but it was probably more likely I missed a step somewhere. I had to repeat the procedures a couple of times before everything was submitted properly. Even then, the repository did not display the files right away. Since the command line routine had returnes success messages thought it odd the repository didn’t showe the files there afterward. I left and went did other things. When I returned, there they were.
I think the repository is scanned every 15 minutes.
I will probably get flak for this, but I don’t use CL for SVN. Coda has it built in so it works out alright for me.
I just built my first plugin (yeah!) and was curious if I could find some beta testers?
Plugin name: A BungeeBones “Distributable” Web Directory
Description: The plugin delivers a complete web directory with categories and links to a WordPress site from a repository (i.e database/central website). For the WordPress operator/host it works very much like a RSS or news feed sending a maintained and managed web directory and is maintenance free. Visitors that want to add a link do so into the repository and the one submittal places the link on all present and future plugin installs.
Features: In addition to being distributable and sharing the category and link repository it has pagination for both the categories and the link displays. The top half of the real estate is for the categories and the bottom half for links so both have pagination. And perhaps its a quirk (or worst) but I can’t stand going down empty trails. The category pagination is dynamic and reports in both numeric and alphabetical. There may be only five subcats, for example, in one but maybe 45 in another so the 2nd is paginated. But where are the subcats beginning with the letter “m” hiding? Alphabetical pagination solves that problem by displaying the starting and ending letters of the subcats names. There is also dynamic population reporting telling how many links there are in a category as well as all its subcategories. Also, there is a “speedy” nav using AJAX dropdowns that both filter results to any geo region (continent, country state or city) and also to a cat or subcat. Both results are integrated in a “Go To” link. For database fiends the original script came with a Modified Preorder Tree Traversal which I’ve found pretty cool once I got my head wrapped around it.
Needs: Any way, it is pretty far along and there are just a couple real minor glitches so mostly what I need is a bunch to download and install it and see how it works in the real world. There is a link to download the plugin zip at the bottom of the web page also.
Possible Uses: Web directories are a dime a dozen so why a new one? The ability to pull from a repository and the front end display to be distributed makes this directory very much like an Adsense ad so it really is different. I always say that, while Adsense wants to rent the side bars of your content , I’ll be happy with a whole page. So one possible use is as an Adsense alternative. I see possible use as a potential new web advertising paradigm. If the system scales (which I believe it will) then it is a Web2.0 app that gets better the more that use it. As more directories get installed, those new portals bring even more traffic in which, then, cycles back to get even more installs etc. I see it as a great tool for web designers and hosting companies. Every webiste needs traffic so if this can deliver some at lower cost that’s great. I think content providers such as bloggers may find it to be just what they needed in order to generate a little income from their writing. Eventually I hope to “pool” the traffic enough to where the income gets serious..
So if you would please mosey on to my wordpress install at BungeeBones.com/blog you’ll be at the install. The download link for the plugin is towards the bottom of the page as I said. I hope you all find it of interest and can give it a good test run. The more the merrier.
Thanks,
Robert Lefebure
Registered and posted to show my support.
Chris Scott 3:25 pm on February 18, 2010 Permalink
You shouldn’t rely on the permalink structure since, as you noted, the user can change it. Just grab $post->ID instead.
BungeeBones 9:01 am on February 20, 2010 Permalink
Thanks, Chris,
I took so long getting back because I wanted to research a little better and get a better understanding of the problem.
The issue relates to the fact this plugin uses a sort of “remote access call” to my server to get info from it for display in the plugin.
I used a different than normal url pattern that is meant to be more search engine friendly. This system works fine in conventional “php land” but it seems WordPress is doing something to the urls at the mod-rewrite level. I have done very little in the area of mod-rewrite but I am getting a crash course. Until I get this figured out the plugin only works using the default permalink system.
The logic I need to implement would be to say this at the mod rewrite level:
Ahh, look Apache, when you get a request forthis page -> [insert page name where pluggin's shorcode is] then DON’T rewrite this url according to the user’s preferences but rather just use the default rewrite routine (or maybe even just leave the url intact as is and deliver to that page).
I’m not sure how I could deliver the [insert page name where pluggin's shorcode is] variable to the pluggin. Can WP rewrite the htaccess code as part of a plugin install or activation?