WP-Plugin in neuer Version: Advanced Search 0.2
Alex Günsche · October 13, 2006
First of all, I want to thank all the people who installed and tested the Advanced Search plugin and of course also those who have written about it and who are using it. I had a some hundred downloads in a single week! I hope you all enjoy the Advanced Search.
Now for the news: A new version of the plugin is available. The interface has been improved, and there are some minor bug fixes. Upgrading is easy. However this release is not security-related, so if you’re happy with v0.1, you can keep it.
Changelog for version 0.2
- Only one search field instead of three. This allows a more flexible search with boolean operators. An explanatory “help” popup is offered.
- In the simple searchform and in the sidebar, the correct search term is shown instead of “advanced”.
- Categories are displayed hierarchically now. Subcategories are toggled via JavaScript. The display of categories can be tuned, similar to the WP template tag
list_cats(with fewer options, though). Categories can be excluded, empty categories can be shown or hidden, and sorting can be done by name or ID, ascending or descending. - If there is only one author or category, the respective section is not shown. (This should have worked with 0.1 already, but it didn’t, due to a bug.)
- When all categories are unselected, it acts like if all are selected. Same with authors.
- XHTML has been improved to validate as XHTML 1.1 and to reflect the semantic structure better. This however makes it a good idea to style the form with CSS. The plugin package therefore contains a CSS sample
ctas.cssto be attached to your template’sstyle.css(you can of course modify it to fit your taste). - French translation for the Advanced Search form is now included, thanks to Luc Saint-Elie. (Slightly foozled by me, for the new version.) Other translations are highly welcome.
The new version is available from the also revised plugin’s page. If you want to be notified on future releases, you can subcribe to our new notification service.
Have fun with the new version!
