So today i’ve coded some more stuff. Finalized the blocks feature, man what a bitch to code! But i did it. And it’s fast, mighty fast! The initial code mockup took 3 seconds to wade through queries and arrays to select 3 ads and often pick non existent or the wrong ones. But now it works fine and it’s neat!
So, this is what it looks like when you edit a block:
Simple, clean, sexy…
I’ve also whipped up some other features last night, you’ll see soon enough.
Mod_rewrite is still a failboat. I’ve spend 6 hours reading threads and trying out a million ways to get it working. WordPress simply wont accept the parameters (one integer) to redirect to the external link. Not even when adding an “external rule”. Fucking frustrating. But alas. I gave up. The feature is postponed indefinitely. I had hoped WordPress 3 would be better. It’s not…
Now, on with testing stuff! With the plugin ready, it just needs testing. And a lot of it. Which i will do over the next couple of days.
If you feel you know sufficient php and html to spot an error when you see one and understand it enough to give proper feedback, you might be in luck.
Drop a note in the comments (i’ll grab your email from the email field), you can get a beta. Please in a few words, say who you are, what your skills are so i get an idea.
I’m especially interested in results on the upgrade script and overall performance and ease of use. My limited testing only had limited amounts of ads.
The first 10 to respond and of whom i feel comfortable sharing the code with will get a copy by email with instructions.
Awesome improvements…. I must say that I still believe drop downs in the forms and widgets would be a great idea…. Just saying… lol.
By that logic how are you gonna select multiple items? You can’t.
I would like to make a suggestion and request to show certain blocks of ads depending on the category the person is in.
Arnan – you can set dropdowns to allow single or multiple selections (using shift+click) – it’s just a case of using a different parameter. It’s pretty basic html form fields stuff really.
If you’re going to go for that, I’d suggest not less than 10 items visible in the dropdown (where there is actually more than 10 to choose from).
Yup, sign me up for the beta – right now I’ve got about 10 sites under development with AdRotate scheduled for inclusion on most of them. So I can give it a pretty good workout in a pre-live environment on different hosting types and various server builds.
Gaz
(p.s. email me for a sites list if you want to see what I get up to).
True, forgot about the multiselect option. Personally i think its a very inefficient way. We’ll see if my method works. If it doesn’t i’m open to any idea you guys throw at me.
I have to work out one little bug and send you a beta soon Gaz.
Curious if there is a way to select specific categories/pages for an ad to show on. I see that on another plugin as a variable, but not adRotate. Any suggestions?