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GetSimple Plugins

Chris Cagle — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:34:16 +0000

This is a list of my GetSimple 2.01+ plugins. Since I am the main developer of GetSimple, you can be assured that these plugins will always work with the latest version.

Installation Instructions

To install, you just place all the plugin’s files and folders directly into the /plugins/ folder of your GetSimple 2.01+ installation. Any plugin you add will automatically get activated.

My Plugins

Admin Header & Footer Download 1.0
This plugin allows you to add any code to the and footer sections of your GetSimple control panel. Both take javascript and PHP code while the header also takes anything else usually reserved for the section.
Author vCard Download 1.1
This plugin allows you to add your contact information into a screen that then feeds a vCard generator for visitors of your site.
Branded Login Download 1.1
With this plugin you can re-brand the login page to your GetSimple control panel with a logo.
Plugin Insight Download 1.1
This plugin will mostly be used by developers. It shows all plugin “hooks” being called by the installed plugins and also all the information of those installed plugins.
Salt Regeneration Download 1.0
GetSimple uses a unique string to “salt” the login security and also the file upload security functions. This plugin allows you to regenerate that “salt” on demand.
Custom Admin CSS Download 1.1
Want your GetSimple control panel to have a different style? This plugin is for you.
GS-Socialize Download 1.1
This plugin adds some of the more popular social media links to the bottom of all your posts & pages.
Exec-PHP Download 1.0
This plugin allows you to execute PHP code within your posts & pages.

WordPress Plugin: WPMU Protect Pages

Chris Cagle — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:47:47 +0000

When creating a new project of mine, I needed a way to protect certain page ids from being deleted because I was hard coding them into my WPMU themes. I was using the WPMU Blog Templates plugin, and after figuring out what IDs those new “pre-setup” pages were, I needed a way to protect them from ever being deleted by my users.

This plugin does just that – protects a list of post or page ids. It also gives you the ability to change the error message they see when trying to delete one of these protected pages.

Download

Download the latest from WordPress Extend…

Screenshot of Administrator Panel

Download: FamFamFam Silk Companion II Icon Pack

Chris Cagle — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:35:38 +0000

Introducing the Silk Companion II Icon Pack. While developing a new CKEditor skin for GetSimple, I had a need for some extra Silk icons developed by Mark James at FamFamFam. Out came 64 new silk-inspired icons. These icons are released under the same Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License as the originals.

Damien Guard created the first set of the Silk Companion icons, so thanks to him for setting me on the track to get these completed.

Download the Silk Companion II Icon Pack

GetSimple CMS Launched!

Chris Cagle — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:51:17 +0000

I haven’t posted here for a while because I’ve been working on a project called GetSimple. GetSimple is an XML based lite Content Management System. To go along with it’s best-in-class user interface, we have loaded it with features that every website needs, but with nothing it doesn’t. GetSimple is truly the simplest way to manage a small-business website.

Check out the site, download it and check it out! It’s taken 7 months of work to get to this point, and I’m extremely proud of it.

Main Features

Fast as XML
We don’t use mySQL to store our information, but instead depend on the speed and accuracy of XML. By utilizing XML, we are able stay away from introducing an extra layer of slowness and complexity associated with connecting to a mySQL database. Because GetSimple was built specifically for the small-site market, we feel this is the absolutely best option for data storage.
You can “Undo” Almost Everything
This feature was based off an eye-opening AListApart article explaining how warning messages never work as planned. Because of this, we’ve included “undo” into almost every action you can take on the site, giving you peace-of-mind for when you make those inevitable stupid mistakes.
Easy to Learn UI
The top priority when designing our user-interface was to make it the best in it’s class. We had the luxury of trying and testing all the competing management systems before designing ours, so we took the best out of each one – then refined it.
Simple Installation
The total time in setting up a website took a total of 5 minutes, from starting the FTP to finishing the setup procedure.
Simple Theme Customization
We have a codex that shows which functions are available for theme customization. Our goal was not to bloat our software with hundreds of little-used theme functions, but to offer more than enough to allow for a fully customized theme.
Designed For the Small-Site Market
This is one of the reasons GetSimple uses XML rather than a robust database such as mySQL. For most small businesses, their only real need is to be able to easily update their site without the need of a ton of extraneous rarely used features. GetSimple’s goal is to manage small websites efficiently and effectively.

WordPress Plugin: WP-Components

Chris Cagle — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:57:48 +0000

WP-Components is a new WordPress plugin that allows theme developers to embed a short template tag instead of short bits of text and code that the website owner might want to change later on.

Before creating this plugin, if I had semi-static text within a theme I was developing (such as a short “About Me” blurb) I would either embed the text directly into the template page (sidebar.php) or I would create a “Page” within WordPress and use the iinclude plugin to “include” that page. That way, if the site owner ever wanted to change that text, he or she would just have to edit that particular page.

That worked OK, but there were a few quirks to it. First, the pages would show up in search results. I could get around it by installing a second plugin called Search Everything – that would allow you to exclude certain pages from the search results. But needing to use both these plugins wasn’t ideal for such a simple problem. That’s why I developed WP-Components

Download

Download latest stable version from WordPress Extend

Installation

Upload wp-coponents.php to your wp-content/plugins/ folder.
Go to Settings->WP-Components to set new components.
Add the template tag shown below into your theme’s template files.

Usage

Template tag syntax:

Template tag “safe” syntax:

component_slug: [required] The slug given within this plugin’s settings page.

Requirements

Only tested on WordPress 2.5+, but there is no reason it should not work on any older versions.

FAQ

Where can this template tag go within my theme?
Anywhere. Literally…
How can I ensure this plugin doesnt break my theme?
The best way would be to use the safe template tag that first checks to see if the function exists before it calls it. See “Usage” above for details.

Version Changelog

Ver 0.7 – 2/23/2009 – Fixed javascript issues with the WP image uploader and other plugins.
Ver 0.5 – 12/11/2008 – Added Expand/Collapse features for each component, and a few minor style fixes for both the 2.7 and the 2.5.X versions of WordPress.
Ver 0.2 – 12/7/2008 – Added deletion confirmation, components are sorted properly, and an ‘undo’ function in case of an oops.
Ver 0.1 – 12/5/2008 – Plugin developed

ToDo List

TinyMCE – Add TinyMCE support for those that have enabled it within their profiles.
Nonce – Add nonce protection to all procedures.
i18n Support – Add internationalization support for the plugin.

WordPress Plugin: WP-SocialCount

Chris Cagle — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:08:05 +0000

WP-SocialCount is a WordPress plugin that displays the number of adds/saves from within a social network for any particular URL. Since this plugin allows you to specify the URL that you want to pull the data for, it means that you can display any social number for any URL of your choosing. We also attach no style to the data the plugin returns – so you are free to style and use the data in any way you see fit.

Download

Download latest stable version from WordPress Extend

Installation

Upload wpsocialcount.php to your wp-content/plugins/ folder.
Backup your WordPress Installation. I haven’t seen any problems yet, but since this install creates a new db table, it’s better to be safe than sorry.
Activate the plugin.
Go to Options->WP-SocialCount to set some of the variables for the plugin (not required for basic usage).
Add the template tag shown below into your theme’s template files.

Usage

Template tag syntax:

social-network: [required] Either ‘delicious’, ‘digg’ or ‘youtube’ for now
data-format: [required] The type and format of the data you want
- data-format options for Del.ico.us
  - link – Echos the link to add the URL to Del.ico.us. Also includes the amount of ‘saves’ if available.
  - empty – Returns the amount of ‘saves’ of the specified URL.
- data-format options for Digg
- data-format options for YouTube
url: [required] Use full URL including ‘http://’

Examples

Demo Page. Also, visit adClustr. In the top right it shows a customized version of a Del.icio.us link.

Requirements

Only tested on WordPress 2.0+, but there is no reason it should not work on any versions of WP 2.0 or above.
PHP 5.2.0 or greater for need of JSON support.

FAQ

Can it work with other social networks?
I am in the process of adding more API support as I find the time and code for it.
What can I do with this?
You can create and customize any “Add my post to Del.icio.us”, “View YouTube Video” or “Digg This” badge that your mind can possibly create with CSS. This plugin gives you complete control over the add-to link’s appearance.
Can I add more than one wpsocialcount function to my templates?
Yes. As far as I can tell, there is no limit on the number of wpsocialcount tags that can be added to any one theme. However, certain sites will throttle your website’s usage of it if it believes you are abusing the API with too many queries in too short of a timeframe. This plugin tries to stop this from happening by caching the data it fetches into a database table and only checking for updates at most once an hour.

Version Changelog

Ver 0.5 – July 24th, 2008 – Added support for YouTube. I also fixed a few of the SQL injection vulnerabilities that were discovered in the way WP plugins handle user input. I also major;y cleaned and optimized the code.
Ver 0.4 – March 12th, 2008 – Added support for StumbleUpon. Added administration panel in WordPress to collect values needed for StumbleUpon usage and other variables. Update: StumbleUpon must have caught on, and this now does not work.
Ver 0.3 – Not released to public. Added support for Digg. Also added database caching to try and prevent del.ico.us from throttling users.
Ver 0.2 – Not released to public. Changed to pull data from Del.icio.us api. Plugin now requires PHP 5.2.0 because of it’s support of JSON.
Ver 0.1 – Not released to public. It was a plugin that hacked the Del.icio.us bookmark count from the tagometer badge that Del.icio.us provides.

Credits

These are some of the places I used for help when creating this plugin. I owe a big ‘Thank You’ to everyone on this list!

Joost de Valk – For help with understanding the del.icio.us JSON code
SplitBrain – For help in getting around the whole no-StumbleUpon api thing
Digg API – Much better documented than any other api so far