The new field in all it's glory!

I wrote a post about this a couple of days ago attributing some custom work to a client of mine. It seems that now other people (person) are (is) coming forward with more changes. This little time saver was sent to me which adds a quantity input box and a loop to add the key as many times as you want when adding a manual key.

So, for example, let’s say you are offering a particular client 50 licenses for free (for some reason) and are doing it ‘off the books’ so to spean but don’t want to have to add their key 50 times in a row. This box allows you to add it once and type 50 into the second box to do the same job!

Download it here: SB Auth Admin (11.08 kB)

I also snuck in a new images directory and a WordPress Menu Icon for fun!

Regular readers (or anyone Googling for free authentication systems for WordPress or PHP Projects to be honest) might have heard of my SB Auth Admin plugin which I talked about here.

I have had a few comments and emails about it with people wanting to integrate it into their own sites and querying compatibility with additional Payment Processors. It only supported E-Junkie before which costs a few dollars a month I think. I have just been informed by a client of mine that it also works with JV Zoo. This is good news indeed seeing as this doesn’t cost per month so a definite winner over E-Junkie. I am an affiliate of neither so feel free to pick and choose which you use but if course no monthly outgoing is a winner in my book.

Well such news warranted a new version number and a blog post.. why not! Although the E-Junkie IPN line works I have added one for JV Zoo in case either change their protocols and I need to update the plugin.

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Get the new version here: SB Auth Admin (11.08 kB)

Configuration

Like the arrow? I did it myself. My Photoshop skills are unmatched!

It’s simple.. on the add/edit product screen you will see a field named ‘IPN Forwarding URL’. Simply copy and paste the line from the SB Auth Admin plugin admin page (which looks something like http://www.yoursite.com/?add_license_key=jvzoo) and you are done! Be sure to test it of course but I am told it works a treat.

Thanks to Mathias from wsoparty.com

Its been a while since I last posted here so I thought I would do a quick roundup of what’s been going on and what you take look forward to in the future.

I spent all of september in France with my family. We stayed just outside of St Tropez on the riviera and I was forced to cut down my working, let alone blogging, to a minimum in account of the shocking Internet speed and lack of real computer with me. Needless to say though I did get some work done although more bread and butter than stuff for this site.

Since I have been back I have been working frantically to catch up with myself. I have been working on some pretty exciting projects though so lots of juicy code to offer up to the masses.

This includes

• Tell a friend widget
• Email widget with attachment functionality
• A variety of WordPress tutorials in the pipeline

Things I have done but you might not have realised are updates to my plugins in the WordPress repository, SB Uploader, SB Child List and Welcome Email Editor. Take a look at them on the WordPress site or if you are already using these plugins then check out your plugins page from the site they are running on and get he updates from there.

In short I have added widgets, shortcodes and generally neatened them up based on feedback I have had on here using the comments/contact systems and via the WordPress forums for each plugin.

A big thanks to all those people that got in touch with me for plugin help and WordPress advice. You have helped keep me awake during days when I am working on large projects and to those that have donated, once again, thanks for your support.

Remember I don’t add links back to my site in my plugins. I don’t add donate buttons or links to amazon wishlists and nor do I interfere with your WordPress sites in any way except for providing the functionality of the plugins I have written. This is because I feel that doing so is annoying and unsolicited. If you want to keep up to date with my plugin and WordPress work then check back here occasionally or add me to your RSS list. You will always be welcome.

Coming soon…

I have a few ideas for plugins and my website to appear over the next few months.

This site will soon become Tortoise IT in domain name and in site name. A designer friend of mine has mocked up a logo and theme for me to build over Christmas and the site is going to be moving in that direction. As well as offering free plugins and support, it shall also be a portfolio of my work and hopefully result in a much better user experience.

I dare say I shall post a few more times before Christmas however if I don’t.. Happy holidays from me and the rest of the Barton family.

Sean

My Birthday today(!) so only a quick post before I go off gallivanting with my family…

I just updated my review system plugin to incorporate custom post types. On activation it adds records into it’s settings page for the custom post types you have on the system and sets the system to off for those types. So you simply add my plugin then go to the settings page and turn the system on for the post types you like.

I did this because I needed to write a product review system for WP-Ecommerce today. Their system incorporates a star rating and you can comment on products but not both together.. ie you can’t rate a product and leave a review in one go. My plugin, as you should know, takes over the WP comments system and adds the ability to add a star rating. You might need to custom code your Ecommerce template if you want to report on the average star rating but even without it works a treat.

Enjoy!

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Just a quick one today. I had to be able to sort the users list within the admin pages by the date the users registered for the system. This meant I had to both add the column and make it sortable. WordPress is slightly flawed with the sorting in that it’s not the easiest thing in the world to do however at least it’s possible. A brief Google search turned out only requests for support on the first page so to remedy that I wrote a very simple plugin to accomplish it.

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Another little plugin for you to play with. I was, today, looking for a simple plugin to convert WordPress comments into a kind of review/ratings system. The idea being that a comment would be left against a product posting or something similar and people could then rate the page/post at the same time. I wanted the ability to add a star rating and then keep an average against posts and pages themselves.

This is only very basic for the moment but I would happily extend it according to demand. Let me know if you have any ideas for it.

Features so far…

- Optional post/page override whereby you can set this plugin to take over comments systems on pages only but not posts or vice-versa (or any combination.. no custom post types yet).

- Automatic addition of the functionality to the end of posts/pages and comment rows.

Screenshots below

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It’s been a whilst since my last post so thought that I would post something to say where I have been on and off. I have had a rather large project on which I hope to talk about in due course however, my main notice for the day was a site I have done for my local sailing club.

Nantwich and Border Counties Sailing Club is situated about 15 minutes from my front door and offers a lovely little lake in which to take my Laser 2 out. I offered to help write a new site for them. The commodore used the phrase ‘It needs sexing up a bit’ which is never a good start. I worked with the vice-commodore in order to get something quick and basic up and running over the course of a few short hours work. It’s now live for all to see at http://www.nantwichsail.co.uk

I have also written a few little WordPress plugins in the last month or two and we have released another version of the popular Your Members plugin (1.7.2) so a busy and exciting time has been had.

More soon but in the meantime please feel free to contact me with your plugin and support requests.