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Posted 31 March 2010 in Dynamic Widgets by Jacco

Cannot use a scalar value as an array

Until now I’ve received two times a notification from users about a PHP error appearing in the widgets admin “Cannot use a scalar value as an array”. After doing some Googling and analyzing my own code I think I have found the problem. A possible bugfix  for this is applied to the development version 1.2.4.

UPDATE May 15, 2010: It seems the bug is finally fixed in the development version 1.2.6

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Posted 29 March 2010 in Dynamic Widgets by Jacco

Dynamic Widgets 1.2.3

After two development versions (1.2.1 and 1.2.2) and now with the addition of the default widget display setting option for the Search Page, it’s time to make version 1.2.3 an official release. So here it is. Compared to the previous official release version 1.2 the following has been changed:

  • Added functionality when front page display is set to static page. (1.2.1 and 1.2.2)
  • Added default widget display setting option for Search Page.
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Posted 17 February 2010 in Dynamic Widgets by Jacco

Dynamic Widgets 1.2

Version 1.2 of Dynamic Widgets is now available for download. In this version a lot has been added, fixed and changed.

  • Added support for PHP4 (not fully tested).
  • Added Dynamic Widgets info and edit link in the widgets admin itself.
  • Added support for widget display setting options for Author Pages.
  • Added support for Single Posts exception rules for tags.
  • Added support for Single Posts exception rules for individual posts.
  • Bugfix for rare cases not selecting the right default option for single posts.
  • Bugfix for wrong exception rules were applied in rare cases when rules are set for a page or archive page.
  • Bugfix for displaying confusing success and error message.
  • Bugfix for not displaying checked checkboxes in MS Internet Explorer.
  • Workaround to stop showing invalid (not clean unregistered) widgets without a name.
  • Some small textual changes.
  • Moved general helpinfo to standard WordPress contextual help screen.

PHP4 support is now automatic. However, PHP4 support is not fully tested because I don’t have PHP4 anymore. If you encounter problems, please let me know. I’ll try to work out a solution.

Due to the addition of the Author pages option, the behavior of the Archive pages option has slightly changed. The Archive pages option does not include the Author pages anymore. If you have widgets with the Archive option set to ‘No’ the upgrade process to version 1.2 will automaticly set ‘No’ to the Author pages also to keep the old behavior. An upgrade is only triggered when a proper deactivate and activate cycle is done.

UPDATE 21.15 GMT+0100: If you’ve downloaded the plugin between 19.15 [7.15 PM] and 21.15 [9.15 PM] GMT+0100 it is possible you’re not able to view the Widgets Admin page. I’ve accidently uploaded a wrong version of a script which causes a crash of that page. Just re-download and overwrite the plugin. Everything is working fine now. My apologies for any inconvience. I took measures to be sure this won’t happen again.

Posted 16 February 2010 in Dynamic Widgets, WordPress by Jacco

WordPress 2.9.2

The new 2.9.2 version of WordPress which was released yesterday does not affect the working of Dynamic Widgets. I’ve done a quick test with the latest version (1.1.1) of Dynamic Widgets and did not find any problem.

Posted 7 February 2010 in Dynamic Widgets by Jacco

Bug fixed in version 1.1

The bug which occurred in version 1.1 has been fixed. The version with the bugfix is 1.1.1. You can download the new version at wordpress.org.

My apologies for any inconvience caused by this bug.