Category Archives: Plugins

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Breadcrumb NavXT 3.9.0

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Holy custom post type archives batman! With Breadcrumb NavXT 3.9.0 comes native support for the custom post type archives introduced in WordPress 3.1. Due to this, Breadcrumb NavXT 3.9.0 requires WordPress 3.1.0 or newer.

In addition to native support for custom post type archives, 3.9.0 brings several bug fixes and tweaks. Namely, fixes involving the handling of incomplete installs, and incompatible environments. Finally, a bug involving the Blog breadcrumb not behaving correctly on archives (taxonomy, date, etc.) has been squashed.

This release did not contain any translation string changes. However, for 4.0 there will be a purge of incomplete and old translations. The following translations have not been updated by their authors in a long time:

  • Dutch
  • Russian
  • German
  • Indonesian
  • Italian

These translations that will not be not be included in 4.0, unless they are updated. If you are fluent in any of these languages and wish to update these translations, please get in contact with me.

You can grab the latest version of Breadcrumb NavXT from the Breadcrumb NavXT page. If you experience any issues with this version of Breadcrumb NavXT, please leave a comment on this post detailing the issue. Support for defects (bugs) is no longer provided in the Breadcrumb NavXT page, in the documentation page, or in the FAQ page.

-John Havlik

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Breadcrumb NavXT 3.9.0 Preview

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What will most likely be Breadcrumb NavXT 3.9.0 is feature complete. The singular new feature, support for custom post type archives, has been implemented. Just a little tidying up of loose ends is needed before sending it off for translation. The actual release date is tentatively this upcoming Monday.

Note that this release is not synchronized with the SVN trunk (and why I’m trying to get it out and done quickly). Work towards 4.0 is already reflected in the SVN trunk version, and it is significantly different from 3.9.x.

Grab the Breadcrumb NavXT SVN 3.9.x Branch version to try out 3.9.0 before it is released.

-John Havlik

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Road to Breadcrumb NavXT 3.9.0

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Yes, there will be a 3.9.0 release of Breadcrumb NavXT, it will be coming later this month. Due a feature added in it, WordPress 3.1 will be required. It is not following the release wave cadence as this version was going to be skipped. The only new feature slated for this release is support for custom post type archives which were introduced in WordPress 3.1.

-John Havlik

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The “Settings not Saved” Error

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A major cause of the “Settings not Saved” error has already been fixed. This closes off the ability to get into the problem. Code that detects a site with that problem and fixes it still needs to be written. Originally, 3.8.2 was going to be released last Friday. It was bumped to this Monday, and now I’m “punting” to sometime around the end of the month.

An intermediate solution for users affected by this issue is to perform a settings reset:

  1. Navigate to the Breadcrumb NavXT settings page (Under Settings > Breadcrumb NavXT).
  2. Click on the “Import/Export/Reset” tab next to the “Help” tab in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
  3. On the dropdown press the “Reset” button.

After completing these steps you should be able to save your settings without receiving the “Settings not Saved” error.

Note that this error is not something new to Breadcrumb NavXT 3.8.0, it is only made apparent due to the message introduced in 3.8.0. The absolute root cause of this is the activation action is not being fired for the method of installing plugins used by affected users (something that may be indirectly fixed in WP 3.2).

-John Havlik

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Breadcrumb NavXT 3.8.1

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This is the first bug fix release for the 3.8 branch of Breadcrumb NavXT. There are two fixes contained in this release. Root pages for custom post types should work again. Additionally, a known cause of the “these settings were not saved” messages has been resolved. Those affected by either of these two issues should update immediately.

You can grab the latest version of Breadcrumb NavXT from the Breadcrumb NavXT page.

-John Havlik

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