This past spring, I took an interesting class as part of my master’s degree program titled ‘Circuits, Computation and Biology’. One of the many topics in the course was conditional permutations.
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Breadcrumb NavXT 4.0 Alpha
Grab it while it is still warm! Breadcrumb NavXT 4.0 Alpha is now available, in SVN Trunk. It has been several years since Breadcrumb NavXT has had an Alpha/Beta release. With the underlying changes in the settings structure, it seemed appropriate to have an informal Alpha release in addition to a formal Beta release.
Note that this is Alpha quality software, not all features that will be in 4.0 have been implemented yet. Several features slated for 4.0 have not been implemented yet. Some features in the settings page are not working currently do to changes in WordPress 3.3 (waiting for 3.3 to stabilize). The plan is to use the new Help menu constructs to proved better documentation within the plugin. Additionally, the Import/Export/Reset tab needs a new home, most likely under the new Help menu.
This would be a good time to note that Breadcrumb NavXT 4.0 will require WordPress 3.3. Finally, SVN Trunk will be usable (non-broken) from today until after 4.0 is released. If you find any bugs/PHP errors/PHP warnings, please report them in the comments section of this post.
Grab the Alpha/SVN trunk version of Breadcrumb NavXT.
-John Havlik
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Breadcrumb NavXT 4.0 Field Report
Currently, a quite dramatic change in settings, and as a result, behavior, is scheduled for Breadcrumb NavXT 4.0. The aim is to both reduce the number of options, while increasing the flexibility of Breadcrumb NavXT. This means replacing the prefix, suffix and anchor settings with two templates for most breadcrumb types. One template is the default template for the breadcrumb, the other is the template used when the breadcrumb is not linked. Note that some breadcrumbs will never use a linked template. There will be a settings upgrade/migration script from the 3.x settings to the 4.0 settings.
Unlike previous releases, 4.0 will have a full Alpha and Beta test release phase before the final version is available. The first Alpha will be available once the settings are fully changed over and a few required bug fixes are done. The first Beta will be available once all planned features are implemented. As for a release date, don’t plan on anything beyond an Alpha before October. This has been seriously delayed due to a project I was pulled into due to personnel issues. Hopefully, that project will be wrapping up soon.
-John Havlik
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The WordPress.org Commit Breakin – Evil Code
If you have not heard about the unauthorized SVN commits to the WordPress.org plugin repository for the plugins AddThis, WPTouch, and W3 Total Cache, you may want to read the post on the WordPress.org blog first. This event has prompted a WordPress.org password reset for all registered users. While these are three high profile examples that happened in the last 48 hours, a similar incident happened back in February.
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Breadcrumb NavXT 3.9.0
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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