Looking down the road…

Connections is becoming more and more popular which great and I thank you! Here’s a peek at my development plans. Many of the features listed below are coming by popular demand. If all goes well the next release should be coming very soon.

Next Release => 0.7.0.0

• BUG: Set the db version after each db upgrade cycle.
• BUG: Add the missing social media block to the output class, default templates and help page.
• BUG: Fix typos in the help page.
• BUG: Fixed improper use of the prepare method when saving and updating entries.
• BUG: Fix issue causing the adding/editing of entries to fail when the ‘%’ character was used.
• BUG: Auto add the http:// to website and social media link URLs.
• BUG: Fix when copying or adding a Connection Group will display twice in the entry list. Caused by the group name being saved to the last_name field. Only save fields that pertain to the entry type selected.
• BUG: Database upgrade shouldn’t execute on a new plug-in install.
• BUG: Fix the filter and sort shortcode attributes to take into consideration the use of special characters like the apostrophe.
• BUG: Remove images from the server when being removed from an entry.
• BUG: Image tag should not be output in the image does not exist and the entry options should be updated.
• OTHER: Removed the use of $_SESSION throughout the plug-in.
• OTHER: Enhance plug-in security through the use of nonce.
• OTHER: Move the cnDate methods to the cnForm class.
• OTHER: Move the cnConvert methods to the cnFormatting class.
• OTHER: Require the class.upload.php class only when needed to remove 1.3MB in plug-in overhead.
• OTHER: Remove the known issue about WP Super Cache and images as they no longer apply.
• FEATURE: Add links for Setting, Help and Donate to the plug-in management page.
• FEATURE: Add template tag to display the categories that an entry is assigned to.
• FEATURE: Add honorable pre/suffice to entry form and hCard/vCard output.
• FEATURE: Add contact name for Organization entry type.

Release => 0.7.1.0

• FEATURE: Expand the category shortcode attribute to allow multiple category ids to be called. [Operational OR]
• FEATURE: Add in_category shortcode attribute. This will define multiple categories by id that an entry must be assigned in order to be displayed. [Operational AND]
• FEATURE: Add exclude_category shortcode attribute to allow multiple categories by id to be excluded from the output.
• FEATURE: Add category_name shortcake attribute to allow multiple categories to be called by name(/slug). [Operational OR]
• FEATURE: Add in_category_name shortcode attribute. This will define multiple categories by name(/slug) that an entry must be assigned in order to be displayed. [Operational AND]
• FEATURE: Add exclude_category_name shortcode attribute to allow multiple categories by name(/slug) entries to be excluded from the output.
• FEATURE: Add wp_current shortcode attribute to show entries based on the current category and in_category by name(/slug)
• FEATURE: Expand the RTE for the bio and notes fields to allow more styling

Release => 0.7.2.0

• FEATURE: Find and map WP users that are in Connections and maintain those relationships. To be used initially for the wp_current shortcode attribute to show and entry for the current post author or current logged in user. This will be useful for custom author / about me boxes and custom greeting based on the current user.
• FEATURE: Expand the wp_current shortcode attribute to show entries based on current tag/in_tag by name(/slug); author and user.
• FEATURE: Category list / drop down on the front end to allow users to filter based on category. Output will support permalinks via wp_rewrite.
• FEATURE: Add detail_template shortcode attribute. This is to support showing a second more detailed template of an entry. This will support permalinks via wp_rewrite.
• FEATURE: Add relation_template shortcode attribute. This is to support showing the details of an entry’s relationship. This will support permalinks via wp_rewrite.
• FEATURE: Expand the functionality of the template tags.
• FEATURE: Add support for custom CSS and JavaScript for templates. Only load the CSS/JavaScript on the page/post that the shortcode is called on.