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Announcement Bar

v0.4.1
by Austin · 1.0 (2 reviews)

A fixed position (header) HTML with jQuery drop-down announcement bar using Custom Post Types.

3K+ active installs Updated Apr 23, 2015 Tested to 4.2.38
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Announcement Bar

About Announcement Bar

This plugin adds a fixed bar at the top of your browser screen to display announcements. It is easy to install and allows you to customize the announcements using a custom post type. There are also plans for future updates to include additional features like saved bar position and toggling announcements on and off.

Screenshots

Announcement Bar screenshot
Announcement Bar screenshot
Announcement Bar screenshot
Announcement Bar screenshot

Changelog

= Version 0.4.1 (04/23/15)

  • Fix unexpected error during activation.

= Version 0.4 (12/17/14)

  • LOTS of code cleanup.
  • Fix basic PHP notices.
  • Ready for WordPress 4.1.

= Version 0.3.2 (12/3/12)

  • Updated Dashboard
  • Removed PHP4 support

= Version 0.3.1.1 (02/16/12)

  • Updated register_uninstall_hook.

= Version 0.3.1 (11/8/11)

  • Feeds updates.
  • WordPress 3.3 check

Version 0.3 (9/8/11)

  • Dashboard fix.
  • Other stuff I can’t remember.

Version 0.2.2 (6/23/11)

  • [BUG FIX] An error in the dashboard widget is causing some large images. Sorry. Always escape.

Version 0.2.1 (6/13/11)

  • Russian Translation files added (thanks to Elvis: http://wp.turkenichev.ru/).

Version 0.2 (6/1/11)

  • Complete overhaul.
  • [NEW] Now saves bar position with cookies.
  • Added backwords compatibility for jQuery < 1.6.x.
  • [NEW] Add your own custom CSS.

Version 0.1.5 (5/16/11)

  • Updated .attr() to .prop() for jQuery 1.6.x. New minimum install requirements.

Version 0.1.4 (3/30/11)

  • Dashboard widget updated.

Version 0.1.3 (2/24/11)

  • Removed javscript link causing hang-ups.

Version 0.1.2 (2/9/11)

  • Updated the feed parser to comply with deprecated rss.php and use class-simplepie.php

Version 0.1.1 (12/23/10)

  • Update CSS z-index for WordPress 3.1 admin-bar.

Version 0.1 (12/21/10)

  • Readme.txt file updated a bit. POT file added to languages.

Version 0.09 (12/20/10)

  • post_type announcementbar incorect on post-type.php.

Version 0.08 (12/20/10)

  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.07 (12/20/10)

  • Plugin name changed.

Version 0.06 (12/19/10)

  • Fixed issue with is_admin_bar_showing to work only with WP 3.1 or greater.
  • Couldn’t find wp-load.php to create dynamic CSS.

Version 0.05 (12/19/10)

  • Fixed issue with slug stuck in readonly setting.

Version 0.04 (12/19/10)

  • Removed scripts and styles from the admin.
  • Removed filter, used during testing.

Version 0.03 (12/19/10)

  • Readme update.
  • Added Custom Post Type.
  • Added options panel.
  • Added jQuery & CSS.

TODO

  • Check rewrite rules flushing proper on slug change.
  • Better stats.

Version 0.02α (12/15/10)

  • Readme update.

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