{"id":29,"date":"2004-08-27T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2004-08-27T05:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffee2code.com\/archives\/2004\/08\/27\/plugin-customizable-post-listings\/"},"modified":"2008-04-09T09:27:23","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T14:27:23","slug":"plugin-customizable-post-listings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffee2code.com\/archives\/2004\/08\/27\/plugin-customizable-post-listings\/","title":{"rendered":"Plugin: Customizable Post Listings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\ncoffee2code.com\/wp-plugins\/customizable-post-listings<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Name:<\/div>\n
Customizable Post Listings<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Author:<\/div>\n
Scott Reilly<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Version:<\/div>\n
1.1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Last updated:<\/div>\n
27 September 2004<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Description:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Display Recent Posts, Recently Commented Posts, Recently Modified Posts, Random Posts, and other post listings using the post information of your choosing in an easily customizable manner. You can narrow post searches by specifying categories and\/or authors, among other things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>Notes:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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List of percent substitution tags supported:
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\n%comments_count%  \/\/ Number of comments for post\n%comments_fancy%  \/\/ Fancy reporting of comments: (see get_recent_tagmap())\n%comments_url%   \/\/ URL to top of comments section for post\n%comments_URL%  \/\/ Post title linked to the top of the comments section on post's permalink page\n%last_comment_date%  \/\/ Date of last comment for post\n%last_comment_id%  \/\/ ID for last comment for post\n%last_comment_URL%  \/\/ URL to most recent comment for post\n%last_commenter%  \/\/ Author of last comment for post\n%last_commenter_URL \/\/ Linked (if author URL provided) of author of last comment for post\n%post_author%  \/\/ Author for post\n%post_author_count%  \/\/ Number of posts made by post author\n%post_author_posts%  \/\/ Link to page of all of post author's posts\n%post_author_url%    \/\/ Linked (if URL provided) name of post author\n%post_content%  \/\/ Full content of the post\n%post_date%    \/\/ Date for post\n%post_excerpt%  \/\/ Excerpt for post\n%post_excerpt_short% \/\/ Customizably shorter excerpt, suitable for sidebar usage\n%post_id%    \/\/ ID for post\n%post_modified%  \/\/ Last modified date for post\n%post_title%    \/\/ Title for post\n%post_url%    \/\/ URL for post\n%post_URL%    \/\/ Post title linked to post's permalink page\n<\/h4><\/pre><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Installation:<\/div>\n
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  1. Download the file customizable-post-listings.zip<\/a> and unzip it into your \/wp-content\/plugins\/ directory.
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    \nCopy and paste the the code (     customizable-post-listings.phps<\/a> ) into a file called customizable-post-listings.php, and put that file into your \/wp-content\/plugins\/ directory.  Please ensure you do not introduce any spaces or other characters before the <?php or after the ?><\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Optional: Change configuration options in the file to your liking.  In-code comments should help you there.<\/li>\n
  3. Activate the plugin from your WordPress admin ‘Plugins’ page.<\/li>\n
  4. Include one or more of the templates defined below into a template file (most likely sidebar.php)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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    <\/a>Functions:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    function c2c_get_recent_posts ($num_posts = 5,\n  $format = "<li>%post_date%: %post_URL%<\/li>",\n  $categories = '',\n  $orderby = 'date',\n  $order = 'DESC',\n  $offset = 0, \n  $date_format = 'm\/d\/Y',\n  $authors = '',\n  $include_passworded_posts = false) <\/h4><\/pre><\/p>\n
    function c2c_get_random_posts($num_posts = 5,\n        $format = "<li>%post_date%: %post_URL%<\/li>",\n        $categories = '',\n        $order = 'DESC',\n        $offset = 0,\n        $date_format = 'm\/d\/Y',\n        $authors = '',\n        $include_passworded_posts = false)<\/h4><\/pre><\/p>\n
    function c2c_get_recently_commented ($num_posts = 5, \n  $format = "<li>%comments_URL%<br \/>%last_comment_date%<br \/>%comments_fancy%<\/li>",\n  $categories = '',\n  $order = 'DESC',\n  $offset = 0,\n  $date_format = 'm\/d\/Y h:i a',\n  $authors = '',\n  $include_passworded_posts = false)<\/h4><\/pre><\/p>\n
    function c2c_get_recently_modified ($num_posts = 5,\n  $format = "<li>%post_URL%<br \/>Updated: %post_modified%<\/li>",\n  $categories = '',\n  $order = 'DESC',\n  $offset = 0,\n  $date_format = 'm\/d\/Y',\n  $authors = '',\n  $include_passworded_posts = false)<\/h4><\/pre><\/p>\n