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19 Responses to “In Series 2.2.0”

1. trackback: Posted: Jan 30th, 2007 at 13:34

   1 Bloganbieter.de Tipps wie man Artikel-Serien schreibt… Es gibt verschiedene Wege um Leser an das eigene Blog zu binden. Eine Methode ist das Schreiben von Serien-Artikeln, in denen ein Thema Stück für Stück beleuchtet und erklärt wird. Hierbei streut man die Informationen, die man den Lesern mitteilen … Reply to this comment.

2. Joe Posted: Feb 1st, 2007 at 17:37

   2 Hey Guy(sorry I don’t know your name), I have used v 2.0 and it semi-worked for me. I adapted a little and it seemed to be Ok. However, when I upgraded to WP 2.1 It Doesn’t Work at all. If I upgrade In Series to the newest version, will it be compatible? And, do I have to make any/alot of changes to my existing series on my Blog? Thanks, I like the plugin, but I need it to work. Joe Reply to this comment.

3. Quandary Posted: Feb 1st, 2007 at 19:09

   3 Author Comment Sorry; I haven’t tried it with WordPress 2.1 (I’m putting off the upgrade since I _just_ got everything working with 2.0). I’ll set up a testbed and try it out, though, since I’m sure that other people will be using it with WordPress 2.1 too. You should not have to make any changes to your existing articles/series when upgrading to the latest In Series; it should “Just Work.” If you have to do anything beyond installing/deactivating/activating the plugin to make it work, let me know; I’ll try to fix it. As far as pre-2.1 releases of In Series goes — I have no clue. All I know, right now, is how 2.1 and 2.2 relate to 2.0 (the version I inherited from the previous maintainer). I’d be happy to help you troubleshoot, though; hop into #in-series on irc.freenode.net and give a holler, if you can. If not, let me know here, and I’ll e-mail you directly. Thanks for the feedback! Reply to this comment.

4. Joe Posted: Feb 1st, 2007 at 19:42

   4 Thanks for the quick answer Quandary, I think I’ll just jump in and see if I (it) floats. I will certainly let you know how it works, if there are any problems or Not. It’s getting a little late in my neck of the woods, so I’ll check it out tomorrow. Thanks again for your help. Joe Reply to this comment.

5. Quandary Posted: Feb 1st, 2007 at 20:19

   5 Author Comment I just tried In Series 2.2.0 on WordPress 2.1 (default theme), and it seems to work fine. Maybe the reason In Series stopped working when you went to WordPress 2.1 is because you didn’t take your modified theme along? The old (pre 2.2) In Series plugins required that you hand-code the tags into the theme. If you install In Series 2.2.0 and still don’t see any series-related hyperlinks, try enabling the “automagic” hyperlinks through Options->Series in the admin control panel. Let me know of your success/failure; I’ll try to help out in the latter case, if I can. Reply to this comment.

6. Joe Posted: Feb 2nd, 2007 at 11:25

   6 Hey Quandary, SUCCESS… I basically had to undo the whole original version. One bit at a time after installation. I was getting double lists etc and nothing under the post itself. I was running into a problem because I had to make so many adjustments to the original version, it started causing problems with WP 2.1 Anyway, it works perfectly now. Thanks, it is exactly what I wanted from the first. Joe PS. I didn’t notice in the .txt on how to put a list in the sidebar, so this is how I did it. I just picked a good spot, added a title and put in the code: <?php all_series(‘’); ?> That put a list in the sidebar, click on a series post name and it takes them right to the first in the series. Thanks again, J. Reply to this comment.

7. Quandary Posted: Feb 2nd, 2007 at 11:47

   7 Author Comment By “undo the whole original version,” do you mean you had to remove the In Series tags that you’d put into your template files? Also, yes — the all_series() function is the way to drop in the list of articles right now. However, I still need to provide an automagic way to put the series list it into the sidebar (probably the most common place to put it), based on a configuration option. Note that, if you pass all_series() the right options, you can make it sort by the (pseudo-)most-recently-posted-to series, instead of alphabetically. If you check the actual plugin source, the function is documented (search for “function all_series” and “function get_all_series”). To be honest, I haven’t given the in_series.txt file the attention it deserves, yet. You’re welcome, and thanks for the feedback. :) Reply to this comment.

8. Joe Posted: Feb 2nd, 2007 at 13:30

   8 Quandary, Yeah, it’s a long story, but with the original in order to get the thing to work in the sidebar I had to put all the tags in the sidebar.php and I actually had to use the hyper-link for the first post to have it show up. Weird, but it worked. And instead of showing the list in the series at the end of posts, it showed in the Main List of Series as a sub=list. Anyway, it works just fine now. I’m not going to mess with it. As they say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” When I do my next series, I’ll really see the improvements (I hope) and let you know what I find out from a users standpoint. Thanks, Joe Reply to this comment.

9. Dan Posted: Feb 3rd, 2007 at 04:28

   9 Like what you’ve done in updating the plugin. I’m working on moving the series TOC to my sidebar for single posts, rather than having it appear above or below the post. I’ve figured out how to put the series TOC there–used series_table_of_contents(”)–but I can’t figure out how to list the series title. I’ve looked through the plugin source, and I’m not sure what I need to use. Reply to this comment.

10. Dan Posted: Feb 3rd, 2007 at 04:34

    10 One more question: is there a way to style the previous/next links at the bottom of the TOC? Reply to this comment.

11. Quandary Posted: Feb 3rd, 2007 at 09:43

    11 Author Comment [Fixed in head] Good questions. Sadly there is no API for getting the name of the current post’s series. Also, I have not created classes for the In Series previous/next links. Both are easy fixes, and I’ll roll them into my plans for 2.3. Reply to this comment.

12. Quandary Posted: Feb 3rd, 2007 at 11:29

    12 Author Comment I might do another release for the classing bug; I’ve added the fix to the 2.2 maintenance branch, so you can give that a try (if you don’t want to run the latest SVN trunk version). Reply to this comment.

13. Dan Posted: Feb 3rd, 2007 at 12:27

    13 Great! Look forward to seeing upcoming releases. Thanks! Reply to this comment.

14. KWiz Posted: Feb 26th, 2007 at 21:46

    14 I’ve activated the plugin, updated my options, set up my series, etc. When I look at the posts in the series, sometimes I get a full Table of Contents with the Article Series and name of the series. Sometimes the TOC disappears and the only thing that appears is the Previous in Series, Next In Series link. How can I fix this so that for each post in the series it shows the Article Series, Name, TOC, AND the Previous/Next In Series? Reply to this comment.

15. Quandary Posted: Feb 26th, 2007 at 22:01

    15 Author Comment If it doesn’t show up for every one, that’s a bug. If you can get me access to the database details (I just need the postmeta table), that would be ideal. It’s probably an issue with one of the SQL queries. Reply to this comment.

16. KWiz Posted: Feb 27th, 2007 at 07:17

    16 Quandary, Not being a techie, I’m not sure what you’re asking for. Also, it is my understanding that I need to add some code into my single post template; however, I have not done that at all, and the plugin is working. Am I mistaken, or what? Thanks for supporting this plugin. Even with these slight issues, I absolutely love it! Reply to this comment.

17. Quandary Posted: Feb 27th, 2007 at 17:42

    17 Author Comment @KWiz As far as template editing goes: nope; one of the points of the 2.2 releases and beyond is to eliminate the requirement of editing templates. I realize that folks like you might want to have something that works “out of the box” without extra setup, hassle, and technical details. Reply to this comment.

18. Oriri Posted: Mar 16th, 2007 at 04:10

    18 Love the plugin, having a blast organizing my articles with it - but for the life if me, I haven’t been able to get the ToC to stay at the bottom. I set it in the admin menu, but it resets to the top. Also, even after checking the show in multi box, the ToC doesn’t show up on my site’s default view. It shows up on the singles though. Is this a template issue? (Using the Melissa Theme by Lisa Sabin-Wilson, if that helps at all.) Sorry to be such a n00b! Reply to this comment.

19. Quandary Posted: Mar 16th, 2007 at 06:50

    19 Author Comment @Oriri Shh! Maybe everyone will install In Series 2.2.2 and no one will notice… ;) And the ToC in multi is a “missing feature.” I promise I’ll get it in eventually! Reply to this comment.