DealDotCom WordPress Plugin – Beta 0.3

Published on Sep 19, 2007   //  DealDotCom
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So we receive a lot of feedback and found a few glitches that have been fixed today. We have pushed out a version 0.3 which has both a graphical (made by Rainer) and a text version for you to choose from (see pictures below).

DealDotCom WordPress Plugin

This version also includes a width feature you can edit on the text version.

This script is still in Beta so use at your own risk. We will wait a few more days to see if any other bugs crop up. If you find anything wrong or any suggestion feel free to post them.

UPDATE - Okay I found a few other issues and they have been cleaned up. Version 0.4 is now up and ready for testing.

UPDATE – I pushed out a small update on Version 0.5. We have caching and a vertical display in version 0.6 coming soon.

23 Comments to “DealDotCom WordPress Plugin – Beta 0.3”

  • blogadmin
    September 19, 2007 5:18 pm

    If you get an error that says this…

    URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration

    Ask your host to set allow_url_fopen to On in their php.ini.

  • Chris Jacobson
    September 19, 2007 6:43 pm

    Should the rounded corner images included in the download play a roll in the display at all?

  • blogadmin
    September 19, 2007 11:02 pm

    No it was something we were playing with but caused to many issues. The extra files were removed in version 0.4.

  • BlueFur Promotional Codes
    September 20, 2007 12:43 am

    You should code a work-around that uses cURL if allow_url_fopen is off. Many hosts will not change the setting for allow_url_fopen for security reasons.

  • BlueFur Promotional Codes
    September 20, 2007 12:47 am

    You can use something like:

    function getUrl($url) {
    if (function_exists(‘curl_init’)) {
    $ch = curl_init($url);
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
    $text = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
    } else {
    $text = @file_get_contents($url) or die();
    }
    return $text;
    }

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  • Scoot
    September 21, 2007 7:53 pm

    I am having an issue with it not showing up after I past the little tag in my sidebar. It also seems to take away my footer and google ads just above the footer, when it’s pasted in the sidebar.

  • blogadmin
    September 21, 2007 10:04 pm

    Did you enable the plugin in your WordPress admin?

  • Matt
    September 22, 2007 12:47 pm

    Some more new features in 0.6 (soon to be released):

    - Widget: Activate “Sidebar Widget: DealDotCOm Widget” on your plugins page and then there will be a Widget available for you to use on the Widget page.

    - XHTML: The plugin now outputs valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional code.

    Just a couple of notes:

    When upgrading to 0.5, you need to deactivate the Plugin, and then activate it again on the plugins page.

    You should use the following code to add the widget to your sidebar (if not using the included sidebar Widget):

    <?php
    if ( function_exists( 'dealdotcom' ) ) {
    dealdotcom();
    }
    ?>

  • Odeh
    September 22, 2007 1:19 pm

    Great!
    How can I add this plugin to html website?

  • blogadmin
    September 22, 2007 1:22 pm

    This plugin was only built for WordPress. I am guessing that DealDotCom will come out for an html only widget soon.

  • Scoot
    September 22, 2007 1:30 pm

    Yes I have. I put the php tag in a new php widget on the sidebar. But I still am not getting anything. I’m kinda new to WP so I may be screwing something up still.

  • Matt
    September 22, 2007 1:38 pm

    If your theme is Widget-friendly, download version 0.6, soon to be released, (overwrite all files, deactivate plugin and then activate it again) and activate the plugin called “Sidebar Widget: DealDotCom Widget” and then you’ll be able to see the widget on the Widgets page.

    Or, use this code in your Theme:

    <?php
    if ( function_exists( 'dealdotcom' ) ) {
    dealdotcom();
    }
    ?>

  • Matt
    September 22, 2007 1:45 pm

    That should say:

    “When upgrading to 0.6 (coming soon), you’ll need to deactivate the Plugin, and then activate it again on the plugins page.”

  • Scoot
    September 22, 2007 2:26 pm

    Okay, so instead of the other shorter tag, use this longer one right? When does 0.6 come out?

    Thanx matt

  • Matt
    September 22, 2007 2:32 pm

    Yes, use the longer code. It’s better because if you disable the plugin, and forget to remove the code, your theme won’t get messed up.

    0.6 should be released soon. I’d guess today, but it’s all up to BlueFur.

  • Scoot
    September 22, 2007 4:06 pm

    Thank you matt,
    You are the man!

  • Thinkreferrals
    September 22, 2007 11:04 pm

    Graphic 468 X 60 banner has been added. 0.6 is in final test right now.

  • blogadmin
    September 23, 2007 10:04 am

    FYI version 0.6 is now out…

    http://blog.bluefur.com/2007/09/23/dealdotcom-wordpress-plugin-beta-06/

  • blogadmin
    September 24, 2007 8:55 pm

    I have pushed out an update for 0.7 to fix the cron and the border on images…

    http://www.bluefur.com/dealdotcom/dealdotcom.zip

  • Scoot
    September 25, 2007 12:22 pm

    Thanks guys and gals, I know you are working hard on this.

  • blogadmin
    September 25, 2007 11:56 pm

    I have pushed out an update for 0.9 with some fixes and new features…

    http://blog.bluefur.com/2007/09/25/dealdotcom-wordpress-plugin-beta-09/

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