David Raynes

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June 15, 2004

SubCategories 1.0

SubCategories 1.0 is here! And there was much rejoicing. (Yay!)

You can download it here:

• subcats-1.0.tar.gz
• subcats-1.0.zip

Some of the more significant changes from the previous release (0.4):

• Much much improved interface (specially designed to make use of MT 3.0's CSS)
• Significant clean-up of the code
• Addition of the rayners::SubCategory API for other plugin developers
• Improved interface
• New tags: MTTopLeveParent, MTIfIsAncestor, MTIfIsDescendant
• Fixed a number of nagging bugs
• MTSubCategories (and MTTopLevelCategories): setting sort_order to 'descend' actually works correctly now
• MTSubCategories (and MTTopLevelCategories): new attribute sort_method allows you to define a custom category sorting method
• MTSubCatsRecurse: new attribute max_depth gives you control over how deep into the category hierarchy you want to go in your template
• Did I mention the improved interface?
• Should still be compatible with MT 2.x (not extensively tested though)
• MT 3.0 feature: when a category is removed via the MT interface, it is also removed from the hierarchy (i.e. the parent of its children will be set to its parent). If you are still using MT 2.x, those children will be listed as orphaned categories in the interface.

Be sure to read the SubCategories documentation for installation instructions and complete template tag and API documentation.

I spent a very large amount of time fixing bugs, implementing features, and just adding polish to this new version of SubCategories. If it proves useful to you, you might want to consider donating or purchasing something on my Amazon wish list (links coming shortly). I very much enjoy working on all my plugins, and I make them available for free, but they do take up a great deal of my time.

Enjoy!

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