Advanced status bar text control plug in for WordPress
I just released my second WordPress 1.x 2.x plug in - the Advanced Status Bar Text Controller.
With the help of this plug in you can make more user-friendly enviroment of your blog - the status bar of IE will change to:
- global control of the plug in (on/off with checkbox - if checked - the plugin is running, if unchecked - it is not working 
)
- static, predefined text (on and off)
- the name of the blog (display or not the blog’s name, on and off with checkbox, really easy to start and stop )
- the name of the article or category you are in (that’s the main feature 
)
- text separator (the default is “>”, but you can lieve this blank if you dont want any special separation of the text)
- one click installation (just activate it from your plug in options panel, then set up the setting from “Options-> Adv. Status Bar Control”
Installing the plug in:
Just unrar the archive, then upload the file wp_ay_statusbar.php to your plug in folder (usually it is wp-content/plugins/), then login as admin user, then go to Plugins, find the plug in (it is called “Advanced status bar text control”) and activate it. That is all. No need to edit anything else
Now, go to Options, click “Adv. Status Bar Control” in the menu, enter the text you want to appear on every page, select if you want to display the blog’s name and Article/Category Name, do you want to animate the text or not… And that is all you have to do The rest will be done by the plug in, you just have to sit and watch its effect
Please, if you are using this plug in, write (in the comments here) the url of your website so it will be more easier for me to track how are you using the plug in and I’ll take a notes what more can I do to develop this script
Erick S.
Brilliant!
But how do I change the text ?Blog Archive? that is in front of the rest, like this:
Name of site » Blog Archive » Article 001
Which .php file do I need for this?
I am a rookie when it comes to WordPress and I am just getting started.
07.21.06 4:33
Атанас Янев
I didnt get what you want
You want to display, for example for this post:
Atanas Yanev’s blog » Blog Archive » Advanced status bar text control plug in for WordPress
If yes, then you will have to “Atanas Yanev’s blog » Blog Archive »” as your default text, then to remove the separator (leave it blank) and thats it.. If you are in a category - the category name is displayed instead of the article title
07.21.06 9:49
Erick Schluter
What I mean is:
Atanas Yanev’s blog » Blog Archive » Advanced status bar text control plug in for WordPress
The ‘Blog Archive’ part in the sentence I do not want, in this case I would want:
Atanas Yanev’s blog » Advanced status bar text control plug in for WordPress
But I cannot seem to find where to change this.
The ‘text separator’ I have found, but this isn’t it…
Also under ‘options’ my weblog title doesnt have this in it.
07.22.06 2:50
Атанас Янев
Can you show me where are you using this ?
The code is this:
// If there\’s a category
if(!empty($cat)) {
if (!stristr($cat, \’-\’)) { // category excluded
$tmpexlcatAY = stripslashes(get_the_category_by_ID($cat));
$array = array($wp_ay_display_status_text, $ay_statusbar_separator, $tmpexlcatAY);
$wp_ay_display_status_text = implode(\” \”, $array);
}
}
if (!empty($category_name)) {
$getthecatnameAY = stripslashes($wpdb->get_var(\”SELECT cat_name FROM $tablecategories WHERE category_nicename = \’$category_name\’\”));
$array = array($wp_ay_display_status_text, $ay_statusbar_separator, $getthecatnameAY);
$wp_ay_display_status_text = implode(\” \”, $array);
}
// If there\’s a post
if ($single) {
$getthetitleAY = strip_tags(stripslashes($posts[0]->post_title));
$array = array($wp_ay_display_status_text, $ay_statusbar_separator, $getthetitleAY);
$wp_ay_display_status_text = implode(\” \”, $array);
}
}
Remove the if (!empty($category_name)){…} and if(!empty($cat)) {…}
/
/dont forget to backup first
I think it will work… Sorry, I\’m getting the real name of the post, dont know what your template or other plugin is doing with them also..
07.22.06 10:29
Erick Schluter
Will try this and report back a.s.ap.!
07.23.06 3:45
blueyez
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ay_status_bar_scroller() (previously declared in /home/btour/public_html/web/wp-content/plugins/wp_ay_statusbar.php:29) in /home/btour/public_html/web/wp-content/plugins/wp_ay_statusbar.php on line 60
why ?
11.25.06 17:05
Атанас Янев
Have no idea, what WP version are you using ?
At line 29 is function ay_status_bar_scroller().. at line 60 is nothing that can cause this problem. Wired
Is this the original plugin?
11.25.06 17:10
Fabricio Vasselai
Hi,
I´ve just downloaded this plugin, installed and activated it. But when I go to options and then its link, I got a blank screen.
I am using wordpress 2.1
can you help me?
03.23.07 22:06
Атанас Янев
Are you sure that the version you’ve downloaded is ok?
Haven’t heard anyone else with this problem…
Can you tell me what other plugins are you using… Maybe there is the problem…
03.24.07 22:44
Lamp
Hey, awesome plugin! Thought you might wanna know: to make the plugin XHTML valid, you might wanna put ‘type=”text/javascript”‘ in the tag. My XHTML check pointed that out =]. Thanks!
06.06.07 4:47
Mark
I’m having trouble getting this to work… the plugin is installed and activated and the Javascript appears in the source code for my site, but it just doesn’t show anything in the status bar!?
Also, shouldn’t the javascript read as follows?
window.status = “(message here)”;
06.17.07 8:28
Pooth
I got same error like this
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ay_status_bar_scroller() (previously declared in /home/btour/public_html/web/wp-content/plugins/wp_ay_statusbar.php:29) in /home/btour/public_html/web/wp-content/plugins/wp_ay_statusbar.php on line 60
I’m using WP 2.2.2, with Countdown Timer, Hello Dolly 1.5, LiveCalendar 1.1 Calendar,NextGEN Gallery 0.64,
NextGEN Gallery Widget 1.01, Snap Shots™ Plugin 1.3
Yahoo/MSN Style Smileys plugin
can you check the error and give me a sollution?
Thank you
08.24.07 10:27
cewek bahenol
Nice Plugin but…. Not working in Mozilla Firefox (No Cross Browser Compatible)
09.06.07 21:14
Erick Schluter
I have solved it…I think…Maybe somebody else did it, as part of an update from WordPress, I really don’t know.
But the ‘Blog Archive’ text is gone from the tag.
It now starts with the name of the article people are reading, followed by the name of the weblog. Perfekt!
12.12.07 12:50