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Hi I'm Bubs, welcome to my home on the web!

Thanks for stopping by! You have stumbled upon the personal website of Sidney Collins (aka Bubs). I'm a 24-year old student at the University of Alabama studying Computer Science and Mathematics. When I'm not busy programming you'll probably find me writing, drawing, reading, shopping, eating, or playing Monopoly.

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May 28

Bubs’ Button Board

Download Bubs’ Button Board 2.1 (WP 2.5+)
Download Bubs’ Button Board 2.0 (WP 2.5+)
Download Bubs’ Button Board 1.1
Download Bubs’ Button Board 1.0
Bubs’ Button Board at Wordpress

I’ve decided to release my first WP plugin to the public :nod: It’s a customizable plugboard for your Wordpress blog. You can see it in action here at BubblesSOC. BBB features button moderation and cache… I wouldn’t want an ugly broken image to mess up your nice layout ;) Of course both of these features are optional.

ChangeLog

  • July 23, 2008 (Version 2.1) Validated compatibility with WP 2.6. Added email notification option. Enabled button editing.
  • May 5, 2008 (Version 2.0) Plugin now compatible with WP 2.5+. Added widget support.
  • July 5, 2007 (Version 1.1) Added support for servers with PHP allow_url_fopen disabled. This version requires a writable directory and cURL (for error checking)

Installation

  • Upload the button-board folder to wp-content/plugins.
  • Activate the Bubs’ Button Board plugin.
  • Visit Wp-Admin › Options › Button Board (Wp-Admin › Settings › Button Board in WP 2.5/2.6) to edit your plugboard options.
  • Make the button-board/cache directory writable! (This is optional in version 1.0)

Upgrading from 1.0/1.1/2.0

  • Upload button-board.php to the folder wp-content/plugins/button-board, overwriting the original file.

Usage

  • Create a Wordpress page for your plugboard (Write › Write Page)
  • Paste [bbb_page_print] in the Page Content textarea. Publish your page.
  • If you want to include a mini-plugboard on your site, use the following function:
    <?php bbb_include(6, "<li>", "</li>"); ?>
  • The function parameters are:
    1. The number of buttons you want to display (optional)
    2. The Before tag (optional)
    3. The After tag (optional)
  • Alternatively, you can use the new mini-plugboard widget (Version 2.0+).

Styling the Board

If you want your buttons to appear side-by-side, use the following CSS:

ul#plugboard {
        /* The Plugboard Container */
        list-style: none;
        float: left;
}

ul#plugboard li {
        float: left;
        padding-right: 5px;
        padding-bottom: 5px;
}

#plugboard-form {
        /* The Plugboard Form Container */
        clear: both;
}

For specific styling issues, please email me.

Comments, Problems, Suggestions, Etc.

You can comment here or email me :)

Plugin User?

If you are using my plugboard plugin on your website, let me know! You’ll get a special link on my plugboard page :heart:


Post Info

Bubs posted this entry 1 year, 1 month ago on Monday, May 28th, 2007 at 3:04 pm.


Comments So Far

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  1. Lena's Gravatar

    Lena (Quote)

    Wow, That’s so cool of you to make your own plugin. Too bad I don’t use wordpress…. :(

    But I know a lot of wordpress-users would totally love it! :D

    Mon May 28th, 2007 3:37 pm

  2. Ben's Gravatar

    Ben (Quote)

    Its fantastic Bub’s!! And very easy to customise :P

    http://www.solipsus.com/visitor/plug-board/

    Well done on your first Wordpress plugin.

    Mon May 28th, 2007 5:44 pm

  3. Ashley's Gravatar

    Ashley (Quote)

    Wow! Very nice! I’m definitely going to give this a try on my site! Thanks Bubs! :D

    Mon May 28th, 2007 9:01 pm

  4. Jessica's Gravatar

    Jessica (Quote)

    I was so waiting for this. I will work on making it fit my wp install. :D

    Mon May 28th, 2007 9:08 pm

  5. Ashley's Gravatar

    Ashley (Quote)

    Oh yes! Finally! I can’t wait to install this! I’ll let you know how it goes! :D

    Mon May 28th, 2007 9:50 pm

  6. skye's Gravatar

    skye (Quote)

    you must be an angel sent from heaven.. thank you so much for the plugin! i’ve been waiting for this!

    Mon May 28th, 2007 9:59 pm

  7. Melissa's Gravatar

    Melissa (Quote)

    YAY! :D I’m so excited to use this!! WOOOO! :D

    Mon May 28th, 2007 10:21 pm

  8. Nikki's Gravatar

    Nikki (Quote)

    That’s awesome! I’m definitely downloading it for future use :)

    Tue May 29th, 2007 6:36 am

  9. Ashley's Gravatar

    Ashley (Quote)

    I have it on my site! Yay! I love it Bubs! :)

    Tue May 29th, 2007 10:53 am

  10. Arien's Gravatar

    Arien (Quote)

    Bubs, this is so freaking awesome! I’ve been wanting a plug board for a long time but couldn’t find one that worked with WP. I should have known you’d write up something like that! You and Jem kill me everytime!!!

    Tue May 29th, 2007 12:26 pm

  11. Simply Precious's Gravatar

    Simply Precious (Quote)

    Wow! That is sooo nice! I wished I could write WP plugins like that!

    Tue May 29th, 2007 2:10 pm

  12. Malin's Gravatar

    Malin (Quote)

    Cool that you made your own plugin! :)

    Tue May 29th, 2007 3:35 pm

  13. Hannah's Gravatar

    Hannah (Quote)

    Oh, this is really cool. Thanks for sharing it with us, I think I’m going to try it out. :D

    Tue May 29th, 2007 4:45 pm

  14. nadine's Gravatar

    nadine (Quote)

    congrats on releasing your first plug-in :) it looks very very cool!

    Tue May 29th, 2007 6:12 pm

  15. Connie's Gravatar

    Connie (Quote)

    Hi Bubs, I love it too, thank you so much for sharing it with us!

    Wed May 30th, 2007 10:50 am

  16. Mari's Gravatar

    Mari (Quote)

    Oh, thank you for this! This is an awesome plugin, and it works so well.

    Sat Jun 2nd, 2007 7:41 pm

  17. Shauna's Gravatar

    Shauna (Quote)

    I installed it just a few momets ago. Works great! Thanks so much :)

    Sun Jun 10th, 2007 10:31 am

  18. ming's Gravatar

    ming (Quote)

    hi all, please i need help…i downloaded the plugboard plugin. installed in my wordpress, everything was ok but when i wanted to do a test to upload a graphic, it keep saying Your button is broken. Please help…i hope i can my plugboard up soon. I be very grateful for tat. Thanks!

    Tue Jun 12th, 2007 11:15 am

  19. Jowah's Gravatar

    Jowah (Quote)

    This is an awesome plugin. Will DEFINITELY use it in all WP installations I have.
    I have a couple of suggestions tho. One may exclude the other one.

    1) Since I activated the moderation option, I would like to receive an e-mail for each application. Or/and:

    2) Have a reminder in the Dashboard, like when you need to approve comments.

    Good job on this awesome plugin :)

    Wed Aug 1st, 2007 4:00 am

  20. Crystal's Gravatar

    Crystal (Quote)

    Love the plugin! How do we style it so the list bullet doesn’t show up?

    As seen here

    Fri Aug 3rd, 2007 7:28 pm

  21. PiNKSKULL*xai's Gravatar

    PiNKSKULL*xai (Quote)

    Heio :) I love your site, it’s so pretty!

    Sun Aug 5th, 2007 4:19 am

  22. Jenn's Gravatar

    Jenn (Quote)

    WOW! Your site is awesome! I wish you had that plugboard download for non-WP sites!

    Sat Aug 11th, 2007 3:27 am

  23. Laura's Gravatar

    Laura (Quote)

    I love the ease of your button board plugin! Thanks a bunch for making it! I am not sure if there’s a way to put a mini-board in my sidebar since I use widgets, is there? I hope maybe you will consider adding that for your next version. :)

    Mon Aug 20th, 2007 10:56 pm

  24. Mark's Gravatar

    Mark (Quote)

    I love this plugin. This helps me manage my affiliate links. Is it possible to include reciprocal link field and check if your site URL was linked in the specified reciprocal link? This is also good if there is an option for Paypal payment if there is no reciprocal link.

    Wed Sep 26th, 2007 2:29 am

  25. Gemma's Gravatar

    Gemma (Quote)

    Hi Bubs! Not content with just using your plug board at Pink Garden: http://www.pinkgarden.co.uk, I loved it soo much I’m using it on my jewellery blog too! You can find it here: http://www.perlina.co.uk/blog/88-x-31-plug-board

    Thanks again for this wonderful plugin! :-)

    Mon Nov 19th, 2007 10:36 am

  26. Gemma's Gravatar

    Gemma (Quote)

    Yikes! I just visited Mark’s web site and it tried to release a trojan horse on my computer!!! Thankfully MacAfee saved the day but I think his comment should be removed. I’m going to report his site now.

    Mon Nov 19th, 2007 10:38 am

  27. fando91's Gravatar

    fando91 (Quote)

    btw, how to make it writable? can i ask?

    Tue Dec 4th, 2007 3:15 am

  28. Jennifer's Gravatar

    Jennifer (Quote)

    Omigosh thanks Bubs! This is the best button board ever, I just had to put it on my site!

    Sun Dec 30th, 2007 10:27 pm

  29. Joe's Gravatar

    Joe (Quote)

    Bubs,

    Hi there! We love your button board! But we’re not exactly HTML literati, though we’ve gotten better in the last few days! Got a question if you so can help…we want to put version 1.0 into our sidebar. Where do we place the function <?php bbb_include(6, “”, “”); ?>…that is on what line of the php on our server’s editor or on our wordpress editor? Thanks a million. We have a great project and are trying to give it a nice face. You’ll be proud to see your buttons there once we get it all together.

    Thanks,

    Joe

    Mon Jan 14th, 2008 8:28 am

  30. dave anderson's Gravatar

    dave anderson (Quote)

    produces :

    ”, “
    ”); ?>

    in a widget text box, ( see site lowest right column, I’ll leave for a couple days so you can see it, any help appreciated, 1.1 is installed.

    Fri Jan 25th, 2008 10:10 pm

  31. Mike's Gravatar

    Mike (Quote)

    I wish I knew what your plugin does, could you email me and tell me what it does?
    Mike

    Mon Apr 14th, 2008 5:06 pm

  32. evanz's Gravatar

    evanz (Quote)

    Hi bubs, can i ask something? does this plugin compatible with WP 2.5? I used this plugin but it does not work.. can u help me?

    Mon Apr 28th, 2008 3:04 am

  33. evanz's Gravatar

    evanz (Quote)

    hi sis.. I’m still having trouble here http://v-lair.co.cc/plug
    erm, how can I enable cUrl on my wp? can u help me sis? it show something like this ‘You must have cURL enabled on your server

    Fri May 30th, 2008 4:26 am

  34. evanz's Gravatar

    evanz (Quote)

    so, im currently using 1.0.. LOL

    Fri May 30th, 2008 4:40 am

  35. Lady's Gravatar

    Lady (Quote)

    Oh my, I just ended up here because of your plugin. This site is so freakishly adorable! I wish my theme was this cute!

    (Do you ever make themes like this one? I have no skill with design, but I know HTML and basic PHP. I suck!)

    Wed Jun 25th, 2008 1:36 pm

  36. mendifae's Gravatar

    mendifae (Quote)

    yay, glad to see your updated this plugin! I loved the older version and was sad when it stopped working when I updated… *runs off to put plugin board back up*

    ((hugs))!!

    Sun Jul 20th, 2008 12:58 pm

  37. autworld's Gravatar

    autworld (Quote)

    A wonderful idea, i love your blog - your unique, beautiful design!

    Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 8:23 am

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