I pushed up v1.1 of Zen yesterday. Not much changed in this new version. Key improvement is that the content textarea is now a bit bigger so things don’t look really disproportionate on larger resolutions.
I’ve also added 3 new themes:
Zen Sea & Sky
Zen Sunset
Zen Foiled Again (My new favourite)
Tired of all those boring emails that you get from WordPress? Do you dread opening emails from WordPress because plain text and/or over-querystringified links terrify you? Rest easy friend, HTML emails for WordPress are here.
HTML Emails replaces the standard WordPress emails with spruced up versions that simply look good. Sample included below:
Currently, only comment notifications are HTML-ized (new comment and comment moderation emails), but I’m hoping to add all other email notifications soon (and yes, that includes Multi-Site emails coming with WordPress 3.0).
While I have only tested the emails on Gmail, Gmail on Android, and Outlook, they should work on most email clients (including clients without HTML support). If you’re using a client other than the 3 I’ve listed, I would appreciate an email with info on whether the email looks like it should and works correctly.
Don’t like my design chops? (Go ahead, admit it!) I’ve got you covered! HTML emails makes it easy to fully customize the look and feel of emails sent by WordPress. See the Other Notes section on the Plugin page for details on how to customize emails. More detailed walkthroughs to come.
Grab it from the Plugin Directory or install directly from WordPress (Plugins > Add New, search for HTML Emails).
Hello Mohammad,
Any chance to add html email for a user when they request a password reset and also get an email with the new password?
Thomas
Nice plugin. Unfortunately, it doesn’t show the commenter’s URL. I need to know that before approving. After all, I wouldn’t approve *any* comment by someone with an URL like: http://nlrgurXXX.com
Thanks for your comment Brent!
The commenter’s URL is actually included and linked form their name. But, this has actually thrown me off a few times too and it probably would be easier if the URL was listed separately. I’ll make sure to change that in the next release.
Ha! So it is. That’s nice.
I’m looking forward to your next release.
I really liked your plugin . Emails were really sweet as you said instead of those ugly ones of WP.
If possible add Password notications also in next version please.
Thanks
I have just translated in Russian the .pot file from the plugin archive with Poedit in MacOS, but it will show me #$%&@^& errors and cannot open it after saving into the .pot and .po files. But in text mode with any text editor it can be open, so that is translated file: http://cl.ly/716d0df1a6278c0dc052
Maybe you can make it stable and include my translate into next version.
Sorry for my bad English :3
Hi!
Good plugin, I had the same idea but trying to make it work in a different.
I’m running my WP installation in E_ALL error displaying and have some undefined constants. It’s a shame that there are so many great plugins but auhtors don’t care about notices. The whole WP publishing system runs whithout any notice ! Could you please correct it ? :)
Ah, thanks for pointing that out. I’ll fix the errors when I get a chance.
Ok this might be a really BASIC question, but how do I create an email?
Stop laughing please;-)
Any chance to add html email for a user when they request a password reset and also get an email with the new password?
Edit Flow was bumped up to v0.3 last week and saw a flurry of other updates as bugs cropped up that I had managed to miss during the testing phase before release. The main focus of this release was to introduce usergroups, which will form the basis of future features and to enhance the notification functionality that was introduced in the previous version.
If you haven’t upgraded yet, download it from the Plugin Directory or directly from within WordPress.
Here’s a quick breakdown of the new features introduced in this release:
Version 0.3+ adds in what are called usergroups. On the outset, they’re similar to “Roles” built into WordPress, except that (at this stage) usergroups are simply ways to associate groups of users together. Edit Flow adds a number of sample usergroups for you to get started (as shown above) and get a sense of what sort of groupings you can create. However, the main power of usergroups comes with…
Much of the feedback Edit Flow received since the email notification were introduced centred around having greater control over who receives notifications. Previously, post updates were emailed to authors, editorial commenters, and any roles that had been selected to receive notifications. Many people were drawn to the notification feature but were forced to keep it disabled since they didn’t want all their editors or administrators notified on every single post update.
With the new release, you can specify on a post level, what users and usergroups should receive notifications, so that only relevant people and groups of people receive updates.
Note: with the introduction of this feature the “Notify by Role” option was removed. In its place, a new feature was added “Always notify admin option” which includes the blog administrator in all notifications. To all overly protective, nosy admins that want to know everything: you’re welcome :)
This is just the beginning of notifications. Some interesting ideas that I’d like to integrate in future versions of Edit Flow include:
On the topic of notifications, the new release introduces emails that are slightly more descriptive in terms of the action taken on the post. The subject line of the email will specify whether the post was created, published, unpublished, etc. Although a small change, it should hopefully help users manage incoming emails more effectively and not get inundated with a barrage of “Post Status was changed” emails. (Interestingly, I’ve found that this new change comes in handy even on my personal blog which is a simple on-user blog. I find these notifications fairly useful especially since I make aggressive use of WordPress’ future scheduling functionality.)
Additionally, the action links in comment notifications now take the user directly to the editorial comment form (e.g. clicking on “Add editorial comment” will open the post and take to directly to the Editorial Comment form). Again, not a major feature but something that should hopefully save you some time, scrolling and future dealings with Carpal Tunnel.
I’d like to extend this feature even further and allow users to reply to comments via email and not have to go into WordPress to do so. (As you can see, there’s a bit a time-saving trend going on here.)
Still a little crude at this stage, this new widget gives you a list of the most recently updated posts that you’re following. However, this widget will likely form the basis of the activity stream, which will offer an audit trail of activity happening within the WordPress admin.
While not really a feature introduced in 0.3+, here’s a bit of news that may be interest: we’ve submitted our 2nd round application for the Knight News Challenge. Check out it, vote, and leave us some feedback.
Apart from some of the ideas already mentioned, with the next couple of Edit Flow releases, you can expect to see some great features such as:
As always, your feedback is much appreciated and vital to our development. Let us know what about Edit Flow works for you and what doesn’t and what else Edit Flow can do to improve your organization’s WordPress experience.
We’ve already had discussions with several online and print publishers and newsrooms interested in adopting Edit Flow and would love to include you in that conversation. Why not get in touch?
I released a new update for Co-Authors Plus today. The version number gets bumped to v1.2 and includes mostly fixes, the major one being compatibility with WordPress 2.8. Details about changes below. To upgrade, click the upgrade link in your WordPress Admin dashboard, under Plugins, or download the latest version here.
Any issues, leave a comment, or send me a message.
I want the localisation files so I can translate to arabic.
Please advice me where I can find them.
I need to display multiple author bios on one page. At this point, I am trying this code:
…which gets me nothing. How can I do this in order to display the bios of two or more authors one after another?
Hey, I tried pasting the code, but it didn’t appear. Trying again:
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Hey Sabahat,
Email me the code and I’ll take a look: batmoo@gmail.com
Great plugin!
I have a sugestion… also it’s what I need… ;)
1.- Only admin can change the “default_author”.
2.- A user can only delete himself (if he is not the default_author).
Maybe in the options.
;)
cogniter, 
Cristian, 
Carlos 1:11 am on April 25, 2010 Permalink |
Hi, this looks amazing.
How does it work in WPMU?
Mohammad Jangda 9:35 pm on April 29, 2010 Permalink |
I’m hoping to release a version that works with WordPress 3.0′s Multi-site feature.
Nick 5:45 am on May 11, 2010 Permalink |
Hi Mohammad,
Great plugin – HTML works fine in all common email clients (Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook Express) on Windows and Mac’s as far as I’ve tested.
I wonder – is there a way to change the “from” name and email address from wordpress@whateversite.com to a specified email address?
That would be great.
Thanks,
Nick
Mohammad Jangda 12:32 am on May 12, 2010 Permalink |
Changing the “from” name and email is pretty simple. Just add the code here to the functions.php file for your theme, change the appropriate values (‘abc@xyz.com’ to the email you want, and ‘John Doe’ to the name you want) and you’re all set.
If you’d rather not mess about with code, you can try these plugins instead:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mail-from/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/send-from/
Raoni 10:44 am on May 28, 2010 Permalink |
Hi,
I have just translated your plugin into Portuguese Brazil. How can I send you??
Can you include in the next version???
And thanks for this GREAT plugin……….
See ya!
Raoni
Mo Jangda 10:51 am on May 28, 2010 Permalink |
Just email me the translation: batmoo@gmail.com