Category LiveBookmarks Plus
by Jeff Starr on Monday, August 7, 2006 – 140 Responses
CLB+ New version of Category LiveBookmarks Plus now available! CLB+ 2.3.0b enables WordPress 2.3+ users to configure and customize the ultimate set of autodetection feeds, category feeds, category links, and feed links. Features include completely rewritten, optimized code, optional category post counts, and custom RSS-icon links for all category and/or feed links. Overall, the new version is faster and more flexible than ever!
Category LiveBookmarks Plus is the easy way to provide complete “Live Bookmark” functionality and "Post Smart" feed links to your WordPress-powered website. Simply install the plugin, and users with Firefox, Opera, Navigator, or any other modern browser, will enjoy a selection of your RSS feed links at their fingertips. CLB Plus seamlessly integrates the code necessary for modern browsers to automatically detect and update any RSS feed available from the current page, enabling readers to stay current with important news and updates.
Category LiveBookmarks Plus also makes it easy to add category feed links to posts, comments, pages, or anywhere else within your site. Simply add the <? clb_plus(); ?> function to the desired location within your blog, and there enjoy a contextually relevant selection of completely customizable RSS feed links. There are also options to include RSS feed links for “all posts” and “all comments”, as well as settings to customize markup, icons, and feed links. Plus, as of version 1.7.7, there are options to configure a custom set of category links next to corresponding feed links, which may include comment counts and RSS-icon links.
With CLB+, you may customize category feeds for the various WordPress view types (e.g., category views, page views). CLB automatically omits feeds with zero posts, and also excludes subcategory feeds. Further, this plugin produces strictly valid XHTML markup.
Installation and Usage:
- Unzip php file and add to wp-content/plugins directory.
- Open php file and adjust any of the "CLB OPTIONS", if desired.
- Add the following function call to your sidebar or any other location:
<?php if (function_exists('clb_plus')) { clb_plus(); } ?> - Feed links will be added to the
<head>automatically. No further action required. - Feed links will be added to the
<body>wherever the function call (from step 3) is located.
Download Category LiveBookmarks [ version 2.3.0b | ~7.3KB | .zip | 2112 downloads ]
Related Information & Previous Versions
- Category feed links the hard way
- A nice collection of RSS feed icons
- Original article for CLB plugin (version 1.0.1)
- Old version: CLB+ 2.3.0a [ 532 downloads ] (WordPress versions 2.3 or better)
- Old version: CLB+ 1.7.7 [ 1879 downloads ] (WordPress versions less than 2.3)
- Old version: CLB+ 1.3.3 [ 913 downloads ] (WordPress versions less than 2.3)
- Old version: CLB+ 1.1.1 [ 912 downloads ] (WordPress versions less than 2.3)
- Old version: CLB 1.0.1 [ 1275 downloads ] (WordPress versions less than 2.3)
Focused on clean code and quality content, Perishable Press is the online home of Jeff Starr, author, artist, designer, developer, and all-around swell guy. 
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Jennifer – #1
Thanks for the great plugin. I noticed some oddities with using the clb_plus function, however.
In the monthly archives, is it possible to provide the entire list of feeds (as opposed to just the feeds for the categories of the first post).
Also, for the feed listing on the category pages, it seems to be spitting out a list of the categories the first post in that category belongs to. Even odder is that it spits out the block twice.
See http://www.room214.com/room2blog for an example of what I’ve described above. Click on any category and see what happens at the bottom of the left sidebar.
I appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks in advance!
Perishable – #2
Jennifer,
Thanks for the input — I will look into these issues as soon as possible. Listing all feeds should be relatively easy to implement, but the replication of feed links may require some digging. Stay tuned..
rik – #3
thanks so much for writing this! it does exactly what I needed and worked the first time. I’ve been trying to get feeds into a wiki based on blog category and this was like a magic wand for this project :) Nowif you just included the little RSS icon as the bullet for each item…
Perishable – #4
rik,
Thank you for the positive feedback — the RSS icon is a great idea. I am currently working on updating the plugin with a few new features as well as an important fix to an issue that Jennifer recently brought to my attention. The new version should be released before Wednesday (Aug. 23rd), and will provide smoother performance, greater flexibility and perhaps even some nice RSS list bullets :)
rik – #5
ooh! bullets! Thanks for that, I was just joking :) The link to the
<a>is bad, though :(Perishable – #6
Aha — forgot to publish it! All better now..
Jennifer – #7
AWESOME! I see you posted the update, and it works great! I like all of the customization options you added.
Thanks so much! :)
For our site, I think we’re going to have all category feeds display on the Category pages, but just FYI, changing the setting to FALSE still makes it show all feeds from the first post in that category, instead of just the one feed for the category page you are on.
Perishable – #8
Jennifer,
Glad you are enjoying the CLB+ plugin! The new options definitely are an improvement. As soon as I have more time I will work on getting the feed list to include links for all categories from all posts while in an archive-type view. Believe it or not, the current improvements may not have been made if it were not for your feedback — so thank you!
Simon – #9
This is fantastic. Just what we need. Good work.
Just one problem with sub-categories. When I insert “” to sidebar, it doesn’t generate link to feed for sub-category. Tested in Firefox and it isn’t displaying option to subscribe to feed for sub-category. But feed does exist and work eg “http://servername/blogname/category/technology/tax/feed/”.
I tried installing version 1.0.1 and Firefox does give option to subscribe to sub-category. But of course 1.0.1 doesn’t have the “”" feature.
Is this a “known issue”?
Cheers
John – #10
I am receiving this error after activating the plugin:
Any ideas?
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /[…]/htdocs/Blog/wp-content/plugins/cat-live-bookmarks.php on line 71
John – #11
I figured it out….So will this work with aggregators?
Perishable – #12
John,
The CLB+ plugin creates head links for blog feeds. The links are then "autodetected" by browsers and other devices (such as Firefox) that provide such functionality. So, in regards to your question, CLB+ will work with any aggregators that autodetect head links for feeds. Thanks for the question — eventually, I plan to do some research and produce a list of current browsers, aggregators, and other devices that support the autodetect function. And I will …just as soon as I find the time:)
Perishable – #13
Simon,
I will look into this issue and get back to you within the next day or two.
Stay tuned..
Perishable – #14
Simon, as you have already discovered, there is a simple hack for showing subcategories in either CLB function. To show subcats, delete the following qualifier from line 150 and/or line 233:
"
AND category_parent = 0"That’s it! CLB+ should now include feed links for all categories. Thanks, Simon, for pointing this out.
Alex – #15
Hello, nice plugin but how i can place only rss icon about my in sidebar.php?
when i call - i got url to feed with categoryes but i want post my wp_list_cats with icons rss and every icons - url to rss feed, how to create thich one?
Perishable – #16
Alex,
If I understand you correctly, you would like to produce a list of text-name category links along with their corresponding RSS icons as feed links, so that clicking the category name (text) will open the category view, and clicking the feed link (icon) will produce that category’s RSS feed. Is that the case, or have I misinterpreted your question?
Alex – #17
Right, look kive example here:
http://www.dountsis.com/articles/wordpress/social-bookmarks-version-3.php
(at the right side)
Perishable – #18
I see..
Yes, I agree that such an output format would benefit this plugin. I will work on integrating this feature and will report back as soon as possible. Stay tuned..
Perishable – #19
Okay, new version (1.7.7) of CLB+ now availble. The new version features a highly configurable set of options that will enable you to create category links next to their corresponding feed links. There are also options for including RSS icons and category post counts. Check out the new version via the download link above. Enjoy!
Perishable – #20
Alex,
I have made the necessary changes to accomodate the requested output format. Download the new version (above) and have a look around in the configuration section. There, you should see options for configuring category links, etc. Play around and check out some of the different combinations that are available.
Thanks for the request — others will benefit because of it!
Alex – #21
Perishable its nice, go to test it…thanx for your work, i will inform about how it works…
Alex – #22
>> Perishable
check your site in IE7 final, i think need fix css..
Perishable – #23
Alex,
I am currently surfing my site via IE7 final and see no problems. Could you elaborate the issue(s) you encountered?
Alex – #24
On casket theme:
[ ..edited (link removed).. ]
here is screenshot
Perishable – #25
– ooof! Yes, that is definitely a problem..
Thank you very much for pointing it out.
I will have to dig back thru my themes and update them for IE7. — Oh joy!
Alex – #26
>> Perishable,
thank you again for your work but i think you not fully undestand what i mean when tell you “like here” http://www.dountsis.com/articles/wordpress/social-bookmarks-version-3.php.
I mean on every real link to your category meed place icon with rss feed for that category.
Example: SEO News Category | SEO News Feed
Its is possible?
Alex – #27
and about seo news - rss icon with kink to feed url
Perishable – #28
Alex,
I recently updated CLB+ plugin to include exactly the functionality you requested. There are now many options for establishing feed links with their corresponding category links.
I have examined the page to which you linked. The only difference between those category/feed links and CLB+ feed/links is that their order is reversed. That is, the feed icons are to the right (as opposed to the left) of the category links.
Is this what you are talking about? ..Such that the links appear similar to:
Horse Category [Feed Icon for Horse Category]
Rather than vice versa?
Alex – #29
hmm yeah you are right? your example is correct but i can’t configurate it like you….
Horse Category [Feed Icon for Horse Category]
Horse Category –> link to real category, not rss
[Feed Icon for Horse Category] –>link to rss feed of this category…
Perishable – #30
Alex,
Here are the settings to configure CLB+ to provide the category/feed links as discussed. Copy and paste into your CLB+ plugin file to replace the current settings. Let me know if it doesn’t work..
Alex – #31
ahh i see $catlinks = TRUE; can be true…nice thanx for work, did it possible sorted by idm name etc ?? mean name of category name
Perishable – #32
Yes, scroll down to around line #300, and find the two lines that begin as follows:
SELECT cat_ID, cat_name, ...FROM $wpdb->categories ...At the end of that second line, simply replace "cat_ID" with "category_nicename". That should arrange your category list alphabetically. If that doesn’t do the job, try replacing it with "cat_name" instead..
Mario – #33
Thanks for this useful plugin. I could not install the laste version because at first it asked me if I want to install it and then it give an error. I was able to install 1.33 without any problem. Any hint?
Perishable – #34
Mario, what was the error?
Mario – #35
Thank you. I installed it again and it is working wonderful. Great plugin.
DLa – #36
Help please. There is no available download at the link for latest release of CLB (1.77). Plz help into this matter. Thank you.
Perishable – #37
DLa,
You may be having difficulty because of the "+" character used in the name of the plugin .zip file. If that is the case, try downloading the same plugin here, via a renamed .zip file (i.e., without the plus sign).
The-RockeR – #38
The download link doesn’t work for me. The reason is that the php link does not redirect correctly. The good link is here.
Perishable – #39
The-RockeR,
Thank you for pointing this out. We recently moved to a new server and had to reconfigure our download-statistics scripts to account for the new URI and path data. Now that we have made these changes, all download links at Perishable Press should function properly. Thanks again for the ‘heads up’ concerning this issue.
Cheers,
Jeff
Linda – #40
Hi, I was using your plugin successfully with the cutline WP theme, changed themes and it didn’t work, so i went back to cutline but now the plugin isn’t working there either.
Any ideas what went wrong?
Perishable – #41
Hi Linda,
It sounds like there may be a plugin conflict or something..
Are you installing or modifying any other plugins while working with CLB+? In general, the WP themes themselves do not affect the default behavior of a plugin, unless it is designed to function in a nonstandard way. You may want to try removing the first CLB+ plugin and then download and install a fresh copy after everything else (theme/plugins) is working as desired. If you still need help, please let me know.
Regards,
Jeff
eyedmax – #42
Fnd what about WordPress 2.3 compat? They killed
Kennywp_categories table…April – #43
Thank you so much!!!!! Love this plugin. :D
Perishable – #44
@eyedmax:
Yes, I am aware of the changes regarding the
wp_categoriestable in WordPress 2.3. I plan on testing and upgrading my various plugins as soon as I am able to upload and configure yet another WordPress test installation. And that may take awhile.. ;)@April:
Thank you so much for the positive feedback — it is greatly appreciated! :)
eyedmax – #45
I’ll wait.
It’s just a great plug, and I think WP core need something like this…
Thanks a lot!
Perishable – #46
eyedmax,
Thank you for your patience with this plugin — I am glad to hear you find it useful enough to wait for a WP2.3-compatible version. In fact, I now have made plugin-updating one of my next priorities. I hope to get to it within the next week or so. I will of course update this post and leave a comment as soon as the new version is available for download. — Stay tuned.. ;)
Kim Estes – #47
I love your plugin and want to use it on the site I’m working on. But, I installed Wordpress 2.3 and even though your plugin is listed as compatible, I’m getting errors because it calls the categories table (which is, apparently, not a part of the new 2.3). Help!!!
Perishable – #48
Kim Estes,
I am working on the CLB+ plugin today and hope to have a WP-2.3 version available very soon..
Regards,
Jeff
Perishable – #49
New version of Category LiveBookmarks Plus now available! CLB+ version 2.3.0a is designed for complete compatibility with WordPress 2.3 (i.e., will not work with WP versions less than 2.3). Grab a copy and let me know if anything needs further attention. Thanks for your patience with this update! ;)
Manele – #50
I tested your plugin and is really nice. This Help me a lot with my blog! Thank You!
Bantai – #51
If I am not mistaken, CLB+ version 2.3.0a does not do the following:
Secondly, CLB+ generated feeds do seem to be by the WP-Cache plugin. I wonder if you could do something about that?
Bantai – #52
Err…, ignore the second point in the post above. Aside from the fact it wasn’t even a syntactically correct sentence, CLB+ generated feeds are cached by wp-cache. Apparently it didn’t happen when I tested it, because of clashing browser cache / server cache.
There is a new problem for me however, because wp-cache serves the feeds with a text/html header instead of text/xml, breaking my web-based feed reder. Nothing that should concern CLB+ though.
Perishable – #53
Bantai,
Thanks for the feedback. I will look into the automatic omission of zero-post and subcategory feeds this weekend (which for me is Monday - Wednesday). I will report back here when I am done.
Perishable – #54
Okay! I have resolved the issues addressed by Bantai. CLB+ now will not generate links for empty categories or subcategories. The latest version is 2.3.0b, and is available for immediate download via the primary download link above. Please leave a comment or contact me directly if any other issues should happen to surface.
Regards,
Jeff_
Bantai – #55
CLB+ 2.3.0b is looking good! Thanks.
BTW: does CLB+ support Wordpress 2.3’s Update Notification? I installed the plug manually, so I couldn’t notice anything.
Perishable – #56
I am fairly sure the Update Notification service requires plugins to be registered/located in the WordPress plugin database/repository. Unfortunately, the WP peeps have made that process extremely time-consuming and complicated, and I just don’t have the extra time to spend jumping through hoops. For now, my plugins are listed in the open-source portion of the WP Codex, which seems to be working just fine. In any case, I am glad the new version of CLB+ is working well for you. Please let me know if any other issues should happen to surface.
Regards,
Jeff_
Timothy B – #57
How do I make sure that the links show up alphabetically on my index page? For some reason they are not doing that in my sidebar.. I am wondering if there is a conflict with Feed Wordpress…=(
Perishable – #58
Interesting.. it almost looks like they are in alphanumeric order, but only for the first few entries or so. Anyway, I will look into this as soon as time allows and post back here if/when I discover any relevant information and/or release another update. Btw, your site uses CLB+ to display more category/feed links than I have ever seen! Very nice ;)
Timothy B – #59
Thanks! The categories that are NOT in alpha- numeric order are ones that I have added more recently to the FeedWordpress syndication dashboard, so I’m thinking it may be an issue with the way that it displays categories…
Timothy B – #60
After screwing with the code and plugins it IS something with the cat live bookmarks plugin. I’m going to deactivate it and find a workaround.. =(
Perishable – #61
Oh, how I love the pressure ;)
After looking into it, reordering the results is rather trivial. Simply locate the two instances of the following line:
ORDER BY $wpdb->terms.term_id ASC";..and replace each of them with this:
ORDER BY $wpdb->terms.name ASC";..and that should do it. Let me know if something goes awry.
Timothy B – #62
Looks like it worked! Thanks for your help on that issue! =)
I had a weird database problem, so I had to reinstall WP and start all over again, but I’m slowly re-typing all 98 feeds in..
I wonder, is there a way to keep certain categories from showing up in the list? i.e. Asia. ‘Although Asia Is Green’ has all the posts from that blog, it also belongs in the Asia category, though I don’t want it to show on that particular list.
At some point I want to have a Geographical list section to show all the particular blogs from each particular continent or country.
Thanks again for the useful plugin =)
Perishable – #63
Great to hear that the alphanumeric ordering is working for you. Perhaps I will integrate it as an official option for the next CLB+ update ;)
As for specifying the omission of specific categories, I am certain it is possible, and will look into it as soon as time allows. Thanks again for your feedback and ideas — they work to improve the overall plugin experience for everyone. — Cheers :)
leigh – #64
I would like to shorten the length of each post in the feed, so the reader would have to click through to read the entire post. Is this possible with Category Bookmarks? thanks!!
Perishable – #65
Actually, CLB+ only links to the feeds, it doesn’t actually generate them. However, it is simple to show only partial feeds. In the WP Admin, go to the Options » Reading subpanel, and select the option to show only “Summary” views for syndicated articles.
daniel – #66
hi,
which configuration do i have to make so make that the category pages, so for example http://www.climatesceptics.org/category/country/bulgaria/belene only show the rss feed for all, countries, bulgaria and belene?
Now I always end up with a whole lot of other categories of posts which have also the belen category, but for someone checking out “belene”, the atomstroyexport feed is not really relevant.
Tak.
Perishable – #67
Hi daniel, this issue has been mentioned before but I have not yet found time to implement a solution. I will definitely try to work this functionality into the next update. Thanks for the reminder :)
MK – #68
Hi Perishable , this is really a great plugin. I’m using it on my blog and it helped me a lot with the RSS stuff, but I guess there is something missing; can this plugin generate RSS feed for comments for each post as you are offering for your readers at the bottom of the comment form (Subscribe to comments on this post via RSS)? if not, can you please tell how to generate such a feed?
Thanks
Perishable – #69
Hi MK, thanks for requesting this feature. I had thought about it, but have not yet found the time to integrate individual post-comment feeds. This is an excellent idea that I will work on for the next release. And, with this and all of the other great suggestions for the plugin, the next version should be one of the best! Stay tuned..
Azeem – #70
Hi, I am trying to add a new widget and then plug the code into there. I am not able to edit the existing category widget. Please provide some guidance.
Perishable – #71
Hi Azeem, I am a bit unclear as to the exact nature of your issue.. Could you please provide more information via email? I would be more than happy to provide help for issues related to my plugin ;)
Azeem – #72
I have a widgetized template and needed to add a category widget utilizing your function call.
I managed to make it work, What I did was I installed the following widget barebones template:
http://guff.szub.net/2006/04/06/my-widget-example-wordpress-widget/
then I plugged in your function call replacing his “hello world”
Now when I click on a specific post it only shows me the corresponding categories in the widget.. what setting do I change to keep it showing all of the categories?
you can check out my site http://azeemkhan.info to see whats going on.
Thanks!
Perishable – #73
Okay, I think I have a solution for you. To display all feed links for single page views for both feed links and autodiscovery links, follow these steps:
1) In the main plugin file, locate the following code around line #274:
if(is_single()) {create_category_feeds(get_the_category());}Replace that block of code with this:
if(is_single()) {// create_category_feeds(get_the_category());create_category_feeds();}2) Then, locate this block of code, which is similar, but located around line #382:
if(is_single()) {create_category_links(get_the_category());}Replace that block of code with this:
if(is_single()) {// create_category_links(get_the_category());create_category_links();}And that should do it. Save, upload, and test accordingly. Let me know how it works! ;)
Regards,
Jeff
twincascos – #74
Just wanted to say thanx for the plugin, works great for me! I am curious, would it be possible to have a single feed icon appear for an individual category when at that category main page, apart from the category list of feeds which I’ve put in my footer. Thanx again!
Perishable – #75
Hi twincascos,
Thanks for the feedback! As for displaying single feed links/icons for category views, you can set the following variable to
FALSE:$catarchive = FALSE;Although it may not work as expected with WordPress 2.3 because of changes made to the database. I plan on resolving this issue with the next upgrade of the plugin.
thor – #76
Hi.
Database error…
I want to use this plugin to give rss for my category podcasting.
I am running latest 2.3 version of wp and the plugin podpress.
Whenever I activate Category LiveBookmarks I get this message:
WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'JOIN ON ( .term_id = .term_id ) WHERE .taxonomy = 'category' AND .term_' at line 2]SELECT * FROM JOIN ON ( .term_id = .term_id ) WHERE .taxonomy = 'category' AND .term_id > 0 AND count > 0 AND parent = 0 ORDER BY .term_id ASCAny ideas?
Thank you.
Thor
Perishable – #77
Hi thor, please double-check the version of WordPress that you are using. The site linked to via your name shows that it is running on WP 2.2. If this is the case, I recommend upgrading to the latest version! ;)
thor – #78
Hi,
Of course, you are right.
I have just installed it at this site:
http://bkk.soundpainters.organd I do not get the error.Thank you for pointing this out.
However, I still do not get those nice rss feed icons to show up beside my category list in the sidebar.
I have added code to the end of my themes style.css, but no luck so far.
What I want is a nice icon beside each category to be able to subscribe directly to single categories.
Here is the code I added:
/* Category LiveBookmarks/*ul.clb_plus li {background: url(http://soundpainters.org/feed-icon_orange-12px+.png) no-repeat left center;padding-left: 13px;}Thank you
Perishable – #79
So close!! Try changing the second line in the code from “
/*” to “*/” (without the quotes) ..reversing those two characters is a subtle difference that determines whether or not the opening CSS comment is closed. As is, the entire block of rules is “commented out” and thus invisible to the browser. Also, make sure that you have uploaded the actual feed icon to your server.jeremy – #80
Hi Perishable - awesome plugin. I noticed in the release notes that the latest version does not support subcategories? What is the procedure to enable this in the latest version? Thanks!
Perishable – #81
Yes, that is correct, subcategories are excluded by default (as are empty categories). To enable subcategory inclusion, follow these steps (for CLB+ version 2.3):
1. open CLB+ plugin file
2. find and delete both (2) instances of “
AND parent = 0” (without quotes)3. save changes, upload, and enjoy!
Cheers,
Jeff
Sue – #82
Hi Jeff,
The plugin is presenting my categories, however each item (the rss icon, cat title and qty) are each presented on a separate line.
The only mods I have made are to say true for qty and point to my choice of icon.
I’d also like to order them alphabetically.
Many thanks in advance!
Sue
Perishable – #83
Hi Sue,
It is difficult to diagnose such an issue without an example to investigate. Do you happen to have a feed list showing anywhere on your site?
Sue – #84
Hi Jeff,
You can view the results at the bottom of the right sidebar.
many thanks,
Sue
Perishable – #85
Hi Sue,
This looks like a presentational (i.e., CSS) issue that is not associated with the plugin or any of its code. Currently, your CSS stylesheet contains rules that are globally effecting the display of both images and links, including the CLB+ links generated by the plugin. A solution would be to neutralize the offending general CSS styles with something more specific. For example, you could try adding these rules to your theme’s CSS file:
/* Specific CSS for Category LiveBookmarks Plugin */div#right ul.clb_plus li a {display: inline; padding: 0; margin: 0;}div#right ul.clb_plus li img {border: 0 none; padding: 0; margin: 0;}These rules are specific enough to remedy the display issue while not affecting anything else, anywhere, throughout your site. Please let me know if I may be of any further assistance. :)
Regards,
Jeff
Sue – #86
thank you Jeff! I will give it a whirl tomorrow (today actually after a little rest…)
much gratitude,
Sue
Sue – #87
Hi Jeff,
we are 99.9% there. I have little bullets before the feed icons for each category now. I’m not sure where they came from and would prefer to not have them.
with much gratitude,
Sue
Sue – #88
Jeff,
this problem is resolved
many thanks,
Sue
Sue – #89
Jeff,
the ’sort_column=name’ term is not sorting my new list. Is there a different term I should use to accomplish this?
Thanks!
Sue
Perishable – #90
Hi Sue, thanks for your patience.. I have been dealing with a bit of a cold and have been unable to get to the computer until today. Anyhow, it looks like you have discovered the secret CSS rule to remove bullets from a list, which, in your case would look something like this:
div#right ul.clb_plus li {list-style-type: none}As for the mysterious reference to
'sort_column=name', perhaps you could provide the line number(s) to which you are referring? I couldn’t locate the specified code anywhere in the plugin document.Also, I hope you don’t mind, but I will be consolidating your responses as much as possible at the conclusion of the conversation. This is necessary for long-term comment management on plugin posts, which must remain open indefinitely and thus tend to grow rather long over time. I hope you don’t mind! :)
Regards,
Jeff
Sue – #91
Hi Jeff,
So sorry to hear to haven’t been feeling up to par, and very glad you are back.
By all means, edit what is useful and discard the rest for a compacted post of this thread.
What I was inquiring about was controlling the order of the category listings. I have reorganized them now (into main and sub cats) and initially thought sorting them by alpha would be great, but ideally, it would be fabulous to be able to specify the order by category id. The syntax I provided in my previous post is WP standard, and not tied to your plug in, although I did try it to see if it would work…which, it didn’t.
speedy full recovery!
Sue
Everett – #92
Thanks, this is just what I was looking for! I’m using the Revolution News theme on my site and have received several emails from people asking if they can subscribe to a specific category instead of the full feed. I usually give them the URL, but now they can just access it from the bottom of each post in that cat.
About to install. Hope it works. :-)
cobb – #93
can’t download this. get a file called jipe….
Perishable – #94
Which file are you having problems downloading? This page currently offers six (6) different files, all of which seem to be downloading correctly. Please provide more information and I will do my best to help :)
cobb – #95
I have a few questions. These are based on my installation using WP2.5.1 so some issues may be to do with the version of WP I am using.
1. I put it into the sidebar where it auto-discovers evens categories which I have tried to indicate as being invisible using the Advanced Category Excluder plugin (this plugin is also only tested to 2.3). Is there a way to adjust the php file to select specific categories by ID?
2. If one clicks on the category link it doesn’t show posts which are marked private (eg not available to those who are logged on). If one clicks on the feed icon it shows all posts INCLUDING private ones (eg posts which should not be shown).
3. Is there a way to vary the icons for each feed so either it is a random selection of different coloured ones or by specifying each feed icon for each category? (not very important).
4. How can I insert this into a specific post? Do I need another plugin?
Thanks.
cobb – #96
Is there a way to drop the actual link to the category (which is underlined) so I just have the feed link? If I answer the question: “Do you want a category link to appear before each category feed link?” as False I get nothing at all - not even a description and just get the feed icon.
Hal – #97
We’ve been experiencing a loss of functionality with WP 2.5 as well.
In replenishing the feed to html on a website, attributes like the more tag don’t come through.
Many thanks for any advice.
Perishable – #98
@cobb, Hal: Thanks for the feedback about Category Live Bookmarks Plus. Although the plugin does not currently support WordPress 2.5, I am working diligently to find the time for an update. As soon as this is possible, I will consult your comments and provide internal solutions (if/when possible) and/or address the issues directly (via this comments section). In the meantime, thank you for pointing out these concerns — it definitely facilitates the process of updating the plugin. Thank you :)
Hal – #99
thanks dude. Great plugin BTW!
Trying to keep my clients from wiggging out and asking me to re-install wp 2.3. Sigh.
Perishable – #100
I hear you, Hal! ;) I will definitely do my best to get to this as soon as possible. Don’t hesitate to ping me again to keep the pressure on! :)
EmilH – #101
I am integrating WP 2.5 into my existing site. Will your plug in work?
Perishable – #102
No, according to several users, CLB+ does not work well with WP 2.5 (see previous comments). As soon as time allows, I will resolve the issue and post an updated version of the plugin. Hopefully soon! ;)
Peter – #103
Hi, I really need this mod’ installed on my website. I was thrilled when I finally discovered this mod’ - great work. We kicking off a new website with Wordpress running the blog. Of course, I installed WP 2.6 and have spent a reasonable amount of time customizing this. BUT oh no, your mod’ doesn’t work with my version of WP installed. Have you got close to provide an update??
Jeff Starr – #104
Hi Peter, no I have yet to free up some time to work on this. I will try to look at it this afternoon, but no promises that a new version will be directly forthcoming. It may take some time to adapt the functionality to the ever-changing WordPress API.
alank – #105
Can you exclude category feeds and include subcategory feeds?
George – #106
I have been using your clb plus plugin for a while now, its a brilliant addition for navigation and providing category feed links. The plugin variables allow to display contextual category/feed links, or show all category/feed links. Does a function exist that allows to show both, contextual links in one place, AND all category/feed links in another, at the same time?
Jeff Starr – #107
@George: not currently, but that is an excellent idea that I will try to implement in the next release. In the meantime, a workaround would be to have the plugin generate the complete list of feed links and then copy and paste them into your sidebar (or wherever) while allowing the plugin to generate the contextual links.
Austin – #108
Any update on whether this works with the current version of Wordpress (2.6.3)? The comments from August seem to indicate that you are still working on this, but the beginning of the post above indicates it works with 2.3+.
Looks like it would be just what I have been looking for if it works with the most current version.
Jeff Starr – #109
@Austin: I have yet to test this plugin on versions of WordPress beyond 2.3+, which of course includes all versions released under the 2.3 branch (2.3.1, 2.3.2, etc.). As soon as time allows, I plan on upgrading the plugin with new features and ensuring 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 functionality. My plate is currently very full, but I am hoping to get to this soon.
Brendon Barnett – #110
I have noticed that when a new category is added, the plugin does not automatically place it in the correct alphabetical place, but rather at the bottom of the feed list. I am assuming that the list is being ordered by category ID for new categories? Please advise:
http://www.bradleyquick.com/rss-feeds
Jeff Starr – #111
@Brendon Barnett: No problem, simply open the plugin file and locate each instance of the following code:
ORDER BY $wpdb->terms.term_id ASC";and replace each instance with this:
ORDER BY $wpdb->terms.name ASC";..and that’s all there is to it! :)
robert – #112
hello there. this looks great. but when i click on the downloard link, i get:
Jeff Starr – #113
@robert: Fixed! Thank you! :)
robert – #114
thanks! gonna try it out now!
Michael – #115
Is there a widgetized version of CLB+ yet? Is there a way of getting its output into a widget?
It’s hard to integrate it into a widgetized template as it is.
I tried using the “My Widget” template about, but I can’t get the output to nest in the sidebar list properly. The CLB output comes before the widget’s title and outside its tag.
Any suggestions?
Also, how does one the the rss icons to follow the category links and numbers?
Thanks,
Michael
Jason Green – #116
Brilliant, just what I was looking for thanks!
Implemented it on our blog, and rather than including all feeds, I added two buttons at the top of the blog, one for jobs and one for general rss feed, check it out here: http://blog.dynamic50.com
Jeff Starr – #117
@Jason Green: Sweet! But I don’t think you need a plugin to add two sitewide links to your feeds. You would get a slight performance boost from just manually coding them into the page. Either way, glad you found the plugin useful!
Jason Green – #118
@Jeff Star: Yeah not just for that, I have plenty of categories and it’s nice to be able to select any of the feeds as well hence having decided to use it! Thanks!
Ekaterina – #119
Hi!)
Great plugin, it’s what i’m looking for!
But I have an important problem for me. I made categories with subcategories feed-list as u wrote but dont know how to customize it in a hierarchical way
Plz, answer me)
Jeff Starr – #120
Ekaterina, I am not sure what you mean exactly.. could you maybe explain further to give me a better idea of what you are trying to achieve?
Ekaterina – #121
Thanks for ur answer)
U know when I deleted “AND category_parent = 0″ I got a list of my categories feeds. But it looks not hierarchical, I mean for example if I have in my wordpress site category “Demand management” and 3 sub-categories “Consumer Relationship Management”, “Efficient Product Introductions”, “Efficient Promotion” I want them look like the list which have parent and childs (like for example list in ur “Recent Activity” menu of this site). What should I change in the script of plugin to achieve this effect?
Ekaterina – #122
Actually, i want to have the list of categories feeds links with icons in 2 or 3 columns like catalogue (because I have too many categories and sub-categories). Smth similar it is in article-directory plugin..
Jeff Starr – #123
Ekaterina, instead of deleting the “
AND category_parent = 0”, have you tried changing the zero value to “1”?Ekaterina – #124
Jeff,
If to change 0 to 1, then the list will have only two children: Comments (RSS) and Posts (RSS) :((
Ekaterina – #125
Oh, I want it very much too!
Jeremy – #126
Awesome!!!! Thank you, I was looking at hand coding, but this is purely simple and sweet ;)
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