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Vent version 0.8 released

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I have just made available Vent version 0.8 on the Vent Google code page. It should also have made it’s way to the WordPress extend plugin pages as well by now, so you can also grab it from there if required.

This is a bug fix release that solves the problem of a future event post displaying a 404 Not found error when the title is clicked on or a “Read More…” link is clicked.

All users on the latest version of WordPress should upgrade to this version.

Tags: bug fix, Events, plugin, upgrade, vent

Vent version 0.7 is released

Version 0.7 is a bug fix release of the Vent events plugin and should fix the issue with the submit button not showing on the options form in Internet Explorer.

It is available for download from the Vent plugin page and also on the WordPress Extend site (a link to which should show on your plugins page for those who have it installed).

Tags: Events, plugin, vent

Vent - version 0.1 released

Update: Now I have more time, I’ll add a few more detail to this post.

Vent is a plugin that allows you to use the scheduled posts functionality within WordPress to add and list events on your blog. It identifies a post as an event using a user-defined criteria so that the standard Scheduled posts functionality will still operate as before.

The plugin works with standard WordPress and can also be installed within WordPress MU for activation across all hosted blogs.

More details and installation, setup instructions can be found on the following page:

http://blog.clearskys.net/plugins/vent-events-system/

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This is just a short note as I have to shoot out of the door in about 5 minutes.

I have just made available version 0.1 of the Vent system which is my entry into the Weblogtoolscollection.com competition.

More details and a download link can be found here.

Let me know what you think.

Tags: Events, plugin, vent, wordpress

Vent - adding events to your WordPress blog - teaser

I’ve now done some initial work on the plugin that I will be entering into Weblog Tools collection plugin competition this year, so I thought I would take the opportunity to post some details here.

Vent is a plugin that allows you to use the Scheduled post functionality of WordPress to add and manage future events.

Details of the next scheduled event can be displayed at the top of your blog page, as well as in a sidebar widget.

All future events can be viewed on an Event listing page, and on a “Upcoming events” sidebar widget.

You also have the option of converting past events back to standard blog posts so that they remain in the blog hierarchy.

You can specify the criteria you use to identify an event in the options panel. This means that you can still use your scheduled posts functionality for it’s intended purpose.

I’ll post more information as the development continues. I am also thinking of a possible fit into the StayPress family so StayPress will handle venues and bookings and now possibly events as well.

Tags: Events, staypress, vent, wordpress