Blocks Version 2.1
04/10/06 20:19 Filed in: Plugin
Release
Blocks 2.1 is here and has a couple new features
that you might like.
Go get your download!
It started off a simple addition. Just support the new PostcardViewer plugin as one of the page types that can be used with the Page block. Simple enough. But there were two little bug fixes that I wanted to get in.
Well, adding Postcard Viewer has led to a significant change in the way Page blocks are handled, there is now more hierarchy to keep them from overlapping content. This is especially noticeable when you add more than one of the same type of plugin (no it does not mean you can add more than one SlideShow).
That was a really big change, so I figured I should go for broke and add a couple more real features and call it 2.1.
1. Independant Image Formats You can now choose an image format for each block in your layout. That way some blocks can be PNG images with transparency and others can be nice and small JPEGs. This is primarily for image blocks, but really it works with just about all block types.
2. No More Margin-al Images Some themes add margins, padding, background colors and borders to all the images on your site. We all like that. It's great for making the images that you drop in your blog look really cool. But in Blocks it just messes up the layout. That's no good. So I've added an inline style to strip these CSS properties from just the images in Blocks (but not inline images -- those will still look like your blog, of course). This is totally automatic and turned on by default, no need to set anything. But for those rare occasions when you DO want the style to stick around, you can do that to. You can find the setting in the Advanced area of the Block Info Window under the Settings tab.
What turned out to be a small point release turned into some solid features that definitely make this download worth all $0 I'll be charging for the update. Enjoy.
Go get your download!
It started off a simple addition. Just support the new PostcardViewer plugin as one of the page types that can be used with the Page block. Simple enough. But there were two little bug fixes that I wanted to get in.
Well, adding Postcard Viewer has led to a significant change in the way Page blocks are handled, there is now more hierarchy to keep them from overlapping content. This is especially noticeable when you add more than one of the same type of plugin (no it does not mean you can add more than one SlideShow).
That was a really big change, so I figured I should go for broke and add a couple more real features and call it 2.1.
1. Independant Image Formats You can now choose an image format for each block in your layout. That way some blocks can be PNG images with transparency and others can be nice and small JPEGs. This is primarily for image blocks, but really it works with just about all block types.
Look in the Block Info window under the Content tab. I'll be updating the documentation over the next week — you'll have to experiment until then.For example: You can have all your text blocks render their images as JPEG except for that one with the animated GIF that you would like to leave alone.
2. No More Margin-al Images Some themes add margins, padding, background colors and borders to all the images on your site. We all like that. It's great for making the images that you drop in your blog look really cool. But in Blocks it just messes up the layout. That's no good. So I've added an inline style to strip these CSS properties from just the images in Blocks (but not inline images -- those will still look like your blog, of course). This is totally automatic and turned on by default, no need to set anything. But for those rare occasions when you DO want the style to stick around, you can do that to. You can find the setting in the Advanced area of the Block Info Window under the Settings tab.
What turned out to be a small point release turned into some solid features that definitely make this download worth all $0 I'll be charging for the update. Enjoy.
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