today I'm proud to present the 0.9.8-beta to you, ready to be tested. There are a lot of enhancements, and a lot of new features:

• [new] Name of the Gwolle-GB directory can now be changed.
• [new] News for Gwolle-GB are now shown at the dashboard of the plugin
• [new] Dashboard widget for a quick glance at the latest guestbook entries.
• [new] Deleted entries are now 'moved to trash', just like the 'trash' feature in the new WP version.
• [fix] Rewritten some code. Stills looks messy, but we're on the right track.

Download it here.

I hope you like it. Please test it and send feedback, either by mail or by posting a comment below. I'm interested in your experience.

Greetings from Germany!
Wolfgang

PS: Remember: This is a beta version, so do-not (!) use it in a production environment/site.

/edit: I just found out that I deleted the "wp_head" action hook that inserts the stylesheet into your frontend. I'm going to release a beta update soon.

to give you a deeper look into the development and beta releases of Gwolle-GB and have a platform to discuss at I created a Facebook page for Gwolle-GB. You'll find it at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gwolle-GB/301522497756. I'll post updates and information there more freqently than on my website, because this is just a place to provide information on updates and releases. You are welcome to "like" Gwolle-GB on Facebook. Suggestions are always welcome, and you're invited to participate.

Greetings
Wolfgang

yesterday I released the new version of Gwolle-GB, 0.9.7. Thanks everybody for beta-testing!

This version ships with a widget. Please note: I do not recommend using the widget, because it's in early alpha stage and I'm not sure if it is working or if there are errors within the plugin. Use at own risk!

The major fix in this plugin: You can now post again, yey! No, seriously folks, I'm sorry for the latest bug and I'm happy to release a working copy of Gwolle-GB again. Also, this update should fix the issue of manually adding the link to your Gwolle-GB page, because it automatically searches for the post containing the [ gwolle-gb ] tag and uses that post's ID to generate the links.

Thanks againg for your help, have fun with this release! As always, feedback as well as bug reportings are always welcome.

Greetings from Germany
Wolfgang

I'm releasing the 0.9.7 beta today, as the last version throws several errors. You may download the beta right here, but please do not use it on your live site, because it may (well, hopefully won't) damage your Gwolle-GB data. I'd love to here about your experience and as soon as it's ready, I'm going to commit it to the WordPress plugin repository.

As always, feedback is appreciated and, as this is a beta, needed, because you decide wether this release is ready or not.

Greetings and thanks in advance!

Wolfgang

PS: This version contains a Gwolle-GB widget at early alpha stage. It's not ready - use at own risk.

Lässt der Benutzer "Media frame" zu so erstellt diese Pinnwand-Einträge auf den Seiten der Freunde und weist mit Texten wie bspw.

"[Name], awesome workout video.. check it out! "

auf ein angebliches Workout-Video hin. Benutzer berichten außerdem, dass "Media frame" sie dazu auffordere, Software herunterzuladen und auszuführen, angeblich, damit das Video dargestellt werden könne.

Mit einem Klick auf das vermeintliche Video an der Pinnwand öffnet sich jedoch der Permission-Dialog von Facebook und fragt den Benutzer, ob er der Anwendung "Media frame" folgende Berechtigungen geben möchte:

• Access my public information

  Includes name, profile picture, list of friends, and all other public parts of my profile
• Post to my Wall

  Media frame may post status messages, notes, photos, and videos to my Wall
• Access my data any time

  Media frame may access my data when I'm not using the application

Spätestens hier sollte man stutzig werden, denn ein bei Facebook hochgeladenes Video würde solche Berechtigungen niemals (!) benötigen. Vor allem "Access my data any time" sollte nur nach vorheriger Prüfung freigegeben werden.

Betroffene sollten die Anwendung umgehend sperren (über das Profil der App) und Facebook benachrichtigen ("Die Anwendung melden").

Wie kann ich solche schädlichen Anwendungen erkennen?

Jede Anwendung bei Facebook verfügt über eine sog. Profilseite, auf der man auch einen "Reviews"-Tab findet, unter welchem die Meinungen und Bewertungen anderer Nutzer zu dieser Anwendung zu finden sind. Sind diese überwiegend positiv und sind die Berechtigung, die die App verlangt, im Rahmen ihrer Funktionen gerechtfertigt kann man sie zulassen. Wer allerdings auf Nummer sicher gehen will bemüht die Suchmaschine seiner Wahl und gibt dort den Namen der App, zusammen mit Stichwörtern wie "Facebook app" etc. ein.

Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [wp_root_dir]/wp-content/plugins/gwolle-gb/admin/entries.php on line 199

This will be fixed in the next release, however for a quick fix add an checked entry to your guestbook, and the message should disappear. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Sorry for this one, folks. I didn't see that coming.

Want to help preventing such emergency releases? Drop me a message and become a beta tester today!

• [new] When viewing 'all' entries you can now enable/disable entries by just clicking at the icon. (AJAX, Yey!)
• [new] French language (thanks, cobestran.com)
• [new] Author's can now be linked to his/her website. (Can be turned off in the settings.)
• [new] Smilies are now replaced using the built-in WP smiley engine. (Can be turned off in the settings.)
• [fix] 'Spam' is now only an attribute, no longer a state. This results in only two states: 'checked' and 'unchecked'.
• [fix] Cleaned up the code a lot and using a lot of functions. (Check the "func.php" files for futher reading.)
• [fix] Date is now displayed as configured at the WP options page.
• [fix] Admin entries: Only show stuff member's name if found.

I think the most important change is the start of cleaning up the code. It's really a mess, since at first Gwolle-GB was not coded for public release. There's still a lot to do, and I'm working on it.

For you Gwolle-GB users out there I've implemented the WordPress smiley mechanism, so that you may now have smilies with the entries. Another feature I like is the fact that you can enable/disable guestbook entries in the backend just by clicking at their icon (which have to be enabled, of course). The script makes an AJAX Post request to the admin/ajax.php file which sets the state of the entry as you wish. It's really simple (thanks, jQuery!), and it's a timesaver.

As always, feedback is appreciated, as well as feature requests and/or bug reports.

Have fun with this release!

Thanks in advance!