• IMPROVED
  WordPress 2.9 draggable meta boxes.
• BUG FIX
  wp_redirect() fatal error in dashboard.
• ADDED
  TinyMCE plugin button to add shortcodes.
• ADDED
  “exclude” parameter to work in conjunction with the “post_id” parameter to exclude attachments by order.
• CHANGE
  Changed #wrapper to #slideshow-wrapper on the front-end.

I hope that you enjoy this new release! You can either use the automatic update feature in the ‘Plugins’ section if you already have the WordPress slideshow gallery plugin installed or you can download it directly from WordPress.org by going here.

Another minor fix was made by lowering the z-index CSS attribute of the #fullsize DIV to ensure that it stays below certain elements on your site like if you had a drop down menu for example.

I am aware of the IE (Internet Explorer) issue with the HREF link/icon and it will be fixed asap.

Enjoy the release and feel free to comment!

Changes to the Plugin

After the initial release of the slideshow gallery plugin for WordPress, I received tons of comments and much needed feedback to improve the plugin upon. So I did! This new release has some new, wanted features and also includes several improvements and fixes to the interface to provide you with a more pleasant experience. Here are the changes which were made to the plugin…

• IMPROVED: Directory separator constant DS from DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR to ensure compatibility of the plugin on Windows servers.
• COMPATIBILITY: Removed the 2nd, autoLoad (introduced in PHP 5) parameter from the class_exists function throughout the plugin to ensure compatibility with PHP 4 servers.
• ADDED: post_id parameter for the slideshow shortcode to use the WordPress media gallery images uploaded to a specific post/page with the ID as the value.
• ADDED: Webkit CSS border radius of 4px to the thumbnails in the slideshow-gallery/css/gallery-css.php file.
• ADDED: Configuration setting to turn On/Off the resizing of the images to fit the slideshow area.
• ADDED: Default, US English language file included in the languages folder of the plugin. You can add your language files in here.
• IMPROVED: The plugin does not utilize PHP short open tags anymore.

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