Posts Tagged 0.6.1
It was supposed to be out Friday, but thanks to internet problems it’s two days late. However, the internet issues gave me a chance to fix the IE bug.
Here’s the low down on what’s changed:
Added Features
- Add options
- Keeping Pages on the subdomain, changed to an option for SEO reasons
- Removing archive status from Subdomain root pages
- Added wps_on_main_index custom field to make tied pages still appear on your main blog
- Useful if you have the subdomain indexes noindexed for SEO purposes
Bugs Fixed
- Now creates links for all subdomain pages not just five
- Fixed a daft problem that only put the first layer of sub pages of a subdomain page on that subdomain. Oops
- Fixed a problem regarding comments on 1st tier posts using /%category%/%postname% permalink
- Fixed a problem with filtering posts by category in the admin section
- Included an option to use a custom SQL query if you run into memory issues from large numbers of posts
- Fixed bug with IE and editing Category options
Download: WP Subdomains 0.6.1
Best to read the NOTES section of the Readme. Especially if you had memory issues with past versions.
I’ll try and improve the Readme in the next version.
I know I’ve said this before, but this time I promise.
After two release candidates I think it’s finally a mostly bug free release.
I’ve had almost 70 downloads of the RC2 and other than the two known bugs (ie7 and memory issues with many posts) I’ve not had others reported.
I will provide a user switch to solve the memory issue for those suffering from it. This will use a custom SQL query to fetch the required data in a much less memory intensive way than the built in wordpress function. I’m still hoping for a solution in the form of a wordpress function as this would be a much better way of doing things. WIth the switch the user will be able to just tell the plugin to use the custom SQL rather than wordpress plugin if they see php memory problems.
Once I post the release I’ll put up a list of possible features for the 0.6.2 (0.7.0?) release and see what other ideas people have. One main feature at the moment is for those who want their main blog to be on a subdomain itself. This should be fairly straight forward to do. Another is adding the proper form to edit the page options so you’re not dealing with custom fields any more. Also fixing the ie7 problems with the category configuration.
I’ll keep you posted. Once again sorry for the very long delay.
Just to let you know about the second release candidate for Wordpress Subdomains 0.6.1.
Two bugs got fixed:
- Problems with comments pages on 1st tier posts using /%category%/%postname% permalink – thanks to Paul Nus for spotting
- Problem with filtering post by category in the admin section – thanks to Zaobaba for spotting
Here is the new Release Candidate for people to try:
WP Subdomains 0.6.1 RC2
Known bugs:
- Subdomains options in Edit Category don’t show with IE7, maybe IE6 too. Working on a solution.
- Categories with hundreds of large posts may require you to increase the php memory allocation. Working on a solution [bug #346626]
I recommend anyone using 0.6.0 to try this version. It’s much better.
If you find a bug then please, if possible, report it on the project’s bug tracker. It’s getting harder to keep track of bug reports in the comments section as more people start to use it.
Updated 23/03/09: added memory error bug
Once again, apologies for the terrible wait for a bug fixed version.
I wanted to try and get this one tested by more than just myself as 0.6.0 was, imo, a complete let down with the number of bugs. Unfortunately my testers are missing in action (hopefully not as a result of the plugin).
In the last few days I’ve had a few people step forward to act as testers, and I think I’m now progressing towards a final 0.6.1 release.
I have decided to upload a copy of this test version, dubbed 0.6.1-rc1.
You can get it here .
To the guys currently testing: there have been some very minor tweaks, so if you could download this one that would be great.
One thing to note. It seems the Subdomains options for the Categories don’t show up for IE7. Can anyone else confirm this?
I got back from Holiday on friday and spent the weekend preparing for work which started again today. Tomorrow will still be hectic, but it frees up towards the end of the week. I promise to get back to everyone who’s posted questions by then.
Also 0.6.1 is in testing with some beta testers and I’m waiting to hear back on results. I will release when it’s ready.
Well 0.6.0 was just crap basically.
My big mistake came in the form of moving from a bunch of SQL to the get_posts function. The move itself was the right one to make, querying the database myself when there are functions to give me the data I want is stupid. However my mistake was not realising that this function by default just selects the first 5 posts or pages.
This has caused a whole load of headaches with everything from people with many subdomain pages to redirects only working for the first 5 posts of a category.
There were other bugs in this release too which are now fixed, the latest being this morning. Testing will start again and I hope to make this release in the next day or so. For those who are eager and adventurous then I can email you the test version.
I’ll be finished with my holiday in the next week and a half and able to give this plugin the attention it needs.
After having to fix a bug in the Wordpress Subdomains plugin so that All in One SEO would work, I decided it would be a good time to install it on my live site and see if there are any other issues I could see. So far it’s been pretty good, but it did raise some further questions about how SEO compatible the plugin is. This is where I need input from other people because I’m no expert on this.
First up is a feature I added last release (0.6.0). It basically kept links to normal Wordpress Pages on the Category or Author Subdomain being browsed. I did this mainly so that the person viewing one of your subdomains doesn’t get thrown back to the main site when they choose one of these pages. I did wonder if this would be seen as duplicate content by search engines and therefore be bad for SEO. Adam Dempsey felt the same, so I posted details of how to turn it off. I’ve made it optional in the next version (0.6.1 – in testing now) where it’s default state is off.
Maybe one solution to this would be to have these pages be set to ‘noindex’ when viewed on a subdomain so that search engines leave them be. I’ve not had a chance to look into how I’d do this yet.
Next up is how to deal with the root page of Category Subdomains. One of the options of the All in One SEO plugin is to set noindex on Categories Archives. This is to combat the problem of duplicate content, however when you turn this on it means that the root page of a Category Subdomain will be marked noindex and wont appear on search engine searches. This should not affect your content as it should all be linked from your main site which will still be indexed. That is except for Pages that you have tied to specific categories.
For this reason the next version will include a new custom field for pages that will have links for them appearing in page lists (widgets, etc) on your main site. I’ve done this with my Projects page which is tied to the Web Development subdomain, but I wanted it to be linked from main page as the Web Development subdomain main page is not indexed.
The question is, is this the best way to do this from an SEO point of view and what if you want your subdomain root pages to appear on the search engine?
I’d also be interested to know people opinions on the how the plugin handles SEO in other ways. What does it do wrong? What could be improved?
I look forward to hearing from you.
WP Subdomains 0.6.1 is in testing on this site and will be released soon.
