No matter where I choose to put the excerpt, it is showing above the image and even above the title and date. If I choose left of image, the image moves to the right, but the excerpt text doesn’t move. It’s not really usable like this because it is hard to understand this layout. Any idea what style I might tweak to fix this?
]]>a5-framework-frontend.css adds a LOT of loading time to the site. I shaved at least 9 full seconds off the site load time by disabling this plugin. I just read one other post about this from a YEAR AGO. I can’t believe this hasn’t been fixed.
]]>This plugin should be avoided on production sites, as it produces a massive performance drain.
This plugin design really requires rethinking.
Here’s a typical example of this performance drain generated + command to extract apache log data. Replace domain with domain-name you’d like to extract from logs.
cat /var/log/apache2/access.log | egrep domain-name | fields 10 1 8 | egrep ‘a5-framework-frontend.css|utm_|\/$’ | logtop -s 100000
This is roughly 2 hours of log time for this domain showing 3 types of requests.
1) a5-framework-frontend.css nonsense
2) incoming paid traffic (utm_ links)
3) any natural traffic (/$ ending in / links)
6241 elements
1 1942 301 site.com:80 /a5-framework-frontend.css?ver=1.0%20beta%2020160127%20FPW
2 1940 200 site.com:80 /a5-framework-frontend.css/?ver=1.0%20beta%2020160127%20FPW
3 171 200 site.com:80 /no-clue-dogs?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=funny+dogs+space&utm_tracking=1
4 94 200 site.com:80 /no-clue-dogs/2?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=funny+dogs+space&utm_tracking=1
5 84 200 site.com:80 /no-clue-dogs/3?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=funny+dogs+space&utm_tracking=1
6 71 200 site.com:80 /no-clue-dogs/4?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=funny+dogs+space&utm_tracking=1
7 70 200 site.com:80 /no-clue-dogs/5?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=funny+dogs+space&utm_tracking=1
8 54 200 site.com:80 /no-clue-dogs/7?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=funny+dogs+space&utm_tracking=1
9 52 200 site.com:80 /no-clue-dogs/6?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=funny+dogs+space&utm_tracking=1
10 49 200 site.com:80 /21-reality-show-hoaxes?utm_source=Taboola&utm_medium=CPC&utm_content=21%2BReality%2BTV%2BTaboola&utm_campaign=21%2BReality%2BTV%2BTaboola&utm_tracking=1
To developer… Here’s how to remediate this drain…
The .css file is only 704 bytes, so just inline it, rather than having a separate file.
For people running this code, you can at least remove the bogus/looney 301 + reduce a substantial part of this drain by changing…
post-feature-widget/class-lib/A5_DynamicFileClass.php line 132 from…
/a5-framework-frontend.css
to…
/a5-framework-frontend.css/ -> add trailing ‘/’ char to stop 301
This does not fix all 301s, as there are multiple code paths which produce this link.
All in all… If you’re running a production site, best deinstall this plugin + avoid using it till performance drains are fixed.
]]>How can I reduce the padding around the featured image? There is too much space between image and the excerpt.
Thanks
]]>Your new update has automatically hyphened the content of my featured post and has thus offset its appearance. How can I get rid of the hyphen added to this new update?
Thank you
https://contradictionsinthebible.com
Is there a way to show a random post, or maybe the last published post of given post category?
]]>When I upgrade the widget to version 4.1, my website becomes unresponsive and I have to delete the plugin and restart Apache to get my website back up and running again.
]]>I have found the Featured Post Widget and it practically does everything I need it too. However, for some reason, it is duplicating the page title and text below the widget. I am trying to figure out what the problem is here, but so far: zippo. Does the developer – or anyone else – have anything on this? It’s the only one of my widgets that is doing that.
]]>Hello, is there any possibility to reduce the space between the elements? I would reduce that space between the date, thumbnail, headline and excerpt.
Thanks, your plugin is more than amazing!
]]>Hi,
I would like to set the widget in a way that it automatically shows my most recent sticky post, so that I do not have to go and select manually a specific post every time. Would this be possible?
Thank you
]]>Hi,
I have used the section on the widget that says “you can enter your owner excerpt here, if you want” to add some contact details on a custom sidebar.
https://swiftbase.eu/?page_id=14
The email address gets split onto 2 lines on the dot (.) and when I use Chrome Developer Tools to inspect the html and css I find that the code has split the email address using in to a new “p” block whereas it should be part of the previous “p” block and use “br” tags to separate data on to different lines as all of the code before the email address line behaves (see code below)
<p>Swiftbase International<br>
Harpsden<br>
Henley-on-Thames<br>
Oxfordshire<br>
RG9 4HL<br>
Tel +44 (0)1491 410913<br>
Email info@swiftbase.</p>
<p>com</p>com has been placed in its own “p” tag block!
I tested it by placing a dot in another random location and the same thing happened there!
The reason I had to do it this in the first place was that the post I’m “importing” into this had all of its html stripped (it was a “ul” block with roughly 6 “li” entries) and all of the address and contact details appeared with any html and only a space between them. They were all on the same line until it wrapped around at the edge of the sidebar, therefore it wasn’t looking like a typical contact details block would normally look like on a website!
]]>Hey,
WordPress 3.8.4
FPW 3.8.1
I have linked several posts with FPW.
One of them is only a (WordPress-Jetpack) gallery, where I have set a featured image from that gallery.
Featured Post Widget keeps displaying a random image on every page refresh.
Could you kindly please advise me on this one ?
Best
Bill
Hi,
It takes 5 to 7 secs to load the A5 plugin framework for the widget. I’ve attached a screenshot. I have made a lot of optimization for my site. Caching, CDN etc.
I really like this plugin..but i can’t keep using it if my site loads to long. Site visitors will drop.
screenshot – https://postimg.org/image/569yha5ob/
]]><?php
/**
*
* Class A5 Excerpt
*
* @ A5 Plugin Framework
* Version: 1.0 beta
*
* Gets the excerpt of a post according to some parameters
*
* standard parameters: offset(=0), usertext, excerpt, count
* additional parameters: class(classname), filter(boolean), shortcode(boolean), format(boolean), readmore_link(boolean),
* readmore_text(string)
*
*/
class A5_Excerpt {
public static function text($args) {
extract($args);
$offset = (isset($offset)) ? $offset : 0;
$class = (!empty($class)) ? ' class ="'.$class.'"' : '';
$filter = (isset($filter)) ? $filter : false;
$shortcode = (isset($shortcode)) ? $shortcode : false;
$format = (isset($format)) ? $format : false;
if (!empty($usertext)) :
$output = $usertext;
else:
if (!empty($excerpt)) :
$output = $excerpt;
else :
$excerpt_base = (empty($shortcode)) ? preg_replace('/\[caption(.*?)\[\/caption\]/', '', $content) : strip_shortcodes($content);
$text = (empty($format)) ? strip_tags(trim(preg_replace('/\s\s+/', ' ', str_replace(array("\r\n", "\n", "\r", " "), ' ', $excerpt_base)))) : preg_replace('#<img(.*?)/>#', '', $excerpt_base);
$text = preg_replace('/\b(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|$!:,.;]*[A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|$]/i', '', $text);
$length = (isset($count)) ? $count : 15;
$dots = 'hello';
$style = (isset($type)) ? $type : 'sentences';
switch ($style) :
case 'words' :
$short = array_slice(explode(' ', $text), $offset, $length);
$output = trim(implode(' ', $short));
break;
case 'sentences' :
/*
$short = array_slice(preg_split("/([\t.!?:]+)/", $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE), $offset*2, $length*2);
$output = trim(implode($short)); */
$short = array_slice(explode(' ', $text), $offset, $length);
$output = trim(implode(' ', $short));
break;
case 'letters' :
$output = substr($text, $offset, $length);
break;
default :
$output = $text;
endswitch;
endif;
endif;
if (!empty($linespace)) :
$short=preg_split("/([\t.!?:]+)/", $output, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
$short[count($short)] = '';
foreach ($short as $key => $pieces) :
if (!($key % 2) && $key < (count($short)-1)) :
$tmpex[] = implode(array($short[$key], $short[$key+1]));
endif;
endforeach;
if (isset($tmpex)) $output = trim(implode('<br /><br />', $tmpex));
endif;
if (!empty($readmore)) $output.=' <a href="'.$link.'" title="'.$title.'"'.$class.'>'.$rmtext.'</a>';
$output = ($filter === true) ? apply_filters('the_excerpt', $output) : $output;
return $output;
}
} // A5_Excerpt
?>Above code how its look like. please help me out to return 3 dots at the end of excerpt. Its very urgent.
]]>Hello,
I’m currently using the post feature widget on my site (athleticsaustria.at) and I would like to remove the facebook button and the title which says share. Is that possible, what do I have to do?
Thanks for your help!
]]>Hi,
I have downloaded the plugin twice, but still I am facing the same issue, the moment I activate the plugin and when I go to the widgets to add the featured post widget, all my other widgets are vanished I dont see the sidebar or the footer or any other widgets
]]>Hello, is it possible to be able to replace the date with the author name ?
I am currently going through your plugin files trying to achieve an informal implementation.
Regards
Bill
The title of the topic speaks for itself. After some updates the plugin, he no longer use the Feature Image we chose for the post.
]]>I have problem with Read more link. It doesn’t appear on my widget. Everything else works fine but Read more not. I checked option ,,Check to have an additional ‘read more’ link at the end of the excerpt.” and write ,,Read more” in next field, and give it color but doesn’t work.
Can you help me please?
Thank you!
Version 3.7 was working well. Updating to version 3.8 of the Featured Post Widget yields code displayed on the webpage, looking like this:
object(WP_Post)#3681 (24) {
["ID"]=>
int(1118)
["post_author"]=>
string(4) "8937"
["post_date"]=>
string(19) "2011-01-08 15:15:10"
["post_date_gmt"]=>
string(19) "2011-01-08 13:15:10"
["post_content"]=>
string(4906) "I am randomly getting this error message with the plugin.
Sometimes it shows correctly, sometimes it shows the error.
This seems to have started after the last update.
I have deactivated the plugin temporarily until I figure out what is wrong with it.
Any idea?
]]>Hi. I love this plugin, and it has worked flawlessly until now. I have changed my theme, and now the Featured Post Widget shows two posts instead of just one when I select Take a random post
Any ideas how I can fix this?
]]>Hello,
how do I align “justify” the text of the excerpt?
Thanks for your attention!
]]>The widget appears as expected (with no image) on my blog page, but when I read more, then back to the forum, then read more, back to the forum, then read more again, I see a random image above the featured post in the left column. Yes, I realize this is a long path, but a user pointed it out to me, so someone did get there.
https://worklife.wharton.upenn.edu/forum/
Any ideas? All setting show “no images,” so I don’t know why it’s pulling an image.
]]>I am using the Featured Post Plugin at:
https://www.rockandrollomnibus.com/online
I love the plugin, but, need to know if there is a way to minimize the space between the elements.
If you look at that page, you will see that there is a great deal of space in between the featured blog heading, date and snippet.
Please advise.
JC Owens
]]>hello!
awesome plugin!
is there a way to add a class to the read more link?
thanks!
Hello, I would like to add a border around my featured image but there doesn’t seem to be anywhere to style only the image and not the entire widget. Is this possible?
~ Crystal
]]>how do i set the size of the image that is displayed?
thanks
]]>Hi,
I have installed your plugin and it works quite well, but a few times I’ve seen the error “Division by zero in url/FP_WidgetClass.php on line 292” and I was wondering if there is a fix for this?
Currently I have it installed as a widget, with the posts being selected from random (of the published posts). I can’t always reproduce this error but I’ve seen it a few times and I know it exists.
Any help would be appreciated.
]]>I’d like to wrap the image of the post with specific html in order to style it as I have other elements within my site. Where would I add this. For example, wrapping the image in a div with a specific class?
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/post-feature-widget/
]]>