arthurmustafa

Well, that was easy, if you put it that way :))

Thank you very much!

Best wishes,
Arthur

Anyone?

I found the problem; initially i integrated the plugin in my theme and that caused the mallfunction. I moved the plugin into the “plugins” directory and activated it and voila – it was all good, in all versions of IE and in Firefox of course. All i have to do is some CSS tweaks.

Bartheemskerk, are you using this plugin?
And if you do, are you having problems with thumbnails showing in IE?
I try to find if the problem is caused by my theme.

I`m not sure, but in my quest for this plugin i think i accidentaly saw other plugins that offered that, to only show the thumbnails …

Well, again … i did it!!!!!
I was just about to give up, and then i thought to just duplicate the title and put it below the excerpt, except that i copied only the link code:

'<p><a href="' . get_permalink($post->ID) . '" style="display:block; color:#d2e5f3; font-size:10px; padding-top:2px;">Read more &raquo;</a></p>'

It was good timing, because i`m close to the deadline with this website.

Hope someone will find this post and think it is helpful.

Well, isn`t there anybody in this wordpress world that knows hot to resolve tis mistery?

yes, i have tried that and the link generated look like this:

https://localhost/constantart/<?php the_permalink() ?>

i have tried all sort of things. in fact, i am editing the plugin here, the plugin in embeded in theme and in the home page template i`m caling this plugin with a few lines of code.

this is how the plugin looks like:

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Advanced Most Recent Posts
Plugin URI: https://www.yakupgovler.com/?p=1033
Description: Display most recent posts from selected categories or current category or all posts with thumbnail images (optional).
Version: 1.1
Author: Yakup G?VLER
Author URI: https://www.yakupgovler.com
*/

class yg_recent_posts extends WP_Widget {
	function yg_recent_posts() {
	 //Load Language
	 load_plugin_textdomain( 'adv-recent-posts', false, dirname(plugin_basename(__FILE__)) .  '/lang' );
	 $widget_ops = array('description' => __('Shows most recent posts. You can customize it easily.', 'adv-recent-posts') );
	 //Create widget
	 $this->WP_Widget('advancedrecentposts', __('Advanced Recent Posts', 'adv-recent-posts'), $widget_ops);
	}

  function widget($args, $instance) {
	 		extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
			echo $before_widget;
			$title = empty($instance['title']) ? __('Recent Posts', 'adv-recent-posts') : apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title']);
			$parameters = array(
			  	'title' => $title,
				'limit' => (int) $instance['show-num'],
				'excerpt' => (int) $instance['excerpt-length'],
				'actcat' => (bool) $instance['actcat'],
				'cats' => esc_attr($instance['cats']),
				'cusfield' => esc_attr($instance['cus-field']),
				'w' => (int) $instance['width'],
				'h' => (int) $instance['height'],
				'firstimage' => (bool) $instance['firstimage'],
				'atimage' =>(bool) $instance['atimage'],
				'defimage' => esc_url($instance['defimage'])
			);

			if ( !empty( $title ) ) {
		    echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
			};
        //print recent posts
				yg_recentposts($parameters);
			echo $after_widget;
  } //end of widget

	//Update widget options
  function update($new_instance, $old_instance) {

		$instance = $old_instance;
		//get old variables
		$instance['title'] = esc_attr($new_instance['title']);
		$instance['show-num'] = (int) abs($new_instance['show-num']);
		if ($instance['show-num'] > 20) $instance['show-num'] = 20;
		$instance['excerpt-length'] = (int) abs($new_instance['excerpt-length']);
		$instance['cats'] = esc_attr($new_instance['cats']);
		$instance['actcat'] = $new_instance['actcat'] ? 1 : 0;
	  $instance['cus-field'] = esc_attr($new_instance['cus-field']);
		$instance['width'] = esc_attr($new_instance['width']);
		$instance['height'] = esc_attr($new_instance['height']);
		$instance['firstimage'] = $new_instance['first-image'] ? 1 : 0;
		$instance['atimage'] = $new_instance['atimage'] ? 1 : 0;
		$instance['defimage'] = esc_url($new_instance['def-image']);
		return $instance;
  } //end of update

	//Widget options form
  function form($instance) {
		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => __('Recent Posts','adv-recent-posts'), 'show-num' => 10, 'excerpt-length' => 0, 'actcat' => 0, 'cats' => '', 'cus-field' => '', 'width' => '', 'height' => '', 'firstimage' => 0, 'atimage' => 0,'defimage'=>'' ) );

		$title = esc_attr($instance['title']);
		$show_num = (int) $instance['show-num'];
		$excerpt_length = (int) $instance['excerpt-length'];
		$cats = esc_attr($instance['cats']);
		$actcat = (bool) $instance['actcat'];
		$cus_field = esc_attr($instance['cus-field']);
		$width = esc_attr($instance['width']);
		$height = esc_attr($instance['height']);
		$firstimage = (bool) $instance['firstimage'];
		$atimage = (bool) $instance['atimage'];
		$defimage = esc_url($instance['defimage']);

		?>
		<p>
		   <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php _e('Title:');?>
			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" />
		   </label>
		</p>
		<p>
		   <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('show-num'); ?>"><?php _e('Number of posts to show:');?>
		  <input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('show-num'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('show-num'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $show_num; ?>" size ="3" /><br />
			<small><?php _e('(at most 20)','adv-recent-posts'); ?></small>
		  </label>
	  </p>
		<p>
		  <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('excerpt-length'); ?>"><?php _e('Excerpt length (letters):', 'adv-recent-posts');?>
		  <input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('excerpt-length'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('excerpt-length'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $excerpt_length; ?>" size ="3" /><br />
			<small>(<?php _e('0 - Don\'t show excerpt', 'adv-recent-posts');?>)</small>
		  </label>
	  </p>
		<p>
		  <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('cus-field'); ?>"><?php _e('Thumbnail Custom Field Name:', 'adv-recent-posts');?>
		  <input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('cus-field'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('cus-field'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $cus_field; ?>" size ="20" />
		  </label><br />
		  <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('width'); ?>"><?php _e('Width:', 'adv-recent-posts');?> <input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('width'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('width'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $width; ?>" size ="3" /></label>px<br />
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('height'); ?>"><?php _e('Height:', 'adv-recent-posts');?> <input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('height'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('height'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $height; ?>" size ="3" /></label>px
	  </p>
		<p>
			<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('first-image'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('first-image'); ?>"<?php checked( $firstimage ); ?> />
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('first-image'); ?>"><?php _e('Get first image of post', 'adv-recent-posts');?></label>
		</p>
		<p>
			<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('atimage'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('atimage'); ?>"<?php checked( $atimage ); ?> />
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('atimage'); ?>"><?php _e('Get first attached image of post', 'adv-recent-posts');?></label>
		</p>
	  <p>
		  <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('def-image'); ?>"><?php _e('Default image:', 'adv-recent-posts');?>
		  <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('def-image'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('def-image'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $defimage; ?>" /><br />
			<small>(<?php _e('if there is no thumbnail, use this', 'adv-recent-posts');?></small>
		  </label>
	  </p>
	  <p>
		  <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('cats'); ?>"><?php _e('Categories:', 'adv-recent-posts');?>
		  <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('cats'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('cats'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $cats; ?>" /><br />
			<small>(<?php _e('Category IDs, separated by commas.', 'adv-recent-posts');?>)</small>
		  </label>
	  </p>
		<p>
			<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('actcat'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('actcat'); ?>"<?php checked( $actcat ); ?> />
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('actcat'); ?>"> <?php _e('Get posts from current category', 'adv-recent-posts');?></label>
		</p>
   <?php
  } //end of form
}

add_action( 'widgets_init', create_function('', 'return register_widget("yg_recent_posts");') );
//Register Widget

 // Show recent posts function
 function yg_recentposts($args = '') {
  global $wpdb;
	$defaults = array('limit' => 10, 'excerpt' => 0, 'actcat' => 0, 'cats'=>'', 'cusfield' =>'', 'w' => 48, 'h' => 48, 'firstimage' => 0, 'atimage' => 0, 'defimage' => '');
	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
	extract($args);

	$limit = (int) abs($limit);
	$firstimage = (bool) $firstimage;
	$atimage = (bool) $atimage;
	$defimage = esc_url($defimage);
	$w = (int) $w;
	$h = (int) $h;

	$excerptlength = (int) abs($excerpt);
	$excerpt = '';
	$cats = str_replace(" ", "", esc_attr($cats));
	if (($limit < 1 ) || ($limit > 20)) $limit = 10;

	/*$postlist = wp_cache_get('yg_recent_posts'); //Not yet
	if ( false === $postlist ) {
	*/
	if (($actcat) && (is_category())) {
	 $cats = get_query_var('cat');
	}
	if (($actcat) && (is_single())) {
	 $cats = '';
	 foreach (get_the_category() as $catt) {
	   $cats .= $catt->cat_ID.' ';
	 }
	 $cats = str_replace(" ", ",", trim($cats));
	}

	if (!intval($cats)) $cats='';
	$query = "cat=$cats&showposts=$limit";
	$posts = get_posts($query); //get posts
	$postlist = '';
	$height = $h ? ' height = "' . $h .'"' : '';
	$width = $w ? ' width = "' . $w . '"' : '';
    foreach ($posts as $post) {
		  $post_title = htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($post->post_title));
			if ($excerptlength) {
				$excerpt = $post->post_excerpt;
				if ( '' == $excerpt ) {
					$text = $post->post_content;
					$text = strip_shortcodes( $text );
					$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
					$text = strip_tags($text);
					$excerpt_length = 100;
					$words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
					if (count($words) > $excerpt_length) {
						array_pop($words);
						$text = implode(' ', $words);
					}
					$excerpt = $text;
				}

			  if(strlen($excerpt) > $excerptlength) {
				 $excerpt = mb_substr($excerpt, 0, $excerptlength) . ' [...]';
				}
				$excerpt = ' ' . $excerpt;
			}
			$image = '';
			$img = '';
			if ($cusfield) {
			 $cusfield = esc_attr($cusfield);
			 $img = get_post_meta($post->ID, $cusfield, true);
			}

			 if (!$img && $firstimage) {
			   $match_count = preg_match_all("/<img[^']*?src=\"([^']*?)\"[^']*?>/", $post->post_content, $match_array, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
			   $img = $match_array[1][0];
			 }
		   if (!$img && $atimage) {
				 $p = array(
				  'post_type' => 'attachment',
				  'post_mime_type' => 'image',
				  'numberposts' => 1,
				  'order' => 'ASC',
				  'orderby' => 'menu_order ID',
				  'post_status' => null,
				  'post_parent' => $post->ID
				 );
				 $attachments = get_posts($p);
				 if ($attachments) {
				   $imgsrc = wp_get_attachment_image_src($attachments[0]->ID, 'thumbnail');
				   $img = $imgsrc[0];
				 }
			 }

			 if (!$img && $defimage)
			   $img = $defimage;

			 if ($img)
			  $image = '<img src="' . $img . '" title="' . $post_title . '" class="recent-posts-thumb" ' . $width . $height . ' />';				

     		  $postlist .= '<li><a href="' . get_permalink($post->ID) . '" title="'. $post_title . '" class="recent-posts-title" ' . '" >' . $image . $post_title . '</a>' . $excerpt . '<p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read more &raquo;</a></p>' . "</li>";
    }
		/*
		wp_cache_set('yg_recent_posts', $postlist);
	}*/
	echo '<ul class="advanced-recent-posts">';
		echo $postlist;
	echo '</ul>';
 }
?>

and this is the code in page:

<div id="Noutati" class="hiddencontent">
	    <?php if (function_exists('yg_recentposts')){ ?>
  <ul>
    <?php
$parameters = array(
    'limit' => 3, //Number of posts to show
    'excerpt' => 150,  //excerpt length (letters)
    'actcat' => false, //get posts current category
    'cats' => '4',  //Categories to get posts
    'cusfield' => 'thumbnail', //custom field name of thumbnail image
    'w' => 61,  //width
    'h' => 61, //height
    'firstimage' => false,  //get first image of post content
    'atimage' => true, //get first attached image of post
    'defimage' => 'https://localhost/constantart/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/noutati-default.jpg' //default thumbnail image
);
    //print most recent posts
    yg_recentposts($parameters);
   ?>
  </ul>
 </li>
<?php } ?>
	</div>

I sort of succeded (80%) in resolving this problem, by inserting a little piece of code:

'<p><a href="permalink">Read more &raquo;</a></p>'

and the text “Read more” appears below excerpt.
… but i still can`t call the permalink for each post excerpt.
Does anyone know the sollution to this, because it`s taking me too many hours.
Thanks!

Im sorry for duplicates, i posted in different sections because i didnt know where exactly from i will receive reply.

my site is not online, i`m developing this on a local server. but the plugin is fully functional, title is permalink, text is excerpt and image is thumbnail from custom field. but i really want to also have a “read more” link below the excerpt.

ok, i admit, when i wrote this post i was very mad because i just upgraded my WONDERFUL WP 2.0.5 to 2.1 and suddenly everything went wrong: most of my plugins were not working anymore, so my sidebar and navigation were messed up; the SHOW MORE link was reduced to INLINE – exactly what i was trying to evoid; i could not write a post and include an image within for some sort of reason; same for writing new pages; not to say about modifying existing pages, that was not possible; visual and code modes are NOT WORKING as they are supposed to.
i followed the specified steps for step by step upgrade of wp2.1 but all these problems appeared so you must understand that i was made because i had to stay 2-3 more hours to try and fix my site. im a photographer and my work is on my site, i have a lot of visitors every day, i cannot let my site just go crazy like that. that evening i stayed in front of the computer until i re-installed WP2.0.5.
but after that installation i dont know why my pages were transformed into posts, i had to re-write my pages, my links. thank god my posts were ok !
now im using WP2.0.5 again and everything goes very well, i have no errors.
please tell me if i did something wrong or this new version is so full of bugs that it must be exterminated :) im joking of course. i saw many things that i liked in WP2.1 but not as many as flaws.
i hope i didn`t upset anybody but if this improuved software is something else that expected i think my reaction is justified.
best wishes