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The next big version update for my jQuery Colorbox plugin.

Get it here.

Changelog:

3.0.1 (2010-03-31)

• BUGFIX: Settings are NOW REALLY not overridden any more every time the plugin gets activated.

3.0 (2010-03-31)

• NEW: Decided to move from 2.0.1 to 3.0 because I implemented many new features
• BUGFIX: Slideshow speed setting works now.
• BUGFIX: Settings are not overridden any more every time the plugin gets activated.
• BUGFIX: jQuery Colorbox now works again for links with uppercase suffixes (IMG,JPG etc) thx to Jason Stapels (jstapels@realmprojects.com) for the bug report and fix!
• NEW: Added theme#6, a modified version of theme#1. (not compatible with IE6) thx to Gervásio Antônio for all the hard work!
• NEW: Added theme#7, a modified version of theme#1. thx to Vedran Jurincic for the feature request!
• NEW: Added theme#8, a modified version of theme#6.
• NEW: Added screenshots of all themes, screenshot of selected theme is shown in admin menu
• NEW: Added warning if the plugin is activated but not set to work for all images on the blog. Warning can be turned off on the settings page.
• NEW: Added setting for automatic hiding of embedded flash objects under Colorbox layer. Default: false
• NEW: Added switch for preloading of “previous” and “next” images. Default: false
• NEW: Added switch for closing of Colorbox on click on opacity layer. Default: false
• NEW: Added setting for transition type. Default: elastic
• NEW: Added setting for transition speed. Default: 250 milliseconds
• NEW: Added setting for overlay opacity. Default: 0.85
• CHANGE: Fixed fonts in Colorbox to Arial 12px
• NEW: Turkish translation by Serhat Yolaçan
• NEW: Portuguese translation by Gervásio Antônio
• NEW: Bosnian translation by Vedran Jurincic
• NEW: Plugin should be WPMU compatible now. Haven’t tested myself, though. Would appreciate any feedback.
• NEW: Successfully tested jQuery Colorbox with jQuery 1.4.2
• CHANGE: Fixed “slideshow” offset from right hand side in the Colorbox of theme#4

Hooray!

I just uploaded version 2.0 of my jQuery Colorbox plugin to wordpress.org.

I decided to move to 2.0 because the list of changes is much longer than I expected for version 1.4. And more features are to come in 2.1!

Get it here

If you have any questions, feel free to write an email to blog [at] techotronic.de or write an entry in the jQuery Colorbox WordPress.org forums.

Changelog:

2.0 (2010-02-11)

• NEW: Decided to move from 1.3.3 to 2.0 because I implemented many new features.
• BUGFIX: fixed relative paths for theme1 and theme4 by adding the CSS for the Internet Explorer workaround directly into the page. Thx to Andrew Radke for the suggestion!
• NEW: switch adding of “colorbox-postId” classes to images in posts and pages on and off through setting. Default: off.
• NEW: now works for images outside of posts (e.g. sidebar or header) if CSS class “colorbox-manual” is added manually
• NEW: jQuery Colorbox now working for WordPress attachment pages
• NEW: Added switch that adds slideshow functionality to all Colorbox groups. (no way to add slideshows individually yet)
• NEW: Added switch that adds automatic start to slideshows (no way to add slideshows individually yet)
• NEW: Added configuration of slideshow speed
• NEW: Added switch that allows the user to decide whether Colorbox scales images
• NEW: Added demos of the plugin on the plugin page
• NEW: Added configuration for adding colorbox class only to WordPress galleries
• NEW: Automatically resets settings if settings of a version prior to 1.4 are found upon activation
• NEW: width and height can now be configured as percent relative to browser window size or in pixels (default is percent)
• CHANGE: jQuery Colorbox is now only working on Image links (of type jpeg, jpg, gif, png, bmp)
• CHANGE: Improved translation. Thx to Fabian Wolf for the help!
• CHANGE: updated the FAQ
• CHANGE: Updated readme.
• CHANGE: Updated descriptions and translations