Verse-O-Matic 2.1.0

Posted on January 15, 2006 | Filed Under Verse-O-Matic

Following the update of the blog to WordPress 2.0, I have released an upgrade to the Verse-O-Matic Plugin. The new release, Verse-O-Matic 2.1.0, works with WordPress 2.0, 1.5, and should work with 1.2.

This update includes a slightly more versatile alternate translation bar.

I am working on a couple of new features that will be released in version 3:

Until then, check back for updates.

WordPress 2.0 Upgrade

Posted on January 15, 2006 | Filed Under WordPress

Well, I completed the upgrade to WordPress 2.0 last night.   Things went as smooth as can be expected.   No problems with the database, and most of my modifications since the last install were built into the theme pages so no problems there.

I did run into an issue that some folks seem to have had as well and that was with the wp-settings.php file at line 38.

//if ( strpos($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'], 'php.cgi') == strlen($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) - 7 )
//‚ ‚ ‚  $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] = $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'];

This line is a fix for php as cgi and doesn’t really effect me, so commenting it out fixes the problem.

So far so good.   I like the new admin interface as it has a nice wysiwig editor and some other on-the-fly editing tools.   One thing I have to get used to with the wysiwig editor is that I need to break the habit of hitting return twice for a double-spaced paragraph since the editor does that already with a singe carriage return.

Next step is working on the Verse-O-Matic.   Verse-O-Matic 2.0 seems to be working fine with WordPress 2.0 so upgrading doesn’t seem like it will be a requirement.   However, there are still some features I would like to implement into the plugin, including an admin interface, so I will be working on that for (hopefully) beta testing this weekend.

WordPress 2.0

Posted on January 12, 2006 | Filed Under Web, WordPress

WordPress 2.0 is out. I will be attempting to upgrade the blog sometime this weekend. During this process, the blog may be unavailable.

Once that is complete, I will be upgrading the Verse-O-Matic to make sure that it works with WP 2.0. I may also further tinker with the gears a little to finish some of the upgrades that I’ve been wanting to add.

New Verse-O-Matic Released

Posted on September 7, 2005 | Filed Under Verse-O-Matic

Verse-O-Matic - Revolutionizing the Automatic Bible Verse Industry!

The new Verse-O-Matic plugin is here. This handy WordPress plugin displays a random verse and has an optional “translation bar” to link to additional translations.

Click here for more information or to download the plugin.

Verse-O-Matic 2.0 alpha

Posted on September 6, 2005 | Filed Under Verse-O-Matic

I am testing a new version of the Verse-O-Matic plugin that will get it a little closer to my original idea. I have allowed for the text file storing the verses to be multi-dimensional in that it can store the version, the scripture reference, the verse text, and an associated link in a delimited format. The new Verse-O-Matic then randomizes the set, picks one, and displays appropriately.

I will be testing this a little more and release Verse-O-Matic 2.0 beta in a day or two. Until then, feel free to continue to use the current version as the upgrade will only require modifications to the verse-o-matic-list.txt file.

The new alpha version is currently being used in the sidebar of this site.

[UPDATE: This version is not longer available.  The current Verse-O-Matic is available at wordpress.org]