Version 9.6 of the Advanced Sidebar Menu plugin is now available and ready for general use. Version 9.6 focused on phase 2 of bringing code modernization and flexibility between the PRO and basic versions of the plugin. There is a lot of "nerd" information in this article. Phase 2 of Code Modernization Back in our last minor 9.5 version we completed phase 1 which laid the groundwork for phase 2. Now that the dust has settled on 9.5 and over 90% of our users are on 9.5 or newer, … [Read more...]
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Go Live Update Urls – Version 6.13
Version 6.13.0 of Go Live Update Urls plugin is now available and ready for general use. The focus of this version was to set the stage for using modern development practices. PHP Based Translations WordPress 6.5 included the ability to load translations from a PHP array instead of just .mo file files for greatly improved translation performance. The Go Live plugin now generates .php translation files to take advantage of the new translations system. You will see a nice performance … [Read more...]
Adding Dark Mode to the Site
If your browser is set to prefer dark color schemes you almost certainly noticed that our site looks a bit different over the past couple weeks. What was once a sea of blues and bright whites is now a sea of blues and dark greys. By default the site will automatically enable the dark mode if your browser requests it. Otherwise, you can enable it anytime by clicking the icon in this site's header. If you are already in dark mode, you can switch to light mode by clicking the icon in this … [Read more...]
Advanced Sidebar – Menus Disappeared
If you've been watching our support area lately you probably have noticed the last month has been a complicated time for us dealing with numerous cases of reporting menus disappearing from sites using our Advanced Sidebar Menu plugin. With 10s of thousands of websites using the plugin and thousands of sites using widget settings in various states from more than 10 years of installs, tracking an issue can sometimes be a daunting task requiring careful analysis and resolution. Now that … [Read more...]
Retrieving PHP Error Logs in WordPress
When submitting a support request for a WordPress plugin, one of the first things that will typically be asked for is the contents of your site's PHP error log. The error log provides a ton of useful information about plugin conflicts or PHP version issues which can help whoever is troubleshooting either rule out or narrow down the issue. WordPress makes retrieving and/or sharing your PHP error logs straight-forward and once you know how you'll probably start using it to troubleshoot on your … [Read more...]
Advanced Sidebar Menu – Version 9.5
Version 9.5 of the Advanced Sidebar Menu plugin is now available and ready for general use. Version 9.5 focused on modernizing the plugin code to put it inline with recent versions of WordPress core. The changes listed in this article are actually a combination of version 9.4 and 9.5. Version 9.4 created the foundation for changes in 9.5. CSS Class Targeting for Menu Styles Until now the menu styles were rendered to the site while targeting the id of the menu. It looked something … [Read more...]