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Skype Online Status

Unlimited, highly customizable and accessible (!) Skype buttons through widgets, post quicktags and/or template tags.

Download Version 2.8.2

2.8.2

  • Live Support for contributors
  • hiding of 5x5 white square created by Skype detection SWF Object
  • bugfix: RTE button missing

2.8

  • new skypeCheck script for Windows7 / IE8 compatibility
  • new shortcode in posts and pages can handle options like skype_id to override default settings
  • load skypeCheck script only when needed

2.7.9.1

  • bugfix: back-end style and script load

2.7.9

  • skypeCheck javascript moved to footer to improve experienced/visual page load times
  • bugfix: render no button/widget if skypeid is missing
  • bugfix: widget blank page after setting Full Name value
  • bugfix: slow load times on Widgets page
  • changes to options page
  • code cleanup
  • new Ukrainian translation

2.7

  • German, Spanish, Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian translations
  • wp_remote_fopen replacing own cURL/remote_fopen routine
  • admin page revision for WP 2.8
  • code cleanup and multiple online status check streamlining
  • switch to global WP constants (like WP_CONTENT_DIR)
  • bugfix: multiple widget theme preview

2.6.9

  • Danish + Italian translations
  • bugfixes in install routine and detect blog language on reset
  • bugfix: allow the use of cURL library (if available) while allow_url_fopen is off
  • Removal of good old Buttonsnap Library to avoid showstopper error in WP 2.7
  • adaptation of settings page to fit the new WP 2.7 backend

2.6.4

2.6.3

  • Implement the use of cURL if available
  • Multiple widgets!!
  • Thank-you box for donators at backend
  • Bugfixes: widget options page function, widgets for WP < 2.5, get_skype_status and valid characters in SkypeID

2.6.2

  • bugfix in Custom template save to db (stripslashes)
  • heaps more themes
  • new {function} tag to My Status templates
  • improved widget with preview

2.6.1

  • automatic blog language detection for status text
  • some small bugfixes and code improvements
  • complete removal button
  • simple widget
  • removed built-in update checker (redundant since WP2.5 auto-update)
  • add your own download link
  • improved reg_exp for quicktag replacement (defeating wpautop's wrapping p)
  • minor changes in available settings (newline for download link optional)
  • fixed &-sign in fields causing failed w3c validation

2.5

  • made quicktag work for 2.1+ new TinyMCE button plugin routine

2.4

  • onkeydown action on admin textarea
  • backwards compatibility with PHP versions previous to 4.3 ( fallback to file() instead of file_get_contents() )
  • check for allow_url_fopen before remote file reading (used in status check and upgrade check) with dynamic options change

2.3

  • Download Skype now! link (with option to change text or disable), more template files and an upgrade function

2.2

  • moved buttonsnap.php
  • changes to Quick Guide, template files and Live Support
  • bugfixes:
    1. quicktag button not showing;
    2. multiple skype buttons in 1 post not showing
  • minor changes to admin page
  • global string for speed improvement

2.1

  • Skype default status texts in different languages

2.0

  • editable template and live support link
  • minor bugfix (altered defaulting to fallback template procedure)

1.9

  • RTE guicktag button for hook

1.8

  • improved performance by loading template in database

1.7

  • added post hook and appended instructions to quickguide

1.6

  • templating guide
  • redesign Options > Skype Status page

1.5

  • plain text fallback template in core code

1.4

  • reset button
  • default settings

1.3

  • new template tags {username} {sep1} {sep2}

1.2

  • bugfixes:
    1. inconsistent options page form-labels;
    2. skype_status_check not defaulting to status_error_txt when mystatus.skype.com is off-line

1.1

  • added new text template file

1.0

  • instructions (quick guide)
  • skype user name
  • customizability for get_skype_status('options')
  • redesign admin interface
  • lot's of new settings and template tags
  • added function skype_parse_theme() and skype_status_check()

0.1

  • function and syntax conversion from plugin Skype Button (by Anti Veeranna, discontinued)
  • starting date: 2006-03-03

Requires: 2.7 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.0.5
Last Updated: 2012-2-7 Downloads: 59,331

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