Thank you, that is a nice feature request.
In the current version 2.1.2 it is not really possible.
In current trunk it can be done by using a filter.
If you use trunk, you can use this code in functions.php of your theme:
function my_gwolle_gb_author_name_prefill( $prefill ) {
// $prefill is a string
$prefill = ''; // no prefill, just an empty string
return $prefill;
}
add_filter( 'gwolle_gb_author_name_prefill', 'my_gwolle_gb_author_name_prefill', 10, 1 );
I will try it and report back. Thank you.
I am using a child theme of customizr. I added the above string to my child theme’s function.php, but the name field is still showing up prefilled. I need to check on a 2nd computer to see if it’s caught in my browser, but it does not seem to prevent the prefill.
I’m unsure what you mean by “If you use trunk”. I’m using your shortcode [gwolle_gb] to call the form and Name is a required field.
Ah, I understand.
The current version 2.1.2 doesn’t have this functionality. You will need the development version, called trunk.
Here you can download a zipfile of the development version:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/gwolle-gb/developers/
Thank you, I will have to try it later today, but will report back.
I didn’t want to lose my current entries, so I tried to install over the existing 2.1.2, but that wouldn’t work. I see I can export the entries and have done so. Is there a walk through on how to install the developer option and import the existing entries that I can follow?
FYI, I exported my current entries and then tried a fresh install of the developer version on a sandbox site, then tried to import the entries. The original entries were not recognized in this manner, so I’m hesitant to remove 2.1.2 from my main site for fear of losing those entries.
There are two ways to go about it.
You can deactivate and remove the plugin. You can do that on Dashboard > Plugins, not on Guestbook > Settings.
After that you can install/upload a new zipfile and activate it again.
The other option is to do it through FTP with a program like Filezilla.
I decided to test it out by using my test site, for fear of losing the entries from my working site. When I installed the developer version, to the test site, and tried to upload the saved entries file, from the working site, guestbook would not recognize the upload.
Barb
Ah, there is some misunderstanding here :).
You don’t need to do anything with the importing of entries or the data.
The proposed zipfile contains the plugin code. So you need to unzip the zipfile, and place them over the files in /wp-content/gwolle-gb.
Is that more clear?
I believe so, I’ll try that. Thank you.
Sorry I took so long to respond. The guestbook is for my son’s medical blog and he had to be in the hospital. I finally did everything you said and it works perfectly.
My only remaining question is that since I’m using a development version will it show when there are updates? If not, is there a place I can sign up to know when to manually update?
Thank you for all your time and effort.
Barb
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scidstuff.
Okay, that is good to hear.
The version is still set to 2.1.2, so when a new version comes out you will get the option to update.
