rah_default_category

Published under current TXP projects

Rah_default_category is a tiny admin-extension for Textpattern CMS. The plugin brings the default section feature to categories. With rah_default_category site authors can pick default article categories, just like one can select a default section. The plugin is an answer to a feature request made by jim.

Download rah_default_category v0.5

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List of features

Select default categories for articles, just like you can select default section.
Provides easily configurable options added to Textpattern’s Advanced Preferences (Textpattern / Admin / Preferences / Advanced). No playing with code required, all GUI based.

Requirements

Rah_default_category’s minimum requirements:

Textpattern 4.0.7+
jQuery (bundled with Textpattern).

Recommended:

Textpattern 4.2.0+

Installation and usage

The normal plugin installation behavior stands:

Download the plugin installation code file.
Navigate to your Textpattern installation’s Plugins page (TXP/Admin/Plugins).
Copy and paste the plugin code to the Install plugin box and run the automated setup.
When the setup is done, just activate the plugin from the plugin list.
When done, the plugin is ready to be used. Now you can go to Textpattern / Admin / Preferences / Advanced > Section: Write Tab’s Default Categories and pick the default categories.

Changelog

Version 0.5

Fixed: the issue where default values didn’t show up directly after logging in. Thank you for reporting the issue Husain.

Version 0.4

Changed: Integrated the plugin’s preferences pane to Textpattern’s build in Advanced Preferences interface. The plugin no longer has own tab, but instead the preferences are located at TXP/Admin/Preferences/Advanced.
Changed: Preferences are now stored in txp_prefs table instead of its own table. The plugin comes with migration script that makes transition automatic.
Fixed: Doesn’t throw up JavaScript if browser’s JavaScript support is disabled.
Added: Language string support.
Added: Options link to the Textpattern’s plugins pane.
For full feature compatibility requires Textpattern 4.2.0 or newer.

Version 0.3

Removed unnecessary default values from the installation query.
Removed no-longer used HTML IDs.

Version 0.2

Fixed: conditional logic. Now doesn’t reselected default categories after article post + empty categories combination.
Removed tables from the plugin’s prefs panel and changed to better layout.
Removed inline styles.
Improved installer.
Now uses same coding style as all newer rah-plugins.
Centralized preferences fetcher.
Changed prefs panel event from rah_default_category_page to rah_default_category.
Now requires Textpattern version 4.0.7 or newer.

Version 0.1

Initial release.

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