=== Time Machine === Contributors: urkekg Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Q6Q762MQ97XJ6 Tags: widget, posts, archive, time, past, timezone, ago, relative, date, years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds Requires at least: 3.0 Tested up to: 3.1 Stable tag: 0.0.6 Time Machine widget list all published posts relative to today date for specified offset of time, including all years of blogging == Description == Time Machine is a simple plugin that get `N` published posts from database created on current day or offset of time in past years and list them in widget. User can choose widget title, number of displayed posts and message printed when there is no public posts on current day or offset of time in past. = Features = * list only published posts (ignore Draft's) * it's safe and will not list password protected posts if that option is not enabled * options to hide/show WordPress pages and articles published in current year * option to disable widget if there is no posts in past (don't display message) * configurable widget title, number of displayed posts, message when there is no post, and display number of comments * lightweight and fast * translantable (included English, Serbian, Italian, Simplified Chinese and Belorussian) * produces XHTML 1.1 valid code * use theme based CSS Stylesheet == Installation == = Manual = 1. Upload the entire `time-machine` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 1. Activate the plugin through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress. 1. Insert new `Time Machine` widget on `Appearance` → `Widgets`. 1. Configure `Time Machine` options. = Automatic = 1. Go to `Plugins` → `Add New` and search for `time machine`. 1. Click on `Install Now` link bellow `Time Machine` search result and aswer `Yes` on popup question. 1. If you need enter FTP parameters for your host and click on `Proceed`. 1. Activate the plugin through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress. 1. Insert new `Time Machine` widget on `Appearance` → `Widgets`. 1. Configure `Time Machine` options. == Frequently Asked Questions == = How this can work? = It's simle. Time Machine list specified number of posts published on current day in past, and print list of them in widget. = OK, but there is already similar plugins! = Similar yes, bud not exactly same. Time Machine get posts published on current day for all time blog exists (from beginning), not only from last year. And can use various offset of time parametars. = Why name Time Machine? = I like effect that produce Time Machine - traveling trough time. This plugin does exactly that, but with fixed month and day constant. = How I can help? = Post suggestions, injoy in WordPress forum and donate. == Changelog == = 0.0.6 (2011-04-02) = * Fixed timezone bug. Now Time Machine instead of GMT use WordPres timezone for time offset calculations. = 0.0.5.5svn (2009-08-03) = * Added option to display excerpt, with feature to short and insert XHTML code before and after excerpt * Added date offset (+/- N hours/days/weeks/months) * Added offset type (before to current date, before to after current date, current date to after) = 0.0.5.4 (2009-07-13) = * fixed bug for feature added in 0.0.5.3 (reported by Rarst) * Added Belorussian language (submited by Marcis Gasuns) = 0.0.5.3 (2009-07-12) = * Added option do hide widget if there is no posts in past (sugessted by Rarst) * Added Simplified Chinese language (submited by Leslie Yeh) * Updated Serbian and Italian language * Fixed post links if blog is not in root with permalink (thanks Leslie) = 0.0.5.2 (2009-06-19) = * Added Italian localisation (submited by Caporale Reyes) = 0.0.5.1 (2009-03-08) = * Fixed broken 0.0.5 ('Number of posts' above links) = 0.0.5 (2009-03-08) = * compare GMT date, not local date on host * added description to displayed number of comments = 0.0.4 (2009-02-28) = * Added option to display number of comments = 0.0.3 (2009-02-14) = * Fixed links to articles when is active non-Home pages * Added option to exclude WordPress Pages from listing * Added option to exclude articles published in current year from listing * Updated Serbian translation = 0.0.2 (2009-02-14) = * Fixed SQL query to work as expected * Added option to display password protected posts in list = 0.0.1 (2009-02-13) = * Initial release == Screenshots == 1. Time Machine Widget Options 2. Time Machine widget in action, w/o posts published on current day in past 3. Time Machine widget in action, with listed posts published on current day in past