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SimpleModal 1.4.1 is now available for download.

I never created a post for the 1.4 release (back in August), so the following is a summary of changes since 1.3.5:

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WP-Paginate 1.2 has been released and is available on the WordPress Plugin Directory.

WP-Paginate is a simple and flexible pagination plugin which provides users with better navigation on your WordPress site. WP-Paginate supports pagination for both posts and comments.

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I'm happy to (finally) announce the release of SimpleModal Login 1.0!

I've been working off-and-on since the beginning of the 2010 on adding new features, such as user registration, password reset and an activity indicator. All of those features are included in 1.0 as well as the following:

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SimpleModal 1.3.5 is now available for download.

The transient option, which was added in 1.3.4, was renamed to modal because transient is a reserved word and was causing issues.

Also, the reference to $.support.boxModal was changed back to $.boxModal to remain compatible with older versions of jQuery.

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SimpleModal 1.3.4 is now available for download.

A new option, transient, was added which allows you to disable the overlay, iframe, and certain events. This would allow the user to still interact with the page below the dialog.

Another container dimension fix was added to deal with Opera quirks. Lastly, a new internal placeholder was added to keep track of where the modal content came from (if it came from the DOM).

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After buying and reading Cody Lindley's jQuery Enlightenment last year, I was so impressed with it that I asked Cody if he'd be willing to provide me with some discount codes to share on my blog. Expecting 25% off coupons or something similar, I was very surprised when he generously gave me 3 coupons for free copies of his popular book.

My Review

I don't usually buy technical books; I'm more of a hands-on learner and the books that I've purchased in the past just collect dust. It's one of the reasons why I'm so impressed with jQuery Enlightenment. Besides being an eBook (and therefore can't collect dust), Cody has structured the book in a way that makes it perfect to have as a learning tool as well as a reference.

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I'd like to introduce SimpleModal Login, a modal Ajax login for WordPress which utilizes jQuery and the SimpleModal jQuery plugin.

SimpleModal Login handles logging into WordPress but does not handle user registration or the forgot password functions.

SimpleModal Login also supports themes, something I'm planning on adding to the SimpleModal Contact Form plugin as well.

If you have any feedback or issues, please let me know!

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In the SimpleModal 1.3.2 release I re-introduced an issue in IE7 with determining the container dimensions.

Thanks to all who reported the issue, it has been fixed and 1.3.3 has been released.

If you're curious about the specifics, in IE7, $(element).width() (and height()) return a value that includes the padding and/or margin of the element. All other browsers return the actual height/width. This was throwing off the logic for determining how to size the container.

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