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.

I've also been working on a new site for SimpleModal. It's not ready yet, but I've included a preview below:

Also, if you have any feedback or input on what you'd like to see on the new site, please let me know. I want to make it as useful as possible.

If you have any questions regarding SimpleModal, I strongly suggest using stackoverflow. If you find any bugs, please report them on the issues page.

Thanks for using SimpleModal!

Links: Project Page | jQuery Plugins Page

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).

Complete list of features and changes since 1.3.3:

• Changed default values for minHeight and minWidth to null
• Added transient option which, if true, disables the overlay, iframe, and certain events, allowing the user to interace with the page below the dialog
• Changed $.boxModel to $.support.boxModel
• Fixed container dimension issues in Opera
• Added a placeholder element for modal content taken from the DOM
• Updated demo's and added a new Flickr Badge Gallery demo

If you have any questions, I strongly suggest using stackoverflow. If you find any bugs, please report them on the issues page.

Thanks for using SimpleModal!

Links: Project Page | jQuery Plugins Page

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!

Download Project Page

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.

Changes in 1.3.3:

• Fixed IE7 issues with container dimension determination

If you have any questions, I strongly suggest using stackoverflow. If you find any bugs, please report them on the issues page.

Thanks for using SimpleModal!

Links: Project Page | jQuery Plugins Page

In case you are wondering, 1.3.1 was used in the demos but never officially released. The demos have been updated as well.

A number a container dimension fixes were added as well as a new option, autoPosition, which can be used to turn off auto positioning of the container upon creation and window re-size. I also shortened many internal variables to help reduce file-size. Hopefully it doesn't hurt the readability.

Complete list of features and changes since 1.3:

• Added autoPosition option which gives the ability to enable/disable the container positioning
• Changed data height() to outerHeight(true) and data width() to outerWidth(true). Thanks to Andrew Marcus
• Fixed bug that prevented % container dimension values from being used
• Aliased "this" to "s" wherever possible to reduce file size
• Reduced length of other internal variables to reduce file size
• Fixed container width determination, which fixes width/centering issues in IE6
• Fixed position type checking. Thanks to cavidae for reporting
• Fixed data width and height determination by appending the data element to body, then appending it to the wrap element after the dimensions are determined

If you have any questions, I strongly suggest using stackoverflow. If you find any bugs, please report them on the issues page.

Thanks for using SimpleModal!

Links: Project Page | jQuery Plugins Page

• Upgraded SimpleModal to 1.3
• Fixed the bug that was supposed to be fixed in SMCF 1.2.3 ;)
• Moved the JavaScript loading to the WordPress init() function
• Optimized smcf.js variables to reduce file-size
• Moved close (X) link HTML from smcf.php to smcf.js (the SimpleModal closeHTML option)

Other than those updates, nothing major was changed. I've been working on the plans for a new version of SMCF with lots of new features, so stay tuned.

For more information please visit the SMCF Plugin Page.

Well, days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months, but finally, the new documentation along with a new site design, are available!

Complete list of changes and new features:

• Added appendTo option, primarily for .NET users to enable appendTo('form')
• Added focus option which forces focus to remain in the dialog
• Added dataId option which allows a unique id to be set for the data div if one does not already exists
• Added minHeight/minWidth options to allow minimum dimensions to be enforced
• Added maxHeight/maxWidth options to allow maximum dimensions to be enforced. SimpleModal will always contain the modal dialog within the browser window.
• Added escClose option to bind modal close to the ESC key
• Added overlayClose option to bind modal close to a click on the overlay div
• Added a wrapper div to allow for easier overflow capabilities
• Added autoResize option which enables/disables container resizing after window resize
• Changed meaning of close option. If false, the closeHTML, escClose and overlayClose values will be ignored.
• Fixed auto-centering issues when container dimensions were not provided
• Fixed Opera screen painting issues by adding .hide() before .remove()
• Fixed Opera 9.2.x issue with jQuery 1.3.x and $(window).height()

Other than the close option, all previous options remained the same and the new options should be fairly self-explanatory. See the project page for documentation and examples.

Thanks for using SimpleModal!

Links: Project Page | jQuery Plugins Page

First, I will be offline from Aug 2, 2009 - Aug 8, 2009, so I will not be able to respond to any emails during that time. For questions or issues regarding SimpleModal, please use the jQuery Google Group. For questions or issues regarding SimpleModal Contact Form, please use the WordPress support forum (and make sure to tag your question with simplemodal-contact-form-smcf).

SimpleModal

Version 1.3 is out, but I have not released the new documentation yet. Until I get them out, you can view the full source version to read the comments to see what the new options are. There are a few reports of possible issues, which I'll be looking into soon.

SimpleModal Contact Form

With the new version of SimpleModal, I need to update SMCF and release. I also have a handful of new features that I am planning on adding, so you should see some new changes happening to SMCF over the next few months.

Site

I have been working on a new design for my site for well over a year. It has taken many different directions and I have finally settled on a design I like, I just have to finish up a few remaining features. I am also planning on rewriting the SimpleModal and SMCF project pages as well as adding new demos.

I'm planning on having the new site and documentation ready in August, followed by updates to SimpleModal and SimpleModal Contact Form.

Considering the number of changes and new features, I've decided to release 1.3 as a beta version. This release covers most of the common requests I receive for SimpleModal: forced focus on the dialog (prevent tabbing away), ESC/overlay-click to close dialog and an appendTo option.

*NOTE*: Moving forward, all issue/bug/feature requests should be made on the issues page: http://code.google.com/p/simplemodal/issues/list

Download: http://code.google.com/p/simplemodal/downloads/list

Complete list of changes and new features:

• Added appendTo option, primarily for .NET users to enable appendTo('form')
• Added focus option which forces focus to remain in the dialog
• Added dataId option which allows a unique id to be set for the data div if one does not already exists
• Added minHeight/minWidth options to allow minimum dimensions to be enforced
• Added maxHeight/maxWidth options to allow maximum dimensions to be enforced. SimpleModal will always contain the modal dialog within the browser window.
• Added escClose option to bind modal close to the ESC key
• Added overlayClose option to bind modal close to a click on the overlay div
• Added a wrapper div to allow for easier overflow capabilities
• Changed meaning of close option. If false, the closeHTML, escClose and overlayClose values will be ignored.
• Fixed auto-centering issues when container dimensions were not provided
• Fixed Opera screen painting issues by adding .hide() before .remove()
• Fixed Opera 9.2.x issue with jQuery 1.3.x and $(window).height()

Other than the close option, all previous options remained the same and the new options should be fairly self-explanatory.

Thanks for using SimpleModal!

A fix has been made and uploaded to the WordPress plugin repository. You should see the update available shortly.

Thanks Charles!

For more information and the download, please visit the SMCF WordPress Plugin Page.