{"id":3448,"date":"2008-07-28T15:44:40","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T15:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/blog-summary\/"},"modified":"2012-11-29T18:30:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T18:30:02","slug":"blog-summary","status":"closed","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/az.wordpress.org\/plugins\/blog-summary\/","author":45726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"0.1.2 &beta;","stable_tag":"0.1.2","tested":"2.6.1","requires":"2.5","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":"","header_name":"Blog Summary","header_author":"Scott Allan Wallick","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2012-11-29 18:30:02","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"http:\/\/www.plaintxt.org\/about\/#donate","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/www.plaintxt.org\/experiments\/blog-summary\/","header_author_uri":"http:\/\/scottwallick.com\/","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":40,"downloads":10883,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["0.1","0.1.1","0.1.2"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[13039,4978,13038,1083,520],"plugin_category":[],"plugin_contributors":[78856],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-3448","plugin","type-plugin","status-closed","hentry","plugin_tags-latest-entires","plugin_tags-latest-posts","plugin_tags-recent-entries","plugin_tags-recent-posts","plugin_tags-summary","plugin_contributors-plaintxtorg","plugin_committers-plaintxtorg","plugin_committers-scottwallick"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/blog-summary.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>Blog Summary produces a semantic, hAtom-enabled list of latest blog entries with excerpts, dates, and comments links that is generated with the shortcode <code>[blog-summary]<\/code> on any post or page. Shortcode attributes are available to customize the output as well as specify number of entries to show.<\/p>\n\n<p>Blog Summary is the easiest way to show the latest blog entries on a static page, marked up in the hAtom microformat and utilizing the semantic class funtions when the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaintxt.org\/themes\/sandbox\/\" title=\"Sandbox theme for WordPress\">Sandbox<\/a> (or Sandbox-based) theme is active.<\/p>\n\n<p>Blog Summary is for WordPress 2.6.x and features:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Out-of-the-box function using shortcode without editing any files<\/li>\n<li>Advanced shortcode attribute parsing for easy and complete customization<\/li>\n<li>Highly semantic XHTML in the <a href=\"http:\/\/microformats.org\/wiki\/hatom\/\" title=\"hAtom 0.1 microformat\">hAtom<\/a> microformat<\/li>\n<li>Integration with Sandbox (or Sandbox-based) class-generating functions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n\n<p>After activating this plugin, simply use the shortcode <code>[blog-summary]<\/code> wherever you want a list of recent entries. The following optional attributes are parsed by this shortcode to customize the output:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>count<\/code> - Number of recent entries to show. Default is 5.<\/li>\n<li><code>grouptag<\/code> - HTML element to wrap all recent entries. Default is <code>ol<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li><code>entrytag<\/code> - HTML element to wrap each entry. Default is <code>li<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li><code>titletag<\/code> - HTML element to wrap each entry title. Default is <code>h4<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li><code>datetag<\/code> - HTML element to wrap each entry date. Default is <code>span<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li><code>commentstag<\/code> - HTML element to wrap each entry comments link. Default is <code>span<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li><code>summarytag<\/code> - HTML element to wrap each entry summary. Default is <code>div<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>You may specify all or some of the attributes above. Attributes are optional and can be given in any order.<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[blog-summary count=\"3\" titletag=\"h2\" datetag=\"p\" commentstag=\"div\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>And so on. A very simple plugin.<\/p>\n\n<h3>License<\/h3>\n\n<p>Blog Summary, a plugin for WordPress, (C) 2008 by Scott Allan Wallick, is licensed under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/licenses\/gpl.html\" title=\"GNU General Public License\">GNU General Public License<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Blog Summary is free software: you can redistribute it and\/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.<\/p>\n\n<p>Blog Summary is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but <strong>without any warranty<\/strong>; without even the implied warranty of <strong>merchantability<\/strong> or <strong>fitness for a particular purpose<\/strong>. See the GNU General Public License for more details.<\/p>\n\n<p>You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Blog Summary.  If not, see http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/licenses\/.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<p>This plugin is installed just like any other WordPress plugin. More <a href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins\" title=\"Installing Plugins - WordPress Codex\">detailed installation instructions<\/a> are available on the WordPress Codex.<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Download Blog Summary<\/li>\n<li>Extract the <code>\/blog-summary\/<\/code> folder from the archive<\/li>\n<li>Upload this folder to <code>..\/wp-contents\/plugins\/<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin in <em>Dashboard &gt; Plugins<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Use the shortcode <code>[blog-summary]<\/code> on any page\/post<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy. And then consider donating<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>In other words, just upload the <code>\/blog-summary\/<\/code> folder and its contents to your plugins folder.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt>What does this plugin do?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>It inserts list of your latest blog posts where the shortcode <code>[blog-summary]<\/code> is used on a post or page. Nothing more, nothing less.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Can I customize the output of this shortcode?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. You can specify shortcode attributes to customize the HTML elements that group the output. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaintxt.org\/experiments\/blog-summary\/\" title=\"Blog Summary, a plaintxt.org experiment\">plugin page<\/a> for more information on attributes that this shortcode will parse.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Why does the post content look all funny, without tags, etc?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>This plugin uses the WordPress function <code>the_excerpt<\/code> to produced a short 'summary' of your latest blog posts. You can specify your excerpt in the post editor. See <a href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Writing_Posts\" title=\"Writing Posts in the WordPress Codex\">Writing Posts<\/a> in the WordPress Codex for more information.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Can this post show the full post instead of the excerpt?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>It could, but you will have to modify the plugin. Search for <code>the_excerpt<\/code> and modify accordingly, but you're on your own for this.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>What's all this about 'sematic class-generating functions' and the Sandbox theme?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaintxt.org\/themes\/sandbox\/\" title=\"Sandbox theme for WordPress\">Sandbox<\/a> is a design-less theme for WordPress that has a highly extensible XHTML structure powered by these nifty functions that create semantic classes, i.e., classes that have meaningful names related to the content. For more information on this, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaintxt.org\/themes\/sandbox\/#learn\" title=\"Sandbox documentation, readme.html\">Sandbox documentation<\/a>.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>So is the Sandbox required?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>No, it is not required. 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