Easy Random Quotes

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1. Getting this error when I try to add a quote. I’m using WP 3.0.

   Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in (site directory removed)/wp-content/plugins/easy-random-quotes/kl-easyrandomquotes.php on line 133

   1. Thanks for letting me know – I’ve just submitted an update so version 1.1 should be available soon.

2. Fatal error: [] operator not supported for strings in /[myhost]/wp-content/plugins/easy-random-quotes/kl-easyrandomquotes.php on line 61

   Running v1.1 of plugin with WP 3.0 and the Thesis theme.

   1. Uhh….

      Thanks for catching that. I must not have cleared my settings before testing my last supposedly ‘fixed’ release.

      Anyhow, I did a fresh install, got the error, and have fixed it. There should be a 1.2 update for you momentarily.

      Sorry about that, and again, thanks for taking the time to let me know!

3. first thanks,

   second; ı see tr_TR character problem.

   1. Thanks for the info, however I’m not sure I know how to fix this problem.

4. Hi, I just ‘upgraded’ the plugin and now it is no longer working. This is the error I get:

   Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /wp-content/plugins/easy-random-quotes/kl-easyrandomquotes.php on line 169

   Any ideas on how I can fix this?

   1. An overlooked reference in my last fix – now fixed in 1.3.

5. Hi Trepmal, that is nice plugin. I have some comments to make it even nicer!

   – adding a language file for those who want to translate it.
   – adding some formating to the widget
   – enabling widget title
   – adding Ajax for changing displayed qoutes.

   keep up the good work 😉

   S. Samir

   1. Thanks for the tips!

      I’m getting ready to release update that adds the language file, and the widget title.

      I’ll make a note about adding Ajax in the future.

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7. Hi!

   I would love to thank you for the great plugin. I am planning to use it in my personal site. I was wondering if it would be possible to exclude a quote from the list of quotes?

   What I mean is.

   I would like to use a certain quote only in the homepage so Im using this code:
   '{id}')); ?>

   And I want it to be excluded from showing up from other pages where I use this code:
   

   Hoping for your quick response.

   Thanks

   1. This is not currently an option with the plugin – but I will try to add this feature to the next version. Thanks for your feedback

8. I tried using your plugin as a widget, and had a problem that I finally traced down to trying to use a blank title. Doing this caused an extra closing div, which made my footer fall out of the container and break. This happened even with no quotes entered yet.

   Unfortunately, the site I’m working on specified the quote without a title, so either I need to patch your code, use an invisible title, or us an inferior product. 🙂

   Don’t worry, I won’t hold you responsible for damage to my footer when it fell out of its div. Fortunately, nobody was hurt.

   1. Hmm.. the widget doesn’t add (or remove) any divs. Is it possible that the settings for that sidebar causes an extra closing div when there’s no title?

      1. Well, I’m trying to figure out what’s going on. I’m even more confused, because now I seem to be having a problem even if there is a title. It could very well be something in the theme, which was bought by my customer from ThemeForest. I’m having trouble figuring out what divs match up.

         I’m looking at the functions.php, and they have this:
         
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'pageSidebar',
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => '',
'before_title' => ' ',
'after_title' => '',
));

         To me, it looks like it might depend on having a title, although I’m just learning WordPress, so I may be missing something. I’ll see if I can reproduce it with a different widget.

         Thanks for your response. I’ll let you know.

         1. oops. I see my tags got stripped out. Kinda loses its effect. 🙂
            Basically, the after_title had an opening div, and the after_widget had the closing div.

            1. Yup, it sounds like that’s the cause. Hopefully the theme developer will be able to help you out.

      2. I realized that the text widget would be an easy test, and sure enough, it caused the same problem with no title. This explains why I began having the problem even with a title using your widget – I had added an image using the text widget at the same time, with no title!

         I’ll complain to ThemeForest or the developer (and my client). Anyway, I did learn a lot more about WordPress inner workings.

9. Awesome script, but might there be any way to have the widget list say, two, five or ten random quotes at a time in a sidebar?

   1. There’s is not currently a way to do this, but I’ll make a note and see about adding this feature to a future version.

10. I have a nice collection of about 6,000 quotes in a text file, one quote per line. Is there a way I can get this into the database somehow?

    1. Version 1.6 should be available soon and includes an import option.

       It currently requires copy & paste, but should hopefully work out until a more robust option is added.

       1. That will make a very nice plugin absolutely perfect!

          Nice socks, btw.

11. Installed and configured in Settings, but I see no widget available in Appearance >Widgets. What am I doing wrong?

    1. Disregard. For some reason it wasn’t showing up and it suddenly showed up. Weird.

12. You rock! Thanks for making Version 1.6 available with import features!

    I pasted 583 single line quotes and they were imported perfectly in just seconds!

    I also tried pushing it with the full 6,562 quotes, it choked on that, but figured that may have been more than the database could handle.

    Awesome job, thanks so much for the plugin!

13. Thank you for the Plugin. Excellent work.
    May I ask – is it possible to pull in an array of Id’s into the short code.
    i.e.
    [erq id=8,9,14]
    This is because I use your plugin for testimonials and provide a number of different services. It would be great to use the testimonials relating to each service page.

    Thanks again (still a great plugin)

    1. Unfortunately, this is not currently a possibility. However, I do have a new version of this plugin in the works that should be a lot more customizable. Hopefully I’ll be able to make some time to finish and release it… 🙂

       1. Hi,

          Did you find any time to implement this ‘most wanted’ feature? I’m looking forward to it a lot.
          TIA
          Peter

14. Thanks, this works great. One question I didn’t see above. I’d like to have a non-admin user be able to enter quotes, but since it’s on the Settings menu they don’t see the menu at all.

    Is there any way to put the editor where the Editor role can see it?

    Thanks

    1. You’ll need to edit the plugin. Find line 38 of kl-easyrandomquotes.php and replace it with this:
       $page = add_menu_page( 'Easy Random Quotes', 'Easy Random Quotes', 'edit_pages', __FILE__, array( &$this, 'page' ) );

       This moves the plugin out of Settings allows users with the ability to edit pages to access the plugin.

15. Hello!!
    The plugin works and it’s awesome. Thanks a lot!
    But how can I have my quotes in a box?
    Because they are overlapping at the sidebar. I wish
    I can have even simple box to prevent ’em overlapping.

16. How can I change the formatting of the quotes, e.g. changing font color? Great plugin by the way. Works like a charm. Thanks.

    1. I’ve discovered that the plugin call an id #kl-erq-2 by declaring this id in the css template editor and specifying the colors and font size, it works.

       hope this answers your question

17. I’m just keep getting this error message.
    When i try and update an new quote.

    Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/wedesign/public_html/progress/R3no/wp-content/plugins/easy-random-quotes/kl-easyrandomquotes.php on line 121

    Thanks in advance
    Daniel

18. Great Plug-in, thank you for that. Just a small question.

    Before each quotes, I would like to have a floating div on the left with a big “quote” symbol.

    I am trying to figure out how to do so. Is it something that I could do in the css or something I should add in the code.

    The way that I would like it to be is that the user doesnt have to constantly copy/paste ” before each quotes.

    Please help

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