[mwpeters75]

While you are at it, why not have the changelog details available in the dialog box instead of an link that is not even hyper link coded? Cut and paste of the link is hardly a good thing either.

[mwpeters75]

Hello Skandha,

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This is what my WP dashboard shows. It is STILL not right. I updated 5 other plugins today by just clicking on update. Your plugin still has the same issue.

Sorry to be so blunt but this really needs to be resolved along with making sure that the settings from the previous version are maintained and not ‘lost’.

[mwpeters75]

Hello Skandha,
I am a paying Pro user.
It is NOT Automatically updateable through the dashboard. I am required to deactivate, uninstall and then install the update. I lose my settings since you have not provided a way to save them before the uninstall.
Best,
M.

[mwpeters75]

Hello Skandha,
Every page? That is an administrative nightmare! That is not the right approach anyway. I made a mistake in that the breadcrumb trail is based on menu selections. So the example breadcrumb should be Braun -> Intro (an actual page and is a URL link) -> Experiment Systems -> MiniSystem (which is the actual page). Braun and Experiment Systems are NOT pages, they are menu placeholders. Intro is an actual page as well. I will send you a screen shot of the menu design for this tree.
Thank you for being such a flexible and responsive plugin author. You are a rare breed to be sure!
Best regards,
Michael

[mwpeters75]

Hello Skandha,

There are two screen shots. Please examine the one with the word incomplete in it.
You can see that the menu structure is: Braun -> Intro -> Experiment Systems -> MiniSystem. That is the complete breadcrumb trail. Try examining the breadcrumb trial from the home page (https://lectron.info), you will see it more easily.

I know how to do the CSS code (sort of, lol) but my point is that styling customizations should all be through the cockpit settings without having to use CSS code. Not everyone is comfortable with using code. Current plugin best practices are to do styling directly and visually without code a la Elementor.

Your version in the WP dashboard STILL shows up as 1.3 instead of 2.0. Yours is the only plugin that I have that does not allow updating but rather requires deactivation and deletion first.

What are your thoughts?

Best,
Michael

[mwpeters75]

Where are you? This is not good that there is so much silence!
I have updated to 2.0 but guess what, the listed version is still 1.3 even thought the 2.0 functions are present.
Thank you,
Michael Peters

[mwpeters75]

Hello Skandha,
I have updated the plugin. Very unusual that the normal update process through the WP dashboard is not available.
I do like the new customizations! Very helpful and thank you.
There are some issues however.
1. Please see attached graphic. The breadcrump appearance has a full width border which seems unnecessary. Why not just have it for the length of the breadcrump (adaptively) or that it should have adjustable padding or margin itself. As you can see from the attached graphic, it is sitting on top on a widget on the right hand side. I would prefer that the breadcrumb ‘window’ had the adjustable width so that it matches the width of my text window which is about 80% of the total width.
2. I have no idea what the fonts look like. With TinyMCE and Google Fonts, the fonts all show a visual representation of themselves. Why not use the Google Font API? I don’t even recognize most of your fonts.
3. Font styling is important – bold, italic, underline et cetera.
4. Border shadow effect would be a good aesthetic plus as well.
5. Most importantly, your breadcrumb is INCOMPLETE! For example, the menu page Braun -> Experiment Systems -> MiniSystem only shows up as Home -> MiniSystem! That is not a true breadcrumb. Please see attached graphic.
I hope that these issues can be resolved quickly, particularly #5. This really is a major lacking.
Thank you,
Michael Peters
I need to send you the two graphics. Unfortunately, this message vector does not support file uploads.
Please provide a working email address so that I can send you the files.

[mwpeters75]

One last thing, your 2.0 zip file has the _MACOSX folder in it. This should not be there and is not needed for WP.
Thanks,
Michael

[mwpeters75]

Regarding the installation of 2.0: Do I have to deactivate and delete 1.3 first since updating is not an option in the WP dashboard? If I do deactivate and delete, will I lose the settings that I currently have? Your plugin does not have a ‘save settings’ feature.
Thank you!
Michael Peters

[mwpeters75]

Hello Skandha,
Thank you very much for the response and I will happily try out the version 2.0 plugin today!
Curiously, the WP dashboard does not report that an update is available. I had to manually download the plugin from the Catch website.
Best regards and thank you once again,
Michael Peters

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