WordPress plugin: Welcome Visitor! Reloaded (new version)
I had a little time tonight to revisit my old plugin, Welcome Visitor! Reloaded, and enhance it with couple of nice features. My original post about this plugin explains how the need for such plugin originated. Basically this plugin displays custom welcome message in the sidebar or anywhere in your blog for new or returning visitors. Kind of neat thing if you want to create a positive atmosphere for new or returning visitors, don’t you think?
As a result of this upgrade, I’ve trimmed down on some options in the previous version that are now pretty much unnecessary. So this new version (1.1) is much more simpler to setup and use.
Features
New features in this version are:
- Widget support.
- Welcome-back message for returning visitors.
- Ability to add a visitor’s name anywhere in the message.
- Ability to add a visitor’s MyBlogLog avatar anywhere in the message.
- Display Dashboard/Logout links for logged-in users.
Since this version is a major rewrite of the old one, many of the old features are not removed, including:
- Title for the welcome message.
- Message status (Published, Title only, Content only, Private)
- HTML Style (div or unordered list)
- Display options (on home page only, to registered users, use of content filtering)
- Hiding message after specifable number of visits
Download
Download: Welcome Visitor! Reloaded v1.1.1
Installation/Upgrade
- If you’re upgrading from old version, make sure to save your old welcome message somewhere safe before you continue.
- Unzip the downloaded folder and upload it to your wp-content/plugins folder in your WordPress installation. You should have this folder structure at the end (wp-content/plugins/welcome-visitor-reloaded/).
- Go to the plugins administration page and activate the plugin.
- Set your custom welcome messages under Options > Welcome Visitor! Reloaded
- To display your welcome message, do one of the following:
- If you use Widgets, go to the widget panel and add the Welcome Visitor! Reloaded module
- Call the following function in the theme template where you’d like it displayed:
<?php echo welcome_visitor_reloaded(); ?>
As always, I’m more than happy to help you with any questions or comments you may have.
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July 15th, 2007 at 8:08 am
Very cool plugin mate, I’ll try it out on one of my blogs.
August 29th, 2007 at 2:28 am
Thanks for the plugin.
Works fine on wp 2.2.2 using widgets
September 14th, 2007 at 4:58 am
Hi. I tried the plugin, but I seem to be getting the welcome message only. I tried logging out and relogging in a few times, but never received the welcome back message; only the welcome message. Any idea what might be wrong? Seems like a great plugin if I could get it working correctly.
September 14th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Hi Justin
If the plugin recognizes you’re logged in as an admin, it will always show the welcome back message.
Otherwise, the plugin will use a cookie to determine if you’re new to the website or this is your second or more visit. The only reason I can think of that you’re seeing the welcome message (instead of the welcome back one) is that there’s something wrong with your browser cookie settings which is preventing the plugin from setting and retrieving the information in the cookie upon further visits.
I suggest you try with different browser. Let me know if it works.
September 14th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Hi. Ok, it’s working now, thanks. I didn’t do anything to it; it just decided to work after an hour or so. :)
September 16th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Hi. I’ve noticed a new error. The plugin seems to work fine on the blog, although I haven’t checked with my readers if they are being recognised. Howerver, I’m getting the following error in my Apache errorlog, which seems to indicate an error somewhere. Do you know what might be causing it? It’s not a big deal except that it builds up my error log quite quickly.
[Mon Sep 17 00:22:02 2007] [error] [client 10.0.1.151] PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\\Program Files\\Apache Software Foundation\\Apache2.2\\blog\\wp-content\\themes\\default\\index.php:14) in C:\\Program Files\\Apache Software Foundation\\Apache2.2\\blog\\wp-content\\plugins\\welcome-visitor-reloaded\\welcome-visitor-reloaded.php on line 114, referer: http://blog.tuenproductions.com/wp-admin/widgets.php
Justin
September 17th, 2007 at 10:28 am
@Justin:
Thanks for reporting this problem. I did a little digging and found out the cause. It’s supposedly a major issue that’s been causing your previous problem as well. I’ll have a fix up by tonight.
September 18th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Great. Looking forward to the fix. It’s a great little plugin and makes the blog that little bit friendlier.
September 18th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
@Justin:
I’ve uploaded a new (fixed) version. Please download it and give it a shot. The Apache warning should no longer appear.
September 19th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Hi Al,
Not good news. The error is still there. But could it be that I’ve not been able to download the new version? I clicked on the link that shows 1.1.1, but when I open the php file, the version number still shows 1.1. Did you update the version number? If so, that means your link above is still pointing to the old one. If you didn’t update the version number in the php file and the link above is pointing to the new version correctly, then I’m afraid the error hasn’t been resolved.
Justin
September 19th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Hi Al,
I’ve tried to download from the above link again, and this time, I see that the version number is 1.1.1. So it’s confirmed that I’ve got the new version, but unfortunately, the error is still there.
:(