As I mentioned in my previous post, I have separated the Custom Post Types functionality from Suffusion and released a separate plugin for it. There are many reasons for the split, the primary being:

1. Strictly speaking, this was functionality for a plugin.
2. By splitting this code, I am letting users keep their custom post types and custom taxonomies while moving to other themes.

The plugin can be downloaded from WordPress, and you can see details on the plugin page.

What if you are running a Suffusion version older than 4.0.0?

You don’t need the plugin to manage your post types. You just need it if you are going to move to another theme.

What if you are running a Suffusion version 4.0.0 and beyond?

If you have already defined Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies using Suffusion in a prior version, you will continue to see your content for them on your site. You will also be able to add new objects for pre-defined post types. The only thing you will need this plugin for is to allow the creation of new post types and taxonomies.

E.g. If you have set up your site with a new Custom Post Type called “Book”, you will be able to add new books without this plugin. But if you wanted to create a new Custom Post Type called “Movie” you will need this plugin (or any other plugin, for that matter).

Regardless, this plugin will help you if you are moving from Suffusion to another theme. This is the first of several “transition plugins”, which will help move to and from Suffusion. Others will be released in the near future.

I just released version 1.09 of Photonic. This is a small release with the following fixes:

1. The Flickr shortcode was not able to display photos if only a group_id was specified. This has been fixed.
2. Another fix was for a very specific use case: the album / photoset title in a popup panel was resulting in a JS error when hovered over.
3. The Picasa shortcode inserter was not showing any option to specify the album name. I have added one.

Now, I have to get back to Suffusion version 4.0.0. Cheers.

I have updated Suffusion BuddyPress Pack to be compatible with the upcoming version of Suffusion (3.9.3). There are no major changes in this version, apart from the fact that you will need it when Suffusion is released.

I did receive some reports of certain bugs in the prior version, but I was unable to replicate them locally. In case the issues persist with this version, please try rebuilding your files with the plugin.

The next version of Suffusion should be out soon. The last few weeks have been insanely busy from a work perspective and now I have some breathing space.

I have released a new plugin, Suffusion Commerce Pack at WordPress. This plugin is aimed at providing templates for common e-commerce plugins for WordPress. Since this is the first iteration, I have not included much. Nonetheless you can use the Commerce Pack to bridge Suffusion with the following e-commerce plugins:

1. Jigoshop
2. Prospress

Jigoshop works seamlessly with Suffusion via the Commerce Pack, while Prospress requires you to click a button in the settings panel.

Many thanks to Ciprian Dracea (aka Drake in the support forums) for his help with Jigoshop.

Hope you like the plugin. This is the first iteration, and I know little about e-commerce plugins in general. So there may be some rough edges in the implementation. Do let me know in case of any issues. Support and bugs are handled through the Support Forum.

I have released version 1.05 of Photonic. The following are the changes:

1. I have introduced support for the PrettyPhoto library, in addition to the currently supported Fancybox and ColorBox. To use it, simply select it from Generic Options → Gallery Settings. Note that PrettyPhoto comes bundled with a handful of skins. You can pick a skin of your choice from Generic Options → JS Library Settings → PrettyPhoto Theme.
2. I have also introduced the capability to launch a slideshow when you click on a thumbnail. To activate go to Generic Options → Gallery Settings and select the Slideshow mode.
3. I added a check to determine if _wp_additional_image_sizes is present. One user reported an error regarding this.
4. There was a bug with the thumbnail_width and thumbnail_height attribute of the plugin. The attributes should have been called thumb_width and thumb_height. I have fixed this.
5. I fixed a bug that was not accepting the border settings.

Hope you like this release.