I will not continue the development of this plugin for a period (few weeks or months).
Wordpress Admin Notepad is a plugin for wordpress 2.7+ (compatible up to WP 2.8) that allows selected user group to save or view notes as long as they are logged into admin panel.
Wordpress Admin Notepad automatically creates a show/hide notepad toggle at top right corner (beside log out link) so that admin can save their notes no matter where they are.
What’s New
- You can now configure the permission to view or edit the notes for the 4 user levels (editors, author, contributor and subscriber).
- You can now save the state of notepad (visible or hidden)
- Compatible up to Wordpress 2.8.1 Beta 2
- Tested on WP 2.7.1, WP 2.8, WP 2.8.1 beta 2
- ONLY for WP 2.7 and above, that is after wordpress changes its admin panel
You are having this problem if :
- You can’t see the notepad toggle on top right corner
- You can’t save notes (no permision)
The solutions :
- You can revert the plugin to version 1.0, i.e the version without permission control. However, PLEASE NOTE THAT this version is insecure because even subscriber (the lowest user level) can view and edit your notes once they are logged into admin panel. So use it at your own risk.
Wordpress Admin Notepad 1.0 - Without Permission Control
[ Downloaded 71 times | 35.46 KB ]- If you do not want to revert back to the insecure version, I am sorry but you have to search for another similar plugin.
Reason of this issue :
The function “get_currentuserinfo()” in the plugin does not run properly in your site.
There is only a few wordpress installation had this problem. Wordpress fails to identify you as an admin therefore you can’t save note & it hides the notepad from you.If you can fix this issue please contact me.
In admin panel, check out the top right corner of the page, you will see a link called “Note”. Click on it and a textarea will be there for you to save notes.
This happened to me without reason and I haven’t figure out why. However the fix is here. Use the Emergency Rescue feature at the plugin option page. It will delete the notes’ option row from your wordpress database like a fresh install.
Wordpress Admin Notepad 1.1.1 - 1,949 downloads
Version 1.1.1
- Wordpress Admin Notepad now supports cyrilic texts
Version 1.1
- User can now change size of notepad (this personal setting will be saved using cookie)
- Saving the state of notepad (visible or invisible) is available for you to leave note for other admins or editors.
- Added permission settings for the 5 user levels to view or edit the notes
- Added function htmlspecialchars to textarea content
Version 1.0.4
Fixed some javascript errors in MSIE and Firefox.
Fixed an error that causes the toggle not showing in wordpress 2.7
Version 1.0.3
Fixed an error in hiding the notepad toggle link at top right corner
Version 1.0.2
Added Emergency Rescue feature in case the note failed to save (it might happen, I haven’t figure out the reason yet, but the fix is here, see FAQ)
Version 1.0.1
Fixed a bug during note submission using ajax
Version 1.0
- First version of Wordpress Admin Notepad
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Thanks for the plugin.
I needed this exactly the way it is done, to toggle from the top.
One problem though.
When I open it from the toggle button, the text does not appear in the text field but in front of the “Save” button.
@Nikolay, You must be using MSIE or Firefox. I think I fixed that bug in the latest version 1.0.4. You can try auto upgrade it now.
Thank you.
Oh, forgot to mention: WordPress 2.8
@Nikolay, I’ve tested in wp 2.8 too. I will look into this few hours later as I am going out now. Until then. Thanks for informing me
Works great, thank you
@baron, Thank you!
Actually not that great here.
The Note link didn’t show up in the Dashboard for some reason.
Also, is the plugin able to produce a single Note only?
I mean there’s only one page with notes, you can’t save multiple instances, right?
@kraist, Multiple notes will be available soon.
Regarding the note link, what is your wordpress version? I think you are using 2.7. I just fixed a similar bug in wordpress 2.7
Try auto upgrading to the latest version of this plugin.
Thank you.
@zen, yes indeed it appears now.
Still waiting for the multiple notes, I hope it’s on its way.
Something else:
I uninstalled the plugin and reinstalled the new version. Funny fact there, my previous note was still coming up.
Maybe you should check the plugin’s deletion routine, some file is left behind I suppose…
@kraist, thank you. I’ve added that in version 1.1
Regarding the multiple notes feature, I am afraid I cannot finish that so soon because I am quite busy currently. I will try my best tho.
Ok, thanks for the frequent updates and for the effort.
I’m sure this will become a useful plugin for a lot of users.
Hi zen I created a support thread in the wordpress plugin page. Please have a look.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-admin-notepad/
Thank you.
Thanks, for the new version Zen.
Now it works perfect for me.
I didn’t test the permission level for this plugin, but I hope it is only for users with role 9&10
@Nikolay, You’re welcomed
Check out the latest version 1.1, you can now set the permission (to view or edit) of each user group.
Great work, Zen
Thank you very much.
From now on this will be my plugin #1
I can not tell you how much I needed this…
You’re welcomed. I am glad it helped you
Yap, you helped me a lot.
I’m waiting for my green card (permanent residence) in South Africa and I don’t have credit card or any other way to donate. Sorry, but if you come to Johannesburg, call me (put my e-mail address in handy place)
Another issue with the plugin.
I noticed that it does not take Cyrillic text (UTF-8)when I save the note from the toggled text area.
Проба is converted to %u041F%u0440%u043E%u0431%u0430
I suppose it would be problem with all non-latin texts.
Regarding the donation, its alright, no worries.
You can now try version 1.1.1 and see whether it can save cyrillic text.
Now it’s PERFECT
Thank you very much.
On the upgrade I lost the notes, but that’s OK.
I had only one.
Once again, Thank You.
Hmm? But its not supposed to lost note during the upgrade. I upgraded 4 times without losing any notes.
Weird.
Hi, I installed this plug in on a new site running wp 2.8. At first it worked perfectly and then you I did an automatic upgrade that was available and now the toggle switch is gone. When I navigate to the settings page, I see that there is a new box for permissions. I am an admin, of course, but when I try to save notes it tells me I have no permission to save notes.
I love this plug-in. I hope it works again soon.
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@Rhonda,
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I found the upgade to 1.1.1 and installed it but still my notes toggle switch is missing and I can’t save notes because it says I don’t have permision.
@Rhonda, The only problem here is the function “get_currentuserinfo()” does not run properly in your site.
It cannot identify you as an admin therefore you can’t save note & it hides the notepad from you.
This is what another plugin author reported about his own plugin.
Only a few people encounter this problem.
Anyway,
try replacing the old files with this: http://zenverse.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wordpress-admin-notepad.zip
clear your browser cache before trying it.
If it doesn’t work, I failed and sorry you might need to find another similar plugin.
Same here, lost my note on upgrade.
Also, is it possible to add more languages to the plugin, even manually.
Please specify the procedure for it so we can update on our own without pestering you for every single charset out there, one at a time…
Thanks for the reply. I deactivated and deleted the plug-in, cleared my cache and did a clean install. It still hides the note toggle switch and now it tells me I don’t have permission to change settings.
Is there some way to go back to version 1.0? It worked for me until the most recent upgrade. If not, that’s ok. I love the plug-in though, it was perfect when it worked.
.-= Rhonda´s last blog ..What are you lookin’ at? =-.
@Rhonda, Yes you can revert to version 1.0 (without permission control).
However, it is insecure. See Above.
Ok os i installed it and everything but it doesnt seem to show in the top right, maybe im stupid but i can’t see to find the start of the solution anywhere!
@Ben Truscott, take a look at the known issue. Some people can’t view/edit just like you. =(
I was able to get your plug-in to recognize user levels in wp 2.8.4. I had to reconfigure how your plug-in was trying to validate the user level. The notes wasn’t displaying in the menu bar. So, I commented out a section and got it to work. The site I’m working on is a private site, so I’m not worried too much about users being able to view the notes. More so about them being able to write in them.
@Jose’ Vargas, it’s been months since I last looked into the plugin’s codes.
Did you mean you turned off the user level validation process?
Cheers.