The Category Column does simply, what the name says; it will show excerpts of the latest posts in your sidebar.
Screenshots
The plugin's work on our homepage
The widget's settings section
I styled the widget container myself and it looks bad. What do I do?
The styling of the widget requires some knowledge of css. If you are not familiar with that, try adding
padding: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
to the style section.
My widget should have rounded corners, how do I do that?
Add something like
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;
border-top-left-radius: 5px;
border-top-right-radius: 5px;
to the widget style. This is not supported by all browsers yet, but should work in almost all of them.
My widget should have a shadow, how do I do that?
Add something like
-moz-box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888;
-webkit-box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888;
box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888;
to the widget style to get a nice shadow down right of the container. This is not supported by all browsers yet, but should work in almost all of them.
ChangeLog
4.5
- WP 4.5 ready
- New framework
4.4
- WP 4.3 ready
- New framework
4.3
- WP 4.1 ready
- New framework
4.2.2
- Mistake in image class fixed
4.2.1
- Interference with WordPress Page Widgets eliminated
4.2
4.1
- All ‘Divided by Zero’ errors should be eliminated
4.0
- Much better ability to recognize images, more foolproof and more flexible
3.9.1
- adjustments in framework, possibility to add image border
3.9
- more responsive, a new feature and changes in framework
3.8.1
3.8
- Adjustment of the framework and more functionality
3.7
- Complete overhaul of the code
- Hooks into the Ads Easy Plugin if Google AdSense Tags are in use
3.6
- More accurate excerpt
- Thumbnails work now also, when using galleries
- Correct ‘alt’ and ‘title’ tags
3.5
- The style textarea is now resizable and the input fields got smaller
3.2
- Bugfix concerning title slugs; settings accessible from plugin page now
3.1
- In case the sidebar containing the widget is displayed on single post pages, the post in the main column is not shown in the widget
3.0
- The offset is now increasing with paginaition on the frontpage of the blog
2.9.8
- Frontpage is taken instead of homepage now for more accurate working
2.9.7
- Small bugfix with Thumbnail
2.9.6
- German and Dutch translation added. Bugfix with Thumbnail for versions elder than 2.9
2.9.5
- Better working of the excerpt now. If there is no post thumbnail defined, the first picture of the post is taken as such.
2.9.1
- Small bugfix with the widget-style textarea and minor changes (widget is filled with default values at first use)
2.9
- The Category Column is a fully customizable multi widget now
2.1
- Plugin cleans the options database after itself on deinstallation (obsolete since version 2.9)
2.0
- Customizable for a bit and initial release
1.0
- Basic plugin for personal use
