JS Banner Rotate moving to version 1.1

As of this morning, JS Banner Rotate officially has over 1,075 downloads.  It’s less than a month old and still moving strong – proof that people want an alternative to the client-heavy Flash banner plug-ins.  We recently released version 1.0.3 which updates the plug-in and allows users to toggle the title overlay.

Now that we’ve broached 1,000 downloads, it’s time to start working on version 1.1.  This new version will finally give users complete control over the style elements for the plug-in.  Rather than be stuck with default fonts and colors, users will be able to specify custom CSS styles in a WordPress admin screen.  This will make it easier to integrate the banner into custom themes and layouts.

We will also be adding the ability to incorporate JS Banner Rotate into themes.  Rather than being forced to use a shorttag (which doesn’t work in themes) you will use a template tag with all of the typical options plus the new CSS definitions.  This should allow theme developers to replace heavy Flash implementations (like the front page of this site) with a lighter Javascript one.

Version 1.1 should be coming down the pipes by the end of August.  Stay tuned for more!

JS Banner Rotate Breaks 500

Our newest plug-in for WordPress, JS Banner Rotate, has broken the mark of 500 downloads in just under 3 days!  We expect it to surpass Reglevel in downloads (Reglevel has an all-time download count of 508) within a few minutes.  It is amazing to have created such a popular plug-in for such a fantastic CMS.

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