2.0.0 Major Release

2.0.0 marks the first major release for Client Dash. This is a total re-work of the entire plugin. The biggest change is the addition of the Client Dash Customize Admin Tool. More info can be found on this repository home page.

Fixed minor PHP notices and perpared for WP 4.1

v1.6.7

Final build and SVN push

PHP Fatal Error Edge Case and Links Functionality

• Allowed the Links menu item to be available in Client Dash only when the link manager functionality is enabled.
• Fixed edge-case fatal error due to some inconsistency in the code.

Some major bug fixes

All Bugs:

• Dashboard sidebar widgets erased after messing with core widget area
• Add nag on icons page if under wp 3.9 because not all icons will show
• Syntax error on PHP 5.3 and previous
• Network activated or activated on main site of multi-site causes CD styles to exist on network admin dashboard
• Dashboard widget CD Core items visibility not dynamic on initial install
• Webmaster widget custom title modifications no longer allowed from CD Settings -> Widgets
• Altering CD widgets erases WP widgets and vice versa

1.6

You may want to sit down for this update. Although... if you're on a computer, chances are you're already sitting, which is great, stay like that.

Version 1.6 includes the ground-breaking feature of admin menu customization. Read more or just download it to see what I mean!

Admin Menu Customization

How many times have you wanted to mess around with the admin menu? (oh by the way, the admin menu is the vertical tool bar on the left side of the screen when in the back-end of your site) Well guess what, that's not super easy. Sure, with a few lines of code you can remove an item or two. But what about renaming? Changing icons? Even moving sub-menus to parent items? Well, good luck. It's not so simple and requires some development knowledge.

Well, fear not, for Client Dash is here! Client Dash now allows you to customize the admin bar to your liking with the awesome drag and drop system your already used to, the nav menu editor screen. Yes, you can now edit your admin menu just like any other menu in WordPress! It's as simple as drag, drop, rename! You can even add custom links.

Want to know the best part? I think you do. When you create a new admin menu it only applies to whichever role you create if for. So you can have different admin menus for each and every role, fine tuned to exactly how you want it. Crazy right?

Dashboard Widget Improvements

I hope none of you saw our initial Settings -> Widgets page and thought, "Man, this looks like a slightly worse version of the WordPress widget customizer!" Because it did... Well, we've rebuilt it from the ground up! And while you may not notice the changes at first, rest assured it's vastly better. It now uses the native WP API for widgets (instead of just mimicking it).

So go give that another look!

Extensibility

Developers can rejoice because extending Client Dash has never been easier than 1.6!

We've ramped up our efforts in making Client Dash super easy to extend by implementing a new API for widgets, menus, and settings. This, coupled with the new and improved Client Dash Extension Boilerplate!, means that creating extensions is a piece of cake!

We've also added some other basic improvements. So please download this new version and, most importantly, enjoy :)

Fixed PHP notice error.

Was getting "undefined index admin", because when initializing content sections, it was checking against the current role (admin), but on the display settings page, admin does NOT exist in the checkboxes.

Minor Roles Backend Improvement

Minor improvement in backend Roles functionality (allows compatibility with new WooCommerce extension).

Content Sections Bug

Multiple content sections not working.

Fixed Styling Bug

Postboxes being half width was targeting all pages, when it should have only been targeting the dashboard.

PHP Fatal Error Bug

Credit to Roland Cedo for finding the issue.

• PHP backwards compatibility issue.
• Check if class does not exist for Dash Widgets.