So I’ve been using the Now Reading plugin for a while, but there was one feature I wanted: an “on hold” status so that if I am in the middle of reading a book but stop for a while, I don’t have to mark it as “Currently Reading” or as “Yet to Read” (the two non-complete statuses). So, I added the “On Hold” feature yesterday. It was pretty simple (modify two files and run one SQL query). Here’s the file changes:
in now-reading.php around line 36:
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‘unread’ => __(‘Yet to read’, NRTD),
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‘onhold’ => __(‘On Hold’, NRTD),
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+ ‘reading’ => __(‘Currently reading’, NRTD),
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‘read’ => __(‘Finished’, NRTD)
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);
and line 340:
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case ‘unread’:
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case ‘reading’:
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case ‘read’:
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+ case ‘onhold’:
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break;
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default:
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$status = ‘all’;
Then, in template-functions.php, around line 130:
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function book_status ( $echo = true, $unread = ”, $reading = ”, $read = ” ) {
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+ /*
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if ( empty($unread) )
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$unread = $nr_statuses['unread'];
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if ( empty($readin) )
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$reading = $nr_statuses['reading'];
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if ( empty($read) )
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$read = $nr_statuses['read'];
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switch ( $book->status ) {
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case ‘unread’:
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$text = $unread;
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break;
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case ‘reading’:
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$text = $reading;
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break;
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case ‘read’:
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$text = $read;
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break;
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default:
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return;
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@ } */
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if ( $echo )
Finally, run this query through your favorite MySQL interface (phpMyAdmin):
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ALTER TABLE `wp_now_reading` CHANGE `b_status` `b_status` VARCHAR( 8 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT ‘read’;
And presto, an “on hold” status that removes the book from the library’s public lists, while keeping it in the manage books section.
Lovely stuff! I made a couple of modifications (like still allowing the overriding of message text in `book_status()`, but it’s now in SVN and will be in the next release of Now Reading.
Thanks!
Sweet. I’m also finishing up a K2-compatible set of templates . I’ve also made the NR widget into a Sidebar Module (for easier use in K2). I’ll post those soon as well.