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Those Were The Days Plugin

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Version 0.2 is now available and is compatible with Wordpress V2.3.

This is a featured posts plugin that provides configurable links to posts that you want to highlight on your blog. The output from the plugin can be displayed as a widget in the sidebar of your Wordpress 2.2+ blog.

Full configuration options are available.

• Configure the number of posts to be displayed and the method of selecting the posts (alphabetically, newest, oldest or randomly) displayed from the pool of posts.
• Define the pool of posts, by selecting individual posts or whole categories from which featured posts will be drawn.
• For featured posts show post title and optionally date, author and an excerpt of the post content.
• [Optionally] Select the frequency with which featured posts are reselected.
• [Optionally] Choose to leave posts in the pool of posts after they have been featured or to remove them.

See it in action On My Blog ~ That's it to the left under Featured Post...

Installation is simple, following the tried and tested Wordpress plugin installation method:

• Unzip into your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
• Activate 'Those Were The Days' through the 'Plugins' menu on the WordPress Admin page of your blog.
• Go to the 'Those Were The Days' options page (Under 'Options' on the main admin menu) and configure!
• To activate the widget click the 'Presentation' then 'Widgets' menu options and drag the 'Those Were The Days' block into your sidebar.
• View your site Refresh it once and the widget will start to operate!

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