I’m really excited to announce that I’ve started thinking about (and working on) version 2.0 of the Ultimate Book Blogger Plugin! So far, most of the features will be exactly the same but it will have a whole new options interface, which will be much more user friendly! Here’s a sneak peak:
Draggable Book Info Sorter
About the Author Settings
As you can see, the most exciting new feature is the way you configure book information. Currently, it looks like this:
Although it works, it’s not very user-friendly! Hopefully this new method will be miles better!
Also, with a little luck, I will be bringing another developer onboard! My boyfriend is a PHP genius and assuming his schedule pans out, he will help me completely re-imagine and re-code the UBB plugin for version 2.0. One exciting feature that might be possible (I can’t promise anything at this point) is the ability to input the book title and book author and then generate all the other data from Goodreads.com. So it would automatically add the number of pages, the publisher, the series, the blurb—all that jazz, with the click of a button. This is just a graphical mockup, but here’s an example:
Pretty cool, huh?
I’m not sure how viable this is yet, but it should be theoretically possible. Cross your fingers that we can make it happen!
I don’t have any kind of ETA on version 2.0, especially because I plan on reinventing how I go about customizing the plugin for individual customers and that will be a lot of work. But hopefully it will be available sometime this summer!
Oh and I totally second this:
Also on the author, it would be awesome to have spots for each authors info like goodreads, FB, twitter, blog and website under where you add the bio and it automatically add in.
Hey Ashely, looking forward to the new update.
Can you add under format, ARC & Audiobook? I know you adjusted it for me but it would be cool for it to be there already.
Umm, also adding a Bloglovin social button.
Also, a LIKE button for post. I know not everyone likes to leave a comment but if a LIKE button were there that be cool.
Thanks!!
I’ve always wanted a blogroll like yours that goes to a page with all the buttons cute and organized and everything. I hand code mine on a table now. It would be nice if I could just fill out your blogroll thingy and have a coded page! And the only other thing I can think of is not alphabetizing “a” in book titles. I’d like A breath of Eyre to show up in b not a. 🙂 I can’t wait for 2.0!! 🙂
When adding new authors could you add an area for connect links. ex: Website, Twitter, Goodreads, Facebook etc
So I have another one…
When you want to edit the giveaway winner’s name in the post, is it possible to have the “Giveaway Information” appear when you go under “All Posts” and click “Quick Edit”?
This would be a lot faster than having to go into the individual posts and open up the whole post just to put in who won.
LOL I know, I’m full of ideas 🙂
Can’t wait for the update!
Diayll
Could you add a place to upload the authors pic within the author set up area so that it will automatically be included in the profile. Right now I have to add HTML code to the profile in order to get the pic to show up.
Very awesome. I just saw this. I just bought your plugin this last week and haven’t gotten a chance to play with it much yet but these new (possible) features look great. I’m sure whatever you do will be awesome. I’m very amazed at your work and can already tell between your theme and plugin my site is going to look great. Thank you for all of your hard work.