Add Local Build Script, Update README and CHANGELOG

### Added
- New local build script for creating a zip of the project.
- Instructions in README for handling placeholder strings and potential permission errors.

### Changed
- Updated CHANGELOG to include the addition of the new build script.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,28 +4,14 @@ All notable changes to _this project_ will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## 2024-05-29
-- [Added]: New paths in the release workflow file
-- [Added]: Additional properties and methods to Base_Metabox class for better flexibility 
-- [Changed]: Updated minimum PHP version requirement to 8.0.0
-- [Changed]: Updated minimum WordPress version requirement to 4.0
-- [Changed]: Refactored how metaboxes are registered and saved, improving code clarity 
-- [Changed]: Renamed keys for shortcodes, taxonomies, and custom post types using a configurable slug
-- [Changed]: Replaced specific metabox class with a more generic example 
-- [Fixed]: Incorrect author information in several files
-- [Removed]: Unused function imports across multiple files
-
-## ## 2024-05-26
-- [Fixed] Properly initialise WP_Filesystem
-- [Fixed] Use HTML file extension for resouurce files
-
 This is NOT the changelog of the WordPress Plugin you ultimately develop!
 
 ## [v5-alpha] - 2024-05-29
 
 ### Added
 - New paths in the release workflow file.
 - Additional properties and methods to Base_Metabox class for better flexibility.
+- New .sh script to build local release.
 
 ### Changed
 - Updated minimum PHP version requirement to 8.0.0.

README.md

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ For detailed documentation on the Plugin usage and Development processes, please
 _Until Wiki is online_
 - to manage and release a plugin with this repo/clone of
     - clone/fork this entire repo. Make sure to give the repo the exact name you will want for your _plugin_ (such as `my-awesome-plugin`). The release workflows will use that to zip up your built releases.
+	- src/replace all strings that are placeholders
 	- your _plugin_ will be whatever is inside the root `src` folder. The rest of the root content is NOT part of your plugin, but part of your dev env and workflow
     - develop your plugin by making changes to anything inside the root `src` folder
 	- if you need other dependencies add them to the composer file, remove composer lock, and run `composer install`
@@ -50,10 +51,12 @@ _Until Wiki is online_
 
 ==> IF you run autoloader manually locally to maybe test your plugin, keep in mind to search-replace the `/src/src/` > `/src/` in the `/src/vendor/composer` files to guarantee no errors. _This step is done for you if you use the release workflow_.
 
-
 Of course, if this is all too much for you, feel free to just extract `src` contents and use that as your repo, this is entirely up to you.
 
-==> `/bin` includes other helpful scripts to generate documentation of your _plugin_ as well as convert documents from a to another format
+==> `/bin` includes other helpful scripts to generate documentation of your _plugin_ as well as convert documents from a to another format or build a local copy of the plugin (useful for testing ;)
+
+==> If running into 403 errors when releasing, make sure workflows have write permission on your repo
+==> if you .sh files return a permission error, run `chmod +x {FILE}.sh`
 
 # Credits
 

bin/local_build.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Navigate to the parent directory to ensure we are at the project root
+cd ..
+
+# Get the name of the current directory (which should be the repository name)
+REPO_NAME=$(basename "$(pwd)")
+
+# Install dependencies and dump autoload
+composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
+
+# Make replacements in composer autoload files
+sed -i '' 's|src/src|src|g' src/vendor/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+sed -i '' 's|src/src|src|g' src/vendor/composer/autoload_static.php
+sed -i '' 's|\.\./\.\./\.\.|../..|g' src/vendor/composer/autoload_static.php
+
+# Prompt for output directory
+read -p "Enter the output directory for the built zip: " OUTPUT_DIR
+mkdir -p "../$OUTPUT_DIR"  # Create the directory if it does not exist
+
+# Create the zip
+cd src  # Change to src directory to zip its contents
+zip -r "$OUTPUT_DIR/$REPO_NAME.zip" ./*  # Zip all contents of src directly
+cd ..  # Go back to the root directory
+
+# Confirmation of build
+echo "Build complete. Zip file located at: $OUTPUT_DIR/$REPO_NAME.zip"
+
+# Navigate back to the bin directory to maintain the initial script execution state
+cd bin