major revamp for version 2

README.txt

@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ Nothing at the moment.
 2. Displayed latest medium posts on page.
 
 == Changelog ==
+Version 2.0.0
+* Specify tags and css classes to allow users customize post display
+* Added option to specify total number of posts to be fetched
+* Added option to specify post offsets
+* Fixed broken images
+* Added option to specify custom user default images for broken images
+* Added option to customize number of posts to be in view in the carousel at a time
 Version 1.0.0.
 
 * Display Posts in carousel

admin/partials/display-medium-posts-admin-display.php

@@ -24,4 +24,21 @@
 
     <p>To use this plugin on any page/post, add shortcode with user handle e.g <span style="color:red">[display_medium_posts handle="@username"]</span></p>
 
+    <h4>Advanced Usage and Customization</h4>
+    <p>There are additional features that can be implemented using Display Medium Posts : </p>
+    <ul>	
+    	<li><b>handle:</b> This is the user's medium handle e.g @acekyd <i>(Required)</i></li>
+    	<li><b>default_image:</b> This is the url of default image that should show when post doesn't have a featured image e.g http://i.imgur.com/p4juyuT.png</li>
+    	<li><b>display:</b> This is the amount of posts that should be displayed at a time e.g display=3</li>
+    	<li><b>offset:</b> This is used when you don't want to display the most recent posts. You can specify the offset to skip the first number of items specified. Default is 0 e.g offset=2</li>
+    	<li><b>total:</b> This is used to specify the amount of posts to fetch. Maximum is 10. This is also useful if you just want to display a single item e.g total=1</li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p>
+    	An example of a full use of the plugin is as follows:<br>
+    	<b>
+    		[display_medium_posts handle="@acekyd" default_image="http://www.acekyd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_20150731_220116.png" display=4 offset=2 total=10]
+    	</b>
+    </p>
+
 </div>

display-medium-posts.php

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * Plugin Name:       Display Medium Posts
  * Plugin URI:        https://github.com/acekyd/display-medium-posts
  * Description:       Display Medium Posts is a wordpress plugin that allows users display posts from medium.com on any part of their website.
- * Version:           1.0.0
+ * Version:           2.0.0
  * Author:            AceKYD
  * Author URI:        http://www.acekyd.com
  * License:           GPL-2.0+
@@ -76,12 +76,16 @@ function run_display_medium_posts() {
 
     // Example 1 : WP Shortcode to display form on any page or post.
     function posts_display($atts){
-    	 $a = shortcode_atts(array('handle'=>'-1'), $atts);
+    	 $a = shortcode_atts(array('handle'=>'-1', 'default_image'=>'http://i.imgur.com/p4juyuT.png', 'display' => 3, 'offset' => 0, 'total' => 10), $atts);
         // No ID value
         if(strcmp($a['handle'], '-1') == 0){
                 return "";
         }
         $handle=$a['handle'];
+        $default_image = $a['default_image'];
+        $display = $a['display'];
+        $offset = $a['offset'];
+        $total = $a['total'];
 
         $data = file_get_contents("https://medium.com/".$handle."/latest?format=json"); 
         $data = str_replace("])}while(1);</x>", "", $data);
@@ -97,32 +101,58 @@ function posts_display($atts){
 			$items[$count]['title'] = $post->title;
 			$items[$count]['url'] = 'https://medium.com/'.$handle.'/'.$post->uniqueSlug;
 			$items[$count]['subtitle'] = $post->virtuals->snippet; 
-			$items[$count]['image'] = 'http://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/500/'.$post->virtuals->previewImage->imageId;
+			if(!empty($post->virtuals->previewImage->imageId))
+			{
+				$image = 'http://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/500/'.$post->virtuals->previewImage->imageId;
+			}
+			else {
+				$image = $default_image;
+			}
+			$items[$count]['image'] = $image;
 			$items[$count]['duration'] = round($post->virtuals->readingTime);
 			$items[$count]['date'] = $post->virtuals->createdAtRelative;
 
 			$count++;
 		}
+		if($offset)
+		{
+			$items = array_slice($items, $offset);  
+		}
+
+		if(count($items) > $total)
+		{
+			$items = array_slice($items, 0, $total); 
+		}
 
     ?>
 		<div id="display-medium-owl-demo" class="display-medium-owl-carousel">
 			<?php foreach($items as $item) { ?>
-		  	<div>
-		  		<img data-src="<?php echo $item['image']; ?>" class="lazyOwl">
+		  	<div class="display-medium-item">
 		  		<a href="<?php echo $item['url']; ?>">
-		  			<p class="details-title"><?php echo $item['title']; ?></p>
+		  			<img data-src="<?php echo $item['image']; ?>" class="lazyOwl">
+		  			<p class="display-medium-title details-title"><?php echo $item['title']; ?></p>
 		  		</a>
-		        <p>
+		        <p class="display-medium-subtitle">
 		            <?php echo $item['subtitle']; ?>
 		        </p>
-	            <p>
-	            	<?php echo $item['date']; ?> / <?php echo $item['duration']; ?>min read.
-		            <a href="<?php echo $item['url']; ?>" class="text-right">Read More</a>
+	            <p class="display-medium-date-read">
+	            	<?php echo "<span class='display-medium-date'>".$item['date']."</span>"; ?> / <?php echo "<span class='display-medium-readtime'>".$item['duration']."min read</span>"; ?>.
+		            <a href="<?php echo $item['url']; ?>" class="text-right display-medium-readmore">Read More</a>
 		        </p>
 		  	</div>
 
 			<?php } ?>
 		</div>
+		<script type="text/javascript">
+				function initializeOwl(count) {
+					 jQuery(".display-medium-owl-carousel").owlCarousel({
+					 	items: count,
+					    lazyLoad : true,
+					  });
+				}
+		</script>
+		<script>initializeOwl(<?php echo $display; ?>);</script>
+
         <?php
     }
     add_shortcode('display_medium_posts', 'posts_display');

public/js/display-medium-posts-public.js

@@ -28,10 +28,4 @@
 	 * Although scripts in the WordPress core, Plugins and Themes may be
 	 * practising this, we should strive to set a better example in our own work.
 	 */
-
-	 $(".display-medium-owl-carousel").owlCarousel({
-	 	items: 3,
-	    lazyLoad : true,
-	  });
-
 })( jQuery );