After finding that many, many people were having trouble with 3.x of my plugin, I decided to try and make the change as blatant as possible by including a deprecation notice.

You cannot activate the plugin? You are probably using PHP 4. If you are using PHP 4 simply because of your host then your host needs to change. In this day and age PHP 4 is archaic.

If you have been running versions of the menu prior to 3.x you will almost certainly receive the following error upon upgrading to versions prior to version 3.0.8 and after version 2.3.7:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_css_dropdownmenu()

I’ve reintroduced wp_css_dropdownmenu as a function into version 3.0.8 with information on how to ensure that you do in fact upgrade correctly. I’ve also linked back to version 2.3.7 so that you can downgrade if needed. Hopefully this will fix a lot of the problems as I’ve noticed many, many websites are broken upon a quick Google search.

This is the text you will see if you have the old function still running as a menu:

Please visit the Installation guide to set up your menu properly as it has been changed (remember you can easily edit header.php).
If you can’t do it yourself visit Zack Design and contact us for help. Or, reinstall version 2.3.7

Lastly, my apologies for any inconvenience. I should have included the deprecated function from the start, but was hoping that the updated README information would suffice. Obviously, it didn’t, and I know what to watch out for in future. However, let me be by no means the last to say that automatic upgrades can be *extremely* dangerous and should only be undertaken with caution.

Get the latest and greatest code from the WordPress.org Extend Plugin Directory!

Demo of the menu is on the Utah Utes Gameday site.

See the Changelog for information about the new code. Also please read the installation guide especially if upgrading.

I would like to thank everyone for their comments and ideas ever since I released the first version of this plugin. Even though I cannot reply to all the posts and emails I get I at least read them and try to remember and keep lists of features people want/like.

IMPORTANT

When upgrading, you will need to modify your <?php wp_css_dropdownmenu(); ?> code. I’m using PHP classes in this version of the plugin, and have outlined all your options in the installation information. If you don’t the theme will issue an error and your menu will disappear.

Other than that, I hope that this release is much easier for the lay person to get working and that it will be relatively simpler to get the menu working in different theme areas. Unfortunately to get the most out of this plugin you still do kind of need to have CSS skills!

And lastly, as usual please remember to donate via the link in the sidebar! I’ve spent most of my Christmas Eve and several extremely late, caffeinated nights to bring you this plugin. None of which I am paid for!

This plugin is brought to you in part by the Victorian public transport system, the Zune, Foobar 2000, an Asus laptop, LOTS of coffee, Count Basie, Dragonforce, Opeth, and countless blues songs including those released by the great Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Have a very merry Christmas from Zack Design, and a happy New Year!