commit 560a195cd45740d39ef492a2d46f1bcff7c3f985
Author: Ken Elf Mathieu Sternberg <elf@pendorwright.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 12 10:47:45 2013 -0700

    Initial check-in.  Ah, the things we do for love.

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+*~
diff --git a/illustrated-recent-posts-widget.php b/illustrated-recent-posts-widget.php
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+<?php
+/*
+Plugin Name: Illustrated Recent Posts Widget
+Plugin URI: http://github.com/elfsternberg/illustrated-recent-posts-wp/
+Description: This plugin creates a fairly limited widget, but the magic in the CSS creates a lovely background for individual posts.
+Version: 0.0.1
+Author: Elf Sternberg
+Author URI: http://www.elfsternberg.com/
+Copyright: 2013 Omaha Sternberg (http://igameradio.com)
+*/
+
+/*
+  This is a fairly ordinary extension of the Recent Posts widget.
+  What's useful about it is that scans all each recent post for an
+  image and, if one is found, adds it to a div at the end of the
+  returned HTML object.  With a little CSS magic (see the included CSS
+  file), the image is faded out and the text superimposed above it.
+  This is really attractive for gaming and movie sites.  This effect,
+  or something like it, can be clearly seen at theverge.com's home
+  page, and I've implemented it for iGameRadio.com.
+*/
+
+class Illustrated_Recent_Posts_Widget extends WP_Widget {
+
+  function __construct() {
+    $widget_ops = array(
+      'classname'   => 'widget_recent_entries', 
+      'description' => 
+        __('Display a list of recent post entries with a specific illustration.'));
+
+    parent::__construct('illustrated-recent-posts', __('Illustrated Recent Posts'), $widget_ops);
+  }
+
+  /* PURE */
+  function find_first_image($content) {
+    $first_img = '';
+    $output = preg_match_all('/<img.+src=[\'"]([^\'"]+)[\'"].*>/i', $content, $matches);
+    if (!($output === false)) {
+      $first_img = $matches[1][0];
+    }
+    return $first_img;
+  }
+  
+  function widget($args, $instance) {
+    extract($args);
+    $title = apply_filters('widget_title', empty($instance['title']) ? 'Recent Posts' : $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base);
+    $show_date = isset( $instance['show_date'] ) ? $instance['show_date'] : false;
+
+    if (empty($instance['number']) || (!($number = absint($instance['number'])))) {
+      $number = 5;
+    }
+
+    if(!($c = $instance["cats"])) {
+      $c = '';
+    }
+
+    $irpw_args=array(
+      'showposts' => $count,
+      'category__in'=> $c,
+      'no_found_rows' => true, 
+      'post_status' => 'publish', 
+      'ignore_sticky_posts' => true
+    );
+			
+    $irp_widget = new WP_Query($irpw_args);
+
+    echo $before_widget;
+    while ($irp_widget->have_posts()) {
+      $irp_widget->the_post();
+      $first_image = find_first_image($post->post_content);
+    ?>
+      <article class="irpw-article">
+         <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" class="irpw-title">
+           <h1>
+             <span class="irpw-desc">
+                <span class="irpw-title"><?php the_title(); ?></span>
+                <span class="irpw-sep">/</span>
+                <span class="irpw-date"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></span>
+           </h1>
+           <div class="irpw-bg">
+               <img src="<?php echo $first_image ?>">
+           </div>
+         </a>
+      </article>
+    <?php }
+      wp_reset_query();
+      echo $after_widget;
+  }
+
+  function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
+    $instance = $old_instance;
+    $instance['title'] = strip_tags($new_instance['title']);
+    $instance['cats'] = $new_instance['cats'];
+    $instance['number'] = absint($new_instance['number']);
+    $instance['show_date'] = (bool) $new_instance['show_date'];
+    return $instance;
+  }
+
+  function form( $instance ) {
+    $title = isset($instance['title']) ? esc_attr($instance['title']) : 'Recent Posts';
+    $number = isset($instance['number']) ? absint($instance['number']) : 5;
+    $show_date = isset( $instance['show_date'] ) ? (bool) $instance['show_date'] : false;
+  ?>
+    <p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php _e('Title:'); ?></label>
+    <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></p>
+                        
+    <p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number'); ?>"><?php _e('Number of posts to show:'); ?></label>
+    <input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('number'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $number; ?>" size="3" /></p>
+
+    <p>
+      <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('cats'); ?>"><?php _e('Select categories to include in the illustrated links list:');?> 
+      <br/>                                                                                                             
+      <?php
+      $categories = get_categories('hide_empty=0');
+      foreach ($categories as $c) {
+        $option='<input type="checkbox" id="'. $this->get_field_id('cats') .'[]" name="'. $this->get_field_name('cats') .'[]"';
+        if (is_array($instance['cats'])) {
+          foreach ($instance['cats'] as $cs) {
+            if($cs == $c->term_id) {
+              $option = $option.' checked="checked"';
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        echo $option . ' value="' . $c->term_id.'" />&nbsp;' . $c->cat_name . '<br />';
+      }
+      ?>
+      </label>
+    </p>
+<?php
+	}
+}
+
+function irpw_register_widgets() {
+	register_widget( 'Illustrated_Recent_Posts_Widget' );
+}
+
+add_action( 'widgets_init', 'irpw_register_widgets' );
+?>
diff --git a/irpw.css b/irpw.css
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+.irpw-article {
+    border-top: 1px solid white;
+    height: 88px;
+    overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.irpw-title {
+    display: block;
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.irpw-article h1 {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0.75em;
+    left: 0.75em;
+    right: 0.75em;
+    z-index: 2;
+    font-size: 14.0px;
+    overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.irpw-sep {
+    position: absolute;
+    left: -999em;
+    height: 0;
+    overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.irpw-date {
+    display: block;
+    margin-top: 0.5em;
+    font-size: 11.9;
+}
+
+.irpw-bg {
+    background: #404040;
+    opacity: 0.25;
+}
+
+.irpw-bg img {
+    width: 100%;
+    display: block;
+    opacity: 0.25;
+}
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diff --git a/license.txt b/license.txt
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+Illustrated Recent Posts Widget - A Free Wordpress Plugin by Elf M. Sternberg (http://elfsternberg.com)
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diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
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+=== Illustrated Recent Posts Widget ===
+Plugin Name: Illustrated Recent Posts Widget
+Plugin URI: http://github.com/elfsternberg/illustrated-recent-posts-wp/
+Description: This plugin creates a fairly limited widget, but the magic in the CSS creates a lovely background for individual posts.
+Version: 0.1.0
+Author: Elf Sternberg
+Author URI: http://www.elfsternberg.com/
+Copyright: 2013 Omaha Sternberg (http://igameradio.com)
+License: GPLv3
+License URI: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+Tags: recent posts, images, category, categories, widget, post list, exclude, include
+Tested up to: 3.5
+
+== Description ==
+
+This is a fairly ordinary extension of the Recent Posts widget.
+What's useful about it is that scans all each recent post for an image
+and, if one is found, adds it to a div at the end of the returned HTML
+object.  With a little CSS magic (see the included CSS file), the
+image is faded out and the text superimposed above it.  This is really
+attractive for gaming and movie sites.  This effect, or something like
+it, can be clearly seen at theverge.com's home page, and I've
+implemented it for iGameRadio.com.
+
+You can limit them by category (for example, "podcasts" or "news").
+
+I wrote this for my wife's website.  Ah, the things we do for love.
+
+== To Install ==
+
+Extract the contents of the zip file to your wp-content/plugins
+folder, then activate the plugin through the "Plugins" menu in your
+admin center.  You will have to drag-and-drop the widget to a sidebar
+using the Widgets admin pages.
+
+== Recommendation ==
+
+The plugin doesn't work well at all without the included css (see
+irpw.css included in this folder).  This will position the content and
+the images relative to each other, and that's the effect you're
+looking for.  
+
+== TODO ==
+
+Implement and understand the caching feature as seen in
+default-widgets.php.
+
+Implement a per-post styling filter that allows us to colorize each
+image as seen at theverge.com.
+
+Implement variable display fields (author, date, comment count) on
+each article.
+
+