<?php   
/* 
Plugin Name: Big category
Description: Big featured category.
Version: 1.0 
Author: Stefan Naumovski 
*/    

add_action( 'widgets_init', 'big_category_widget' );

function big_category_widget() {register_widget( 'big_category' );}

class big_category extends WP_Widget {
	
	/* Register widget with WordPress. */
	
	function __construct() {
		parent::__construct(
			'big_category_tn', // Widget ID
			'Big featured category', // Name
			array( 'description' =>'Big featured category - your latest posts from a selected category', ) // Args
			);}
		
		/* Front-end display of widget. */
		
		public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
			$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['title'] );
			$categories = $instance['categories'];
			$number = $instance['number'];
			$author = $instance['author'];
			
			echo $args['before_widget'];
			if ( ! empty( $title ) )
				echo $args['before_title'] . $title . $args['after_title'];
			?>
			
<div class="big-category">
	<ul class="featured-posts-category-big">
	<?php $tn_posts = new WP_Query(array( 'cat' => $categories, 'posts_per_page' => $number, 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1 )); while ( $tn_posts->have_posts()) : $tn_posts->the_post(); ?>
          <li>
              <div class="big-featured-posts-image">
                  <?php if (  (function_exists('has_post_thumbnail')) && (has_post_thumbnail())  ) { ?>
                  <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('feat-cat-thumb'); ?></a>
                  <?php } ?>
                  <div class="big-featured-posts-title-box">
                      <div class="big-featured-posts-title">
                          <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="big-featured-posts-title"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
                      </div><!--big-featured-posts-title-->
                  </div><!--big-featured-posts-title-box-->
              </div><!--big-featured-posts-image-->
                  <div class="big-featured-posts-content">
                      <?php echo excerpt(20); ?>
                  </div><!--big-featured-posts-content-->	
                  <div class="post-date">
                      <?php if($author) { ?><span class="bypostauthor"><?php the_author_posts_link(); ?></span><?php } ?>
                      <span class="date"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></span>
                  </div><!--post-date-->				
          </li>
	<?php endwhile; ?>
	</ul>   
</div><!--featured-category-medium-->

	<?php

	/* After widget. */
	
	echo $args['after_widget'];
	}


	/* Widget settings. */


	function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
		$instance = $old_instance;
		
	/* Strip tags. */
		
		$instance['title'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );
		$instance['number'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['number'] );
		$instance['categories'] = $new_instance['categories'];
		$instance['author'] = $new_instance['author'];
		
		return $instance;
	}
	
	
	function form( $instance ) {
		
	/* Default widget settings. */
		
		$defaults = array( 'title' => 'One column category', 'number' => 2, 'author' => 'on');
		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $defaults ); ?>
	
		<!-- Widget Title-->
		<p>
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>">Title:</label>
			<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['title']; ?>" style="width:90%;" />
		</p>
			
		<!-- Category -->
		<p>
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('categories'); ?>">(Optional)Select Category:</label>
			<select id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('categories'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('categories'); ?>" style="width:100%;">
				<option value='all' <?php if ('all' == (isset($instance['categories']))) echo 'selected="selected"'; ?>>All Categories</option>
				<?php $categories = get_categories('hide_empty=0&depth=1&type=post'); ?>
				<?php foreach($categories as $category) { ?>
				<option value='<?php echo $category->term_id; ?>' <?php if(isset($instance['categories'])){ if ($category->term_id == $instance['categories']) echo 'selected="selected"';}?>><?php echo $category->cat_name; ?></option>
				<?php } ?>
			</select>
		</p>
				
		<!-- Number of posts -->
		<p>
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'number' ); ?>">Number of posts to show:</label>
			<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'number' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'number' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['number']; ?>" size="3" />
		</p>
		
		<!-- Author -->
		<p>
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'author' ); ?>">Show Author:</label>
			<input type="checkbox" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'author' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'author' ); ?>" <?php checked( (bool) $instance['author'], true ); ?> />
		</p>
    
<?php }} ?>