flash panel plugin

flashpanels.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Flash Panels
Description: This plugin handles the flash panels that can be used on SheKnows Blogs
*/

class FlashPanelPostType
{   
    private $args = array( 
        'labels' => array(),
        'hierarchical' => true,

        'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'revisions', 'thumbnail'),
        'taxonomies' => array( 'category', 'post_tag', 'page-category' ),
        'public' => true,
        'show_ui' => true,
        'show_in_menu' => true,
        'menu_position' => 5,

        'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
        'publicly_queryable' => true,
        'exclude_from_search' => false,
        'has_archive' => true,
        'query_var' => true,
        'can_export' => true,
        'rewrite' => true,
        'capability_type' => 'post'
    );
    
    public function init()
    {
        $this->args['labels'] = array( 
            'name' => _x( 'Flash Panels', 'flash_panel' ),
            'singular_name' => _x( 'Flash Panel', 'flash_panel' ),
            'add_new' => _x( 'Add New', 'flash_panel' ),
            'add_new_item' => _x( 'Add New flash panel', 'flash_panel' ),
            'edit_item' => _x( 'Edit flash panel', 'flash_panel' ),
            'new_item' => _x( 'New flash panel', 'flash_panel' ),
            'view_item' => _x( 'View flash panel', 'flash_panel' ),
            'search_items' => _x( 'Search flash panels', 'flash_panel' ),
            'not_found' => _x( 'No flash panels found', 'flash_panel' ),
            'not_found_in_trash' => _x( 'No flash panels found in Trash', 'flash_panel' ),
            'parent_item_colon' => _x( 'Parent flash panel:', 'flash_panel' ),
            'menu_name' => _x( 'Flash Panels', 'flash_panel' ),
        );
        
        register_post_type( 'flashpanel', $this->args );
    }
}

$_fp = new FlashPanelPostType();
add_action('init', array($_fp, 'init'));

function get_flashpanels($limit = 9) {
    $flashpanels = new WP_Query(array(
        'post_type'      => array('flash_panel'),
        'orderby'        => 'menu_order',
        'order'          => 'ASC',
        'nopaging'       => true
    ));
    echo 'test';
    while ($flashpanels->have_posts()): $flashpanels->the_post();
    ?>
    <li>
        <div class="entry-excerpt">
            <a href="<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
            <span class="bubble"></span>
        </div>
    </li>
    <?php
    endwhile; wp_reset_query(); // Important! Omitting this borks the main loop.
}