Expression Engine 1.6.7

Expression Engine 1.6.7 has been released, and all users should upgrade to the new version. With this release is news of continued support for Expression Engine 1.x. Did we ever have a doubt? Of course not. I think they even still support some pMachine sites out there.

They’ve added the {parent_id} tag to the categories tag, which is pretty exciting, since it was a feature request! Yes, they do listen to EE users!

Other than that, there are of course bug fixes and security updates. All users are encouraged to update.

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If you’re going to SXSW this year, I envy you. You’ll get to see the ExpressionEngine 2.0 preview (should you attend the Ellislab booth) and get some nice free Ellislab T-shirts! I’m particularly looking at the codeigniter and exp:developer shirts. Of course, I’m a junkie for T-shirts, so I’d take them all if I could.

Leslie is apparently going to be blogging tidbits on what’s upcoming at the SXSW presentation, so be sure to tune into the ExpressionEngine Blog!

 

Site issues

As some of you may know, I inadvertently started playing with the Multi Site Manager and accidentally deleted the old hello! blogger information. At the very least I was able to restore some of the old entries, however, most of the new entries are now long gone. It’s ok, it gives me the excuse of having to get this site up and rolling and in better shape.

That which does not kill me makes me stronger!

You also might realize that Ellis Lab will be at SXSW this year. If you’re in area, you should definitely check it out, it sounds like it’s going to be a blast. You might also wanna make sure you RSVP!

 

Updates .. and possibly more

I just about feel like I’ve abandoned this site. I haven’t been doing much for programming, and my personal blog is elsewhere, so I’ve been pretty much not been able to talk about much here because of that. (although Danalyn has made some updates to her Title Images Module, you might want to check that out.)

Therefore, I think this calls for a change of format for this site. I’m considering making this a programming blog site for anything that I might create. I think I’ll keep the name though, because this site will still primarily be about Expression Engine. But in general, it will be about boring, nerdy programming stuff.

You may also notice that I’ve put a donations button on the front page. That’s all I’ll say about that. :)

If you want to read about my mis-adventures, however, feel free to come to my personal site, hello! yoshi.

 

Ok I lied

So I lied when this site was no longer maintained. I should have said that I’ve been too busy to post to this site. That’s what I really meant.

Just for the record, I won’t be releasing new versions of any plugin or module I’ve written, but as new versions of Expression Engine come out, I will try to make sure they at least work.

So there you go, from the horses mouth, if I said anything dissimilar to you before, please disregard whatever I said.

On that note, I’ve actually made a new plugin, but I probably won’t release it just yet, since only one person really wanted it. :)

However, I am alive, and doing well!

 

Expression Engine 1.5 Released

For those of you who didn’t know, Expression Engine 1.5 has been released. If you’re running the Linklist module, this should be a seamless update, I encountered no problems with the new version.

Some features I’ll highlight for you that are pretty nice:

- New Simple Commerce Module. I know plenty of folks have been totally waiting for this. You can now interface directly with paypal. It’s pretty exciting!

- Template Preferences Manager. This is definitely a great feature. Now you can mass change options for your templates, even if they’re in different template groups!

- HTTP Authentication to templates. This is pretty cool. Just remember though that passwords are passed through in clear text using this method unless you’re using a secure connection!

There are plenty more changes and fixes in this version, just check out all the changes at the Change Log.

 

This is a crosspost from my personal blog at hello! yoshi

For those of you who have donated, thank you very much! Every penny counts, and no donation is too small. I’ve decided to change the charity I’ll be doing the blogathon for. Just this past week, we received horrific news of an accident involving a very very dear friend. She lost her life that day, and in memory of her, I will be blogging the blogathon in her name for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Our friend was a true figher and passionate for finding a cure. So, the entire time I’m blogging for 24 hours, I’ll be blogging for her. I don’t wish to disclose any detailed information until the memorial website is created and completed, and more information is given out to the press (if needed).

I only ask that you consider becoming my sponsor to help those that can still be saved.

Please take this moment in time for silent thoughts and prayers for her.

To become my sponsor, or for more details about becoming my sponsor, visit my personal blog

 

Blogathon 2006

This is a crosspost from my personal blog at hello! yoshi.

I’ve decided to partake in the Blogathon 2006. For those of you who are new to blogathon, basically, for 24 hours, every half hour, I’ll be blogging about something. Why am I insanely blogging for 24 hours, with no sleep in site? I’m blogging for charity, and for my sponsors (that’ll be you).

[UPDATE NOTE] Since I changed my sponsor, my account is on hold for 24 hours, so if you’re trying to make a donation, please wait till tomorrow, it should be back up and fine! Thank you!
This is the first year I’ll be blogging for blogathon, so I’m an amateur at 24 hour blogging. My charity for this year will be The American Cancer Society. If you see something else on the blogathon page, please note, I’m in process of changing it, so it might be wrong.

My goal is to raise $100. It looks like we’re at the $10 mark! I will update this page for every donation that is given, so everyone can know just how close we are to the goal. Since this is my first blogathon, i thought I’d start low. If you would be interested in sponsoring me, then click on the blogathon image on the right menu. Thank you for your donations!

For more details, you can visit my personal site, hello! yoshi.

 

What’s been going on lately

As I’m sure you’re aware, this site has been pretty quiet lately. Unfortunately, I’ve not been working too much on the linklist as of late, since there are other projects that keep popping up constantly. (as well as just too many interesting other things.) Anyways, this is just a reminder that not all is lost, I have not forgot about linklist, I’ve just been trying to gather a lot together and go over a lot of changes to EE. It’s been fun!
On another note, I’ve decided to take my “blog” from myspace and move it all over to hello! yoshi. That’ll be my new “fun” site as I will probably do ridiculous and crazy things there as I cannot here on this blog. (we’re all serious at pd-x eeblog.)

I’m aware of the many feature requests for the next version of linklist and hope to implement most, if not all of them. I’m just contemplating on whether or not I want to rewrite the entire module or just wait for EE 2.0. Still on the fence about that.

I do however want to rewrite the documentation so it is a bit more “official” meaning it will look more along the lines of the normal Expression Engine documentation. In essence, the documentation within the CP will become more of a quick reference, much like the quick reference guide for Expression Engine now. I’ve also contemplated context sensitive help, however that is looking to be much further along than the next version. :) Call that one a work in progress.

 

Server Move

There may have been some serious wackiness going on, as I have moved this site to a different server. Just some preparations going on for something big I’m preparing to do. No, this doesn’t concern Linklist. However, I plan on working a few things out with Linklist soon, and releasing a new version. Exciting stuff!