Ok, since I’m not actually at the SXSW, I don’t get to actually see all the cool things they might have. But a few people have been kind enough to post about some of the things they’ve learned from the previews. First of all, allow me to link you to the EE 2.0 preview photos at David Russells flickr stream. As you can see, they’ve changed the layout of the CP. It looks good! Reminds me a bit of WP 2.5 and Blogger (it’s the orange), but I can live with it.
Some highlights:
1. EE 2.0 will be based on Code Igniter. What this means is that the structure will change. But they’re promising backward compatibility. This is good!
2. jQuery - this should speed things up! We all know that speed and ease of use is their goals for the CP. This will indeed be cool.
I seriously hope they release and make available the developer edition so we can pretty up our plugins and modules. Not that I think there will be a need for the linklist in 2.0. I’m sure they’ve made something better for it!
More to come as I find things out.
UPDATED: Derek has released some Official EE 2.0 screenshots! You should check them out. Now! What are you still doing here?
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!
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!
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.
Danalyn at
Shitty Code has finally released her
Title Images Module. To view an example of the module, aside from visiting her site, go no further! I'm using it right here to display the entry titles.
This module is completely customizable, and very easy to set up. Installing is a breeze, as all it requires is knowledge of your website's paths, and where to put the dynamically generated images. It's worth noting that the images are also cached. This should speed up displaying of the images, instead of creating them on the fly.
If you've been working with any other type of method, and got tired of it, you should probably check out this module. Usage is quite simple:
{exp:titleimg}{title}{/exp:titleimg}
That's it!
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!
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.
Ok, due to a crazy issue with counting the number of links in a linklist, combined with upgrading your PHP, an issue has cropped up. You may get this error:
Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /home/****/modules/linklist/mod.linklist.php on line 76
Please re-download the latest linklist module ZIP and replace your mod.linklist.php file. You may not be experiencing this problem, but should still replace the file to prevent future problems.
Ok, so
Daniel said it would be awesome if there was a way to crosspost into Vox. Wordpress does it right?
Well, fortunately for Daniel, I'm always up for something new. So this post is an official test post to test out my Vox extension.
If you see this post, you should also be able to see it as a crosspost over at
my Vox page.
Ok, as an exercise in extensions, I've made my first extension, and it's not bad I think. It's an extension that updates a mailing list(s) when you post or update and entry.
Obviously there are some bugs that need to get ironed out. Does anyone care to beta test this extension? Please let me know!
