While productive, the last two weeks have been filled with a ton of maintenance related work. I have done some work on the theme for this blog, database cleanup, and various behind the scenes things for Weblogs.sc. Combining these with trying to catch up from vacation, it hasn’t been a quiet few weeks. But now, it’s time for weekly goals again.
- Complete the outline for my presentation for WordCamp MSP.
- Get Breadcrumb NavXT 3.6.0 ready for translators. Right now I’m aiming for August 23rd as the release date.
- Run at least 3 times this week. Since a hilarious (when looking back on it) crash on my mountain bike on July 4th, I have not been keeping up on my running routine. It’s time to change that.
-John Havlik
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Another week, another set of goals. Last week I was not able to get the screen casting software to work correctly on my laptop, hence no WP Lynx screen cast. The problem is in the audio, it skips over words and syllables, making it very difficult to understand. So that’s scrapped for the moment.
Document the WP Lynx settings page. The WP Lynx documentation will be split between settings documentation and tutorials. For the tutorials I want to have screen casts as an integral part of them, so those will be delayed a bit.(Done)Begin work on my presentation for WordCamp MSP, the topic I have in mind should not be time sensitive.(Done)Keep up my 3x a week running schedule, maybe up it 4x a week.(Done)
-John Havlik
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Since I managed to complete the four goals I set out to do last week, I’m creating the list again for this week.
Complete custom post type support in Breadcrumb NavXT. The testbed and cases are ready, the initial code it there. I just need to finish it up. This may be a two week goal due to the amount of work required.(done)- Create a screencast that demonstrates the work flow of WP Lynx. Last week this didn’t make the list, but was something I wanted to get done. (Can’t seem to get audio to work correctly.)
Clean up the code to Quick Key NavXT and submit it to the WordPress.org plugins database. This was something I wrote a long time ago and never released. It was inspired by an idea from Charles Stricklin when he was still doing the WordPress community podcast.(Cleaned up, available here)Run at least 3 times this week. Last week I did it, time to repeat.(done)
-John Havlik
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Since this year has been very bad for me keeping promises, and achieving short term goals, I’m going to lay out what I need to get done this week. I’ve always found having a task list has made it easier for me to complete tasks and accomplish goals.
Submit WP Lynx to the WP.org plugins repository. Well the cat’s out of the bag now. I have hinted at it a few times before, and it has been tested under great scrutiny by JD. By tomorrow evening there will be more information on this.(done)Fix some visual bugs in Berry 2. In many circumstances there are visual bugs in Berry 2. There are a few issues in the Android browser, and some in Firefox for Linux that I’m going to concentrate on fixing. Additionally, I found that the gallery image spacing is not quite what I want.(done)Work on Breadcrumb NavXT’s custom post type support. I’ve already begun diving into this. By the end of this week the SVN trunk will be volatile again. At the moment I need to write code that uses the new custom post type API so that I can write and test code for Breadcrumb NavXT (previously I used WP trainer for this, and maybe it will show up someday).(started)Run at least 3 times this week. Last summer I really slacked off when it came to running. After graduation, I’ve managed to run on average twice a week. I’d like to get this up to a minimum of 3 times a week, ideally 6 times a week.(done)
-John Havlik
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Well, until September 2nd that is. Summer began officially on Saturday at 6:00 PM CDT, when one was back home from the last final of the semester. It looks like this summer will be another one of those work as much as possible to have money for the next two semesters of college (aside from the social life side of things it has worked well in the past two summers).
This summer, running needs to be worked into the daily routine. Last summer, by the time work was over for the day the temperatures outside were not favorable for running (way too hot). And, as a typical college student one has a difficult time getting up early in the morning when there are no classes. The routine starts tomorrow (pending the cooperation of the weather, otherwise it’ll be another 4 to 5 miles on the treadmill again). Since getting sick right before finals week, and remaining sick for it’s entirety one hasn’t been up to running outside.
WordPress plug-in wise, Breadcrumb NavXT 2.1.2 will be released this week, right now it looks like Wednesday, the 19th, will be the release date. Again, just a bug fix release, but one that most will find useful. WP Trainer will be visible on this blog as a technology demo sometime mid June. Right now on is working with some older code of mine, updating it to newer libraries and such. The code is two years old, and more or less is being completely rewritten. It is serving as a refresher in using Mootools, which will be the main JavaScript framework used in WP Trainer. Since many things are changing for Mootools 1.2, major work on WP Trainer’s effects will be put off until 1.2 is released.
-John Havlik
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