May 14th, 2012

Breadcrumb NavXT and WP Lynx Previews

Posted by John Havlik in WordPress > Plugins

Breadcrumb NavXT has hit a feature freeze for 4.1.0. The only things left to do for the next release is some documentation updates, regression testing, and updating translations. Tomorrow the translation team will be notified of the two week window to get their translations updated (only 4 new strings) before 4.1.0 is released.

Try the latest Breadcrumb NavXT testing release from the Breadcrumb NavXT SVN Trunk.

WP Lynx has also hit a feature freeze for 0.5.0. Open Graph support has been added and all that is left to do is figure out the cause of a few ugly bugs that seem to only appear on my testbed. Additionally, one extra warning message needs to be added to the lynx print adding screen when thumbnails are disabled. See the WP-Lynx 0.5.0 milestone issue list.

Try the latest WP Lynx testing release from the WP Lynx SVN Trunk.

Expect the release of Breadcrumb NavXT 4.1.0 during the last week of May. As for WP Lynx 0.5.0, expect that some time in the first week of June.

-John Havlik

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May 12th, 2012

Road to Breadcrumb NavXT 4.1.0

Posted by John Havlik in WordPress > Plugins

After a brief hiatus, development of Breadcrumb NavXT has resumed. The next version, 4.1.0 will be released before the end of May. A major change from previous development cycles is that I am now developing primarily with Git as my version control system, synchronizing with SVN trunk only periodically (when things are quasi stable). I am also using GitHub’s milestone and issue tracking system for development. This move was prompted by my very positive experience using Aptana’s built in Git support on another project.

Development of features will be complete by the 23rd, and the tentative release date is the 31st. Translators will get a little over a week to update their translations (currently there are about 10 translation sets that are 90% or more complete).

Check in on 4.1.0 development progress on GitHub: Breacrumb NavXT 4.1.0 Milestone Issues

-John Havlik

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May 11th, 2012

I’m Speaking at WordCamp NYC

Posted by John Havlik in Announcements > WordPress

My presentation titled “The Power of Custom Post Types” was accepted into the DIY track for WordCamp NYC. Yes, it is on Custom Post Types. Inspiring members of the audience to use CPTs in their next project is the aim of the presentation. In the presentation I will be covering the basics of CPTs, showing a few cool tips and tricks, and showcasing some cool plugins that use CPTs (including one I have been working on for the past five months). There will be plenty of time for Q&A so bring your questions.

BTW, for those of you in the Twin Cities, you can get a preview of both my presentation, and Josh Leuze‘s presentation titled “jQuery the WordPress Way”at the next MSP WordPress meeting. Free pizza and beverages are provided by the Nerdery.

-John Havlik

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April 8th, 2012

WP Lynx 0.4.0

Posted by John Havlik in WordPress > Plugins

Has it really been over a year since 0.3.0? This release does not contain a ton of new features, but rather some bug fixes, and other updates that allows it to play nicer with WordPress 3.3. There is a new help menu, with some useful information on the settings page. Content filtering has been improved so that it is less likely that junk will get scraped.

Per the roadmap, the real interesting release will be 0.5.0, which will support the relevant portions of Facebook’s Open Graph format. Look for that release in the early summer.

-John Havlik

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March 8th, 2012

WP Lynx 2012 Roadmap

Posted by John Havlik in WordPress > Plugins

It has been over a year since WP Lynx has seen an update. Last December I meant to release 0.4.0, but fell behind on other projects. 0.4.0 is still going to be released, and the plan is sometime in April. There are several bug fixes and tweaks that improve the user experience within WordPress 3.3+. After 0.4.0 will come 0.5.0.

Slated for the 0.5.0 release is the introduction of support for the relevant portions of Facebook’s Open Graph format. Several behind the scenes changes are slated as WP Lynx will be the test platform for the development of the next version of mtekk_adminKit. Expect 0.5 to show up sometime this summer.

-John Havlik

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