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Plugins now available in SVN repository

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I’ve now created a project on Google Code and the current, up-to the minute code base is now available online.

The address of the Google code page is here:
http://code.google.com/p/clearskys-wpplugin-pmcore/

The SVN address is:
http://clearskys-wpplugin-pmcore.googlecode.com/svn/

To download a copy of the code you will need a SVN client, follow the instructions here to get a client for your platform:
http://code.google.com/p/clearskys-wpplugin-pmcore/source

The repository contains all of the current Wordpress plugin code, including those plugins still in development and not released for testing yet, so please be careful if you download the source. It is highly likely that some of it WILL break your Wordpress installation.

Why are all the plugins in a single repository?
Because of the nature of these plugins, and their obvious cross-over functionality and interdependencies, it seemed simpler  (for me anyway) to keep them all together, then they can be tested and developed in a single working copy.

What if I just want to get the latest version of a single plugin?
I will be adding branches for specific plugins to the repository very soon. So if you only want one or two plugins rather than the whole lot, you should check out the branch for that plugin rather than the source trunk.
Each branch will be regularly merged with the main development trunk, so they will be as up-to date as time allows.

Tags: wordpress, plugins, svn, clearskys

Move to Wordpress 2.2 complete and more…

The upgrade of this blog to Wordpress 2.2 is now complete and seemed to go very well.

So far, I’ve not come across any major problems with the existing plugins that are caused directly by the upgrade, though I have found a problem relating to using symlinks to common plugin directories (if that means nothing to you, then you won’t come across the problem). This is fixed in the development versions of the plugins. If you need a copy prior to release, then let me know.
As well as the support forum installation, I have also set up a Bug and feature tracker. We will be using this system from now on to handle bug reports, feature requests and also the detail the future development of our systems. It can be found by clicking on the Tracker tab from the forum page, or by going directly to the tracker page.

We have also decided against hosting our own SVN repository, instead we will be using the SVN repository provided by Google Code as part of their project hosting tools. As soon as they are set up I shall post the details here.

Before anyone asks, I decided not to use the Google code issue tracker for a few reasons. Initially it was because I wanted to retain as much control of the tracker as possible, as it is going to become key to our development path. Also, and possibly a bit more important initially, there isn’t an RSS feed of Issues on the Google system, which is vitally important for me to keep track of new issues or updates.

More updates will be posted soon, in the meantime head over to the forum, say hello, and get those feature and plugin requests posted so that we know the direction our users want these plugins to head.

New Forum up and running

The new support forum is now up and running at http://forum.clearskys.net.
It is looking a bit bare and unloved at the moment, so please pop on over, create an account and say hi.

I will be adding a menu item for it soon.

Moving to Wordpress 2.2

This blog may be down at some point today, as I will be upgrading it to Wordpress 2.2.

All of our plugins should work with the new version of Wordpress, though I haven’t fully tested them yet. If you find any problems then please let me know.

We are online…..

We had a visit from a nice man yesterday with an ADSL router. After ripping it from his hands and plugging it in, I am pleased to announce that we are now back online.

Hopefully we can begin to move things forward a lot more quickly now. No more list writing and trying to get everything uploaded and installed in 2 hours of internet access a day.

Though one advantage of the limited internet access (and the problems and delays of getting ADSL installed) is a realisation that there is a lack of wireless internet provision here, and thus a gap in the market for someone with the right skills and marketing.

Development Roadmaps

Well, as I haven’t updated the blog for a short while, I thought I would let you know what is happening behind the scenes.

Plugin roadmaps

I will be publishing the road maps for the plugins next week so that everyone can see and keep track of the direction and progress of each plugin. If you would like to see particular functionality in any of the plugins (or even ideas for new plugins) then let me know and I will see if I can fit it in somehow.

Forum

The forum will be up and running very soon for all support problems and feature requests.

Subversion

Due to the increasing complexity of our development (and a few silly, but costly mistakes) I have now installed Subversion and am in the process of importing all of development into it. I will post more details when it is finalised.

Longer term

I am looking for a Windows developer (preferably using a C# based language) who has some free development time in a few months or so, to start on a collaboration project. The idea is to develop an application to be released on the Mac and PC at the same time. We will develop the Mac version, you the PC version, they will be marketed together but all revenue from sales of the Windows version software will be retained by you.

That’s all I can say about it at the moment, other than I have a few developers in mind, so let me know if you are interested as soon as possible.