Yes I tried another PHP framework – CakePHP. I am quite familiar with Zend Framework and prefer it, but friends of mine are working on an interesting project using this CakePHP so I had to checkout what is going on there . It is another MVC framework inspired by RubyOnRails. More info can be found on project website. I did my first tests, first Helpers (to be exact DataGridHelper because I am lazy and like nice UI ) and continue to play with… Maybe I will release some Helpers and Components later. But have to say that my experiences with this framework are really good. I will report my later experiences too, while project and my knowledge of CakePHP will grow. Now back to the baking…

Registration has now opened for XML Prague 2007 – June 16-17, 2007.  A regular conference on XML for developers, markup geeks, information managers, and students, focusing this year on Alternative Approaches to XML Processing. A full day of experts speaking has been extended with an additional day dedicated for participants to hold related BoF sessions and workshops. More info can be found here. I am looking forward to meet you there.

Bill Karwin, Product Engineering Manager for the Zend Framework announced Zend Framework Beta Release 0.9.0. From announcement:

This is the first Beta Release of Zend Framework. This marks a new milestone for the Framework project, because with the status of Beta, we are establishing the feature set for Zend Framework 1.0, and we are adopting a commitment to backward-compatibility and interface stability

You can download it from http://framework.zend.com/. Read full announcement here.

Yes I wrote another WordPress plugin. Its idea was inspired by both WordPress Ideas and my own needs. So shortly. This plugin enhances user experience with managing posts/pages/categories. This first release is only Beta, so please check for an updates soon!

Features

Well there is not much to describe, it is really best to take a look at screenshots. Plugin enhances three types of WP content:

1. Posts – select/unselect all post, deletion of selected posts and possibility to assign selected items to preselected category
2. Pages – select/unselect all pages, deletion of selected pages
3. Categories – select/unselect all categories, deletion of selected categories

Technology

All its functionality is done using JavaScript, so it requires browser with enabled JavaScript support. Content items are managed using AJA’X’ approach (’X’ for that I am not using XML for communication with server ). Please report me any cross browser issues with JavaScript!

Installation

• As always simple
• Unzip plugin and upload it to your WordPress plugin directory
• Activate plugin using WordPress administration interface and you should be see difference (unless you have disabled JavaScript!)

Usage

You can of course choose between zip file or tar.gz file for download. Feel free to contact me if you have any comments. Happy using.

Update to version 1.11

I did some bug fixing and released an updated version of this plugin. It also covers all reported issues(problems with UpdateMonitorAgent and some more).

Update to version 1.12

Well this new version has only minor changes. I did some enhancements based on comment by Bruce. Shortly. I changed order of categories in select box as well as list not only categories with posts (as WP default), but also empty categories.

Well I always want to know some statistical data about my WordPress plugins usage. I also wanted some system for notification my plugin users… So I decided to write a small custom system based on WordPress and SOAP using PHP. I already added it to all my plugins so if you are using some of them you will see it in action shortly .

Plugin SOAP opera

As I said it is based on SOAP. I distribute each of my WP plugins (or plugins/software I want to monitor) with SOAP client and display notification about updates including priority within administration interface of plugin. That was for client part. Server SOAP part is also implemented in PHP. Now comes the funny part. Administration interface to this monitor is also WP plugin, so as far as all data are stored as WP plugin tables(using server side SOAP) it was quite easy to integrate it WP stylish quickly.

What it can do

Now what it can do. It simply tracks plugin update requests. It also allows you to manage plugins and store/view its history. I think you can see it from following screenshots. This plugin is only for my internal use, but if you are interested contact me.

Update

SOAP sounds sexy but there was problem with SOAP support on servers where my plugin client was running… Not on all of them, but it is a issue. I am already working on some client side SOAP implementation as alternative. I also added support for displaying of my WP plugins ticket at Mantis bug tracking system I use. It is just a view, but it helps . You can see it at last screenshot.

This plugin is still under development and I will post updates here…

The W3C today publicly announced that they are restarting an HTML specification effort. This is great news and a clear validation of the WHATWG effort, which has been leading the maintenance and development of HTML since 2004.

Read full post on WHATWG here.

Yes I wrote another WordPress plugin. Its purpose is simple – add some additional functionality to WordPress default plugin management. Its original idea came from discussion here and I am already thinking about Backup/Restore plugin activity configuration as new feature for next version of this plugin .

All its functionality is done using Javascript, so it requires browser with enabled Javascript support. Plugins are activated using AJA’X’ approach (‘X’ for that I am not using XML for communication with server ). Please report me any cross browser issues with Javascript!

Update

Ok, I did some bug fixing and released an updated version of this plugin with support to Save/Load configuration as well as export. I know that export sounds strange, but I will be working on import functionality as well .

Installation

• Unzip plugin and upload it to your WordPress plugin directory
• Activate plugin using WordPress administration interface and you should be see difference (unless you have disabled Javascript!)

Usage

You can of course choose between zip file or tar.gz file for download. Feel free to contact me if you have any comments. Happy using.

Update to version 1.1

Ok, I did some bug fixing and released an updated version of this plugin with support to Save/Load configuration as well as export. I know that export sounds strange, but I will be working on import functionality as well . It also covers all reported issues(IE7 JS error, problems with UpdateMonitorAgent and some more).

Screenshots