Category: Projects (Page 22 of 33)

Posts introducing, updating, and covering various projects to which I’ve contributed or that I maintain.

Writing a Plugin (and Doing It Live!)

February 15, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Earlier this week, Pippin Williamson (of Pippin’s Plugins) sent out the following tweet:

What's a plugin that @nocross and I could build during #wcmia and release for free? #WordPress

— Pippin Williamson (@pippinsplugins) February 13, 2013

Neat idea, right? Have he and Andrew Norcross – a fellow WordPress developer – create a plugin during the course of a WordCamp that could be released for free.

So I tossed my idea into the ringer:

@pippinsplugins @norcross write a plugin that identifies all comments that have *not* been replied to by the post author.

— Tom McFarlin (@tommcfarlin) February 13, 2013

You can actually read the entire conversation here.

This has been a plugin that I’ve wanted for a long time, and I assume anyone who’s actually maintained a blog for a significant amount of time would do the same.

As it turns out, I’m going to be joining Pippin and Norcross in writing a plugin for exactly this. And we’re gonna do it live.

Comment Images 1.8 – A Major Update

February 14, 2013 / Tom

Late last night, I released Comment Images 1.8 along with two smaller updates to resolve any outstanding issues (some of which were already reported by users – so thanks for that!).

Comment Images 1.8

Here’s a run down of everything that’s new in the last version of the plugin.

How I’ve Been Using GitHub For WP Audio Player

February 12, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

For many, the nicest thing about GitHub is not just the open source nature of the site, but the social aspects of the site. And although I admit I’m not particularly fond of following my friends on yet-another-network, I do enjoy following the status of projects and being able to monitor them.

This morning, I spent some time cleaning up the issues that have rolled in for WP Audio Player. Granted, there aren’t many, but I want to make sure that there’s some organized vision, scope, and plan for the project.

As such, I thought I’d share my method for scoping issues, requests, and bugs as well as how I organize milestones while using GitHub for WP Audio Player.

WP Audio Player Plugin 1.4 Now Available

February 12, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

WP Audio Player – my plugin for easily embedding audio in your WordPress posts (and the first plugin I’ve ever open sourced on GitHub) just received a major update.

WP Audio Player

Though can read all about the updates on the plugin homepage, I thought I’d share some of the updates that went into this particular release, specifically from a developer’s perspective.

Page Template Dashboard For WordPress

January 31, 2013 / Tom

A new version of this plugin has been released and I've made a new primary post.

View Page Template

Page Template Dashboard is a simple WordPress plugin that makes it easy to see which template each page is using without actually having to load up the post editor screen.