Problems With New Plugin Versions

[Lothar]

I updated the plugins freetag, staticpage and linklist. Unfortunately the display now has changed.

linklist:
the links are now indented and a blank line is shown before the first and after the last link.

freetag:
the adjustment of the font height (done in my style.css) no longer works.

Questions:
Is a mailing list or rss feed available which tells me about new versions of my plugins (or other plugins as well)?

To upgrade a plugin: only copy the files to the server or do i have to uninstall / install the plugin?

Is a "what's new" available for plugins?

Is it OK that the link list event plugin can be installed twice?

Lothar Geyer

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Maybe someone can help you if you tell your URL.

Is a mailing list or rss feed available which tells me about new versions of my plugins (or other plugins as well)?

Do http://www.netmirror.org/mirror/serendi ... Sevent.xml and http://www.netmirror.org/mirror/serendi ... idebar.xml help you with this?

Otherwise, you can subscribe to the PHP-CVS mailinglist for changes, see the project page on http://sf.net/projects/php-blog

To upgrade a plugin: only copy the files to the server or do i have to uninstall / install the plugin?

Copying the files (ALL files) is sufficient.

[qutoe]Is a "what's new" available for plugins?[/quote]

Only for some plugins. You'll need to check out if the plugin directory has a "ChangeLog" or "NEWS" file. If not, you'll need to check the CVS log on http://php-blog.cvs.sourceforge.net/php ... l_plugins/

Is it OK that the link list event plugin can be installed twice?

Yes, if you want to maintain several linklists.

Regards,
Garvin

[Lothar]

Maybe someone can help you if you tell your URL.

I updated my profile.

For the freetag tag cloud I found that class names have changed. But now there are borders around the rss icons. I tried border-style:none und border:0px but it does not work.

Do http://www.netmirror.org/mirror/serendi ... Sevent.xml and http://www.netmirror.org/mirror/serendi ... idebar.xml help you with this?

I think so. Thank you.

Only for some plugins. You'll need to check out if the plugin directory has a "ChangeLog" or "NEWS" file. If not, you'll need to check the CVS log on http://php-blog.cvs.sourceforge.net/php ... l_plugins/

I would like to have all information I need for an update on one place. Suggestion: Use Serendipity to post revision histories

Lothar Geyer

[garvinhicking]

Hi Lothar!

For linklist:

Code: Select all

.linklist ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
list-style-type: none;
}

For the freetag tag cloud I found that class names have changed. But now there are borders around the rss icons. I tried border-style:none und border:0px but it does not work.

I see no borders around the RSS icons in your sidebar in Opera or Firefox or IE.

I would like to have all information I need for an update on one place. Suggestion: Use Serendipity to post revision histories

I would like that, too. But developers tend to not document all changes, they simply fix a bug and bump the version number. I do so too, it's too much hassle for me to document it. If someone like you wants to keep an eye on updates and write the ChangeLog, that would be great.

Regards,
Garvin

[Lothar]

Hallo Garvin,

Code:

.linklist ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
list-style-type: none;
}

It's working. Thank you.

I see no borders around the RSS icons in your sidebar in Opera or Firefox or IE.

Yesterday there was a border May be the .css file was not reloaded. Sorry.

I would like that, too. But developers tend to not document all changes, they simply fix a bug and bump the version number. I do so too, it's too much hassle for me to document it. If someone like you wants to keep an eye on updates and write the ChangeLog, that would be great.

Are you offering me a job?

Lothar Geyer

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Are you offering me a job?

Sure! A free and unpaid one, of course.

Best regards,
Garvin

[Lothar]

I think we should discuss this offline. Please send me a mail to lothar.geyer |at| edv-berater-online.de

Lothar Geyer

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

No, documenting is a public issue, we should discuss this publically, because maybe other people also might want to contribute.

This thread should then contain everything there is.

Best regards,
Garvin

[Lothar]

Hi Garvin,

so how do you want documentation and history to be organized?

I think there should be a user group "documenter". Users of this group should have an extra forum with a read-only thread for serendipity and for each plugin.

Will each modification create a new release? I suppose not. So developers will have to tell the documenters that a new release was created. Documenters will gather all changes create a history entry with all changes.

As far as I read the rss feeds in the last week there is not enough information to create release notes and "what to do after upgrade".

Lothar Geyer

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

so how do you want documentation and history to be organized?

By using the existing documentation Wiki on www.s9y.org, I think.

There one can put documentation for each plugin, with sub-folders if it is needed.

Then each plugin could point to the corresponding documentation item on www.s9y.org, and a plugin would not need to be updated for new releases. The changelog could then be listed there, and also be both linked from within the plugin admin section in your blog, as well as from http://spartacus.s9y.org.

Best regards,
Garvin