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19th January, 2012
Last time out, I talked about the value of adding custom extension hooks to your add-ons.
Shortly after publication, several people got in touch to rebuke me for not discussing how to add a custom extension hook to your add-on. Hopefully this post will fill in the blanks.
29th November, 2011
The ability to add custom extension hooks to your add-on is one of the most powerful features of ExpressionEngine. It is also woefully under-used by most add-on developers.
7th November, 2011
The venerable SL Developer Info has been updated by the venerable Marc Miller so it now plays nicely with the venerable ExpressionEngine 2. Also, today I learnt a new word.
21st September, 2011
A few months ago, I received an email from Lindsay at Meta Q, asking if I’d be interested in answering a few questions for their ongoing series of interviews with people from the ExpressionEngine community. Today, said interview has finally been published.
15th September, 2011
It’s not often that I decide an add-on point release warrants a blog post, but the latest version of SmartDown is a bit more than your typical array of minor bug fixes.
More flexible configuration options, new extension hooks, and a boatload of behind-the-scenes improvements mean that I can probably stretch this out to at least 200 words.
17th August, 2011
Today marks the official end of life for all my ExpressionEngine 1 add-ons. In practical terms, this means they will no longer be officially supported, and will receive no further updates.
In an attempt to make this bitter pill easier to swallow, BucketList (my sole commercial ExpressionEngine 1 add-on) is now free.
9th August, 2011
Regular readers of this site may be shocked to learn that I don’t consider everything I do worthy of a blog post.
Updates to existing add-ons rarely warrant more than a quick Tweet, and many code oddments don’t even make it that far, languishing unloved and unnoticed on my GitHub account.
This post summarises these recent side-shows, for those few misguided individuals not following me (or Experience) on Twitter, or monitoring my every commit on GitHub. If this inaugural effort is met with approval, I’ll publish a round-up post every few weeks or months, as appropriate.
29th July, 2011
Late last night I quietly released Usher, a new ExpressionEngine 2 add-on. When a site administrator logs into the Control Panel, Usher redirects him to the CP page of your choosing, based on his Member Group.
I’ve been using Usher on various client sites for several months, and it has proven very useful in taking members directly to the area of the Control Panel that interests them most.
26th July, 2011
This is the fourth (and final) post in a short series of articles. If you haven’t read parts one, two, and three yet, you should do so before proceeding.
Whereas the previous instalment was concerned with uncovering inconsistencies in the target API, this post is all about testing your code; what you need to test, and how.
8th July, 2011
This post (part 3 in the series) details strategies for getting up and running with your chosen API as quickly as possible, and provides tips on uncovering inconsistencies or errors in the API and its documentation, before they become an issue.
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