Manga+Press

Sun 20 Mar 2011

Release: Manga+Press 2.7 Beta

# March 20, 2011 @ 10:36 pm by admin  Filed under: Updates  Tags: ,    # Add Comment »

The beta version of Manga+Press 2.7 has been released. You can download it from Google Code here. If you’re running 2.6.2, I do not recommend that you upgrade to this version right away. If you have a test installation that you wouldn’t mind breaking, then go ahead and download it. I could use some help in my bug-hunt ;)

Few things left todo on 2.7 before it can released in full:

  1. Work on upgrade functionality (which is why I’m am strongly cautioning anyone running 2.6.2 live not to upgrade).
  2. Build child themes.
  3. New screenshots for WordPress Repository.
  4. Check uninstall functionality.
  5. Multi-language support. Update POT files, and Spanish language support. (Might have to wait until 2.7.1)

Thu 17 Mar 2011

Manga+Press 2.7

# March 17, 2011 @ 9:48 pm by admin  Filed under: Updates  Tags:    # Add Comment »

Yeah, you’re looking at that right. I said 2.7. It’s an intermediate step between 2.6 and 3.0. I’ve been working rather furiously on it since last week. I’m hoping to have it out for beta by this weekend or next weekend. If you’re interested, you can watch my progress by watching the number of commits I make to Google Code each week. Heh, I guess that was something I forgot to mention: Manga+Press is now hosted on Google Code.

Later ;)

Wed 9 Mar 2011

It’s Not Dead. Just Resting

# March 9, 2011 @ 11:08 pm by admin  Filed under: Updates     # Add Comment »

Ahem, seriously. I had to take a break from development on Manga+Press namely because I’ve been keeping busy with my current job — which has taught me a lot about PHP in general, and WordPress in particular. I’ve recently taken the time to go back and look at the current Manga+Press 3.0 beta code-base — frankly, it sucks. I’m glad it has never managed to make it into public beta.

Anyway, I remember that I’d been thinking about branching Manga+Press. I know think that it would be a very bad idea to do so. Simply put, it would put twice the amount of work on me — the sole developer of this project. It would make far more sense to just continue the current Manga+Press from 2.6.2 to 3.0. The other goal I’ve had for Manga+Press is to make it theme-independent. The best idea so far is to make use of certain hooks in WordPress pertaining to theme templates.

Finally, I hate to do this but because I’m so busy with my current job, I have no choice. Please note that I will NOT handle support issues. I just don’t have the time, at the moment, to do so. This is one reason why I would eventually like to have a dev team, but finding the time to put one together…*sigh* Life, ’nuff said.

Sat 4 Dec 2010

Manga+Press Update

# December 4, 2010 @ 12:41 am by admin  Filed under: Updates     # Add Comment »

Folks are probably wondering what happened to Manga+Press 3.0. It’s still out there, just haven’t had the chance to really work on it. In fact, I’ve learned so much at my current job that I’m thinking about tearing down the current M+P 3.0 code-base and starting over. In the meantime, I do want to bring in some of the features that I’d been working on for Manga+Press 3.0 into the 2.x branch. With that in mind, I’d also mentioned something about naming my branches: Read more →

Sun 15 Aug 2010

Manga+Press 3.0 Update

# August 15, 2010 @ 7:54 pm by admin  Filed under: Updates     # Add Comment »

The next release of Manga+Press is currently in the works, I’m happy to say. However, I do have some bad news to report. Because of the implementation of custom post types & taxonomies in the next version, I’m finding it very hard to retain backwards compatibility. The only option I can think of is to branch Manga+Press. MP 2.6.x will continue as it’s own branch and Manga+Press 3.0 will be a different branch entirely. Heh, maybe I should start coming up with names for these different branches :D

Anyway, branching them will allow me to provide support for both versions. I can also transfer over features that don’t require custom post-types or custom taxonomies. One feature that I can definitely transfer over takes advantage of post thumbnails, and another feature I have in mind is grouping comics by series or chapters.

So, that’s just about it for news on the future of Manga+Press. I’ll have an update when I know how I’m going to handle the branching.

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