Familien Schøler’s blog

Hey there

Wordpress 2.7 has just hit the street, and it’s got a fancy new admin interface with many improvements… And once again, it is not fully backwards compatible. So… I’ve given up the fight. The JAlbum plugin for WordPress v2.5 didn’t even reach a release state, and I’m not up for another round of tweaking to be compatible with yet more interface changes.

As the plugin is open source, you are more than welcome to take over where I left the dang thing – hanging in a near release state, for WordPress v2.5.

Signing out.

Michael Schøler

Hi there

You’ve all been far too patient, and I’ve been far too busy (with just about everything else than the plugin).

Bottom line: I’m not done with the latest version of the plugin – yet – but you can now download the beta version from my site and just install it for the first time or upgrade your old v1 of the plugin. Your old v1 albums will continue to work.

Having the beta and v1 installed at the same time is “ok”, as long as only one of the versions is active in the wordpress plugin manager.

The beta is still missing the new “Upload Jalbum project file” feature and the new JAlbum manager section is also to be considered work in progress. However, all the old features are present and functioning – so just use it as you’ve always had. On the plus side, the beta version is compatible with wordpress 2.5+ and as some of you might have noticed the v1 plugin wizard interface died at 2.5 due to a major upgrade of the wordpress TinyMCE editor.

I’ll throw whatever time I can find at the plugin, currently its looking grimm, and would love to hear from some of you about your modifications/additions/further work on the plugin. It is open source, so feel free to contribute! =)

Download beta version of the plugin.

Download the previous plugin version.

Hi

As I’ve been busy for a couple of weeks leading up to my current vacation I’ve not been putting any hours into the plugin recently.

I’ll resume the work again some time in August.

Thanks for all your feedback, you’re keeping me busy and I’ve received many good ideas for improvement and future versions.

Best regards
Michael

Hello fellow WordPress bloggers and JAlbum fans!

The beta testing progress goes on. Just about 20 individuals have signed up, and they’ve been really helpful. They are quite busy and dedicated (thanks!) and I’m getting valuable feedback. Already a number of errors have been targeted and eliminated and I’m still working on reported issues. As long as they are throwing bug reports and improvement suggestions in my direction (at their current rate) I’m delaying the final public release for everybody’s sake. Hope you agree with this decision.

You can still join the beta testing team if you would like to have a preview of what’s to come, just send me a mail.

As soon as the final public release is ready it will be announced in the official JAlbum newsletter - so why not sign up now?

Best regards,
Michael Schøler