Wordpress 2.0 is here!

Upgraded this blog to Wordpress 2.0 last night, and was very relieved to find that it all went smoothly. This theme stayed intact (maybe that's not such a good thing!) and all the plugins I had installed previously still work.

The main difference so far is the Write Post page - we now have a WYSIWYG editor driven by TinyMCE. I keep hitting Enter twice to start a new paragaph, but with this now I only have to do that once. That might take some getting used to! Images and other files can be uploaded on the same page - no need to upload an image in one section, copy the URL, and go to another to write the post.

Also, extra fields around the post area (categories, timestamp etc) are tucked away and you can expand them when needed.

The preview post function now previews the whole finished, styled page - not just the text of your post. That's a bonus. My proof reading is pretty bad, I need all the help I can get!
Other than that - it still looks a lot like Wordpress, which stands to reason, I suppose!

Technorati: wordpress, blog, tinymce

Updated Phase Status Report

Don't know if anyone has noticed this before, but there's a small bug in the Phase Status Report in Netoffice 2.6.

Each project is displayed slightly narrower than the previous, and if you have a few by the time you get to the last one it can be virtually unreadable. I finally got around to tracking it down (just missing a couple of closing DIVs) and fixing it.

But wait - there's more! (And it's not a free set of steak knives!)

I also adjusted the report so that it shows open projects that don't necessarily have phases defined in them, so you can still get an overall picture of everything on your plate.

Also also, I have added a closing line with each project that lists the Client (Organisation) name.

Download Zip file, 9191 bytes
Unzip into your Netoffice installation and it should be right to go. Two files are changed, so check the contents of the Zip file for their name and location and back them up before you overwrite them in case you want to go back.

Technorati tags: netoffice, phpcollab, project management

New Car! Vroooom

I splurged yesterday afternoon and bought a new toy.

Well, it's a big toy, but that's what separates the men from the boys, yes?

Anyway - it's a brand new Ford Falcon XR6. In black too. With a leather interior. Nice...

www.flickr.com

Okay - I think I've finished gloating for the time being... :D

Technorati: ford, falcon, xr6, cars

The Mind Game

A friend was telling me about a comment apparently made by Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett. (For the record - I am not a fan of the Broncos!)

Anyway, the story went something like this:

Wayne Bennett would take the team on a training run of however long it was (let's say 10km for the sake of the story). Some of the players would stop running 2 or 3 paces before the finish line and walk over it. Coach was not impressed.

Physically, they had received the benefits of the run. 2 or 3 strides at the end makes no difference from a physical point of view. But mentally - that's a diferent story. Mentally they had quit before the finish line.

And thus cometh the lesson: do you have a tendancy to pull up just before the finish line? What limitations do you place upon yourself? The finish line is right in front of you. You've done the hard work - don't quit until you've crossed it!

Often, the only limits in life are the ones we place on ourselves.

Technorati tags: positive mental attitude, positive thinking

New Stats Tracking Tool: Measure Map

I first heard about Measure Map back at Web Essentials 05 - Jeffrey Veen showed us a few screenshots as part of one of his presentations. So of course as soon as I got home I added my email to their waiting list.

Well... my invitation just arrived!

I have just added their code to this blog - the setup process is actually quite well done. As part of the signup process you're asked what sort of blog you have, and on the next screen you're actually shown screenshots with specific instructions for your brand of blog (Wordpress in this case).

The whole process took about 60 seconds.

I also installed the tracking code for Google Analytics about a week ago but I've got to say I'm somewhat underwhelmed. I think Google have been overwhemed though, as data only seems to be updated every few days at best. Great potential, poor execution. We'll see if they can sort that one out.

I'll give Measure Map a few days to a week and see how useful the reporting is. So far I can say that the setup was a breeze. Stay tuned!

Technorati tags: Measure Map, statistics, blogs

Finding Your Files

If you've ever had someone upload a file to a project in NetOffice, finding it can be a bit frustrating.

Did they upload it to the task? To the phase? Or just to the project?

I've changed the View Project page a little so that it shows all linked content, and also lists the task or phase they have been linked to.

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New Category: Quick Links

Just set up a new category for what I'll call Quick Links. It will just contain stuff of interest that's I'm too lazy to write something about! :)

So here we go with our first bunch:

• Don't annoy me with your crappy form field focus
  Cameron Adams improves on the code used to set the focus to the first form field on the page - it won't do it if the user starts entering data first!


• CSS Hacks and IE7
  Oh no... just when you thought you had it all mastered, along comes a new IE.


• Calendar Candy
  Zimbra is a promising web-based email calendar app (nothing new there) but if you've ever gone through the pain of trying to share Outlook calendars without Exchange then this AXAJ-laced project might do the trick!