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Pubkit 0.6.3

07 Jun 10 

PubKit 0.6.3 beta published

PubKit, successor to pkBlog, has at last been published. Version 0.6.3 is now available here on Pogwatch and from the MODx Forums.

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PubKit goes live

30 Apr 10 

Full PubKit snippet gets off the ground

Basic local testing of the expanded PubKit range of front-end document creation tools for MODx Evolution is complete, and PubKit 0.6 has been installed on Pogwatch. This item is the first to be written using it.

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Uncomfortable upgrade

22 Apr 10 

Upgrade to MODx 1.0.3 didn't quite make it

I've been using MODx 1.0.3 on my PC since it came out. I've also been working on getting PubKit proper (not just the blog part) fit to publish. So I thought I'd upgrade Pogwatch before setting up PubKit for its blogging tool and documenting it here.

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pkBlog loses dependence on PHx

20 Sep 09 

pkBlog 1.4 is now available, with no need for PHx on your site

One thing I quickly realized when I tried installing pkBlog on a fresh MODx site was that parts of the entry form were dependent on the PHx plugin. Version 1.3 abolished this dependency, and v1.4 squashed a couple of bugs and added a handy new feature.

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PubKitBlog initial release

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PubKitBlog 1.2 submitted as MODx Extra

PubKitBlog, my MODx blog creation and management tool, has now been submitted to the MODx Extras repository. Apparently only six weeks or so have passed by on your planet since I started reworking PubKit. It feels more like a year in my corner of the universe.

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pkBlog changes for tagging

03 Sep 09 ,

MODx blog tool allows custom tags field; future plans

The latest version of pkBlog (v1.1.1b) has an extra parameter so you can name your own tagging template variable - useful if you have two pages using the snippet. pkBlog will come to rest at this point for a while, except for bug-fixes.

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pkBlog: added date fields

25 Aug 09 ,

pkBlog now has publication dates and full status information

PubKitBlog snippet has been updated to allow the optional setting of date ranges when items should be displayed, and the management screen has been spruced up with colour-coded flags for item status.

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pkBlog updated

21 Aug 09 ,

Blogging tool updated with "show in menu" and permalink parameters

Following up on a comment on the initial release of PubKitBlog, the &showinmenu parameter has now been implemented, and generation of aliases (permalinks) for URLs is now possible.

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Pogwatch upgrade to MODx 1.0

13 Aug 09 

Pogwatch gets upgrade to Evolution (MODx 1.0)

I finally took the plunge with Evo today, after finding it cures one of the problems I've had with editing. I did the file replacement by individual files and directories, for reasons outlined below. So far all is well, save a couple of minor glitches.

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pkBlog - building a MODx blog

02 Aug 09 ,

Creating a blog with the PubKit snippet

The PubKit snippet is what I created as front-end document manager for another site. It's not ready for publication yet, but meanwhile here's a look at a cut-down version designed for creation of blogs.

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Utilities section created

22 Jul 09 

New Utilities section details Pogwatch tools and techniques

Pogwatch now has a Utilities section, giving details of plugins, snippets and other tools used to produce the documentation pages.

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Blog comments added

19 Jul 09 ,

Pogwatch blog now has comments

Blog items on Pogwatch now feature comments, so you can add your remarks to items or see what others think about the topics presented. For now, there's no requirement to log in to add a comment, but there is a captcha field to keep the spam down.

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Pog blog launched!

14 Jul 09 ,

Le jour de gloire est arrivé!

Not quite the Revolution yet, but today, Bastille Day, Pogwatch evolved a step further, acquiring this blog.

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Updating the wiki

12 Jul 09 

Ditto pages on the MODx Wiki updated for v2.1

Today I added the list of Ditto 2.1 parameters and placeholders to the Ditto section of the MODx wiki. I learned a bit about the wiki itself in the process.

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Wordpress

10 Jul 09 ,

Oh the horror of Wordpress coding now MODx is here!

I have to admit it: the best-looking site I have built was done with Wordpress. I wasn't very familiar with MODx at that time, and in any case Wordpress was already established for the site. But today I had to fix a problem. And it took over an hour to track it down.

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