Contributed Plugins
I think the form for contributing plugins should have more fields and force naming convention or it should take the file and do the naming for the community. I think something like the following would be good:
name_1.5elggplugin_v1.4
name = your plugin name
followed by the version of elgg it is compatible with
followed by your version number
It is really unuseful when people post multiple versions and never add new version number to zip/tar file. And, I think it is good to have Elgg version in file name.
Just a thought. I do enjoy everyone's contributions, plugins, themes.
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You must log in to post replies.I agree. It was also be extremely useful if we had the option of only viewing only plugins that work with 1.5. Since the majority of plugins prior 1.5 don't work in 1.5, it would save a lot of headache for users and reduce the number of posts from people wondering why a plugin won't work for them.
@Steve C - Great Point. I hate wasting my time looking @ plugins when I finally find what I think it "the one", and then it's not even for the current version of the software that I'm using!
That's one of the reasons why Joomla is phasing out the 1.0 versions of their Joomla Extension Directory (JED) later this year.
@Dave Tosh
Nomenclature - viz "MySpace 1.5-2009-03-26-02 (BETA) .." ?
nice to see yr implementation ;-)
if uploaded tar/gzip file naming is enforced - maybe better "standards" globally.
i.e. preg match $_FILES [ ] [ ] to enforce naming ? ;-O