Category Archives: b2

This is a nice b2 hack I’d like to use in b2++. The demo is quite effective!
Once the plugin system is made I can simply drop this into a file, add a “jsmore” tag to the post template and it’ll be active 🙂

This is just a ping so you know I’m alive. It was a bank holiday weekend here in Ireland so the whole country basically goes gaga for a few days. I haven’t been online since Thursday (5 minutes in an Internet Cafe in Kilkenny doesn’t count!) but a lot’s happened since.
I Smartyised the b2rdf xml feed. It’s not live here yet, but it will be soon. I think I should create a seperate templates folder for xml stuff, as users really don’t have any need to edit those files.
I thought about a rewrite of b2 yesterday. In a reply to another query I laid out some of my plans here on the b2 forums.

I tracked down several bugs last night in b2. It took an age, and one of them was so obscure it was lucky that I found it sooner rather than later!
I’ve also decided to rename this project b2++ as the addition of Smarty templates is only one of the enhancements I’ve brought to b2.
I’m away for a few days but you can expect a final 0.4 release next week.
Read the announcement for yourself!

If you need any help getting my b2-smarty mod working Steven, just drop me a mail. Unfortunately, after today, I’ll be AFK until Monday though as it’s a bank holiday weekend here in Ireland. woo!

If you’re having trouble installing b2-smarty then take a look at this post. There’s 2 problems that might cause you trouble:

1. Enable register_globals in your php.ini
2. Make sure you copy the files in properly.

I’m dumbfounded to read that people prefer to edit code and HTML mixed in together. There’s just so many advantages to seperating the code and content out! I’m not going to go on about it, as others have explained all this better than I can.

Eadz posted excellent ideas for the future of b2. Some I agree with, some I’m not so sure about. I’ll have a look at them during the week, it’s too nice outside to work at a PC today!

Via the b2 formums I found a blogshare scraper that emulates the MT plugin. It grabs the Price and P/E of a blog. I created a Smarty enabled one, but isn’t it about time we had b2 plugins? I’ll have to think about that..

I posted a small introduction and screenshots to show off some of the enhanced features of this site. Take a look if you’ve been wondering what all the fuss is about!

Michel posted a small message yesterday saying he was back online. He said he’d post further details on his weblog but an announcement is yet to appear there. Keep an eye on the forums and his weblog for more.

This Text Editor is going into the next release of my b2 mod! I need to contact the author though as there’s no license information in the zip file. This is very similar to the midas editor on mozilla.org but it’s billed as cross-browser. I’m not sure if Midas will work in IE. (Thanks Padraig for the Midas link!) (via locker gnome)