milesjohnson

I have been working on the new 1.8 version of the forum for almost 2 months, simply because version 1.7 was completely broken. It used PHP 5.3 constants which didn't work on 99% of the users machines. This problem has now been corrected in the new 1.8 version, but that's not all that changed. All topics, forums and forum categories now use the sluggable behavior for pretty URLs. Furthermore, the Installer has been rewritten completely for faster and easier usage. The main purpose of this post is to direct you in the 1.8 upgrade process as there are many things you need to do. Continue reading...

I want to thank everyone who has tested my forum plugin, and thanks again for all the people who reported bugs and features! The plugin is coming along nicely and I have a few features planned for the future. Both the Cupcake and Uploader plugin have been updated with many bug fixes, multi-byte support and a few new features. Continue reading...

The time has arrived, I have pushed my Cupcake Forum plugin into public beta. You may now download and use the plugin as you wish, but be weary because its still in beta, so problems may arise. If you run into a bug, please post it on the new support forums (of course I'm using my own plugin!). I also want to thank Matt Curry for testing the plugin beforehand, just like he tested the Uploader plugin, so give him your thanks as well. Continue reading...

If you have been following me on Twitter, you may of heard me mention a new CakePHP plugin I am developing, a forum plugin. Well I am officially announcing it as the Cupcake Forum Plugin. It is basically complete, but I would like to run a few more tests and perhaps get an "installer" type script. Alongside this announcement, I have uploaded the forum plugin onto this domain as a demo, and will be using it as a support forum for all my scripts. Continue reading...

For the past month I have been talking about CakePHPs lack of a built in uploader component or mechanism, and how I wanted to build one. Well I went ahead and did that, and now its available. The Uploader is primarily used as an all purpose file uploader and was built to not interact with a model/database. Here is a quick rundown of the plugin. Continue reading...