Code Monkey Ramblings

Besides sending in several commits to Melody over the last few weeks, I've done the following:

• Updated the Gravatar plugin to use a config.yaml file.
• Nearly completed integrating my Google Closure Compiler plugin with Hirotaka Ogawa's Minifier plugin. My fork of his Minifier plugin also adds a build filter that lets Movable Type/Melody users specify an automatic minimization of HTML and JavaScript from the template editor without using Minifier's template tags.
• Created a plugin which provides a tag to generate a WordPress-style tag cloud. Source code will be uploaded soon, but a download is available already on GitHub.
• I have release candidateinitial release versions of the following WordPress templates as Movable Type/Melody themes that work with Dan Wolfgang's ThemeManager plugin:
  • Carrington Blog
  • Gotham Nights
  • Ink and Wash
  • iNove
  • Motion
  • Mystique
  • Pixel

Two important additions to Melody that I committed are a fix for the meta variables (__first__, __last__, etc.) in <mt:EntryCategories> and support for tagging categories.

As I announced on my plugins blog that I am going to be repackaging my work here as theme packs for ThemeManager. What this means is that from this point on, the work I do is going to be based around ThemeManager. Consequently, I am going to stop offering the styles as downloads that can be used in StyleCatcher.

What this means for Movable Type users is:

1) I can modify the templates and package those modifications with the styles and users will not have to make **any** template modifications to make the style work as intended.

2) Users can install a new theme the same way they install plugins and with a few quick clicks through ThemeManager to activate the new theme and rebuild.

3) I can package together everything I've done so far into a single, complete download.

Less work and more power and convenience for everyone.

This style was originally created by mg12 as a WordPress theme. To see a demo of it, go here. This theme requires Movable Type 4.3, ConfigAssistant and ThemeManager. It can be downloaded here.