[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
Rey, It was a great question. I know I've been in that pinch and thats why I started archiving these emails on my box as well as downloading copies. That way, if I like the plugin and the author abandons it, I still have the code to update it with. I wonder if that's worth archiving on the jQuery site somewhere. Either an FTP folder or a web folder with directory browsing turned on. Something that would just take FTP'ing the plug-in to the site. -Dan
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
Some potential problems with the new plugin repo include: a) Spambots are gonna figure out how to invade it at some point (probably). Yeah, that's definitely a potential issue--especially with the popularity of jQuery. b) There are nearly no controls in place to keep a malicious user from spamming his plugin all over the place, e.g. by adding it to every category or uploading it via multiple names. c) The alphabetic display of plugins rewards those authors who name their plugins starting with the letter 'A', because those are the first ones which users will see when browsing the list. While overall B C are possible, I'm not it'll be a problem with the jQuery community. Issue B might crop up from time to time, but moderating will take care of that. As for Issue C, I think most developers are going to read through the list of all the plug-ins to make sure they grab the one that best fits their needs. There are lots of similar plug-ins (especially when dealing with tooltips and lightbox implementations.) Even if a developer does name their plug-in with A, it's still got to do the job correctly or people will abandon it. I guess as long as the jQuery plug-in repository is a list of open source, non-commercial plug-ins, I can't see B or C being much of an issue. -Dan
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
Thats a great idea Dan. I'll be glad to upload what I have. Let me talk to John and see what he thinks. Rey Dan G. Switzer, II wrote: Rey, It was a great question. I know I've been in that pinch and thats why I started archiving these emails on my box as well as downloading copies. That way, if I like the plugin and the author abandons it, I still have the code to update it with. I wonder if that's worth archiving on the jQuery site somewhere. Either an FTP folder or a web folder with directory browsing turned on. Something that would just take FTP'ing the plug-in to the site. -Dan -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
On Jul 17, 2:40 pm, Dan G. Switzer, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: c) The alphabetic display of plugins rewards those authors who name their plugins starting with the letter 'A', because those are the first ones which users will see when browsing the list. ... As for Issue C, I think most developers are going to read through the list of all the plug-ins to make sure they grab the one that best fits their needs. Two words: google rating As far as search engines go, reportedly most people don't look past the first 3 entries if they find something suitable, and the vast majority of people never look past the first page of results. Of course, there's not much, in terms of policy, that jQ can do to stop people from naming their plugins AAA MyPlugin. As you said, moderation will probably have to play a role (should it become a problem, and as Seth Gecko says in Dusk 'til Dawn, it's not a problem until you make it a problem). :)
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
Two words: google rating As far as search engines go, reportedly most people don't look past the first 3 entries if they find something suitable, and the vast majority of people never look past the first page of results. Maybe I'm giving jQuery Developers too much credit, but I would think the majority of developers are going to look for the best match for their project--not just the first match. Regardless, if the plug-in is crappy, people will go back. A possible solution to this would be to factor sorting by a custom weight which is based upon age and rating. Provide the most popular plug-ins at top by default. However, I wouldn't implement this solution until there are more ratings in the database. Plus, I know there's a bug (http://jquery.com/plugins/node/185) where rating a plug-in doesn't always register. I know votes for my plug-in don't seem to register: http://jquery.com/plugins/project/field
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
Hi Michael, Its each plugin author's responsibility to submit it to the plugin repo. That way, they can add the proper info about the plugin and update it as needed. With that said, I do my best to keep track of all new plugins and have many downloaded. If you ever find yourself in a bind, please don't hesitate to email me. Rey... Michael E. Carluen wrote: Hello everyone. I have always (wrongfully?) assumed that all the plugins announced on the list, gets added to the plugin library by Rey or someone from the evangelism team. That is why I never bookmark the author’s plugin sites thinking that I can just find it on the library page of the site when I need it. But like the saying goes, most assumptions are wrong. ? I am curious whether it’ll PITA to find some of the awesome plugins I have seen announced here recently. My question is who is really responsible for **ensuring** that a new plugin is added or “registered” to the plugin library? Can someone clarify or verify? Thanks, Michael -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
Aha! . thanks Chris. Hmmm. Also, I just noticed the Plugin Note dated June 18th, saying in effect the same thing (for un-official plugins) dooh! _ From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Jordan Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:55 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library Michael, I might be wrong, but I believe that unless it's an official plug-in, that it's the plug-in author's responsibility to update the plug-ins page with a link to download, examples, etc. Chris On 7/16/07, Michael E. Carluen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone. I have always (wrongfully?) assumed that all the plugins announced on the list, gets added to the plugin library by Rey or someone from the evangelism team. That is why I never bookmark the author's plugin sites thinking that I can just find it on the library page of the site when I need it. But like the saying goes, most assumptions are wrong. ? I am curious whether it'll PITA to find some of the awesome plugins I have seen announced here recently. My question is who is really responsible for *ensuring* that a new plugin is added or registered to the plugin library? Can someone clarify or verify? Thanks, Michael -- -- http://cjordan.us
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
It was a great question. I know I've been in that pinch and thats why I started archiving these emails on my box as well as downloading copies. That way, if I like the plugin and the author abandons it, I still have the code to update it with. Rey Michael E. Carluen wrote: Cool deal, thanks for your offer, Rey... that's awesome. Nothing to ask for now, though. The thought just occurred to me when I saw Alexander's Horizontal Accordion. -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rey Bango Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:08 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library Hi Michael, Its each plugin author's responsibility to submit it to the plugin repo. That way, they can add the proper info about the plugin and update it as needed. With that said, I do my best to keep track of all new plugins and have many downloaded. If you ever find yourself in a bind, please don't hesitate to email me. Rey... Michael E. Carluen wrote: Hello everyone. I have always (wrongfully?) assumed that all the plugins announced on the list, gets added to the plugin library by Rey or someone from the evangelism team. That is why I never bookmark the author's plugin sites thinking that I can just find it on the library page of the site when I need it. But like the saying goes, most assumptions are wrong. ? I am curious whether it'll PITA to find some of the awesome plugins I have seen announced here recently. My question is who is really responsible for **ensuring** that a new plugin is added or registered to the plugin library? Can someone clarify or verify? Thanks, Michael -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
That's a good idea Rey! :o) On 7/16/07, Rey Bango [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was a great question. I know I've been in that pinch and thats why I started archiving these emails on my box as well as downloading copies. That way, if I like the plugin and the author abandons it, I still have the code to update it with. Rey Michael E. Carluen wrote: Cool deal, thanks for your offer, Rey... that's awesome. Nothing to ask for now, though. The thought just occurred to me when I saw Alexander's Horizontal Accordion. -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rey Bango Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:08 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library Hi Michael, Its each plugin author's responsibility to submit it to the plugin repo. That way, they can add the proper info about the plugin and update it as needed. With that said, I do my best to keep track of all new plugins and have many downloaded. If you ever find yourself in a bind, please don't hesitate to email me. Rey... Michael E. Carluen wrote: Hello everyone. I have always (wrongfully?) assumed that all the plugins announced on the list, gets added to the plugin library by Rey or someone from the evangelism team. That is why I never bookmark the author's plugin sites thinking that I can just find it on the library page of the site when I need it. But like the saying goes, most assumptions are wrong. ? I am curious whether it'll PITA to find some of the awesome plugins I have seen announced here recently. My question is who is really responsible for **ensuring** that a new plugin is added or registered to the plugin library? Can someone clarify or verify? Thanks, Michael -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- -- http://cjordan.us
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
Cool deal, thanks for your offer, Rey... that's awesome. Nothing to ask for now, though. The thought just occurred to me when I saw Alexander's Horizontal Accordion. -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rey Bango Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:08 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library Hi Michael, Its each plugin author's responsibility to submit it to the plugin repo. That way, they can add the proper info about the plugin and update it as needed. With that said, I do my best to keep track of all new plugins and have many downloaded. If you ever find yourself in a bind, please don't hesitate to email me. Rey... Michael E. Carluen wrote: Hello everyone. I have always (wrongfully?) assumed that all the plugins announced on the list, gets added to the plugin library by Rey or someone from the evangelism team. That is why I never bookmark the author's plugin sites thinking that I can just find it on the library page of the site when I need it. But like the saying goes, most assumptions are wrong. ? I am curious whether it'll PITA to find some of the awesome plugins I have seen announced here recently. My question is who is really responsible for **ensuring** that a new plugin is added or registered to the plugin library? Can someone clarify or verify? Thanks, Michael -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
:D Yeah. It drives me nuts when I can't find a plugin that I liked or the code is dated. Christopher Jordan wrote: That's a good idea Rey! :o) On 7/16/07, *Rey Bango* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was a great question. I know I've been in that pinch and thats why I started archiving these emails on my box as well as downloading copies. That way, if I like the plugin and the author abandons it, I still have the code to update it with. Rey Michael E. Carluen wrote: Cool deal, thanks for your offer, Rey... that's awesome. Nothing to ask for now, though. The thought just occurred to me when I saw Alexander's Horizontal Accordion. -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com mailto:jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto: jquery-en@googlegroups.com mailto:jquery-en@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rey Bango Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:08 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com mailto:jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library Hi Michael, Its each plugin author's responsibility to submit it to the plugin repo. That way, they can add the proper info about the plugin and update it as needed. With that said, I do my best to keep track of all new plugins and have many downloaded. If you ever find yourself in a bind, please don't hesitate to email me. Rey... Michael E. Carluen wrote: Hello everyone. I have always (wrongfully?) assumed that all the plugins announced on the list, gets added to the plugin library by Rey or someone from the evangelism team. That is why I never bookmark the author's plugin sites thinking that I can just find it on the library page of the site when I need it. But like the saying goes, most assumptions are wrong. ? I am curious whether it'll PITA to find some of the awesome plugins I have seen announced here recently. My question is who is really responsible for **ensuring** that a new plugin is added or registered to the plugin library? Can someone clarify or verify? Thanks, Michael -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- -- http://cjordan.us -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
Damn my last email never sent Maybe its time to do a roll call on plugins. See who is still developing, and who is not. There are some great plugins out there, but they haven't been updated for a while. The plugin repository is great and currently and underused resource. Not all plugins are there, not many voted on or commented on, and I noticed many plugins are using different conventions. Maybe it's also time to start running a seal of approval program, where plugins are checked over to see if they are plugins, or scripts or tests/examples. With good code and good documention, it would nice to see a few more official plugins added to the lineup. On 7/16/07, Rey Bango [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was a great question. I know I've been in that pinch and thats why I started archiving these emails on my box as well as downloading copies. That way, if I like the plugin and the author abandons it, I still have the code to update it with. Rey Michael E. Carluen wrote: Cool deal, thanks for your offer, Rey... that's awesome. Nothing to ask for now, though. The thought just occurred to me when I saw Alexander's Horizontal Accordion. -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rey Bango Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:08 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library Hi Michael, Its each plugin author's responsibility to submit it to the plugin repo. That way, they can add the proper info about the plugin and update it as needed. With that said, I do my best to keep track of all new plugins and have many downloaded. If you ever find yourself in a bind, please don't hesitate to email me. Rey... Michael E. Carluen wrote: Hello everyone. I have always (wrongfully?) assumed that all the plugins announced on the list, gets added to the plugin library by Rey or someone from the evangelism team. That is why I never bookmark the author's plugin sites thinking that I can just find it on the library page of the site when I need it. But like the saying goes, most assumptions are wrong. ? I am curious whether it'll PITA to find some of the awesome plugins I have seen announced here recently. My question is who is really responsible for **ensuring** that a new plugin is added or registered to the plugin library? Can someone clarify or verify? Thanks, Michael -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- Tane Piper http://digitalspaghetti.tooum.net This email is: [ ] blogable [ x ] ask first [ ] private
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
Well, Tane if my understand of official is right, that means the plug-in will be maintained by the jQuery dev team even if the original author croaks or otherwise abandons development on the plug-in, and that would mean time they have to spend *not* developing more jQuery Core or UI stuff. I dunno. Just my two-cents on that one. As for a roll call or some documentation on **exactly** how to best use the plug-in repository that would be fine by me. In fact I'd really welcome documentation on the adding and maintaining a plug-in in the repository. :o) I for one know that my most current code isn't there but instead in the RIAForge.org repository. I think I've got a link on the plug-ins page pointing there though... hmmm... maybe I'd better check. ;o) Chris On 7/16/07, Tane Piper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn my last email never sent Maybe its time to do a roll call on plugins. See who is still developing, and who is not. There are some great plugins out there, but they haven't been updated for a while. The plugin repository is great and currently and underused resource. Not all plugins are there, not many voted on or commented on, and I noticed many plugins are using different conventions. Maybe it's also time to start running a seal of approval program, where plugins are checked over to see if they are plugins, or scripts or tests/examples. With good code and good documention, it would nice to see a few more official plugins added to the lineup. On 7/16/07, Rey Bango [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was a great question. I know I've been in that pinch and thats why I started archiving these emails on my box as well as downloading copies. That way, if I like the plugin and the author abandons it, I still have the code to update it with. Rey Michael E. Carluen wrote: Cool deal, thanks for your offer, Rey... that's awesome. Nothing to ask for now, though. The thought just occurred to me when I saw Alexander's Horizontal Accordion. -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rey Bango Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:08 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library Hi Michael, Its each plugin author's responsibility to submit it to the plugin repo. That way, they can add the proper info about the plugin and update it as needed. With that said, I do my best to keep track of all new plugins and have many downloaded. If you ever find yourself in a bind, please don't hesitate to email me. Rey... Michael E. Carluen wrote: Hello everyone. I have always (wrongfully?) assumed that all the plugins announced on the list, gets added to the plugin library by Rey or someone from the evangelism team. That is why I never bookmark the author's plugin sites thinking that I can just find it on the library page of the site when I need it. But like the saying goes, most assumptions are wrong. ? I am curious whether it'll PITA to find some of the awesome plugins I have seen announced here recently. My question is who is really responsible for **ensuring** that a new plugin is added or registered to the plugin library? Can someone clarify or verify? Thanks, Michael -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- Tane Piper http://digitalspaghetti.tooum.net This email is: [ ] blogable [ x ] ask first [ ] private -- -- http://cjordan.us
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
Not at all. All I mean is its still up to the developer to write the plugin and develop unit tests. All I mean is that one of the dev team, or some other process that can work, runs over the plugin looking for good code, and any bugs. This means there won't be lots of different improvments littering the plugins page - but clear, well coded versions. As for a roll call, it would just be a matter of interest to find out who is still activly developing and maintainingplugins. If a developer is not working on it anymore, but its useful then its down to the community, devs and normal members to take over. On 7/16/07, Christopher Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, Tane if my understand of official is right, that means the plug-in will be maintained by the jQuery dev team even if the original author croaks or otherwise abandons development on the plug-in, and that would mean time they have to spend *not* developing more jQuery Core or UI stuff. I dunno. Just my two-cents on that one. As for a roll call or some documentation on **exactly** how to best use the plug-in repository that would be fine by me. In fact I'd really welcome documentation on the adding and maintaining a plug-in in the repository. :o) I for one know that my most current code isn't there but instead in the RIAForge.org repository. I think I've got a link on the plug-ins page pointing there though... hmmm... maybe I'd better check. ;o) Chris On 7/16/07, Tane Piper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn my last email never sent Maybe its time to do a roll call on plugins. See who is still developing, and who is not. There are some great plugins out there, but they haven't been updated for a while. The plugin repository is great and currently and underused resource. Not all plugins are there, not many voted on or commented on, and I noticed many plugins are using different conventions. Maybe it's also time to start running a seal of approval program, where plugins are checked over to see if they are plugins, or scripts or tests/examples. With good code and good documention, it would nice to see a few more official plugins added to the lineup. On 7/16/07, Rey Bango [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was a great question. I know I've been in that pinch and thats why I started archiving these emails on my box as well as downloading copies. That way, if I like the plugin and the author abandons it, I still have the code to update it with. Rey Michael E. Carluen wrote: Cool deal, thanks for your offer, Rey... that's awesome. Nothing to ask for now, though. The thought just occurred to me when I saw Alexander's Horizontal Accordion. -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rey Bango Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:08 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library Hi Michael, Its each plugin author's responsibility to submit it to the plugin repo. That way, they can add the proper info about the plugin and update it as needed. With that said, I do my best to keep track of all new plugins and have many downloaded. If you ever find yourself in a bind, please don't hesitate to email me. Rey... Michael E. Carluen wrote: Hello everyone. I have always (wrongfully?) assumed that all the plugins announced on the list, gets added to the plugin library by Rey or someone from the evangelism team. That is why I never bookmark the author's plugin sites thinking that I can just find it on the library page of the site when I need it. But like the saying goes, most assumptions are wrong. ? I am curious whether it'll PITA to find some of the awesome plugins I have seen announced here recently. My question is who is really responsible for **ensuring** that a new plugin is added or registered to the plugin library? Can someone clarify or verify? Thanks, Michael -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- Tane Piper http://digitalspaghetti.tooum.net This email is: [ ] blogable [ x ] ask first [ ] private -- -- http://cjordan.us -- Tane Piper http://digitalspaghetti.tooum.net This email is: [ ] blogable [ x ] ask first [ ] private
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
yeah, I can see where that might be cool, but I still think it may take up too much of the devs time. Ultimately, though it's up to them if they wanted to do that sort of thing. I for one wouldn't complain if they did just what you're suggesting. I trust that they know what they're doing and know how best to budget their time. :o) Chris On 7/16/07, Tane Piper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not at all. All I mean is its still up to the developer to write the plugin and develop unit tests. All I mean is that one of the dev team, or some other process that can work, runs over the plugin looking for good code, and any bugs. This means there won't be lots of different improvments littering the plugins page - but clear, well coded versions. As for a roll call, it would just be a matter of interest to find out who is still activly developing and maintainingplugins. If a developer is not working on it anymore, but its useful then its down to the community, devs and normal members to take over. On 7/16/07, Christopher Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, Tane if my understand of official is right, that means the plug-in will be maintained by the jQuery dev team even if the original author croaks or otherwise abandons development on the plug-in, and that would mean time they have to spend *not* developing more jQuery Core or UI stuff. I dunno. Just my two-cents on that one. As for a roll call or some documentation on **exactly** how to best use the plug-in repository that would be fine by me. In fact I'd really welcome documentation on the adding and maintaining a plug-in in the repository. :o) I for one know that my most current code isn't there but instead in the RIAForge.org repository. I think I've got a link on the plug-ins page pointing there though... hmmm... maybe I'd better check. ;o) Chris On 7/16/07, Tane Piper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn my last email never sent Maybe its time to do a roll call on plugins. See who is still developing, and who is not. There are some great plugins out there, but they haven't been updated for a while. The plugin repository is great and currently and underused resource. Not all plugins are there, not many voted on or commented on, and I noticed many plugins are using different conventions. Maybe it's also time to start running a seal of approval program, where plugins are checked over to see if they are plugins, or scripts or tests/examples. With good code and good documention, it would nice to see a few more official plugins added to the lineup. On 7/16/07, Rey Bango [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was a great question. I know I've been in that pinch and thats why I started archiving these emails on my box as well as downloading copies. That way, if I like the plugin and the author abandons it, I still have the code to update it with. Rey Michael E. Carluen wrote: Cool deal, thanks for your offer, Rey... that's awesome. Nothing to ask for now, though. The thought just occurred to me when I saw Alexander's Horizontal Accordion. -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rey Bango Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:08 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library Hi Michael, Its each plugin author's responsibility to submit it to the plugin repo. That way, they can add the proper info about the plugin and update it as needed. With that said, I do my best to keep track of all new plugins and have many downloaded. If you ever find yourself in a bind, please don't hesitate to email me. Rey... Michael E. Carluen wrote: Hello everyone. I have always (wrongfully?) assumed that all the plugins announced on the list, gets added to the plugin library by Rey or someone from the evangelism team. That is why I never bookmark the author's plugin sites thinking that I can just find it on the library page of the site when I need it. But like the saying goes, most assumptions are wrong. ? I am curious whether it'll PITA to find some of the awesome plugins I have seen announced here recently. My question is who is really responsible for **ensuring** that a new plugin is added or registered to the plugin library? Can someone clarify or verify? Thanks, Michael -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775- (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com -- Tane Piper http://digitalspaghetti.tooum.net This email is: [ ] blogable [ x ] ask first [ ] private
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
On Jul 16, 11:39 pm, Tane Piper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe it's also time to start running a seal of approval program, where plugins are checked over to see if they are plugins, or scripts or tests/examples. With good code and good documention, it would nice to see a few more official plugins added to the lineup. i would be a big fan of that. i've been chugging away writing plugins for a week or so and i am quite certain i'm not following certain conventions (e.g., my files are named sgbeal-PLUGIN_NAME- VERSION.jquery.js, as opposed to PLUGIN_NAME.jquery.js). Having a certification to go through would be a nice-to-have facility. i just finished setting up Makefiles to pack/jsmin my plugins, and it would be nice to be able to integrate approval-ify features, e.g. rename files to conform to conventions, run jslint, etc.
[jQuery] Re: Plugin Annoucements and Additions to Plugin Library
On Jul 17, 12:18 am, Christopher Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah, I can see where that might be cool, but I still think it may take up too much of the devs time. Ultimately, though it's up to them if they wanted to do that sort of thing. I for one wouldn't complain if they did just what you're suggesting. I trust that they know what they're doing and know how best to budget their time. :o) i agree that the plugins should be kept 100% separate from the core development processes, with the possible exception of some quasi-core plugins (like the jQuery UI appears to be). The new plugins repo is a good start, IMO. It contains something more or less like a SourceForge release system, but of source specialized for jQ stuff. i especially like that it integrates things like link to live demo, because that's often the first thing i look for in a plugin. Some potential problems with the new plugin repo include: a) Spambots are gonna figure out how to invade it at some point (probably). b) There are nearly no controls in place to keep a malicious user from spamming his plugin all over the place, e.g. by adding it to every category or uploading it via multiple names. c) The alphabetic display of plugins rewards those authors who name their plugins starting with the letter 'A', because those are the first ones which users will see when browsing the list. But overall i like the concept - kinda Freshmeat-meets-SourceForge- meets-jQuery-ish.
