Tag Archives: RoloPress

RoloPress 1.5 released

Published Nov 5, 2010 | In WordPress

We just released an update to RoloPress, a WordPress-based contact manager which is one of my pet projects.

Enhancements

There were lot of enhancements that went into this release. The following are some of the notable ones.

  • Tags are now supported on the front-end, including inline editing
  • Moved over to WordPress settings API.
  • Consolidated settings area for better admin navigation.

You can read the complete list in the announcement blog post.

Fixes

This release also includes couple of bug fixes which were reported in the forums. Notable among them are

  • “Recent Notes” works better.
  • Phone number / IM field deletion on edit has been fixed.

Plugins

This release also has a couple of Plugins added to the core, which can be activated separately.

  1. RoloPress Import: probably our most requested feature.  You can now import any Outlook CSV file into RoloPress.  We choose Outlook CSV because most contact managers allow you to export in this format.
  2. Google Maps for RoloPress: View a google map of any address in RoloPress. You can see an example on demo.rolopress.com.

Third developer

Another important milestone of this release is that, this release includes code from a third developer apart from me and Steve. The third developer is Mike Whitfield, who contributed the front-end tag editing code. Welcome Mike 🙂

Download

You can download the latest version from the homepage and if you are interested, you can check out the source code at github.

Try it out and if you have any feedback, please post it here or in the forums.

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RoloPress 1.4 with drag-n-drop menu support

Published Sep 3, 2010 | In WordPress

Just released an update to RoloPress, a WordPress-based contact manager which is one of my pet projects.

The main enhancement that went into this release is that, we have changed the default menu with the super cool drag-n-drop menu which was introduced in WordPress 3.0. Try it out and you will surely like it.

In addition to this, there are also other enhancements and bug fixes which went into this release. You can read the full list in the official announcement page.

You can download the latest version from the homepage and if you are interested, you can check out the source code at github.

Try it out and if you have any feedback, please post it here or in the forums.

PS: While you are at it also checkout the excellent review of RoloPress by John Hawkins.

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RoloPress 1.3

Published Jul 1, 2010 | In WordPress

Just released an update to RoloPress, a WordPress-based contact manager which is one of my pet projects.

The new release has compatibility fixes for WordPress 3.0, in addition to some bug fixes. If you are using WordPress 3.0, then it is a mandatory update.

You can download the latest version from the homepage and if you are interested, you can check out the source code at github.

Try it out and if you have any feedback, please post it here or in the forums.

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Using WordPress as a platform

Published Jan 30, 2010 | In Events/Conferences, WordPress

I just gave a talk in Bangalore PHP Meetup about ways in which we can use WordPress as a platform. The following is the slide I used and a little write up about the talk.

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[Poll] – RoloPress Importer

Published Jan 20, 2010 | In WordPress

With the maintenance release out, we are planning to work on importers, which will allow you to import contact data from other programs.

I want you to help me to choose which importer I should work on first, which will be released in for the next version of RoloPress.

So please cast your vote and we will work on the importer which receives the most number of votes.

(You can cast your vote here directly, if you are not able to see the poll widget or if you are reading this post from a feed reader)

Thanks 🙂

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Look back – 2009

Published Jan 18, 2010 | In Random/Personal

Well, without much delay (just 18 days compared with last year’s 56 days 😉 ), here is my year end stats and review post for the year 2009.

Highlights of 2009

2009 has been a year of rollercoaster for me and a year full of changes both at the personal side as well as professional side.

I started the year with a trip to the operation theatre 🙂 and then to Bangalore for attending Yahoo hack day, started having a crush on Google Wave, then changed job and moved to Bangalore and then changed my host 😉 , participated in WordPress Plugin competition and then released a couple of Plugins (for which I got an excellent review from Ozh), and then had a break-up with TV (which turned out to be a very good thing) and then visited US on a business trip and then finally ended the year, by releasing RoloPress. 😉

Okay enough of self-bragging and time for some stats. 🙂

Number of Posts

total number of posts by year

Thanks to my break-up with TV, I got more time to spend with my blog, which can be seen from the increase in the total number of posts. The number of posts slowed down a bit towards the end of the year due to my travel and RoloPress, but on the whole, I am happy with the results 🙂

Number of comments

total number of comments by year

More than the number of posts, the one which gave me more satisfaction, is the number of comments. Last year, I said that I will try to engage more user activity in my blog and one look at the graph should say that I succeeded. 😉

Thanks to all those who commented, you really bought a smile on my face. 🙂

Average number of characters in posts

average length of posts by year

There is a slight increase when compared with the previous years and since things have worked out well so far, I am planning to continue the same this year too.

Total number of characters in all posts

total length of all posts by year

I have almost written (okay typed 😉 ) almost double the amount of characters in 2009 when compared with 2008. This is really good and I hope to continue the same next year too. 🙂

What’s in for this year?

So for this year, I am planning to concentrate more on my WordPress Plugins and RoloPress and also planning to learn a couple of languages like Haskel, Scala and R. Let’s see how things turn out 🙂

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RoloPress 1.1

Published Jan 14, 2010 | In WordPress

As promised RoloPress, the WordPress based contact Manger was released at the beginning of this year.

Now the first maintenance release (version 1.1) has been released with a couple of bug fixes and some enhancements. You can read the full list of changes in the announcement post.

You can download the latest version from the homepage and if you are interested, you can check out the source code at github.

Try it out and if you have any feedback, please post it here or in the forums.

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RoloPress – WordPress based contact manager

Published Nov 19, 2009 | In Events/Conferences, WordPress

I have been dropping hints about a secret project which I have been working on for quite some time and now it’s time to reveal it.

RoloPress

The secret project was RoloPress, a WordPress based, open source contact manager, which I was developing with my friend Steve Bruner. The main distinction of RoloPress is that it is an application build on top of WordPress and is not a separate application with is tied up with WordPress.

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