[EventCalendar] Enjoying Beta for 2.1

[Alex Tingle]

On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:20:07 -0800
Marci O'Daffer <kalico at kalico.net> wrote:

> I just installed the beta for WP2.1 today. This is a clean install on a 
> brand spanking new WP2.1.1 (meaning, I haven't had it long enough to 
> hack it yet), with no other plugins active. Everything is working well, 
> and I am very impressed with the quality and thoughtfulness that went 
> into this plugin. Used to use it way back on 1.5 or something. This is 
> definitely an improvement.

Thanks for the encouragement. I put loads of effort into the
ease-of-use, in order to try and stem the flood of support requests. I
think it's mainly worked - most of the questions here are on relatively
advanced topics.


> - when manually typing in the date, if I hit "tab" to go to the next 
> date box, it takes me to the "save and continue editing" button instead.

Hmm. I don't get that. Which browser are you using?


> - when I create an event that spans several days, it shows in the popup 
> as "test event @ 12:00 am". It would be nice if this said "ongoing" or 
> "all day". Even better....if on the last day, it said "until 3:00pm" if 
> there was an ending time set. :)

That's an excellent idea. Everyone has a different idea about how that
formatting should work. I want to add hooks so that people can write
plug-ins to achieve different effects.


>  - how much sponsorship would you need, Alex, to boost that recurring 
> events feature to the head of the line??? ;-) that would make this the 
> creme de la creme.

Are we talking commercial rates here? I usually do open source work at
half-price, which is £25/hour ($50/hour). I estimate that the recurring
events would take 3 days, which is about £600 ($1200). For example, if
someone were to buy the Mac-Mini from my Amazon wishlist, then I'd have
the feature finished and released by next week:
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/203-2364174-1498358

Since we are talking donations, I observe that no-one has yet bought
anything from the wish-list (which is discreetly linked on
http://wpcal.firetree.net/ ). I'm not doing this for the money, so
perhaps I should just take the "Donate" link away. Or perhaps a Paypal
link would be better. Or perhaps the link should just be more prominent.
Did anyone even notice the "donate" link? Tell me what you think.

(*Don't* go and buy something off my wishlist just because I've
mentioned it!! I'm asking for feedback, not begging for donations.)

-Alex

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