I haven’t forgotten Manga+Press. Just been very busy adjusting to a new job since August. I know that WordPress 3.8 is due out very soon and I will make every effort to assure that Manga+Press (both stable 2.7.3 and 2.8-beta) work with the new WordPress version. If I remember correctly, the last thing with Manga+Press 2.8 was completing Spanish language translation as well as some final testing.
Blog will be updated with additional notes and progress!
Manga+Press 2.8 Beta-1 is available for download from my Github page [here].
Manga+Press 2.8 brings compatibility with the new Media Library window introduced in 3.5. Manga+Press 2.8-beta1 was tested with WordPress 3.6 alpha — I haven’t had a chance to test it out with the RC version yet. Find an issue with 2.8? Please log it on my Github page, thanks!
First off: the Google Code-hosted Manga+Press repo has been moved to GitHub, you can find it [here]. Eventually, the help documentation for Manga+Press will be moved to GitHub as well. The reason behind this move is primarily a learning opportunity for myself as well as providing an opportunity for greater exposure for Manga+Press and (hopefully) highlight my coding skills.
So what is in store for Manga+Press in 2013? First, is Manga+Press 2.8. Manga+Press 2.8 is presently in the planning stage. Among the features being planned is the custom permalink structure, character manager add-on, and updates to the Manga+Press default theme. I’m also going to work in another code-cleanup for 2.8 — I’ve learned a lot in the past year and I think that the Manga+Press code base could benefit from that improvement in my coding skills. More than likely, a lot of crud will be removed that doesn’t need to be there.
Finally, Manga+Press 2.7.3 does work with WordPress 3.5. I had been testing Manga+Press throughout the 3.5 dev cycle but never had a chance to officially announce that fact — or update the readme files — until now. The holidays kept me pretty busy.
Until the next update!
Manga+Press 2.7.3 has been released. This includes a bug-fix/feature request dealing with the “Group by Category” feature. There is now a secondary feature that also allows you to restrict grouping to a parent category. For example, you have a comic that is grouped in a category that is a child-category of another category. Normally, “Group by Category” would simply use that sub-category. The “Group By Category Parent” option allows you to restrict grouping according to that category’s parent.
Also in this release, I’ve included some minor bug-fixes that would’ve affected a small number of people using WP_DEBUG as well as extensive testing to ensure that Manga+Press 2.7.x works with WordPress 3.5.
Manga+Press 2.7.3 is coming out soon. This version fixes an issue reported by a user on the WordPress Plugin Support forums relating to grouping comics by category. There is a beta of 2.7.3 in the WordPress Plugin repository now, you can download it [here] now for testing. I’ve been waiting on releasing this version because I want to test it out a little more to make sure it doesn’t break anything or cause more problems.
Be warned: if you use the “Group by Category” feature, this might change the behavior you’re used to.
Update at your own risk!