wp-SwimTeam Forum

Today I set up a Simple:Press forum for wp-SwimTeam.  You can find it on the Forum page.  The intent of the forum is to offer a single place for people to ask questions and get assistance for wp-SwimTeam as opposed to sending me e-mail (which is still ok).  The main benefit of using the forum is other people can see the questions and answers and may find a solution to their problem quickly.  Feel free to register and post, I will do my best to respond in a timely manner.

wp-SwimTeam v0.0.313

wp-SwimTeam v0.0.313 is now available from the download page.

New

This update adds new reporting functionality for both swimmers and parents.  Full details for a swimmer, including their primary and secondary contact, can be generated.  Output of HTML (in a web page) reports is now supported.

Bug Fixes

This update fixes a problem with the Update Swimmer function which resulted in the form being displayed again after a save but only when nothing was changed.

wp-SwimTeam v0.0.310 available

As I noted in an earlier post, a minor update to the wp-SwimTeam plugin has been posted and is available for download.  This update fixes a the issues I encountered as I worked on the MacDolphins registration.  A couple of them were just dumb mistakes – some hardcoded paths that assumed the plugin path (from before I knew how to determine the plugin path).

While I was fixing the Report Generator I enhanced it – it can now export the primary and secondary contact details but only to the CSV version of the report.  The HTML report will be updated as well in the next day or two.

Note:  Make sure you download and install the phpHtmlLib plugin!  wp-SwimTeam won’t work with it.

CSV Report Bugs

There is a bug in the Report Generator and the Roster CSV export which prevents the CSV file from being sent to the browser for download.  I ran into this with the MacDolphins this morning as I was working on our 2009 Registration.  I have fixed the problem and committed the changes, I will post an update later this afternoon of this evening.

TSA Presentation

I have been asked to present the experiences of the MacGregor Downs MacDolphins with WinSwim and our team web site at the March board meeting of the Tarheel Swimming Association (TSA).

Our experience with Hy-Tek and ultimately WinSwim were significant drivers in the development of the wp-SwimTeam plugin.  I have made the presentation available for download.

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wp-Swimteam v0.0.307 posted

A minor update to the wp-SwimTeam plugin has been posted and is available for download.  This update fixes a few minor issues I encountered as I prepared for a presentation to the Tarheel Swimming Association.  I am changing the way the Guidance for each user and management tab is displayed.  What was previously a DIV is now a table and looks a little better and more consistent across browsers.

Note:  Make sure you download and install the phpHtmlLib plugin!  wp-SwimTeam won’t work with it.

WPMU – easier said than done …

Over the last couple of days I have been playing around with WordPress MU (aka WPMU), the multi-user, mult-blog version of WordPress.  It has been on my “to checkout” list for a while but I haven’t had a compelling reason to do so until now.

I was asked to help set up some blogs for a group of soccer teams that are traveling to Europe later this year after doing one for my daughter’s team (one of the teams).  This seemed like a good opportunity to try out WPMU since I’d also like to do it for my wp-SwimTeam plugin and make it available to swim teams as a hosted service.

Downloading and installing WPMU was pretty straight forward but getting it to work with sub-domain mode blogs turned out to be a challenge.  I have concluded that without the ability to edit the httpd.conf file, it isn’t possible to make it work.  I did manage to get the sub-directory mode working but that isn’t what I need for the soccer team project.

So for now, I am going to abandon WPMU and set up a series of regular WordPress blogs, one for each team.  I am also looking at wp-Hive to help with this.