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Weekly Wrap: October 26, 2012

Weekly Wrap Image Hey, wait, it’s already Friday? This week went by too quickly. Everyone has been heads down and getting back to work after a great EECI and here’s what they’ve been working on.

I wrote about this earlier today, but there was the good news that the EECI conference will continue on under different ownership.

Okay, now onto the rest of the news.

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Gmaps 2.1 Adds More Maps Support

Version 2.1 shipped with support “for OpenStreetMap, CloudMade, Toner and WaterColor map types.”

Solspace Add-ons Language Files on Github

Solspsace released their add-on language files to the public so you can help them add to them and update them. If you are capable of translation into another language, Solspace will give you a free license for the add-on you help translate.

Low Variables Now Has RTE Support

One of my favorite add-ons. Sorry, wanted to get that out.

Version 2.3.2 has some bug fixes, improvements and native Rich Text Editor support.

Ben Croker’s EECI Round-up

Ben’s experience at the conference all summed up in a short blog post.

And here’s Ben’s write-up about his talk on progressive add-on development.

Eric Lamb on CT Admin 1.5

One of the great things about Eric is his candid, honest view of life as an add-on developer. Eric dishes no bullshit. It’s a great quality.

His latest version of CT Admin (1.5) boasts a big list of changes and improvements as Eric is going to compete with similar functionality built right into Cartthrob.

Zenbu 1.7.1

Bug fixes, bug fixes. Love this add-on. Have you used it yet?

DevDemon Updates

Since our last Weekly Wrap, DevDemon has updated Forms (3.2.3), which includes a new dashboard and other bug fixes and improvements. Editor 2.2.3 was also released with bug fixes and some other enhancements.

On the EE Insider Blog

Kyle is out next week so you’re stuck with me again.

Have a great weekend!

Posted on Oct 26, 2012 by Ryan Irelan

Filed Under: Weekly Roundup