Weekly Wrap: Week of January 21st, 2013

Happy Friday! Hopefully the weekend means fun and relaxation for you. If it doesn’t, might I suggest you have some fun and relaxation this weekend. Seriously, do it. You’ll thank me later when you’re not burnt out by Monday of next week. (Actually, I’m keenly interested on where you draw the line on interacting with clients during the weekend, especially if you work for yourself. Feel free to post what you do in the comments.)

This week was pretty busy on the add-on front, as usual. Low released Low Events 1.1.2, which now offers custom date ranges. Low also updated Low Variables, with cache cleaning options, and more control over bending the parse order to your will. (Low also has this fancy training video on building an ExpressionEngine add-on, and I highly suggest you check it out.)

We had a little surprise from Stephen Lewis this past week. Stephen released Freeform Values, which offers better form error handling with the free version of Freeform. For a detailed use case, check out the README.

Pixel & Tonic updated Wygwam, which, when using it in conjunction with Assets, will save file URLs as {assets_X} so the URL will be automatically updated when fils are renamed or moved.

Bold Minded updated Publisher to work with Assets 2.

Solspace updated Friends and Rating, with offline docs, bug fixes, and ExpressionEngine 2.5.4+ compatibility.

Devot:ee talks about some of their new features on the site, including better reporting, a new license key API, and the addition of SSL in the members area.

Derek Allard launched the redesign of his company site Tunnel 7. I really like it! It has a great energy to it. And of course it’s powered by ExpressionEngine. Also, congrats to Derek on 10 years in business! Derek always seems to be working on some new ExpressionEngine project. Congrats on all the accomplishments!

EE Insider Tweet of the Week

My contribution to @alistapart “What We Learned in 2012” is dedicated to my friends & loved ones in #eecms bit.ly/WX06oE #alistapart

— Leslie Camacho (@AdventureLC) January 25, 2013

Being grateful is a great quality to exhibit. Personally, I wouldn’t be where I am today without the help of everyone. The ExpressionEngine community is a unique bunch, in that you all enjoy helping each other (look at Stack Exchange for example.) Indeed, let’s make the web a better place.

EE Insider Site of the Week

A List Apart has redesigned, and when I say redesigned, I mean, really redesigned. With a “content first” approach, you’ll be greeted with large text, and a flat design. (I hope I didn’t start anything by saying “flat design”) After my eyes adjusted, I must say I quite enjoy the new site, and will continue to enjoy the fine content the authors posts. And of course, it’s running ExpressionEngine.

Conferences and Meetups

The final details for “ExpressionEngine Conference 2013” are being worked on by Turner Parscale. They’re currently taking requests for speakers, teachers, sponsors, and vendor tables.

Jessica D’Amico sent out a tweet regarding a community conference, named Peers, that she’ll be hosting.

The next two meet ups for EE PDX have been scheduled.

This Week on EE Insider

• .net Article on BrilliantRetail and ExpressionEngine
• How do you handle one off pages?
• Your Weekly devot:ee - January 24, 2013
• EE Podcast: SEO & Digital Marketing with Dana DiTomaso
• Building an API Using ExpressionEngine Templates
• EE Developer Conversation - Episode 3

Have a great weekend! Contact kyle@eeinsider.com for any news, tips, or suggestions you’d like to see on the site.