Finally a new version!
This can be set in the syncing tab in the application settings. You can specify a custom interval in minutes. Do not use a value below 10 minutes. It will put unnecessary strain on the Remember the milk servers.
get version 0360
If you encounter any problems please use the new forums.
If you run a wordpress blog bb-press is the forum of choice since it integrates so well with Wordpress. The only thing it lacks is the ability to integrate into your wordpress theme nicely, there is however a rather simple hack that makes a tighter integration possible. For the general setup and integration of bb-press please checkout this guide.
I want to focus on the theme part of it, which I think is just as important. So once you have your blog and your forum running you need to add a few lines of code to your bb-config.php file.
/**
* bbPress Database Table prefix.
*
* You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
* prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
*/
$bb_table_prefix = 'bb_';
require('PATH_TO_WORDPRESS/wp-blog-header.php');
note: PATH_TO_WORDPRESS has to be the absolute path to the root folder since it will be called from different files within bb-press and a relative path might throw an error.
Ok now we can use all of the wordpress theme tags in the bb-press theme. I recommend building uppon the “kakumei” that you already have but you can start from scratch as well.
In most cases you will want to have the same header and footer used in your blogs theme. You basically have three options
You can call the get_header() method directly inside header.php file in the bb-press theme:
You can remove all calls of bb_get_header() and replace it with get_header() inside every file in bb-press theme
You can leave your bb_press header and simply alter it by adding specific wordpress theme tags like wp_list_pages() to create the menu.
If you choose to use the third option you will have to manually add the wordpress themes stlye.css to the header.php in the bb_press theme. The included bb_press css file is standalone and complete but you probably want your own theme to take the lead. I recommend throwing out the entire global settings part of the bb_press style sheet. I ended up deleting half of the styles and only leaving the styles that apply to elements of the forum. Everything else should come from your wordpress stylesheet. Its just easier to maintain that way.
It’s finally done.
I created a new theme for my site.
I set up a dedicated portfolio section for all the websites I make.
I set up a bb-press forum to support my adobe air apps. No more lost comments.
Here are a bunch of screenshots I took during the design process.
Dear Aftm Users
I have not gotten any new updates out in the last 2 months, which I am sorry for but my live has been terribly busy. Finishing university, other jobs, new apartment, broken macbook etc… I have not quit working on aftm, so do not delete it just yet. I am currenty reworking my entire website, which will finally include a decent support forum. Once this is complete I will resume working on aftm and finally push out the long promised smart list feature. So I wish everybody a happy new year and bear with me for another month so I can get everything ready.
Christoph
Bugfix
Version 0350 crashes upon launch on windows systems this is now fixed.
download: version 0352
Debugging log file
Added a setting that creates a debugging logfile on the desktop to be sent back to me if the app does not behave as it should. It only contains app relevant info and none of your personal information.
note: to enable this setting the app has to be restarted.
Verion 0350 is another milestone release. It implements many new features as well as an again improved UI and some bugfixes.
download: version 0350
I made some more improvements to the UI, the scrollbars and the dropdown menus are new. I really like what Apple did with the new Itunes 9 UI so I tried to copy it as good as I could, and I am quite happy with it. But as always I am open for suggestions. The icons should also look a bit better now.
I finally got the detail view to a level where I could release it to users. In oder to see the detailview for a task just double click the task. This used to let you edit the name of the task but I found that its a rarely used feature. Once in the detail view you can edit the tasks name by double clicking it again. In the detail view are two tabs, one for general info and tags and one for notes. The info currently includes only estimate, url, and due date since repeating tasks is the hardest of all things to implement and not yet supported. Once I figured that out it will be added.
Tags are now fully supported. In the detail view info tab there is a tag module that works online and offline. To add tags just put them in and hit the tag button. In order to remove a tag just click the little blue cross icon next to it. Pretty straight forward.
Notes are not complete yet. It is possible to edit notes in the detail view online and offline. In order to do so just double click the title or the text of a note. It is not yet possible to add or delete notes but its the next thing on my to do list. I just wanted to get this update out so people could provide first feedback and since the last update is already a few weeks back.
So the next thing will be to finish notes editing. Then I want to take on smart list support. The search / filter system is still not quite ready for that though. Once smart lists are supported I finally want to go beta with the app. The last major feature that is still missing then is repeating tasks, which I am not quite sure yet how to implement but it should be possible.
I recently had the idea that the searchfield could be used for quickly adding tasks like, “add:some task” and other commands. Kind of like rtms smart add feature
Another idea that has been floating around in my head is a kind of planing mode. Currently a task has a due date and an estimate but the app and rtm do not give me any means of organizing when I want to do which task. I could of course create and event in my ical for that but that would not be very user friendly. I envision a ical like view of a given day where you can arrange the tasks that you want to accomplish and therefor get a plan when to do what. This would be very easy to do if rtm implemented a task attributed like “scheduled” . The time when to do it + plus an estimate give me all the info I need to plan the day. As I have doubts that rtm will be able to implement this very quickly will create a slimmed down version of it in the app and this may then serve as a proof of concept to rtm. What do you think about this idea?
This version fixes a bug where the app reset due times on each sync.
This version introduces yet another icon. Rtm asked me to change the current icon to something else since the direct usage of their logo is not permitted by their Remember The Milk API Terms of Use. I want to point out that they asked really nicely and gave me plenty of time to make the changes, which is not always the case when companies see their rights violated. I therefore gladly comply with their request.
I am kind of back to the blue square for now but it has it least gotten some cow textures. That was the only thing I could come up with right now. I will work on it.
This version only fixes a few bugs. Mainly that the version 0250 created a debugging file on the desktop. It also introduces better bugfixes for search and it now displays due times.
download: version 02550
this version introduces many changes and improvements. I am finally moving towards completing all features I want to have built in before the app goes into beta stage. The only big thing that is still missing is the detail view for tasks that lets users edit all properties like Urls and tags.
download: version 0250
I want to thank Mike for is great work on the UI and I want to thank Justin for for his patience in debugging the “stuck at loading tasks bug”. I really appreciate the help and the additional thoughts that improve the app.
English is only my second language and I really really hate spelling in general which manifests itself in the docs and the changelog. So if you have time to look them over, or just found a mistake please let me know. At some point I want everything to be correct, just now the coding is way more interesting than writing the docs.
new UI
this version includes a major change in the UI. Credits for this go to Mike who came up with most of it. its more mac like now and looks a lot nicer in general I think.
selection of tasks
I got rid of the edit mode which was kind of useless. you can now select tasks right away and move / postpone / delete them right from the main UI.
postponing tasks
along with the new UI came a button for postponing tasks. it behaves just like the rtm website. I plan on giving more options in the future, like for 1 hour, 1 day and 1 week.
displaying tasks from just one list
the button on the very left is the view button. it lets you select the two standard views + just viewing the tasks from a single list.
the icon, again
the icon is new again, and I think this time its quite okay. the first one was admittedly crap.
the icon badge
its now the standard red mac badge. due to less space I removed the sepearte number for overdue tasks and replaced it with an exclamation mark. so if there are over due tasks there is an exlamation mark after the digit.
application size and position
the app now remebers its size and position. so if you aranged it nicely it will come up just the same way next time you launch it. note: this is not yet tested on multi screen setups! let me know!
bugfixes
the “stuck at loading tasks bug” is currently under review from the rtm server team since I could pin point the problem to be a bad response from the rtm server. Thanks a lot Justin!!! see docs for further details.
I will work on finishing the new UI and then implement the detail view for editing tasks.