Plug-In

Contacts Plug-In Update

Another beta version of the Address Book plug–in for RapidWeaver

Here is a new beta of the Contacts plug-in. This release simply corrects a problem running under 10.5 and extends the preview date. No work has been done to enhance the plug-in for use in RapidWeaver 4 or use the new API features.

'List view' will give more reliable results than 'Cards view' but please test thoroughly before using on a public site. Most of the 'display issues' still occur in Internet Explorer 6 and vary depending on the RapidWeaver theme used. Clicking on telephone numbers still gives unpredictable results in Internet Explorer.

Many of the issues with the first version still remain. Public Beta 2 will expire on 25th June 2009.

Download Contacts Public Beta 3.

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New Beta of Contacts Plug-in

Here is a new beta of the Contacts plug-in. There have been fixes since the last version, primarily with Internet Explorer display issues. It is now possible to use the plug-in in production sites depending on the options selected.

'List view' will give more reliable results than 'Cards view' but please test thoroughly before using on a public site. Most of the 'display issues' occur in Internet Explorer 6 and vary depending on the RapidWeaver theme used. They are also some CSS & Javascript problems with Safari 3 that have yet to be resolved.

Many of the issues with the last version still remain. Public Beta 2 will expire on 25th September 2007.

Download Contacts Public Beta 2.

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Contacts Plug-in

There's been (some) progress on the RapidWeaver plug-in that allows users to create a page using cards from Address Book.

I've been pretty busy working on the Church Hall conversion in my spare time so development of this plug-in has been painfully slow and I'm still far from finished but I thought I would release an early Beta for anybody that is interested in seeing progress.

Warning: this plugin is not for production use. It may look fine when previewed in RapidWeaver but things go downhill when the pages are exported and things get even worse when viewed in Internet Explorer.

Some notable omissions include (but not limited to):

  • No support for mobile telephone numbers
  • Incorrect handling of PNGs, Javascript and CSS in Internet Explorer
  • No visual feedback of 'Large Type' telephone numbers; just click them
  • Incomplete Microformat support
  • Dragging multiple cards, or groups, from the list or in from Address Book results in a single card being added
  • Broken pagination links in List view
  • Miscalculated pagination when some contacts are disabled in the list
  • The Appearance tab in Setup does nothing. Still not sure how I will handle changing the appearance (If at all).

and so it goes on… Anyway, if you haven't been put off and are still interested the download and have a look.

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odds&ends…
Benjamin Miller