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Pownce, Textpattern 4.0.7 and WordPress 2.7-RC1

Here are some news I noted for this few weeks.

Pownce is acquired by Six Apart, a company behind Movable Type, Typepad, and also VOX. I got the invitation in July 2007. After that, I did not use it regularly. What’s next? Well, the news says that Pownce will be taken down on December 15th:

We’ll be closing down the main Pownce website two weeks from today, December 15th. Since we’d like for you to have access to all your Pownce messages, we’ve added an export function. Visit pownce.com/settings/export/ to generate your export file. You can then import your posts to other blogging services such as Vox, TypePad, or WordPress.
For our Pro members, we’ll be emailing you soon with more information about your Pro account. (source)

Let’s wait about this acquisition. Integration with other Six Apart’s products like VOX or TypePad? That sounds interesting.

Now, about TextPattern. TextPattern 4.0.7 was released last week with some feature enhancement. The tag parser looks great.

Last but not least, WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate 1 is available. I tried it on this blog, and it looks great! I like the new dashboard, the designs, element placement, and more. Blog management should be fun. I feel that. Great!

Textpattern repository jumped to Google Code

Textpattern development team decided to host its repository to Google Code. Right, it has a new project page now. Now, it has a mailing list too. There is a guide about using this new repository.

welovetxp.com – Appreciating Sites Powered by Textpattern

You probably have heard about Textpattern design showcase website, known as WLTXP (We Love Textpattern) (Hat tip: Kusaeni). It is a great site for Textpattern lovers who need inspiration on what Textpattern can do. If you think that Textpattern is too simple, it does not mean that it can not produce complex design, complicated content management. Its simplicity is a great point, but its features can help you maintain a large site.

welovetxp.com

I know, I do not use Textpattern for my own site now. But, I have been there. And from my experience, it is a great product! You do not need large space hosting. For its simple requirements, it can be installed in most webhosting servers. No big problem.

For all Textpattern fans, welovetxp.com is so inspiring! I am a Movable Type user, but I have to admit that I love it too! :D

Learning Textpattern in Bahasa Indonesia

I was with Textpattern. But for some reasons, I switched back again to Movable Type. It does not mean that Textpattern is not good. It’s very great blogging application (CMS). And I still play around with it now, especially related to my plan joining Textplates 2007.

For Indonesian bloggers, there are not many resources to learn Textpattern (in Bahasa Indonesia, of course). But, we are lucky… you can visit Kusaeni’s blog. He talks about Textpattern a lot! His blog can be an alternative resources to learn about Textpattern in Bahasa Indonesia.

Sshhh… Who is Textpattern ambassador for Indonesia? He is. Hehe :)

Displaying list of categories in Textpattern

If you have your entries archived by category, and you want to display all categoy title in your webpage e.g. sidebar, you can do it easily. The key syntax is <txp:category_list />. You can add some attributes in inside this syntax:

label="label text" — Label for the top of the list. Default is unset.
labeltag="labeltag text" — Independent wraptag for label for the top of the list. Default is unset.
break="html tag" — HTML tag to be used for line breaks, without brackets. Default is br.
wraptag="html tag" — HTML tag to wrap the returned list with. Default is unset.
type="category type" — Available values: article, image, link, file. Default is article.
parent="category name" — Will return the Parent category and its dependent categories.
class="class name" — CSS class attribute for wraptag, default is category_list.

Sample codes:

Display list of categories, category name linked to category archive page, and using this output:

<ul>
<li><a href="link-to-archive">Category name</a></li>
<li><a href="link-to-archive">Category name</a></li>
<li><a href="link-to-archive">Category name</a></li>
</ul>

In your template, you can use this syntax: <txp:category_list break="li" wraptag="ul" />