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Function / Class Reordering

The plugin files contain a number of function definitions that could be better ‘sorted’. Should functions be by alphabetically (with __construct always at top for class definitions)? Or should the functions be sorted another way?

Custom Field Matrix and Advanced Custom Fields

Just this morning found out about a couple of plugins that went under my radar until now: http://plugins.elliotcondon.com/custom-field-matrix/ http://plugins.elliotcondon.com/advanced-custom-fields/ Looks like everything is powered by Custom Post Types in the advanced custom fields, and there’s lots of UI inspiration from some EE add-ons, but needless to say, something to take a look at.

Dropping NicEdit — Even if TinyMCE isn’t ready to ship in 2.0

I think we really need to drop NicEdit in favor of a different ‘light-weight’ editor that’s actively maintained. I’m voting for CLEditor, it’s even smaller than NicEdit, and it’s used by @scribu in his Front-end Editor plugin. We can likely review his plugin and determine how best to implement within Pods based on what he …

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TinyMCE – Revisited

It seems to be a big mess trying to maintain a separate codebase to get around the limits of the_editor. Has anyone seen someone specifically using the_editor (or a clone, showing the media bar at top left, the html / visual tabs at top right, and editor below with custom TinyMCE buttons added by other …

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