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PHP Classes for Pods 2.0

We already have a few classes in Pods (prior to 2.0): PodInit() Pod() PodAPI() PodCache() 2.0 will be adding a few more and here’s what the lineup will look like (with the renames, but remember there’s backwards compatibility built into the old names!): PodsInit() Pods() – best-practice function to init is $var = pods($podname,$id_or_slug) PodsUI() …

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December Meeting #1

Hey gang! Well it’s meeting time again! This would be part 1 of 2, which would discuss our final approach for 2.0 – where part 2 would discuss the pre-release / beta testing results. Date: Thursday, December 16th, 2010 Time: 9PM EST (8PM CST) Meeting moved to 9PM EST

[Pods 2.0 UI] Advanced

Hey all, the next section I tackled was the Advanced workflow. This section is meant to encompass the higher level Pods interactions including management of Pages, Templates, Helpers, Roles, and Settings that come with Pods. When you initially click the Advanced menu, you’ll be first brought to the Editor tab. These tabs will follow conventions …

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[Pods 2.0 UI] Setup

I spent some time today speaking with @sc0ttkclark about the process of setting up Pods. We discussed the need for the UI to mirror WordPress as close as possible but also recognize that Pods will be doing things that aren’t available in the current WordPress UI (via widgets, interactions, form elements, or otherwise) — that …

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Pods 2.0 Menu IA

Had a discussion with @jchristopher today – we both feel it’s a good idea to split up Pods admining from the management of content. As such, here is the proposed new Menu IA: Pods (located below Posts / Pages, in the ‘object’ menu section) – Manage Content – Add pod_name (one for each Pod) Pods …

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