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I didn’t realize this thread was still going on so much.
XrisXros is the replacement for MyPress and MindPress.
It works afaik, recent tests with WordPress 2.0 seem to work as well (although this has not been *completely* tested)

XrisXros doesn’t break the LivePress plugin, I was using the two together in 1.5 just fine. In fact, I was using LivePress and Crossixanga (sp?) as well as my plugins. However, LivePress doesn’t work in WP2.0.

I don’t check this forum that often, but I’d suggest if you have problems to comment in the most recent post about xrisxros or plugins on my blog (I guess you can’t comment in ‘pages’) …

Enjoy the new year!

ifelse – how is this even remotely constructive? – “Script doesn’t work in WP 1.5 and is poorly coded … at least briefly check your script for compatibility before making public”

I think that is pretty insulting. I did check the script, *a lot*, before releasing it. I used many installs of wordpress and used other people’s installs as test beds. I also have had feedback from people using it that it works in 1.5. And *I* use 1.5. The above quote is *not* constructive .

WRT to table creation, he is probably *seeing* it try to create the table because he has *not* installed it as the instructions example. Yes, the script checks for the table, and if it doesn’t exist, trys to recreate it. Automatically, without user intervention. Obviously if the plugin *isn’t* installed correctly the user will see the error trying to check/install the table. If it were installed correctly the user wouldn’t see it.

I can verify both of these things by simply moving the mypress folder one level up. From wp-content/plugins/mypress/mypress/*
to wp-content/plugins/mypress/*
and I get weird option errors AND I get errors about it trying to use the fuctions to check and create the table.

I’m really not defensive, but rather shocked that I could put quite a bit of work into something, and have someone basically say “it sucks”, seemingly because they fail to comprehend what an ‘example’ is and how to follow instructions.
Now it’s fine for him to think that the plugin sucks, but the above quote is espeically rude. I asked for constructive critism, not “it sucks” criticsm.

The truth is that it *does* work with 1.5.1->1.5.1.3, and I did many hours of testing, deployment testing, user testing. You see errors when it is not installed correctly.

There is a *chance* there is a conflicting plugin. However, overtech doesn’t bother to provide any information, anything helpful, except basically that “it sucks”.

As far as the site 404’s, I do appologize. I just received an email from the admin about it. The site should be back up and running now.

overtech, perhaps you should try some constructive criticsm before being a jerk.

The script works in 1.5. Obviously I’m using WordPress 1.5, I’ve done many tests on fresh wordpress installs, and I have had feedback from many people using WordPress that it works fine.

First there is absolutely NO absolute path being used that is directly related to my blog. There are two references to an absolute path. The first is in the readme/download page, the other for the cookie in the Options page. Let me just say, for the record, that these are examples, and obviously need to be changed by the user.

Readme/Download Page: There is an abs path reference to /blog/wp-content/… blah blah blah. This is not even how my site is laid out. Perhaps you should have looked at the URL before accusing me of this.
I put the /blog/ in because people seemed troubled by wp-content/plugins. I received a few emails asking for an full example path. So I gave it to the users. I fail to see how an example full path fails the compatibility test.

Options Page: The second full path is on the options page. /tizemp/. Do you think my host has /tizemp/. This obviously needs to be changed by the user. Perhaps I should change the default to something like /you/need/to/change/this but… nobody yet (besides you) have commented on this. If I get a few more comments about it, I would gladly change it. As it stands, it doesn’t seem to be a problem for most users.

Creation of the SQL table: You are correct, the script *checks* to see if the table is created, and if not, creates it. I do suppose a button could be installed on the Options page saying “create SQL table” but, I was trying to make things transparent for the user. I had many people write and ask how exactly they should use the .sql script that was included in previous versions. It was obvious users didn’t know how to do it, so I thought I would make it automatic.

I do wish your criticsm would have been construtive rather than rude. I tested the code on my wordpress install, a family member’s wordpress install, and on many fresh wordpress installs. They all worked without a hitch. Versions ranged from 1.5.1 to (now…) 1.5.1.3.

As far as ‘comments’ go… I do have comments enabled on WordPress. I don’t have them enabled on the download page because I’d rather it not become cluttered with comments. However, there are plenty of frontpage posts dealing with mypress as well as email. Again, please try to make criticisms construtive, and try to think of why I *may* have made certain decisions with *my* website. Just because it doesn’t conform to how you *think* I should have done it doesn’t mean it is wrong.

If you have [constructive] criticism, I would be glad to listen. If you are just going to complain because I am trying to provide something that many users want in an easy to use fashion that you just cannot comprehend, don’t bother.

I wrote a plugin to cross post to MySpace using some (read:most) of the code above, but I converted it to plugin form.
As of current it will not re-edit the post if you edit yours (infact, it posts it again, lol) but it works.
I am thinking about making writing code to allow rediting, but like I said, as of right now it will only cross-post.

You can find it at https://thenullpointer.net/wordpress/scripts/myspacepress