[MTOS-dev] Smarty error after MTOS 4.1 upgrade

[Mike Klassen]

Maybe Byrne can clarify if this is correct?

As I'm not a coder, I'll be very careful how I say this, although I
discussed this with Anil over a year ago at a conference up here...

One of the things, IMHO, that is holding MT back is a lack of consistent
standards for their plugins. Some are static only, some support dynamic
publishing. Many work only for MT3x, not MT4. There's even plugins that were
built for MT2x out there, although I can't confirm they're still posted at
movabletype.org.

I guess what I'm suggesting is that there is a very clear set of standards
for plugin creation, that doesn't discourage the volunteer spirit in which
they are most often done. I also would argue that dynamic publishing should
be one of those "must have" features of plugins posted in the future.

Other opinions?

MK

On 2/2/08, Kevin Shay <mtplugins2007 at staggernation.com> wrote:
>
> At 12:39 PM -0800 2/2/08, Mike Klassen wrote:
> >Hmm. You're right, Kevin. Moving
> >php/plugins/function.MTCommentChallenge.php to
> >plugins/commchallenge/php/function.mtcommentchallenge.php seems to
> >have fixed this Smarty error.
> >
> >BUT (there's always a but), how come it worked for me using MT 4.01
> >with the php/plugins folder? I upgraded from MT 4.01 > MTOS 4.1.
>
> My guess, although I'm not certain, would be that 4.01 supported both
> the old way and the new way, and the old way was phased out in 4.1.
>
> --Kevin
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.sixapart.com/pipermail/mtos-dev/attachments/20080202/378238db/attachment.html