#joomladevelopment — Public Fediverse posts

AVIF here we come... Just two days after a customer requesting AVIF file format on ochResponsiveImages, I have implemented it and am running it in test (also on my own website).
So although the jury is still out if this is a good time to switch to AVIF format it is good to know that with ochResponsiveImages you can do it with a click of the mouse :)

https://onlinecommunityhub.nl/forum/ochresponsiveimages/591-features-suggestion-support-for-avif#3268

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Good morning fellow fediversers #TGIF

What are you up today?

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Some small code improvements / new ideas for existing extensions planned here, nothing with priority so taking it easy today :)

ochOpenGraph will support the fediverse:creator metatag... How cool is that!
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https://onlinecommunityhub.nl/joomla-extensions/ochopengraph

So yesterday my eye caught a blog posted here on Mastodon that had an added link to the authors profile here on the fediverse. Cool!
Will be adding fediverse metatags to my #joomla ochOpenGraph plugin so we can also have full support for this in Joomla.

Is there an overview of metatags specifically for the fediverse, or is there (currently) just one (fediverse:creator)?

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even rondje hardlopen komt nooit gelegen en dus is er geen betere tijd dan nu... de eerste kilometers weer gelopen. Goede gezondheid en conditie is belangrijk!
verder vandaag: release van twee van mijn extensies en een security update voor #joomla later deze middag.

Wat gaan jullie vandaag allemaal doen?

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Although supporter of the dutch #pvdd today started out with some old fashioned 'Duck Punching' (aka: Monkey Patching > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_patch)...

Feels weird, but it works :)

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Take 2.... well make that take 2000... One thing I learned from recording an instruction video for one of my #joomla extensions is that I'm doing way better behind the camera then in front of it #lol

When finished I will post here as well, always fun to brighten up somebodies day with my #FunniestHomeVideos

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Busy day today, doing some changes for a US customer (note to self: thank them abundantly :)), starting a project for a Hongkong based customer, testing new feature I build in yesterday for ochSubscriptions (maintainers of Fabrik will love this), and doing some household chores... as a widower also need to keep the personal 'business' a float...

How do you mix personal and business life?

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So after yesterdays emergency #joomla security update, today planned time to pick up any pieces... Looking at what has changed, I do not expect any issues so will enjoy my coffee a little bit more today :)

Have you updated all your (client) sites already? Any issues encountered?

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Going to push some extension updates in a minute, #Joomla is doing a new release (security) today and experience learns that most website maintainers take that opportunity to also update their extensions... Note sure if that is a good strategy, but it is what I see happening.

What do you think: good or not good updating your extensions while updating Joomla itself?

ochCaptcha, ochResponsiveImages, ochJSsocials here we come
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Prepping for tomorrows #joomla security release. No time to test as we don't know what changed in this release, so rolling up sleeves and be prepared when installing. What I heard this could be a big one (not in terms of changes, but in terms of exploits).
In the meantime working on some new ideas, and still sitting on the idea of doing short video's #procrastinating #nottokeenonthespotlight

What are you up to today, love to hear it!

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Just did a small bugfix in #kunena, I love how welcoming this project is to 'outsiders' committing PR's: they look at the code and decide if they accept or not. Not all open source project I (try to) work with do this the same. Some look at the person instead of the code, or decide not to use the PR because 'I do not have an issue'...
It is sometimes hard to contribute to Open Source, but then I also know from experience that it is sometimes hard to be a maintainer.
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🚀 ochSubscriptions 4.2.0 is here! 🚀

Now with analytics and reports, giving you visual insights into your Joomla subscriptions. Integrated as back-end modules for custom dashboard placement!

📊 Track trends
📈 Make data-driven decisions
💡 Optimize your revenue

Upgrade now: https://onlinecommunityhub.nl/joomla-extensions/ochsubscriptions-pkg

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This morning discussed what I would do when I retire... I would do what I do now. The moment you realize how fortunate you are.
Love my job!

What would you do when you retire?

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Having worked on ochFoundation5 the last two weeks, my mind is 'bursting' with things I would love to add to it to make it even more feature complete. But I can only spend my time once.
I find it personally hard to stop improving when there is no direct need from customers to improve.

At what point do you say it is good enough?

Do you recognize this? How do you handle it / do you have advice?

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Taking some time for the 'afterparty' af ter yesterdays release of the new major version of ochFoundation5 (yes, 50% coupon is still valid: https://onlinecommunityhub.nl/och-click-this/ochfoundation5/mastodon). And for those who say Mastodon has no 'reach', been tracking my 'campaign' on linkedin, facebook, bluesky and here on mastodon: mastodon turns out to be the one with the most visitors #JustSoYouKnow
Think today is a good time to fiddle with #DietPi never a dull moment
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Taking some time for the 'afterparty' af ter yesterdays release of the new major version of ochFoundation5 (yes, 50% coupon is still valid: https://onlinecommunityhub.nl/och-click-this/ochfoundation5/mastodon). And for those who say Mastodon has no 'reach', been tracking my 'campaign' on linkedin, facebook, bluesky and here on mastodon: mastodon turns out to be the one with the most visitors #JustSoYouKnow
Think today is a good time to fiddle with #DietPi never a dull moment
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Taking some time for the 'afterparty' af ter yesterdays release of the new major version of ochFoundation5 (yes, 50% coupon is still valid: https://onlinecommunityhub.nl/och-click-this/ochfoundation5/mastodon). And for those who say Mastodon has no 'reach', been tracking my 'campaign' on linkedin, facebook, bluesky and here on mastodon: mastodon turns out to be the one with the most visitors #JustSoYouKnow
Think today is a good time to fiddle with #DietPi never a dull moment
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I'm going to create short video howtos for my extensions, so installed OBSproject: amazing! Will take some time to get that sorted out. In the meantime been looking for a platform to provide these videos with: YouTube is a no-go, dove into PeerTube but was overwhelmed by the choice in platforms, and then I learned that Nextcloud (which I use myself) is the perfect platform for this. Now adding support for the <video> element to ochFitvids: one thing leads to another #Joomla #JoomlaDevelopment

Back to the challenge of dealing with a slow API that provides stock rates. fetching all stocks needed sometimes takes over 20 minutes. The supplier isn't going to fix their response times so we need to refactor on our end. Maybe split op the fetching to do them in parallel instead of sequential, I don't think that in the end this will make a huge difference... #joomla #JoomlaDevelopment #LifeOfaDeveloper
How do you deal with external services acting up?

Back after a roadtrip to visit some properties in France. Lot's of information and impressions to process. Alrhough this week is springbreak, will be doing some work to get my mind off things: that normally helps. So to-do list: here I come
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Goodmorning, so I made it back safe from the roof top. Just synced my custom Kunena template I'm running on my sites with the newly released Kunena 6.3.9 release. And while at it synced my Custom Joomla template to include changes made in Joomla 5.2.4
Now back to household chores #aManHasGotToDoWhataManHasGotToDo #Joomla #JoomlaDevelopment #LifeOfaDeveloper

Today mainly non-dev things on the agenda: newsletter (which is long overdue), and believe it or not, but I have to go up the roof of my house to implement a new feature: something to keep the 'noisy' pigeons away that are declaring their love for each other already at 5 AM in the morning waking up the kids that sleep under the roof. So if you don't hear from me on Monday... call 911 :)
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So the customer has an issue on his production site, I restore that site to my dev environment to debug the issue at hand... working as expected #GoFigure
So back to troubleshooting the server setup / php / mysql / etc...
I love troubleshooting, but today I learned that I only love it when I get it fixed :)
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So slow start here. Very pleased with #HomeAssistant monitoring my solar panels and shutting them down when the electricity price turns negative.
So today on the planning is helping the wonderful #Kunena team with their website, and some customers with styling of one of my extensions on their website.
Thinking about doing a release mailing for ochFoundation5 with a discount.
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What are you up to?

Final testing of major release for ochFoundation5, documentation already updated... Customer running tests in Yootheme template.
Flawless upgrade of all my (customer) Joomla5 sites many thanks to the #joomla comunity for making this again a seamless upgrade!
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Have you upgraded your Joomla5 site(s) already? Any issues?

So back on ochFoundation5 my 'swiss-knive' plugin that helps site owners to add all sort of things to their content like accordions, tabs, alerts, badges, embedded pdfs, articles, etc. With a new major version on the horizon it is possible to refactor some things that might break the current version: but it also opens the doors to even more functionality.

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What is your take on major releases and B/C breaking changes?

So just finished a blog on one of my blogsites. Blogging helps me get that chip of my shoulder and clear my mind. Although in dutch, putting it up here as a link: https://www.lerendeleiders.nl/politiek-leiderschap/wanneer-groei-destructief-wordt-een-les-in-leiderschap

So with that done, it is time to get back to work on ochFoundation5. This is one of my most used plugins (by myself that is), and with the changes ahead it will serve even more use cases and render other plugins irrelevant... To be continued!

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What started as an 'in between' day actually ended up in a day with a lot of energy and focus: together with a customer decided to add additional functionality to one of my plugins: ochFoundation5.
Will 'absorb' the functionality of ochCall2Action so it will be even more feature complete. Downside is saying goodbye to ochCall2Action but I don't think customers will morn as ochFoundation brings a lot more to the table #joomla
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What do you think? Good move?

How do you call that 'zone' in between? Nothing on the agenda. Should I take on a bigger new feature requested by a customer, improve / refactor one of my own extensions, or wait for a bug report to come in... or just enjoy this moment and use it to (re)think strategy?

What would you do?

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So yesterdays bug-hunt ended up in 100% issues with other extensions so a little bitter-sweet feeling as on the one hand it felt like wasted time but on the other hand I was glad I could help these customers get their site in order.
Today on the menu: diving back into InfiniteScrolling a big blog site while preserving JS events triggered on page load.
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Wat will your day bring?

And here we go: just posted a bug for Joomla Core. Always feeling reluctant to do anything with Joomla Core (bug reporting / creating PR fixes) but here we go anyway #joomla #JoomlaDevelopment