I figured that since I haven’t had much time to do actual coding I might as well write my update a couple days early! I certainly have spend much more time writing forum posts and answering emails than ever before (at least in the context of ZenMagikck).

So what happened?

Well, the new forum is on it’s way and things are really looking promising on getting some useful feedback from there.

Right now I am holding back on new stuff a bit. Partly this is due to limited time (I’ll be back in NZ next week), partly due to the fact that I want to wait for initial feedback in the new forum before starting anything new.

In the meantime I might spend a bit more time on testing the Savant3 integration and also some on making more code generic. Somehow I have the feeling that we might need the framework for a new / improved install or admin app sooner than expected.

There are also a few other things happening, though:

• There will soon be more options to donate. This is mostly based on a single request for donation subscriptions, but perhaps it will motivate more to donate [I should point out, though, that there is enough money to pay for hosting right now and since that is the only real expense there is no urgent need to donate. On the other hand I won't reject any donation!]
• I’ve been promised a new default theme. It might come in time for 0.9.8 and should almost be worth a release in it’s own right.
• I’ve upgraded the build process a bit and one result of that is a simpler build script and a new plugin collection zip file that will contain all released plugins for each release.
• There have been a few bug fixes – make sure to check the bug tracker and test your store before going live!