Is Mingle Forum sticking around for long?

As many of you know, I announced a few months back that I would be phasing out Mingle Forum and writing a new (much better) forum from scratch. That is still true but development on the new and very large forum project is taking much longer than I expected, especially since I’m a one-man team on it right now. :(

So, because I am behind schedule on the new forum, I have decided to take a break coding the new one and spend some time updating Mingle Forum. The next update (vs. 1.0.31) will include the ability to link WordPress posts with forum posts CHEERS!

It takes a great deal of time to continue developing these great, free plugins so if you’re feeling happy today please pass some of that sunshine on through a donation :D



Here’s the list of everything I’m hoping to get done in Mingle Forum 1.0.31. Be sure to check the changelog to see what actually makes it in.

Added Features:
– Ability to link WordPress posts with forum posts (complete)
– Use “Real” signatures instead of Bio’s (complete)
– Preview Post before submitting it

Bug Fixes
– “Quote” shows up in locked topics (fixed)
– Vanishing topic title if apostrophe is used in the title (fixed)
– If error occurs while creating, editing or replying to a post the entire post is lost
– Protected posts show up in the “new topics since last visit” feed (fixed)

EDIT (July 13 2011):
Security Enhancements
– Input fix to prevent XSS attacks (complete)
– Possible path disclosure in /fs-admin/ files (complete)

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New Plugin Idea — Mingle PtP — Thoughts?

I’ve been debating on doing this for a while but I think I’m going to create a New WordPress Plugin called Mingle PtP (Posts to Profile). Basically it will show three new Mingle profile info tabs for each user — showing what Blog posts they’ve commented on, posts they’ve authored, and blog posts they’ve marked as “Favorites”.
Any interest out there for something like this? If so, any other ideas to spice it up a little bit?

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Mingle Forum WordPress Plugin & Embedding

Mingle Forum WordPress Plugin now fully supports Media Embedding such as YouTube, Photobucket, Flickr, WordPress TV and more. It took a few trial runs to get it right but as far as I can tell Mingle Forum version 1.0.06 supports it very well without any bugs. The Forum plugin uses WordPress’ built in media embedding functions so it integrates nicely with it and runs very efficiently. Hope you enjoy it! Check out the links below for more info:


For a complete list of supported sites please visit: http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds.
For a tutorial on how to use the embed feature: http://cartpauj.icomnow.com/forum/?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=43.0
For a demo of the embed feature in action: http://cartpauj.icomnow.com/forum/?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=96.0

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Mingle Forum WordPress Plugin Released!

I know it’s been a long time coming for all you patient fans out there, but I’m very happy to announce that my revision of WP Forum is now complete and ready for take-off as a new re-branded (and much better!) WordPress Plugin titled Mingle Forum.
Mingle Forum 1.0 was just put on the WordPress Plugin repository today and I expect it will be a very nice addition to WordPress along with my Private Messaging plugin. Please check-out all the details on the Mingle Forum Plugin Page.
Thanks to Eric Hamby for his previous work on the plugin and also thanks to Gene53, Jschires, RobertD62, Supercleanse and others who helped me test and fix bugs. ENJOY :)

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Hey, you gotta start somewhere right? I just purchased this domain and I’m gearing up for the official release of Mingle Forum 1.0! It’s going to be awesome. I’ve fixed a BUNCH of bugs and added more features since taking over the abandoned script from Fahlstad. Also let me give a big thanks to Eric Hamby for his previous contributions to the plugin.

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