That little issue I mentioned with the page not loading correctly after publishing a comment has been fixed. It had to do with a Google Sitemap Plugin and PHP 5 (just upgraded to last night) compatibility issue. Everything should be working now.
Working out an issue
There seems to be a weird issue right now where certain pages are hanging. For example, if you go to post a comment, after submitting the page will hang at a blank screen. I’m trying to figure out what this is now. Stay tuned.
Devlounge for Sale
The rumors are true: Devlounge is for sale.
“First and foremost, the initial question many people ask themselves is “why is this person selling a site if it is doing quite well?”. I am a high school student, who will be entering my final year in September, and then getting ready for college. Initially, I had planned to hold onto the site until almost the end of the school year (April or May of 2008), but I decided it would be best to focus on my school work and freelance work (my portfolio has fallen extremely out of date). I am not selling the site for any other reason beside the fact that I need to focus my time and effort into other things.”
What does this mean for the site?
Do not be alarmed that a future sale will mean anything different for the site. Pending the new owners approval, I will even be sticking around as an author, and possibly even continuing and retaining some admin responsibilities. When the site is sold, ownership will simply change. I am doing my best to find a reasonable future owner who will allow Devlounge to continue to develop and grow, and add more content to it. I had, at first, planned not to post about this until after a new owner was set, but I figured word would eventually get around, and I did not want any of our readers to feel “betrayed” in any way. I am not giving up on the site, simply relieving myself of permanent admin responsibilities. I plan on continue to be very active here, even after the site is sold. So what is next? Everything will remain as is for the next month – I will still be publishing articles, I plan on trying to get out 1 or 2 more interviews, and whatever else I can think of. Hopefully you can understand my reasoning behind this as I prepare to enter my final year of high school in just a little over a month. If you have any questions / comments / concerns about this, feel free to post in the comments. I’m ready to hear anyone and everyone out, even if you plan on bashing me for putting the site up for sale.
Thanks for listening and understanding.
– AJ, Devlounge Site Admin
WordPress Plugin Series Now PDF
Remember the WordPress Plugin Series? The 12 part article series written by Ronald outlines just about every step and procedure in creating your very first WordPress plugin – and it is now available for download! We put together the entire series in a convenient PDF, so visit the series page to download it.
Forums Now Open
A lot of tweaks are still left to go, but the forums are now open. Expect more news and updates on them tomorrow. For now, make your way over there and get comfortable. To all of our readers in the U.S., happy Fourth of July.
