I am François (a.k.a. FG).
I started b2evolution early 2003 after the b2 project was abandoned.
This blog is about how I feel about the whole process, where I’m going with it, new ideas, experiments, bad ideas, failures too…
This is not b2evolution.net. This is not an official statement about b2evo. This is just what runs though my head. Take it with a grain of salt. I may have changed my mind tomorrow… ;)
Back in 2006, I wrote this little piece about the internal design of classes in b2evolution & evoCore... This is still pretty much relevant. So here it is again... ;) There is a whole (almost) product called b2evolution. It's like a car. Let's say a car…...
The upcoming b2evolution v4 release is intimidating on several counts: It includes more new features than any other single release before... It includes code from more different contributors than ever before... and last but not least... I haven't m…...
Some like it strong. Some like it light. Some like it with milk. Some like it hot. Some like it chilled... There is no single right way to serve coffee. It's pretty much the same when it comes to software, blog software for that matter…...
Breadcrumbs is a feature I've been wanting to implement for quite a long time. In b2evo 4, I started adding them to the admin interface... I realized one of the reasons we failed to implement them properly before is because we tried to tie them to the…...
Everything changes. And when it comes to technology, everything changes rapidly. b2evolution is no exception. Humour me while I'm even temped to say "it's in its genes to evolve" ;)...
A few years ago I once said sth along: "oh yeah, we could make the core super small & lightweight and have almost everything work as a plugin".Well, that was a very long time ago... in between I have realized this: The plugin architecture works we…...