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Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Paul Robinson — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:45:53 -0000

Actually I&#39d been putting of trying Sweetcron, feeling that it would be limited or difficult to maintain. Imagine my delight to find out that it is just the opposite - easy to install, easy to use, and fantastically useful.

I heart Sweetcron in a big way and am using it at http://life.paulr.ca

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Paul Robinson — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:45:53 -0000

Actually I'd been putting of trying Sweetcron, feeling that it would be limited or difficult to maintain. Imagine my delight to find out that it is just the opposite - easy to install, easy to use, and fantastically useful.

I heart Sweetcron in a big way and am using it at http://life.paulr.ca

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

daviddho — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:16:41 -0000

Just wanted to leave some good Karma - Thanks for the program Yongfook! I&#39m a massive newbie with php and moderately comfortable with HTML/CSS - primarily focus on online marketing - probably will sign up for peashoot to give it a try :)... Have to take a look and see if you already have it packed for resellers. Thanks again mate!

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

David Ho — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:16:41 -0000

Just wanted to leave some good Karma - Thanks for the program Yongfook! I'm a massive newbie with php and moderately comfortable with HTML/CSS - primarily focus on online marketing - probably will sign up for peashoot to give it a try :)... Have to take a look and see if you already have it packed for resellers. Thanks again mate!

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

setpoint — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:58:25 -0000

I gotta try this one out.

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Matt Ellsworth — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:36:32 -0000

I think a small change in words can clear this up. "SweetCron doesn&#39t work for me because..." and "SweetCron might work well for someone who would like to...." "what do you all think?"

Same results, maybe a constructive discussion. I just started using Sweetcron and it was just what I was looking for. I don&#39t want to spend a ton of time on my home blog so that I can focus on more specific blogging in other places. With Sweetcron my content updates at home with indirect effort that would already be there.

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Matt Ellsworth — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:36:32 -0000

I think a small change in words can clear this up. "SweetCron doesn't work for me because..." and "SweetCron might work well for someone who would like to...." "what do you all think?"

Same results, maybe a constructive discussion. I just started using Sweetcron and it was just what I was looking for. I don't want to spend a ton of time on my home blog so that I can focus on more specific blogging in other places. With Sweetcron my content updates at home with indirect effort that would already be there.

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Web Design — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:10:58 -0000

I&#39m using word press blog, I find the admin panel rather easier than any other CMS for blogs, though never had played with drupal. There are even so many plug ins available that I can think about anything to be part of my blog and its there developed already. This is the advantage of community that grows so rapidly

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Web Design — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:10:58 -0000

I'm using word press blog, I find the admin panel rather easier than any other CMS for blogs, though never had played with drupal. There are even so many plug ins available that I can think about anything to be part of my blog and its there developed already. This is the advantage of community that grows so rapidly

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Kunal — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:57:50 -0000

I agree with your article... not I&#39ve played around with my installation so much, I&#39m having issues trying to uninstall it. Any thoughts how I could restore default settings on my webserver with minimal efforts?

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Kunal — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:41:46 -0000

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Kunal — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:57:50 -0000

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Kunal — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:41:46 -0000

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Kunal — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:57:50 -0000

I agree with your article... not I've played around with my installation so much, I'm having issues trying to uninstall it. Any thoughts how I could restore default settings on my webserver with minimal efforts?

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Kunal — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:41:46 -0000

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Mase — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:24:26 -0000

I&#39m going to go ahead and disagree with you on this one.

First, you&#39re comparing it to WordPress. That&#39s exactly what it&#39s _not_ supposed to be. In terms of functionality, Yongfook has done what so many developers fail to do: focus on a few key features, and leave the rest out.

But if you&#39re in the mood to add functionality, PHP developers can take comfort in the fact that Sweetcron sits on top of CodeIgniter, one of the cleanest, lightweight PHP frameworks I&#39ve had the pleasure of working with (and I&#39ve worked with quite a few...). If that&#39s what you meant by "off the shelf", then I think you&#39re missing something. Why _wouldn&#39t_ you want to release a codebase that hundreds (thousands?) of developers can easily grok? Without even running the app, I noticed that the config.php and database.php files weren&#39t set up yet (something every CI dev just kind of instinctually _does_ when starting a new app), so I did that, and the thing ran the first time I opened it in my browser. Just one example of how using a standard base only helps Sweetcron.

My opinion is, Sweetcron is what you want to make of it. Yongfook has done a decent job of implementing the boring bits - namely, the admin/import (well, I think that&#39s the fun part, but nobody likes developing an admin area that no one but you will see). The theme file layout is super-simple, and really, you should be making your own anyhow. The new Sandbox theme (at least, I assume it&#39s new since this post was written) goes a long way in demonstrating the data and methods available to you, and since it&#39s reg&#39lar old PHP, and NOT some Smarty-crap, it&#39s a quick job.

My only, only complaint... is that there&#39s no nice way to extend it without hacking in the core. Modifying the core isn&#39t necessarily a terrible thing, but it prevents sharing these extensions with other people, as Yongfook has expressed concern in sharing core modifications due to potential upgrade problems. I can understand _why_ he&#39d do that: I&#39d want the module system to have a self-contained MVC layout, which would potentially require modifying the CodeIgniter core - not desirable if Yongfook hopes to keep Sweetcron running on the latest-and-greatest CI without modification.

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Mase — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:24:26 -0000

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Mase — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:24:26 -0000

I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you on this one.

First, you're comparing it to WordPress. That's exactly what it's _not_ supposed to be. In terms of functionality, Yongfook has done what so many developers fail to do: focus on a few key features, and leave the rest out.

But if you're in the mood to add functionality, PHP developers can take comfort in the fact that Sweetcron sits on top of CodeIgniter, one of the cleanest, lightweight PHP frameworks I've had the pleasure of working with (and I've worked with quite a few...). If that's what you meant by "off the shelf", then I think you're missing something. Why _wouldn't_ you want to release a codebase that hundreds (thousands?) of developers can easily grok? Without even running the app, I noticed that the config.php and database.php files weren't set up yet (something every CI dev just kind of instinctually _does_ when starting a new app), so I did that, and the thing ran the first time I opened it in my browser. Just one example of how using a standard base only helps Sweetcron.

My opinion is, Sweetcron is what you want to make of it. Yongfook has done a decent job of implementing the boring bits - namely, the admin/import (well, I think that's the fun part, but nobody likes developing an admin area that no one but you will see). The theme file layout is super-simple, and really, you should be making your own anyhow. The new Sandbox theme (at least, I assume it's new since this post was written) goes a long way in demonstrating the data and methods available to you, and since it's reg'lar old PHP, and NOT some Smarty-crap, it's a quick job.

My only, only complaint... is that there's no nice way to extend it without hacking in the core. Modifying the core isn't necessarily a terrible thing, but it prevents sharing these extensions with other people, as Yongfook has expressed concern in sharing core modifications due to potential upgrade problems. I can understand _why_ he'd do that: I'd want the module system to have a self-contained MVC layout, which would potentially require modifying the CodeIgniter core - not desirable if Yongfook hopes to keep Sweetcron running on the latest-and-greatest CI without modification.

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Awais Jaffery — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:25:57 -0000

i found sweetcron to be quite easy to use and set up and i kind of agree with going with DISQUS as it avoids the problems with the spam bots exploiting the commenting box and posting useless links as ive had that problem with joomla commenting scripts before..

granted my site looks a lot like yongfooks (yongfook if you read this.. hope you dont mind) but thats cuz i havent really customized the template yet or cant find templates yet for sweet cron but given enough time.. u might be able to find templates for sweetcron.. or ill just customize it myself.. but its a good software for automated blogging... especially in the boxy theme...

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Awais Jaffery — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:25:57 -0000

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Awais Jaffery — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:25:57 -0000

granted my site looks a lot like yongfooks (yongfook if you read this.. hope you dont mind) but thats cuz i havent really customized the template yet or cant find templates yet for sweet cron but given enough time.. u might be able to find templates for sweetcron.. or ill just customize it myself.. but its a good software for automated blogging... especially in the boxy theme...

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

november1973 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:51:47 -0000

I&#39m very happy with Sweetcron so far. Easy to install, easy to configure, and easy to theme (although i haven&#39t gotten around to it yet). Yongfook&#39s done a wonderful job.

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

november1973 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:51:47 -0000

I&#39m very happy with Sweetcron so far. Easy to install, easy to configure, and easy to theme (although i haven&#39t gotten around to it yet). Yongfook&#39s done a wonderful job.

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

november1973 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:51:47 -0000

I'm very happy with Sweetcron so far. Easy to install, easy to configure, and easy to theme (although i haven't gotten around to it yet). Yongfook's done a wonderful job.

Re: Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

Ian Lewis — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:03:12 -0000

Including the theme as is in sweetcron was fine. It wasn&#39t set as the default theme anyway. It&#39s a good theme and is partly responsible for making sweetcron popular.

I realize that the development was mostly done for your site in the first place but, the boxy but good theme could have some more sensible default behavior rather than the setup from your website ;)