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I've just finished an alternative to the standard voting plugin, one that works in a similar fashion to Reddit, i.e. you can vote up or down, and even change you mind. The plugin itself is nothing to shout about, but the ease in which you can swap one voting method for another is certainly worth highlighting.

Hotaru CMS is plugin-powered. If you don't like something, you can just replace it with something else. The new Up Down Voting plugin is one example of an alternative plugin. ...

Tags: extend, plugin type, plugins, reddit, type, vote, voting

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Every social network has its own variation of a profile page, and we all have our favorites. Some like the simple Twitter bio, others prefer a full-on MySpace style page. When it comes to Hotaru, how can you provide a profile page that suits everybody?

Like this:

I'm currently reworking profiles so that plugins can freely add their own pages to a user's profile. Here's a screenshot of where I'm at so far:



You'll notice ...

Tags: profiles, user profile

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Plugins , Themes

I'm thrilled that Hotaru 1.1.1 has just been released, but even better than that, we've now surpassed the 50 plugins mark! Let me make myself clear. We now have...

52 FREE PLUGINS!
(since August 13th, 2009)

It gets even better, though, because those plugins haven't just been made by 1 or 2 people, but by 7 people. Yay!

Here's what they've been up to:

williamd: Facebook Share, Add This, Save Post
rushnp774: Stats, Buzz This

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Tags: 50 plugins, fifty, new plugins, plugin developers, plugins

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Plugins

Given that Google Buzz has been out nearly a week and it seems to be catching on, I figured I'd write a plugin that allows users to share stories with it. You can find the post at: http://hotarucms.org/showthread.php?...Google-Buzz%29

I love comments & suggestions, and would love more people to test it out to see if they like it.

Tags: buzz, google, google buzz

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I've been running Hotaru live on my site for about two weeks now. This is an established site that was built on Pligg and later SocialWebCMS for about two years before the recent change to Hotaru.

So how does it feel?

With any new program, there are a few kinks to be worked out, but on the whole, the Hotaru experience is one of complete control. The hardest work is, of course, the spam. Because I'm listed on dozens of Pligg lists out there, I get hit hard by spammers. Fortunately, ...

Tags: story so far, update

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