Podcasting Lives, Analyticator 6.0, and More!
First off, I would like to officially welcome everyone to the new home of my plugins, ronaldheft.com. For the past year, Spiral Web Consulting, my company, was the official maintainer of both Google Analyticator and Podcasting. Due to changes at Spiral Web Consulting, both Jesse and myself decided it would be best for me to retake over development of the plugins. So, that’s why you’re here. How this affects both Podcasting and Google Analyticator is explained below.
Podcasting Lives!
A few days ago I announced I would no longer be supporting Podcasting. I recommended users switch to PowerPress, and the PowerPress developers stepped up and offered to write a full importer for Podcasting settings and enclosures. While this importer will still be a migration option, I am pleased to announce even better news.
Podcasting’s development will continue! Glenn Bennett has offered to take over development of Podcasting. We’re still in the transition phase, but he already has commit access, and I’m sure will be working hard to bring WordPress 2.9 support to Podcasting. He has setup a new website for distributing Podcasting, which can be found at http://podcastingplugin.com/. Keep an eye out on the website, or continue to monitor the WordPress.org plugin directory for changes.
Google Analyticator 6.0
While Podcasting will no longer be maintained by myself, Google Analyticator will not suffer the same fate. I’ve kicked up the development a notch, and I’m proud to announce Google Analyticator 6.0, available for immediate download.
A full changelog is available, but in short, tons of new requested features have been added. There’s support for Google Analytics’ new async tracking, easier access to viewing your stats at Google Analytics, and more. There’s also been some security enhancements and bug fixes, so if you’ve used a previous version of Google Analyticator, I recommend updating as soon as possible.
Matthias
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Good to read! I recently switched all my blogs from a “competitors” Analytics plugin to your version because I love the features (especially the summary in the dashboard which provides a quick overview without actually having to login to Google) and now that you’ve upgraded to 6.0 with async tracking I feel even more reassured your plugin is the best choice available for WordPress! Congratulations and all the best from Germany!
Ronald Heft
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Thanks for the kind words. If you ever have any suggestions on how to make Google Analyticator better, don’t hesitate to express them on the forums. I’m always listening for new ideas. ;-)
Andrew
Friday, January 8th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Yes, it was the dashboard summary that led me to prefer Analyticator to one of its main competitors:
http://changingway.org/2010/01/08/choosing-an-analytics-plugin/
Thank you, and all the best for 2010!
Raoni
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Hi,
It is possible to display the dashboard Stats for users other then ADMIN????
Thanks very much….
Ronald Heft
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
http://forums.ronaldheft.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=402
David Walker
Saturday, December 12th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Thanks for the great Analyticator plug-in for wordpress that actually works!
GO PSU!
Ronald Heft
Saturday, December 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Glad you enjoy the plugin. If you ever have any suggestions to make Analyticator better, I’m always open to ideas.
Angelo Mandato
Sunday, December 20th, 2009 at 9:06 am
I’m pleased to announce that PowerPress (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/powerpress/) 1.0.4 released on December 19, 2009 now includes support for plugin “Podcasting”. An import settings option has been added under PowerPress tools. The ‘length’ field in “Podcasting” that stores the iTunes duration is now picked up by PowerPress. All episodes created using “Podcasting” will now be recognized by PowerPress.