SiteBar development moved to GitHub
Almost 7 years since the last release, finally SiteBar 3.4 has been released. The source code has been moved from publicly accessible but privately hosted subversion repository to GitHub – https://github.com/brablc/sitebar .
Actually I do not expect any rush in getting contributions, but it is kind of nice to see, that something with a codebase from 2005 can still be useful for someone.
I will use this post and move here comments, that landed on other pages of this blog.
Categories: SiteBar
Just checking on the status of SiteBar. I’ve been using the server software for years, and I’m wondering if it’s still being developed. I’m using 3.4 (Nightly) and notice there have been no updates in a while.
Thank you
JohnT
Hi John,
I still want to finalize the 3.4 release, however, the code is too old, and when I look into it I always have the feeling I have to rewrite it from scratch using jQuery and some PHP Framework.
Do you have some feedback about 3.4? Do you think it is ready to be released?
Ondrej
I installed Sitebar a whle ago and now I have upgraded to 3.4 nightly. I have not seen any issues thus far. Only feature I can think of now which could add value is to have a tree browser (similar to the main Sitebar view) when you add a bookmark, rather than the whole tree in a drop-down. Sitebar is very very useful as it is.
Hi John, just quick info, that SiteBar 3.4 has been released on GitHub. See the post.
With big tree, it must be a pain to find the right folder. A workaround in situation where you are researching bookmarks in certain area is to mark any folder in the tree as default. When adding page, this folder will be selected in the drop-down.
well done, happy to see Sitebar is still maintained!
I use sitebar since several years and I am still happy with its functions. Some weeks ago I set up a new linux server with PHP 5.6 on it. During the installation of sitebar I see several warnings (static functions .. blabla) which prevents me to install and use it properly. I guess that the code is not compatible with this PHP version.
Are there plans to update the code in order to be compatible with modern environments?
Or is there another way to get it run on PHP 5.6?
I’m still on older PHP, but just about to build a dev environment with PHP 5.6. I hope to get there soon.
I love it. Really. And I use Sitebar daily. It would be really great (if no big changes are possible) if at least the PHP compatibility can be given by fixing the mentioned warings. As an example: http://www.konfabulieren.com/url/
Hi, I submitted and someone else before a few fixes. Feel free to integrate the pull requests: https://github.com/brablc/sitebar/pulls
Hi Alexander, thanks for pinging me here. I did not notice there was any activity on this project at all for years. I have to check my notifications settings on GitHub.
Hands down this is one of the best bookmark managers out there. How about reviving this project? I really like the way it is written in Object oriented PHP. I write simple PHP projects for hobby purposes, so I am not sure if I can help you with coding, but I can certainly help testing and brainstorming! I have a few enhancements that I like to see in sitebar!
Hi Hari, you are welcome to join the project and submit patches. To be honest, I think there is a lot of good functionality in the Sitebar, but I do not like the code base. It has been my first PHP project back in 2005 and the code looks so ;-( I personally use Firefox Sync so I do not have any motivation in adding new features. I just keep trying to keep it running.