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Want to help develop Google Maps Umbraco package?

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There are 2 outstanding bugs in the Google Maps for Umbraco package. Would you like to help us fix these bugs and collaborate on the project?

My current workload is high and I am aware that there are 2 major bugs that need fixing on the Google Map data-type. With my heavy involvement on the uComponents project, it’s unlikely I will fix these bugs any time soon, hence the ‘call for help’.

If you have been wanting to get more involved with the Umbraco community and earn some karma, this is an ideal way to get involved.

The Google Maps data-type source-code is available on my BitBucket repository, feel free to make a fork and submit any pull requests!

Update: Sam Moore came to the rescue and squished the 2 bugs! #h5yr Sam!

“Powered by Category Cloud”

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I’ve just installed Operator – a Firefox extension that highlights microformatted data on web pages.

So far I haven’t noticed any performance issues, and it’s been playing nicely with all my other Firefox extensions.

As a web developer, Operator makes me want to add more semantic mark-up to my websites, (which I already try to do). This extension will make it easier for testing purposes.

I decided to read more about the extension on the developer’s blog – to which I was pleasantly surprised to find that it uses my Category Cloud widget (plug-in for WordPress). Along with a kudos-link back to my personal website. (Thanks Mike!) :-D

A while ago I was curious to how many people were using my Category Cloud widget plug-in, so I added an opt-out “powered by” link. This way I could check my referrals or Google results count for “Powered by Category Cloud”.

I’ve been amazed by the outcome of this. I honestly thought that everyone would opt-out of the link, yet they didn’t! So now my PageRank has increased; I’m in the Technorati Top 10K (which I definitely don’t deserve!); and I get a steady flow of traffic (low, but consistent).

I’ve tried to support the Category Cloud widget as best I can… so maybe it’s good karma?