CodePlex Weblog
Project Owners can now show Job Openings for their individual projects
Last Friday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. Project Job Openings Project...
Author: saraford Date: 11/09/2009
The times they are a changing...
It was 4½ years ago that Sandy Khaund and I founded the group that was chartered to build an open...
Author: jamesnewkirk Date: 10/30/2009
Behind the scenes in the CodePlex Team Room with Scott Hanselman
Last week, Scott Hanselman stopped by the CodePlex team room to film a behind the scenes look at how...
Author: saraford Date: 10/19/2009
Introducing the Documentation tab for CodePlex projects
Yesterday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. We’re excited to introduce our...
Author: saraford Date: 10/16/2009
Looking for Seattle-area participants for CodePlex Usability Study
We will be conducting in-person usability studies for CodePlex.com in Seattle, Washington on October...
Author: saraford Date: 09/29/2009
CodePlex Interview on Channel 9
The Channel 9 team met with Sara Ford to go over the state of CodePlex, where the site has been and...
Author: saraford Date: 09/07/2009
Work Item Notifications and Recommended Download
Yesterday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. Work Item Notifications As of...
Author: saraford Date: 09/04/2009
Donate Ad Revenue To Charity and New Editor Role
Yesterday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. Donate your advertisement...
Author: saraford Date: 08/14/2009
Our Wiki Engine is now available as a project on CodePlex
On Thursday last week, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. Introducing the...
Author: saraford Date: 07/29/2009
CodePlex Turns 3 years old; Breaks the 10,000 project mark
On Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 2pm, CodePlex surpassed the 10,000 project mark just shortly after our...
Author: saraford Date: 07/07/2009
My Favorite Projects, New Profile Pages, and a Source Code Diff tool
Today we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. We’re excited to bring you several...
Author: saraford Date: 07/06/2009
Looking for a charity for CodePlex project owners to donate advertisement revenue
One of the things we’ve been planning to do with The Lounge as our new advertisement provider is to...
Author: saraford Date: 06/24/2009
CodePlex now supports projects hosting ads from The Lounge (and lots of other great new features too!)
Today we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. Use Advertisements from The Lounge...
Author: saraford Date: 06/12/2009
Will Code for Green contest
Developers, got a green open source app? Live Search and Gnomedex are sponsoring a Will Code for...
Author: saraford Date: 06/02/2009
Filter by work items that you’re tracking
Yesterday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. In this release, we continued to...
Author: saraford Date: 05/22/2009
CodePlex projects now indexed by Koders and also available in Black Duck Open Source Knowledge Base
Black Duck Software announced this morning that CodePlex projects are now searchable via Koders.com...
Author: saraford Date: 05/19/2009
Hyperlink images in your wiki pages, new TinyMCE Editor, and new Flot stats chart
Just a few minutes ago, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. Work item #14459:...
Author: saraford Date: 05/07/2009
Email Notifications for Work Item Changes
Today (April 9), we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. Work Item Notifications...
Author: saraford Date: 04/09/2009
Open Source Club continues to focus on Rawr for April
Since I announced Rawr as the project of the month after nearly a week went by in March, we decided...
Author: saraford Date: 04/07/2009
A new record: 115,646 visits in one day!
Just wanted to share a landmark day we recently had on the team. This past Monday (March 23, 2009),...
Author: saraford Date: 03/27/2009
Introducing the CodePlex Tips series
Last year, I ran a series called Visual Studio Tip of the Day on my personal blog. The 382-tip...
Author: saraford Date: 03/25/2009
Syntax Highlighting for PHP and CSS files
On Thursday (3/19), we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. This release focused...
Author: saraford Date: 03/24/2009
Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr
What is the Open Source Club? The Open Source Club (OSC) is a group of volunteers who contribute...
Author: saraford Date: 03/06/2009
Project subdomain URLs and separate RSS feed for reviews
On Thursday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. Project subdomain URLs All...
Author: saraford Date: 02/27/2009
New Custom Field in the Issue Tracker
We deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software on Friday, Feb 6. Work items in the issue...
Author: saraford Date: 02/09/2009
CodePlex 2008 – A Year in Review
A couple of weeks ago, I attended CodeMash 2009 in Sandusky, Ohio - my second time attending...
Author: saraford Date: 01/26/2009
CodePlex now supports Silverlight
Yesterday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software with support for As a project...
Author: saraford Date: 01/16/2009
CodePlex Welcomes DotNetNuke
We're excited to announce that DotNetNuke, the leading open source web application framework, has...
Author: saraford Date: 01/07/2009
CodePlex Goes Less Green for the Holidays with a New Look
Despite an unusual amount of snow wreaking havoc across Seattle and no one able to make it to the...
Author: saraford Date: 12/19/2008
CodePlex TFS Servers Downtime Notification for 18 Dec 2008
All CodePlex TFS Servers will be unavailable on Thursday, 18 Dec 2008, starting at 6pm PST for...
Author: saraford Date: 12/17/2008
CodePlex in Denmark and Sweden
Last week, I spoke at the Engineering Excellence / Trustworthy Computing Forum to Microsoft...
Author: saraford Date: 12/10/2008
Video from CodePlex Town Hall meeting at PDC now available on Channel 9
As mentioned previously from my PDC 2008 trip report, we had our first CodePlex Town Hall meeting....
Author: saraford Date: 12/02/2008
Latest features: Source Control Browser and New Project Directory Search
We just finished deploying the latest version of the CodePlex software today. Project Directory...
Author: saraford Date: 11/20/2008
30 Second Survey: Email Notifications for Work Items Updates
We are working on a new CodePlex feature to allow email notifications for work items updates and we...
Author: saraford Date: 11/19/2008
PDC 2008 Trip Report
update 2 dec 2008: The Town Hall video can be found at...
Author: saraford Date: 11/03/2008
Introducing the Release Development Status field, and other new features
Today was another deployment day for us. This release of the CodePlex software introduces some new,...
Author: saraford Date: 10/24/2008
CodePlex Community Meetup at PDC: Weds from 1:30pm – 2:30pm in Channel 9 lounge area
Want to showcase your CodePlex project or your favorite CodePlex project at PDC? Channel 9 and...
Author: saraford Date: 10/16/2008
Check out the New Look for CodePlex Projects
Starting in today’s deployment, your project’s logo and title are now the focus on your CodePlex...
Author: saraford Date: 10/07/2008
CodePlex session at ReMix08 in Brighton, England
Update 24 Sept 2008: Slides are now posted. Sorry for the delay. Last week, I spoke at the Microsoft...
Author: saraford Date: 09/22/2008
CodePlex launches support for TortoiseSVN
CodePlex is now offering server support for SvnBridge, the tool that enables TortoiseSVN to talk to...
Author: saraford Date: 09/14/2008
Searching by Relevance
Our latest deployment (yesterday) of the CodePlex software provides the ability to search based on...
Author: saraford Date: 09/12/2008
CodePlex in the Deep South
For the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I went home to spend time with family, and thought...
Author: saraford Date: 09/05/2008
Test drive the new CodePlex at our upcoming usability study!
Update 2 Sept 2008: The feedback reimbursement is now 100 dollars. Also, the correct dates are Sept...
Author: jwanagel Date: 08/27/2008
Top 5 Myths and Facts about CodePlex
Myth #1: Software hosted on CodePlex is only for developers Fact: CodePlex is for any open...
Author: saraford Date: 08/06/2008
Ratings and Reviews for CodePlex Projects
In our latest CodePlex deployment (today), we’ve introduced ratings and reviews. Signed-in users can...
Author: saraford Date: 08/01/2008
CodePlex Project Discussions Mailing Lists
Our latest deployment adds mailing list support for project discussions: start or respond to a...
Author: jwanagel Date: 07/23/2008
Sandcastle project has been republished on CodePlex
The Sandcastle project has been republished. You can find both the project and its source code at...
Author: jwanagel Date: 07/02/2008
Happy Birthday CodePlex!
Today is the 2nd anniversary of the CodePlex launch announcement. We celebrated with some...
Author: saraford Date: 06/27/2008