In the mojoPortal 2.2.7.3 release announcement, I mentioned that we changed from ExtJs tabs to YUI tabs in mojoPortal. One side benefit of this is that its now possible to create tabs in your content using the editor.

In the past this wasn't possible. I had written a .NET wrapper control around the ExtJs tabs, but only developers could use that, there was no simple way to create tabs right in your content. The integration with YUI tabs is a little looser, I have not implemented a .NET control for it yet though I may do so in the future. But the main scripts for YUI tabs are included by default, so you can paste a simple chunk of markup into the source view of the editor to get the start of your tabs, and then you can edit it from there to add more tabs or change the labels and contents of the tab.

Now you won't see the tabs in the editor, but when you save it you will see the tabs.

To try it out, add an Html Content instance to a page in your mojoPortal site or on our demo site. Click the edit link to edit the content, then click the source button to see the raw markup view. Now paste in this:

<script type="text/javascript">
var myTabs = new YAHOO.widget.TabView("demo");
</script>
<div class="yui-skin-sam">
<div id="demo" class="yui-navset">
<ul class="yui-nav">
<li class="selected"><a href="#tab1"><em>Tab One Label</em></a></li>
<li><a href="#tab2"><em>Tab Two Label</em></a></li>
<li><a href="#tab3"><em>Tab Three Label</em></a></li>
</ul>
<div class="yui-content">
<div><p>Tab One Content</p></div>
<div><p>Tab Two Content</p></div>
<div><p>Tab Three Content</p></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Save, and you will see something like this:

At some point when I implement content templates I will make it easy to do this by selecting a content template, but thought I would mention it for the more html savvy users.

I'm happy to announce the first public release of Form Wizard Pro version 0.0.0.2

With Form Wizard Pro installed in your mojoPortal site, you can easily create custom forms for capturing data from your visitors.

Features at a Glance

• Easily design forms with Text, Paragraph, Multiple Choice (radio buttons), Checkboxes, dropdown lists, Date, or sliding scale question types.
• Re-arrange questions using drag and drop
• Option to receive email notifications when a form is submitted.
• Export form submission data to .csv (Comma Separated Values) for analysis in Excel or other spreadsheet programs.
• Optional Captcha to prevent spam submissions by automated bots

Pricing/Licensing

• Single Installation License $99
• Server License $299
• Enterprise License $899

As I'm sure you can imagine, its very difficult to make a living if you give away your products. In order for me to be able to continue working on mojoPortal full time I need some revenue stream. In an ideal world I suppose I would get enough donations to make a living, but in the real world this does not happen. Only a very small percent of people who use mojoPortal ever make a donation or buy me a beer. So the strategy for funding my continued efforts on improving mojoPortal includes selling some premium features that are not included in the free version of mojoPortal. If you are getting a lot of value out of the free version of mojoPortal, consider purchasing our premium features. Every purchase helps provide for the long term vitality of the project by providing funding for continued improvements.

I've almost finished my second premium feature for mojoPortal. The feature will be called FormWizard Pro and you can try it now on the demo site.

Any feedback on the product is much appreciated. The Form Wizard Pro feature makes it easy to create arbitrary ad hoc forms for capturing input from your site visitors. You can create as many instances of forms as you like on as many pages as you like. It supports Text, Paragraph, Radio Button lists, Checkbox lists, Dropdown lists, Date, and Sliding Scale questions. You can re-arrange the questions using drag and drop, and you can export the submitted data as CSV (Comma Separated Values) which can be opened in Excel or other spreadsheet programs for analysis.

Here is a little snippet of the edit screen, but to see how it really works just try it out on the demo site.

I hope to have it on sale very soon.

I'm happy to announce the release of Event Calendar Pro version 0.0.0.2

This release adds support for rendering events that span across days, weeks, or months, on the Month View.

From the beginning I felt rendering events that span across days was an important feature and I had hoped to have it working for the initial release, but since it took longer than expected to release this product I didn't want to delay any longer while I worked on this new calendar rendering. It was kind of tricky to achieve it. I struggled with it for about 4 days before finally arriving at a decent solution for rendering the events across days.  I hope you like it.

Event Calendar Pro includes 1 year of free upgrades, so anyone who already purchased it can just download it again from their order history to get the new version.

You can also try it out at demo.mojoportal.com

I'm happy to announce the Grand Opening of the mojoPortal Store!

We actually had a semi-grand opening a few weeks ago, but all you could do in the store until now is buy me a beer. Many Thanks to the kind folks who have bought me a beer since then! I really appreciated the beers and it really helped to be able to test the ecommerce before launching my first real product.

Event Calendar Pro is now on sale!

Yo can get a Single Installation License for $99 or a Server License for $299, or an Enterprise License with Full Source Code for $899

Checkout the product detail page for more info and screen shots, or watch this video for a guided tour of features.