We just finished deploying the latest version of the CodePlex software today. Project Directory Search The Project Directory has a new search UI. Highlights include drilling down on search results either on the tag or the release development status… searching...

We are working on a new CodePlex feature to allow email notifications for work items updates and we would like your input! When you subscribe to receive email updates for an issue (bug or feature request), what would you want to be notified of? Take the...

update 2 dec 2008: The Town Hall video can be found at http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/CodePlex-Town-Hall-at-PDC-2008/ PDC 2008 was the first time we had a CodePlex-branded booth, and it was the first time we did a CodePlex Town Hall. I was very...

Today was another deployment day for us. This release of the CodePlex software introduces some new, small features across the board, along with some general bug fixes. Release Development Status Project coordinators can now label their releases in their...

Want to showcase your CodePlex project or your favorite CodePlex project at PDC? Channel 9 and CodePlex are sponsoring a CodePlex Community Meetup  in the Channel 9 lounge area. We’re looking for volunteers to give 5 minute demos of their projects...

Starting in today’s deployment, your project’s logo and title are now the focus on your CodePlex project pages. We’ve seen requested for more individual branding for CodePlex project, especially when green isn’t the desired primary color for their project...

Update 24 Sept 2008: Slides are now posted. Sorry for the delay. Last week, I spoke at the Microsoft ReMix08 UK conference in Brighton, England on CodePlex and on Visual Studio Tips and Tricks. You can read more about the conference overall, the extensive...

CodePlex is now offering server support for SvnBridge, the tool that enables TortoiseSVN to talk to Team Foundation Server. Support for Subversion has been our number one requested feature, and by hosting SvnBridge, our users can now use their favorite...

Our latest deployment (yesterday) of the CodePlex software provides the ability to search based on user relevance. Search results are based on a ranking algorithm that factors in the project title, project URL, project description, homepage wiki text...

For the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I went home to spend time with family, and thought why not speak to as many user groups as possible while I was down there. Little did I know I would be dodging hurricanes and tornadoes the entire trip....

Update 2 Sept 2008: The feedback reimbursement is now 100 dollars. Also, the correct dates are Sept 16 thru 18, not the 19th. We will be conducting usability studies in Redmond, Washington for our upcoming versions of CodePlex and are looking for people...

Myth #1:  Software hosted on CodePlex is only for developers Fact: CodePlex is for any open source software application. Some of our top projects include Rawr , a .NET tool for World of Warcraft players, and the Vista Battery Saver , an app for managing...

In our latest CodePlex deployment (today), we’ve introduced ratings and reviews. Signed-in users can rate projects from one to five stars, and have the option of detailing their feedback in a review. Ratings and reviews are release-specific and are displayed...

Our latest deployment adds mailing list support for project discussions: start or respond to a discussion from your e-mail client; get notifications of new responses as they come in, or in daily digest format. Now users can subscribe to an entire project...

Paula Bach, a PhD Student at Penn State University, is conducting research on how to integrate usability into open source software development.  She’s been hanging out with us over the past month, learning how we develop the CodePlex software. ...

The Sandcastle project has been republished. You can find both the project and its source code at http://www.codeplex.com/sandcastle

Today is the 2nd anniversary of the CodePlex launch announcement.  We celebrated with some birthday cake on this nice, warm and sunny Friday afternoon in Seattle. CodePlex team members who are not currently on vacation.  =)  We have a few...

This year, SourceForge is inviting CodePlex projects to participate in their Community Choice Awards .  The CCAs is an annual event where members of the SourceForge community nominate and vote for their favorite OSS projects.  CCA Badges are...

As Sara already mentioned , we added syntax highlighting to CodePlex on Monday. To be specific, we added syntax highlighting to the source code browser. We intend to add it to the Wiki as well, in the near future. Currently, we support the follow programming...

Yesterday, we deployed our latest feature – support for Code Syntax Highlighting. Support for Syntax Highlighting was our 2nd most requested feature with 113 votes.  For languages not yet supported, please open an issue in our Issue Tracker (and...

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the CodePlex booth to chat with us. We really appreciated the opportunity to share what we’re doing with CodePlex and to get your feedback and to answer questions. We had a great turnout for the “Embrace Open Source on...

Over the past 24 hours, it was brought to our attention that one of the Microsoft projects hosted on CodePlex did not publish its source code.  As a result, we removed the project.  We’re working with the project owner to find the right release...

Jim, Sara, and I will be working at the CodePlex booth in the MSDN Community Zone all next week . Also, Sara will be giving the following talk on CodePlex: Embrace Open Source on CodePlex Dev Conference LUN07 Session Day/Time: 6/3/2008 12:00PM-1:00PM...

Are you in the Seattle area?   Want to help us improve CodePlex? June 9 through 11, we will be evaluating new CodePlex features in 60 minute, 1 on 1 sessions in downtown Seattle. We are looking for any level of CodePlex experience, from downloading...

On Friday, we released the latest version of the CodePlex software featuring the Telerik RadEditor on the Project Discussion pages. The RadEditor features include: font choice, font size, font style, bullet points and numbering, indent, outdent, horizontal...