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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 owners can now post “job openings” for what sort of help they are looking for. This feature allows people who are interested in joining a project a way Read More...
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 source project hosting site for Microsoft. The site, which eventually became known as CodePlex (it had many internal names) launched a little more than a Read More...
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 we build the CodePlex.com software. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Glucose/Hanselminutes-on-9-Inside-CodePlexcom/ Enjoy! Read More...
Introducing the Documentation tab for CodePlex projects
Yesterday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. We’re excited to introduce our latest feature, the Documentation tab. CodePlex users now have a consistent place across projects to find documentation, while project owners are encouraged Read More...
The CodePlex Jump – Trip Report from TechEd Australia and New Zealand
Last month, I had the opportunity to fulfill my childhood dream of going to Australia to speak at Microsoft TechEd. However, little did I know this trip to the Southern Hemisphere would take me to new heights at TechEd New Zealand. The link to the full Read More...
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 13 and 14, 2009. We are looking for project owners on CodePlex to participate in the one hour usability study. Whether you own one project or multiple Read More...
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 where it is heading to. Link to video: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/NicFill/A-chat-with-Sara-Ford-CodePlex-turns-3-reaches-10000-projects/ Read More...
Work Item Notifications and Recommended Download
Yesterday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. Work Item Notifications As of today, our #2 most requested feature asked for the ability to receive email notifications for work items. Back in April , we introduced the ability to receive Read More...
Donate Ad Revenue To Charity and New Editor Role
Yesterday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software. Donate your advertisement revenue to charity By clicking just 2 check boxes, any project owner can donate their ad revenues to Habitat for Humanity Int’l . My thinking is even if an individual Read More...
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 release of WikiPlex WikiPlex, our wiki engine, is now available as an open source project on CodePlex under the Microsoft Public License at http://wikiplex.codeplex.com/ Read More...
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 3 year anniversary. Congrats to SharpFitter , a Visual Studio 2008 C# Add-in that dynamically loads plug-ins, for being our 10,000th project. We hope to Read More...
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 new features in this deployment. My Favorite Projects Our #2 most requested feature is Favorite Projects , where users can mark a project as a favorite  Read More...
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 allow project owners with a single click to opt in to have their advertisement revenue go to charity. We believe that pooling individual projects together Read More...
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 With a single click, CodePlex project owners can now host advertisements on their project pages from The Lounge . Project owner can see advertisements appear Read More...
Will Code for Green contest
Developers, got a green open source app? Live Search and Gnomedex are sponsoring a Will Code for Green contest. Make the world a little better, win $10,000 + get featured at Gnomedex! Create a green open source app using the Live Search API (search results, Read More...
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