Add-On Timestamper Final

[Bloodcinder]

Bloodcinder submitted a new resource:

Add-On Timestamper - Exactly one little feature: add a button to set an add-on's version ID to the current timestamp.

Add-On Timestamper add-on for Xenforo
by Bloodcinder

This adds a "Set to Current Timestamp" button near the Version ID spinbox in the admin panel add-on editor page. That's all!

No, really. I got morbidly tired of having to manually run a script or check a website to get the current timestamp when updating my add-ons. So I made this tweak for my own use, since I use timestamps for Version ID's. And since I know some other developers use timestamps as well, I...

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[oO5 Dynasty]

whats time stamps?

 

[Bloodcinder]

It is a numerical representation of the current time commonly used in development. (More info here.)

It's useful to keep your add-on Version ID's as a timestamp because 1) it will always increase, 2) it won't be arbitrary, and 3) it will allow you to see when the add-on was last edited even if the Version String hasn't changed.

If you don't make your own add-ons, you don't need this.

 

[Bloodcinder]

Bloodcinder updated Add-On Timestamper with a new update entry:

Release has been finalized

This is not a new release. There don't seem to be any problems with the add-on that anybody has reported and there is no reason to add any features to it in the future, so I'm now just calling this the "final" version, lest people think it is unmaintained.

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