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Alex Günsche · September 30, 2006
A new version of the ContuttoPDF plugin is available. It contains some improvements on the PDF generation in the plugin code as well as in the default theme.
Changes for version 0.3
- Compatibility check for webserver/PHP configuration, accessible via WP’s Plugins page
- Fallback charset conversion with
mb_convert_encoding() *
- Cleaner plugin directory, DOMPDF moved into subdirectory
- Import module for Microsoft TrueType Corefonts (obtainable via a separate package)
- post and comment content are preformatted like screen output with WP’s
wpautop()
- Charset information
meta tag added to default template *
* While I was working on a charset conversion with mb_convert_encoding(), I got a friendly e-mail from Jocelyn, who has found out that defining the the charset via a http-equiv makes DOMPDF display accented characters correctly with a UTF-8 charset. I think this is very good news for international users of the ContuttoPDF plugin, and it has been inserted into the default template. Many thanks to Jocelyn. The (now fallback) mb_convert_encoding() solution is nonetheless included, but deactivated by default.
The new version of the plugin is available from the (also slightly revised) ContuttoPDF Howto page.
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Miscellaneous, Software
Alex Günsche · September 24, 2006
Good news, everybody: There’s a new version of ContuttoPDF available! Installation has been made even more easy, and you can have multiple themes. So if you want to share your themes, you can have them all at once. Themes can be managed over the new ContuttoPDF admin panel page found at Presentation » ContuttoPDF Themes, where you can select your prefered PDF theme with a single click.
Changelog for version 0.2.1
- Support for multiple themes, selectable via admin panel
- Support for local images (fixed a bug, better: dirtily hacked DOMPDF’s
style.cls.php)
- Default template modified to reflect the new images handling
- Custom PDF button text with e.g.
<?php contutto_pdfbutton('This page as PDF') ?>, button anchor can be styled with own CSS (id="pdfbutton")
- Added function
contutto_comments_template(), which is basically from WP itself, but was modified to use our PDF themes
- A few smaller code improvements
The detailed Howto has been updated, it provides the download of the plugin as well as instructions on installation and usage.
Enjoy!
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Miscellaneous, Software
Alex Günsche · September 20, 2006
Yesterday, we published the ContuttoPDF plugin, which allows to create PDF files from a WordPress blog. Today, there already is a new version! Unfortunately, all the good ideas always come a bit late. 
This morning, I had an idea how to make the integration even easier: instead of modifying your template files, ContuttoPDF now provides an own template. The Howto has been updated, and the new package has been uploaded.
Enjoy the ContuttoPDF plugin!
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Miscellaneous, Software
Alex Günsche · September 19, 2006
Contutto is proud to announce the first release of the ContuttoPDF plugin, which allows to export blog contents to a beautiful, fully customizable PDF file. All you need is PHP5, the DOM/XML extension installed (which should be the case on most hosts) and some experience in PHP, HTML and CSS.
If you wish to use the plugin, please read our detailed Howto, where you’ll learn how to integrate the PDF export with your WordPress installation. There you will also find the downloads of the plugin as well as a demo theme.
You are welcome to discuss the plugin and the Howto here - we can’t wait to hear your opinion! 
Update: There is already a new version available... ContuttoPDF is even easier now!
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Miscellaneous, Software
Alex Günsche · September 16, 2006
Contutto is a project by Zirona IT-Dienstleistungen, which is dedicated to the generation of PDF documents from dynamic data sources. This can be web shops or content management systems, as well as simple office documents. Zirona’s service is to connect the data sources to the PDF software and to customize the layout according to the customers’ needs.
We attach much importance to Open Source software: Not only do we (almost) solely use Open Source products, but we also publish our software as Open Source. This way, all users profit. And the more people use a software, the more people are improving it.
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