Adaptavist announce Sudoku Game Plugin

(or to be more precise, "Adaptavist finally get round to announcing it on their own website")

Our Sudoku plugin enables you to add interactive and printable Sudoku boards to your content, along with high scores...

The name "Sudoku" is the Japanese abbreviation of a longer phrase meaning the "digits must remain single"; it is a trademark of puzzle publisher Nikoli Co. Ltd in Japan. Other Japanese publishers refer to the puzzle as "Nanpure" (Number Place), which was its original title.

The basic premise of Sudoku is that you need to fill a tile with numbers as shown below:

In the main grid, you can only use each number once per row and column. In each of the 9 smaller grids you can only use each number once. Depending on the difficulty level you choose, there will be a varying number of tiles already filled in with numbers (as shown with darker backgrounds). Your challenge is to fill in the remaining tiles without breaking the rules.

For more information, check out our Online User Guide.

Adaptavist announce Confluence Plugin Repository

We are delighted to announce our latest open source initiative – the Confluence Plugin Repository...

The Plugin Repository and its associated Confluence Repository Client interface aim to remove most of the hassle and human error from daily plugin management. You can now browse through the available plugins and install, uninstall, upgrade or downgrade with just a single click. The sortable, searchable and filterable interface allows you to find the information you want quickly and without fuss. It's very easy to see what's installed, what's not and what's been updated – all in one place. Best of all, the information is automatically filtered to the version of Confluence you are running – if a plugin version is known not to work on your Confluence version, then it's not displayed.

The configuration is quick and painless, allowing you to even specify your own repository data location should you wish to build your own in-house repository of vetted plugins. You can also filter the incoming plugin data based on it's compatibility and stability.

Please treat this as a BETA plugin – even though it's one of the most heavily tested plugins we've released, we would be surprised if the system (like any other major addition) didn't undergo some teething problems. We are keen for feedback and suggestions from plugin users and developers alike. It will take some time for all plugins to be listed and fully checked against all versions of Confluence, your help and feedback with this is gladly accepted.