[scribus] looking for a web designer / php developer

[John Ghormley KJ4UFG]

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:31 AM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG <kj4ufg at sera.org>wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:12 AM, ale rimoldi <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
>
>> hi john
>>
>>
>> > > > > - a php programmer who can help me to setup a simple caching
>> > > > > mechanism (and eventually a simple administration console to
>> > > > > manage the feeds)
>> > > >
>> > > > It's probably an overkill for such a task, but both Wordpress and
>> > > > Drupal are perfectly capable of aggregating and displaying feeds
>> > > > from many sources. You get a nice admin console for that, and
>> > > > boths systems have advanced caching (e.g. W3 Total Cache plug-in
>> > > > for Wordpress).
>> > > >
>> > > > Needless to say, it's fairly easy to find someone to design a
>> > > > theme for either Wordpress or Drupal.
>> > > >
>> > > > Unless, if course, you really wan that planet engine.
>> > >
>> > > it's a very simple (125 lines, all inclusive: list of the feeds +
>> > > html template) wrapper around simple pie.
>> > >
>> > > i don't think that i will switch to 125K lines of wordpress or
>> > > drupal.
>> > >
>> > > for the cache, if nobody is there to help, i will simply generate an
>> > > html file which will be invalidated after 5 minutes.
>> > > or something similar...
>> > > it's probably about 20 lines of code to write...
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > and no need to design a theme... an html page with some css is just
>> > > enough! :-)
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Not totally sure what I'm signing on for, but I have years of PHP
>> > programming experience.  Count me in if you need me.
>>
>> i've finally suceeded in setting up a github repository for the
>> project (well, it's not technically that difficult, but this implies
>> also some more preparatory work to check that everything is ok and
>> describe what i think is the work to do)
>>
>> https://github.com/aoloe/scribus-planet
>>
>> are you comfortable with the way github works?
>>
>> if yes, i suggest that your fork the repository and for technical stuff
>> we communicate through the README file and over pull requests...
>>
>> ... otherwise, we can certainly communicating over emails :-)
>>
>>
>> have a nice day
>> a.l.e
>>
>
> I'm not too enlightened about github but I would like to be.  Therefore,
> if you can be patient with me, I'll use that method.
>
> I am in the process of getting a quarterly magazine issue out at the
> moment so I will not have much time to work on this for about 10 days until
> the issue is sent to the printer.  So, that is another obstacle in my path
> immediately.
>
> However, I will devote the time necessary to learning github and then
> working on the project as quickly as I can dispatch the .pdf off to the
> printer.  My goal for that is October 22, 2012.
>
> Look forward to working with you, Ale.
>
> John
>

Opps, I just blew it, also.  That was mean to go to Ale privately.  My
apologies to the list.

John Ghormley  KJ4UFG
Editor, SERA *Repeater Journal*
Walkertown, NC  USA
editor at sera.org
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