There are a few things I'm working on, and I'm trying to get the New Links system understood to make them plug-ins and modules.
1) Banner rotation script, perhaps AdvertPro integration (several people have been discussing this with me). This is in the works/under development.
2) Shopping cart -- I've started a basic catalog/order system, and I've cruised the web 2-3x a month looking for both PERL and PHP scripts to do this. Basically, it looks like I'm still on my own here, since 90% of the scripts concentrate on making catalogs or on trivia of the process, rather than the "guts" of putting products on-line in an easily updated, mantained, and customizable fashion. _ANY_ help, suggestions, code, etc would be appreciated.
3) File upload, auto thumbnail generation, and image archiving. Above and beyond simply tagging a file to a link. Full image management -- moving files, indexing files, rebuilding broken indexes, etc. There are dozens, hundreds, of programs out there, _NONE_ of them in the past 10-15 years do anything like what I've ever needed. This is probably my #1 pet project after the item 1 above (which is sort of commercial ie:paid :) ) This is a real integral part of the shopping cart / catalog system, but needs to be a stand-alone module since it has wide application.
4) Editor/Password logon, user management, centralized user database, centralized mailing list manager (like PostmasterDirect, and others), etc. The 'etc.' is because this is something absolutely "central" to the development of both single sites, and site networks (and as most people know, site networks are probably the way of the future -- small specialty shops strung together, rather than one huge sprawling site). Until Links NG comes out, there's no real idea how much this needs to be expanded from the basic unit. But, several people have so far expressed the agreement that user management should be it's own database, upon which external programs such as Links, w3t (forums), shopping, etc should draw.
5) All the "utility" scripts from the past year moved to integrated plug-in or snap-on mods <G>
6) Making the Newsletter system a plug-in, to allow a "What's New" area (separate from links, for site news, udpates, FAQ, etc), and Newsletter management as in item 4 above.
7) Static-page regeneration module. All sites have static pages litered about, and they never get updated properly. A separate "build" manager to maintain these pages, and rebuild them similar to a mix of page.cgi, the detailed.cgi and nph-build.cgi. This is probably a feature, or sub-module of the newsletter system above, but it will use a set of templates, and allow a site owner to link-in, or add, pages to their site with tangential content to the links directory, and rebuild them in a similar fashion to keep advertising, dates, copyrights, etc up to date. May seem trivial, but site-management for large sites is a real headache!! If _ALL_ pages were in a central registry, and maintained from a central spot, then even the 'static' pages (such as error pages) can be updated and rebuilt on a schedule or maintennance system.
8) ????
These are just the notes tagged to my computer at the moment.
Many of these overlap, and proper module development will allow one to build on the other.
I've looked into SourceForge.com and some other sites, trying to find a good project management solution, but haven't found one that meets the needs of this group.
Anyone have ideas for project management software where the developers here can list their projects, share code, and work together in a coordinated way, rather than everyone trying to reinvent the same modules, plugins and routines??
PUGDOGŪ
PUGDOGŪ Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ: http://postcards.com/FAQ
1) Banner rotation script, perhaps AdvertPro integration (several people have been discussing this with me). This is in the works/under development.
2) Shopping cart -- I've started a basic catalog/order system, and I've cruised the web 2-3x a month looking for both PERL and PHP scripts to do this. Basically, it looks like I'm still on my own here, since 90% of the scripts concentrate on making catalogs or on trivia of the process, rather than the "guts" of putting products on-line in an easily updated, mantained, and customizable fashion. _ANY_ help, suggestions, code, etc would be appreciated.
3) File upload, auto thumbnail generation, and image archiving. Above and beyond simply tagging a file to a link. Full image management -- moving files, indexing files, rebuilding broken indexes, etc. There are dozens, hundreds, of programs out there, _NONE_ of them in the past 10-15 years do anything like what I've ever needed. This is probably my #1 pet project after the item 1 above (which is sort of commercial ie:paid :) ) This is a real integral part of the shopping cart / catalog system, but needs to be a stand-alone module since it has wide application.
4) Editor/Password logon, user management, centralized user database, centralized mailing list manager (like PostmasterDirect, and others), etc. The 'etc.' is because this is something absolutely "central" to the development of both single sites, and site networks (and as most people know, site networks are probably the way of the future -- small specialty shops strung together, rather than one huge sprawling site). Until Links NG comes out, there's no real idea how much this needs to be expanded from the basic unit. But, several people have so far expressed the agreement that user management should be it's own database, upon which external programs such as Links, w3t (forums), shopping, etc should draw.
5) All the "utility" scripts from the past year moved to integrated plug-in or snap-on mods <G>
6) Making the Newsletter system a plug-in, to allow a "What's New" area (separate from links, for site news, udpates, FAQ, etc), and Newsletter management as in item 4 above.
7) Static-page regeneration module. All sites have static pages litered about, and they never get updated properly. A separate "build" manager to maintain these pages, and rebuild them similar to a mix of page.cgi, the detailed.cgi and nph-build.cgi. This is probably a feature, or sub-module of the newsletter system above, but it will use a set of templates, and allow a site owner to link-in, or add, pages to their site with tangential content to the links directory, and rebuild them in a similar fashion to keep advertising, dates, copyrights, etc up to date. May seem trivial, but site-management for large sites is a real headache!! If _ALL_ pages were in a central registry, and maintained from a central spot, then even the 'static' pages (such as error pages) can be updated and rebuilt on a schedule or maintennance system.
8) ????
These are just the notes tagged to my computer at the moment.
Many of these overlap, and proper module development will allow one to build on the other.
I've looked into SourceForge.com and some other sites, trying to find a good project management solution, but haven't found one that meets the needs of this group.
Anyone have ideas for project management software where the developers here can list their projects, share code, and work together in a coordinated way, rather than everyone trying to reinvent the same modules, plugins and routines??
PUGDOGŪ
PUGDOGŪ Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ: http://postcards.com/FAQ
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