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Compsci V3: How you can help
Author:  Amailer [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Compsci V3: How you can help
Hacker Dan wrote:
LETS GET THINGS GOING!

If any one knows ruby and has some knowledge of how phpbb works I could use some help with the development. Some of the functions it would be nice if other people could wire while I am working on the core of it would be:

  • A function to take the post text and change the BBCode to html so it can be outputted.
  • A function to take the post text and take out any html tags that are not in our list of pre-approved tags.
  • A search function to search throw the post db and return the best matches.
  • More to come......


If any one is good in graphics we will need all kinds of things such as:

  • Buttons
  • Logos
  • Images for templates
  • Section title images
  • Ect


If any one is good with web page development (html, java, style sheets), we need some one to work on making templates (views) for the site. Some temples would be:
  • Basically our own version of every phpbb one
  • A new cover page (title page/intro)
  • Templates for the mx system replacement
  • Templates for some of extras (quiz, mailer, ect)
  • More to come.....


If you are interested in helping with any of these pleas let me know and I will give you more info and you can start work with me on v3 ASAP. Also if I do not get much help from the staff I will move or make a topic like this in GD or news and start recruiting willing users. Hopefully we will get this thing done b4 next school year.

I will also post updates of the progress of the development in another topic in this forum.



Alright, so lets see how this should go...
ONLY if you are willing to help and actually help, not just say your going to and never do anything... post over here what you would like to help in and then maybe dan will reply and etc... (And lets try and keep this topic on topic shall we? lets not make it into another Aoi v3 suggestions topic Rolling Eyes )

I will be posting a "REAL" V3 Suggestion topic in the GD forum this way no one can go off topic -.-
Author:  Notoroge [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:59 pm ]
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I'm game. Sadly I can't help out with the whole Ruby thing. And my knowledge of HTML / CSS is pretty basic right now. But I can make any graphics you want me to; so sign me up for that. Just tell me what to do. 8)
Author:  Amailer [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:03 pm ]
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Hooah, 1/2697 ... now we'r getting somewhere!
I'll make sure dan gets you to do something else he shall die Rolling Eyes
Author:  [Gandalf] [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:17 pm ]
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I can help out Notoroge if I'm good enough to compare. I am average at graphics, pretty good at doing graphical text and stuff like that. My knowledges of html are pretty basic too, so I don't really think I can help out with that. The most I would be able to do is change [b] to <b> and</b> stuff like that Wink.
Author:  Blade [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:35 pm ]
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Amailer wrote:
Hooah, 1/2697 ... now we'r getting somewhere!
I'll make sure dan gets you to do something else he shall die Rolling Eyes


hahahaha, its: HUA - heard, understood, acknowledged .. and only the people who are qualified in the top 3 of the hardest courses being: airborne, ranger and diving use it in canada. otherwise its an american term..

but i'm getting off topic, its just a pet peeve of mine

i would help, but i'm leaving to go on course in 2 weeks, i get done around the 28th of august so if there's any help you need in the html/css etc by that time i can help out.
Author:  wtd [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:52 pm ]
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Notoroge wrote:
I'm game. Sadly I can't help out with the whole Ruby thing.


http://www.rubyonrails.com

It's really fairly easy.
Author:  [Gandalf] [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:57 pm ]
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What the..? Did one of you mods delete two posts and revert mine to what it was before?

Damn, I think we just had another server crash and mini-rollback.

*EDIT in response to below post*
yes, true. But I assumed the worst since my edit was reverted Confused.
Author:  Notoroge [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:04 am ]
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[Gandalf] wrote:
What the..? Did one of you mods delete two posts and revert mine to what it was before?

Damn, I think we just had another server crash and mini-rollback.
No, I just think a mod purged them becaues they forsaw that they would end-up throwing this thread offtopic and/or really weren't necessary. Wink
Author:  Tony [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Compsci V3: How you can help
Hacker Dan wrote:

[*]A function to take the post text and change the BBCode to html so it can be outputted.

Well since it's our software why do we have to use BBCode? Go with textile, the library is already written
Author:  Mazer [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:02 pm ]
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I'm sure we could do without BBCode, but almost everyone is already familiar with it. Though I din't see anything to suggest we can't do both.
Author:  Dan [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Compsci V3: How you can help
Tony wrote:
Hacker Dan wrote:

[*]A function to take the post text and change the BBCode to html so it can be outputted.

Well since it's our software why do we have to use BBCode? Go with textile, the library is already written


i have been thinking about it and i may just replace bbcode wiht noraml html since it dose the same in the end. Tho another thing we have to consider is old posts using bbcode, they whould need to be converted. If the library is all ready writien for it it maybe a realy good idea. alot to think about, any ideas on how to slove the problem of old posts whould be nice.
Author:  wtd [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Compsci V3: How you can help
Hacker Dan wrote:
i have been thinking about it and i may just replace bbcode wiht noraml html since it dose the same in the end.


I'm currently fighting for a moderately large site to abandon a system which allows user to directly inject HTML into submissions. It's pure madness to go down that path.
Author:  Mazer [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Compsci V3: How you can help
Hacker Dan wrote:
Tho another thing we have to consider is old posts using bbcode, they whould need to be converted.

But what about Compsci Pheonix? We could just keep the old stuff in a seperate but easily accessible archive.
Author:  Dan [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Compsci V3: How you can help
Coutsos wrote:
Hacker Dan wrote:
Tho another thing we have to consider is old posts using bbcode, they whould need to be converted.

But what about Compsci Pheonix? We could just keep the old stuff in a seperate but easily accessible archive.


hummm, i had not considered this. it could be a good idea, tho i whould like to save the tutorals and if we do that we whould still need to convert the bbcode.

wtd: when i was thinking about html as a sytem, it whould be slected html tags only.
Author:  [Gandalf] [ Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:11 am ]
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To what extent will v3 be? Will users be kept? I would very much like posts to be archived, if not kept as they are.

Also, what's this?
forums wrote:
[FP] Contest
Final Projects Contest Submissions
Moderators Delos, Cervantes


I don't recall it saying who the moderators were.
Author:  Blade [ Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:22 am ]
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i know nothing about ruby, but i'm sure it'd be possible to write somehting similar to a bat file that just searches all the posts int he databases for bbcode then converts them to html... but then again, you'd have to write the bbcode function.. so why not do it with php just before you convert to v3? it shouldn't be hard to do.. then you dont really have to worry about archiving anything and just integrate it into v3
Author:  rizzix [ Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:37 am ]
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hmm how about i provide a webservice for this.. pfft.
Author:  Dan [ Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:00 pm ]
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[Gandalf] wrote:
To what extent will v3 be? Will users be kept? I would very much like posts to be archived, if not kept as they are.

Also, what's this?
forums wrote:
[FP] Contest
Final Projects Contest Submissions
Moderators Delos, Cervantes


I don't recall it saying who the moderators were.


That whould be some one who dose not know how to set up the forms right messing with there setings. Moderator primisions should be set by group not by indivdiaul user.
Author:  Dan [ Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:01 pm ]
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Blade wrote:
i know nothing about ruby, but i'm sure it'd be possible to write somehting similar to a bat file that just searches all the posts int he databases for bbcode then converts them to html... but then again, you'd have to write the bbcode function.. so why not do it with php just before you convert to v3? it shouldn't be hard to do.. then you dont really have to worry about archiving anything and just integrate it into v3


Well we do not realy have to think about thins behond what will v3 have intill v3 is done. The issue is more of making v3 with v2 in mind rather then how the aucatal converions will take place.
Author:  Tony [ Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:12 pm ]
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Hacker Dan wrote:
Moderator primisions should be set by group not by indivdiaul user.

Well if somebody made an effort to properly name the said groups, then I wouldn't have a problem finding the proper one Confused
Author:  Dan [ Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:52 pm ]
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Tony wrote:
Hacker Dan wrote:
Moderator primisions should be set by group not by indivdiaul user.

Well if somebody made an effort to properly name the said groups, then I wouldn't have a problem finding the proper one Confused


The groups are named fine and have not chaged since the beging of v1. There is no contest gorup, you whould have to make one. you could use the staff or senrior staff group if u whonted.
Author:  Drakain Zeil [ Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:09 am ]
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I'm good with graphics, and programming. However, I've never once sat down and looked at PHP or SQL seriously.


I have some stuff at deviantart,

http://d-zeil.deviantart.com

If some one wants I'll start a layout graphic after I finnish my current graphical project that I'm working on (and will probably be done soon).
Author:  Amailer [ Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:36 am ]
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o.O wow dark XD
I'll PM you

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