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How to add icons to the Profile (0.8)   (News)

In the standard version the Profile contains just one icon to edit your personal data and one icon to logout.
So, I investigated how this works - as I never used it in over 3 years.
All modules are classified as 'admin' modules or user modules. Every user module and that is the vast majority of modules can have an icon in the Profile folder. What it requires is a pnaccountapi.php file in the modules directory. That means, if you want to show the Pages icon in the Profile folder you need a file named ./modules/Pages/pnaccountapi.php.
This program does not contain much but the definition of the icon to show. Sample content is like this:
[code]function Pages_accountapi_getall($args)
{
if (!isset($args['uname'])) {
if (!pnUserloggedIn()) {
$uname = null;
} else {
$uname = pnUserGetVar('uname');
}
}
// Create an array of links to return
if ($uname != null) {
$uid = pnUserGetIDFromName($uname);
$items = array(array('url' => pnModURL('Pages', 'user'),
'module' => 'core',
'set' => 'icons/large',
'title' => _PAGES,
'icon' => 'pages.gif'));
} else {
$items = null;
}
// Return the items
return $items;
}[/code]

That's it. Pretty easy.

Generated on September 19, 2007.

The Road to .8 - Where are we, and where are we going?   (News)

The modules included in .760 which are templated, and taken direct from the .8 CVS are as follows:

Admin
Admin Messages
Autolinks
AvantGo
Blocks
Censor
Credits
Ephemerids
Groups
Header_Footer
Legal
Mailer
Members List
Messages
Modules
Permissions
pn_bbcode
pn_bbsmile
pnRender
Quotes
Ratings
RSS
Sniffer
Typetool
Xanthia

This represents a significant percentage of the .8 code, but there is still more to do. The aim of this article is to try and outline some of what remains to be done before we can consider a release of .8.

Six Main Projects for PostNuke Development
We have identified six main sub projects vital for a release of .8. These projects cover wide areas, and each are at different stages of completion. The six projects, in no particular order, are:


Integration of Open Star object library and Database Utility
Integration of Open Star category management
Installer
Xanthia
User management
Finishing of content modules

This article also includes a little information on some of the other new code to be introduced with .8 this is at the end, where we look at EZComments and the Error Handler.
Integration of Open Star Object Library and Database Utility
The new Database layer reuses the existing pntables information to provide an
object representation of database rows. The advantage of this approach is that
it allows you to basically remove manually coded SQL statements and replace
with what's typically a 1-line statement. Some sample invocations of such code
are shown below:

[code]
$myObj =& DBUtil::selectObjectByID (, $id);
$myObj =& DBUtil::selectObject (, $where);
$myObjArray =& DBUtil::selectObjectArray (, $where, $sort);
DBUtil::insertObject ($myObj, );
DBUtil::updateObject ($myObj, );
[/code]
These functions all return an associative PHP array, or in the case of array
functions, an array of arrays. The fields in this array are cleaned up in
the sense that any field prefixes have been removed. This DB API also
gives you the ability to have generate associative (object) arrays, expanded
arrays with other table fields joined in (which means that you can save SQL
lookup calls) as well as store/retrieve dynamic attributes without altering
the underlying table structure. Together this provides a highly flexible API
which can take care of all storage & retrieval operations.

On top of the DB layer sits the Object Layer. Objects provide a component model
which features transparent persistence facilities. Objects/Classees are loaded
though the Loader API though
[code]
Loader::loadClassFromModule (, 'foo') //

Generated on November 3, 2005.

Interview: Cas Nuy   (News)

What are you working on?

My work can be divided into 2 categories:

Add-ons, mainly integration modules for existing web-applications which are not (yet) PostNuke enabled.

My aim is not to fully integrate other applications but to enable single signon. I hate logging on multiple times so the reason is obvious. In addition, most of the time I add one or more sideblocks for PN. I have created integration modules for:

Owl- a document management system There is a PN enabled version called NukeOwl but unfortunately this is no longer maintained. This module comes with a sideblock.

Coppermine- a slick photo gallery. Again comes with a sideblock. By now there is a fully integrated version devlopped by phpNuke developers and I have adjusted my side block to fit in this solution. Having seen my integration for coppermine, I received a request if I could do similar for another gallery called 4images. This one is available also with a sideblock.

Mantis- a bugtracker application was actually on of the first modules I created. Recently added a sideblock.

phProjekt- again upon request. This one comes with multiple sideblocks and also includes Mantis integration within phProjekt.

Looking for a nice knowledgebase, I stumbled across Mindmeld. Although a kind of integration with PN was available, I did not like the way it was done. Created my own version including a sideblock.

phpGedView also created upon request. I have some interest in genealogy and am using TNG myself.

Netjuke was one of the latest. I had been checking out various jukeboxes but neither fitted my needs till I found Netjuke. Still think this is was of the best around. Also comes with a sideblock.

Already some time ago, someone asked for integration of Moodle. Once I found the time for it, things moved quickly. Moodle is a socalled LMS (Learning Management System) and looks very good. Once i made this available, I received a request for ATutor, another LMS. This one has been released shortly (seemd to me a good idea to offer 2 options to the PN community).

In the pipeline are updates for various of the above mentioned modules and also a new one will be released shortly for Zentrack, another bugtracker.

As part of the add-ons, I also created some Blocks. NukeOwl latest doc blocks. When I started with NukeOwl there only was one block which did not meet my requirements, so I added one. NewsScroller, one of the most downloaded on my site. I just did not like all that news on the frontpage and wanted to have a scrolling block. Recently have extended this with ability of scrolling Admin-messages & rss-feeds.

New modules
Feedback module was one of the first, it was just not available so it had to be made (my very first one).

pnChangeLog is the other full module I have created. It allows one to keep track of changes of various objects. This time again, I could not find something that fitted my needs. One of the things I am thinking about is a survey module where you can weigh the answers, save them in between.


Tell me about your postnuke "career".

As soon as i was able to have a broadband internet connection, I wanted to setup my own webserver. I started testing the various CMS systems (alhough having very little
knowledge of this platform) and found that PN was relative easy to use, a lot of modules were available and was having a very rich usergroup.


When did you start working on your own module?

Although a lot is available, there is always something missing. Just for fun, I created a Feedback module and that really was the start. In search of modules i wanted, I also found that there is lot's of good software around although not always postnuked. That's where i started creating the integration modules. The NewsScroller-block was something I wanted to have for my site, so it had to be made. The first true module is my pnVhangeLog module which is still being further developed.


What is your development like?

Given my daily work, there is not much time left. So i work on things I "need", in some cases upon request. The help is actually coming out of the community, there are always people available to help in testing and giving proper feedback. I do not use any specific tools apart from coffee, tabac & music.


What is the biggest difficulty in your development?

Time and knowledge, there are more & more new developments which are difficult to keep up with due to my time constraints.

What features should the Postnuke .8 core have to simplify your work?

Well i just hope all the new things are very well documented so I do not need to discover everything by myself. Apart from that, performance increases are what i am hoping for. Certainly development of a "standard" bridge function for modules of other nuke related cms would be very nice.

Which route will Postnuke/your module in your opinion go in the future?

Well my modules will follow the core progress so smarty/pnRender will be the things that I will have to look into.

What should users of your module regard? What is the weakest/strongest point in your module?

Documentation is as always the hardest part.

Anything else you always wanted to say about Postnuke/your module?

Working together is always we should look at. A good sample is the recent developments around the Coppermine gallery. This standalone gallery had a phpNuked version (fully integrated) and there was pnCPG( single signon for Postnuke). Now the phpNuke port is also suitable for Postnuke. Although most of the work was done by the phpNuke team, at least there was communication from both sides. That is the way forward !

Thank you very much for the interview.

More info on Cas Nuy's work: http://www.nuy.info

Generated on December 20, 2003.

Internet Peaks as America's Most Important Source of Information, Reports Year Three of UCLA Internet Project   (News)

Communication Policy, a unit in the Anderson School of Management and affiliated with the university's College of Letters and Science.

When Internet users were asked to rank the importance of major media, 61.1 percent said the Internet was very important or extremely important, surpassing books (60.3 percent), newspapers (57.8 percent), television (50.2 percent), radio (40 percent), and magazines (28.7 percent).

Even the newest users of online technology believe the Internet is a vital information source. Among Internet users with less than one year online, more than half (52 percent) say the Internet is very important or extremely important as an information source.

"Clearly, users consider the Internet to be their key source for the broad range of information needs," said Cole. "We are especially interested to see how the role of the Internet as an information source continues to evolve as online access increasingly shifts to broadband instead of modem access, and the Internet becomes an instantly available service in America's households."

By comparison, television remains the most important source of entertainment, with the Internet ranked fourth; 56.2 percent of Internet users ranked television as very important or extremely important, followed by books (50 percent), radio (48.9 percent), magazines (26.5 percent), the Internet (25 percent), and newspapers (22.8 percent).

Internet credibility: problems grow
Yet a sobering perception persists about the Internet's value as an information source: the credibility of information found on the Internet has declined for the first time in the three-year history of the report.

In 2002, 52.8 percent of users said that most or all of the information online is reliable and accurate — a decline from 58 percent in 2001 and 55 percent in 2000.

Non-users reported even lower levels of belief in credibility of online information; slightly more than one-third of non-users (33.6 percent) in 2002 continued to say that most or all of the information on the Internet is reliable and accurate — down from 36.7 percent in 2001 and about the same as the 33.3 percent in 2000.

"A troubling split in perceptions about the Internet is becoming increasingly clear," said Cole. "The Internet is viewed as a vitally important source of information by new users and experienced users alike, yet disturbingly large numbers of users do not trust what they find online."

"If the Internet's importance for information is growing, but it continues to be perceived as a source of unreliable information, then a 'credibility clash' is looming," Cole said. "How long will the Internet be valued as an important source of information, if the material users find online continues to be considered unreliable and inaccurate?"

Television viewing continues to decline
Year Three of the UCLA Internet Report found that television viewing continues to decline among online users.

"The trend across the three years of the UCLA Internet Project shows that users are 'borrowing' their time to go online from hours previously spent watching television," said Cole. "While survey respondents typically underreport their television viewing, the trend in viewing time is very definitely on the decline, while Internet use is rising."

Regarding television:

· Overall, Internet users watched less television in 2002 than in 2001 — 11.2 hours per week in 2002, compared to 12.3 hours in 2001.

· In 2002, Internet users watched about 5.4 hours of television less per week than non-users — this compared to 4.5 hours in 2001.

· Almost one-third of children now watch less television than before they started using the Internet at home — up from 23 percent in 2001.

· The decline in television viewing becomes even more pronounced as Internet experiences increases; more than twice as many of the very experienced users than new users say that they spend less time watching television since using the Internet.

Concerns about online privacy: still high, but down slightly
Even while the importance of the Internet grows by some measures, concerns about online privacy and the security still remain sky high.

Year Three of the UCLA Internet Project found that the vast majority of Americans continue to express some level of concern about the privacy of their personal information when or if they buy on the Internet.

Yet overall, concerns have declined slightly. Overall, 88.8 percent of all respondents — users and non-users alike — expressed some concern about the privacy of their personal information when or if they buy on the Internet — down from 94.6 percent in 2001. Those who are not concerned at all increased to 11.2 percent, more than double the number in 2001 (5.5 percent).

Concerns about credit card information: a continuing major problem
While worries about personal privacy online declined slightly in 2002, concerns about credit card security on the Internet remain as high as ever — and for many users, nothing will reduce their concerns.

Overall, 92.4 percent of all respondents age 18 or over in 2002 expressed some concern about the security of their credit card information when or if they buy online — a statistically insignificant change from 94.4 percent in 2001.

For nearly one-quarter of the respondents (23.1 percent) who have concerns about using their credit cards online, nothing will reduce their concerns about using a credit card online.

"The twin problems of online privacy and credit card security plague many aspects of Internet use," said Cole. "Those concerns decline somewhat as Internet use increases, but they nevertheless remain, and cannot be overemphasized as an important factor in online purchasing and information exchange."

Internet use at home: a dramatic increase
While overall Internet access remained generally stable from 2001 to 2002, use of the Internet at home increased dramatically.

Of the 71.1 percent of Americans who use the Internet, almost 60 percent of users (59.4 percent) have Internet access at home, a substantial increase in only two years from the 46.9 percent of users who reported home Internet access in 2000, the first year of the UCLA Internet Project.

Hours online increase
The number of hours users spend online continued to increase in 2002 — rising to an average of 11.1 hours per week in 2002, up from 9.8 hours in 2001 and 9.3 hours in 2000.

The Top Five Most Popular Internet Activities in 2002
1. E-mail
2. Instant messaging,
3. Web surfing or browsing,
4.Reading news, shopping and buying online
5. Accessing entertainment information.

* * * * * * * *

The UCLA Internet Project: Background
Year Three of the UCLA Internet Report, titled "Surveying the Digital Future," provides a broad year-to-year view of the impact of the Internet by examining the behavior and views of a national sample of 2,000 Internet users and non-users, as well as comparisons between new users (less than one year of experience) and very experienced users (six or more years of experience).

The project compares findings from all three years of the study, looking at five major areas: who is online and who is not, media use and trust, consumer behavior, communication patterns, and social and psychological effects.

The UCLA Center for Communication Policy created and organizes the World Internet Project, which includes the UCLA Internet Report and similar studies in Europe, the Middle East, South America, and Asia.

The UCLA Internet Project is supported by public foundations and private companies, including the National Science Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, America Online (AOL) Time Warner, Microsoft, Sony, Verizon, SBC, DirecTV, and the National Cable Television Association.

The UCLA Center for Communication Policy is based in The Anderson School and maintains an affiliation with the university's College of Letters and Science.

To download the full text of the UCLA Internet Report, visit www.ccp.ucla.edu.

UCLA Internet Report, Year Three Additional Highlights
In addition to the highlights cited in the press release, other important findings among the more than 100 major issues in Year Three of the UCLA Internet Project are:

(Page references for from the report are listed after each highlight)
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Who is Online and Who is Not? What are Users Doing Online?
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Overall Internet Use
Internet access by Americans remained generally stable from 2001 to 2002. More than 70 percent (71.1 percent) of Americans in 2002 went online, compared to 72.3 percent in 2001 -- a statistically insignificant different -- but up from 66.9 percent in the first UCLA Internet Project in 2000. (Pages 17 and 18)

Technophobia
Technophobia affects respondents at all levels of experience using the Internet; 30.3 percent of new users and 10.8 percent of very experienced users report some technophobia. (Page 24)

How Do You Connect To The Internet At Home?
Most households with Internet access still connect to online service with a telephone modem; however, broadband access has increased, and modem access is declining. (Page 25)

Broadband Vs. Modem: How Do They Affect Online Use?
Broadband users spend more time online than modem users in all of the most popular Internet activities. (Page 25)

How Many Working Computers At Home?
Almost one-quarter of respondents (24.1 percent) have more than one working computer in their homes. Nearly 10 percent (9.5 percent) have three or more working computers. (Page 26)

Are Your Computers At Home Networked To Each Other?
Home networking of computers is a growing trend; 32 percent of respondents with two or more computers at home have networked them. (Page 27)

Non-Users: Why Not Online?
The 28.9 percent of Americans who did not use the Internet in 2002 express a range of reasons for not being online. The primary reason is lack of the technology; 31.9 percent of non-users say they either do not have a computer or their current computer is not adequate. (Page 28)

Electronic Dropouts: Why?
The primary reason given by "electronic dropouts" --Internet non-users who were once users -- for not currently being online is "no computer available." (Page 28)

Nearly half of electronic dropouts say they miss nothing by not having Internet access. (Page 29)

Non-Users: Will You Log On Soon?
The number of non-users who say they will go online within the next year has continued to grow in each successive year of the UCLA Internet Project. Of non-users in 2002, 47 percent said they are somewhat likely or very likely to go online next year. (Page 30)


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Media Use and Trust
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The Internet's Importance: Broadband Vs. Telephone Modem Users
The Internet's importance as a source of both information and entertainment is higher among those who access the Internet via broadband than those with telephone modems. (Page 37)

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Consumer Behavior
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Internet Purchasing: Do You Buy Online? How Much? How Often?
Fewer adults bought online in 2002 than in 2001 or 2000. (Page 40)

While the overall number of buyers in 2002 has declined, their average number of purchases increased substantially over 2001. (Page 40)

The average dollars spent by online buyers in 2002 also increased substantially over 2001, but is still lower than in 2000. (Page 41)

Internet Purchasing: Does It Affect Buying In Retail Stores?
In 2002, online buying replaced some purchasing in retail stores for many Internet users, and at higher levels than in 2001. (Page 43)

How Long Before Your First Online Purchase?
Many Internet users say they waited months or years before buying online. Almost half of Internet buyers (49.3 percent) waited more than two years after going online before making their first purchase. One-third waited more than three years. (Page 43)

Why Wait To Make The First Purchase?
For online buyers who waited several months or more after starting to use the Internet before making their first online purchase, concern about using a credit card online far outweighs any other reason. (Page 44).

Online Purchasing: Will It Increase?
A growing number of Internet purchasers in 2002 reported that their online buying is likely to increase; 71.2 percent of 2002 respondents agree that they will probably make more purchases online, compared to 66.1 percent in 2001 and 54.5 percent in 2000. (Page 46)

Are You Concerned About Your Privacy When Buying Online?
Responses to several questions in the 2002 UCLA Internet Project continued to show high levels of concern about the privacy of personal information when or if respondents buy online. Yet overall, concerns declined slightly in 2002 from 2001. (Page 48)

Concerns About Credit Card Information: A Continuing Major Problem
While worries about personal privacy online declined in 2002, concerns about credit card security on the Internet remain as high as ever. Overall, 92.4 percent of all respondents age 18 or over express some concern about the security of their credit card information if they ever buy online. (Page 50)

Very experienced users describe much lower - but still relatively high - levels of concern than do new users about credit card security on the Internet. (Page 50)

What Are Your Concerns About Using Credit Cards Online?
When asked about the specific reasons for their concerns about using credit cards online, respondents most frequently say that "hackers" are a reason for concern. "Too many unknowns" about online purchasing is the second most-cited reason. (Page 52)

Notably, 8.7 percent of respondents say they are extremely concerned because they know someone who has been a victim of credit card fraud. (Page 52)

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Communication Patterns
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Are Internet Users Communicating More With Family And Friends?
More than half of users in 2002 said that since starting to use the Internet, they increased the number of people with whom they stay in contact. (Page 55)

E-Mail Contact, Personal Contact
E-mail users maintain weekly online contact with an average of 8.7 correspondents. Of those people, e-mail users meet an average of 3.4 correspondents face-to-face. (Page 56)

Multiple E-Mail Addresses
While more than half of e-mail users (52.6 percent) say they only maintain one e-mail account, almost 20 percent (18.3 percent) say they maintain three or more accounts. (Page 57)

Why Multiple E-Mail Addresses?
E-mail users report a variety of reasons for maintaining multiple e-mail addresses. The most often cited reason is separating work e-mail from personal e-mail. (Page 57)

Opinions About The Value Of E-Mail
Large majorities of e-mail users say that online communication: does not require too much time; makes them more likely to keep in contact with other people with e-mail; and allows them to communicate with people they normally could not. (Page 59)

E-Mail At The Office: Business And Personal Use
Internet users continue to report high levels of e-mail access at work for both personal and professional use. More than 83 percent of those who use the Internet at work access business e-mail from work, slightly lower than 2001 but higher than 2000. (Page 73)

Screen Names: How Many Do You Maintain?
Many Internet users maintain more than one screen name that is used for e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, and other online communication. Internet users average 2.2 screen names. (Page 60)

Do You Use Multiple Screen Names With Different Personalities?
A small number of users across all age ranges report that they have multiple screen names, each of which is associated with its own personality. (Page 60)


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Social Effects
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Time With Family, Time With Friends
Most Internet users in 2002 continued to believe that the time they spend online has no influence on the amount of time they spend with their family, or time spent with friends. (Page 62)

Where Do Children Use The Internet?
Most children who use the Internet go online at home. Well over 80 percent of children who used the Internet in 2002 went online at home - a substantial increase from 2001 and 2000. (Page 65)

Nearly three-quarters of children who use the Internet go online at school, up from little more than half of children in 2000. (Page 65)

Children Online and Watching Television: The Right Amount Of Time?
44.9 percent of adults say that the children in their households spend too much time watching television, while far fewer (18.3 percent) say children spend too much time online. (Page 66)

A large but declining number of adults say the children in their household spend "about the right amount of time" or "too little time" online - 81.7 percent in 2002. (Page 66)

The number of adults who say that children spend too much time online has drifted upward over the three years of the UCLA Internet Project. (Page 66)

School Grades And The Internet
The Internet is not perceived by most users as having an effect on school grades; nearly three-quarters of adults in 2002 said that since their household acquired the Internet, the grades of children in their households have stayed the same. (Page 67)

Children, The Internet, And Interaction With Friends
Almost all adults say the Internet has no effect on children's interaction with friends. (Page 68)

Political Power And Influence
All three years of the UCLA Internet Project have found that going online can be an important resource for gathering information about political issues; however, relatively small numbers of users believe that the Internet gives them more political power, or helps them influence political decisions and government officials - and those numbers are declining. (Page 69)

The Internet At Work: Business And Personal Use
Internet users continue to report growing levels of online access at work for both personal and professional use. Of those who have Internet access at work, about 90 percent visit Web sites for business purposes; 60.5 percent visit Web sites for personal use while at work. (Page 72)

Do Employers Monitor E-Mail And Internet Use At Work?
About 45 percent of respondents who use e-mail at work in 2002 say their e-mail is monitored by their employers - about the same as in 2001. An almost identical percentage of respondents say their employers monitor their use of the Web either somewhat or closely. (Page 74)

Does The Internet Affect Productivity?
In 2002, nearly two-thirds of users (64.5 percent) said that access to the Internet at work makes them more productive - an increase over both 2001 and 2000. (Page 75)

Are Users Satisfied Or Dissatisfied With The Internet?
Overall, users of the Internet in 2002 were satisfied with online technology, rating satisfaction with the Internet at 4.0 on a scale of 1 (not satisfied) to 5 (completely satisfied). (Page 77)

Users are most satisfied with the ability to communicate with other people on the Internet. Users continue to be least satisfied with the speed of their connection to the Internet. (Page 77)
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Related Links
http://ccp.ucla.ed

Generated on February 4, 2003.

Postnuke - Flash Communication Server Integration   (News)

are going to push the limits on this to see what else we can do with it, with more tightly integrated Flash overall into Postnuke.

Please stop by and have a look, you have to register for a user account (it is free) to hit the chat (again controlled by Postnuke), but there are some screen shots up now too. This is NOT one of the standard Flash Comm samples, or even close.

Additionally, we are doing a lot of work on Postnuke and Flash Modules and Blocks as you may notice. We will release those as we ready them. We also made a few mods to NS-Add-Story to ping Blog related sites, to help point people towards to the site, alerting search engines and users to changes on the site. Definitely expect to see these mods posted here soon.

Let me know what you think and do post comments. Kick it around and don't be shy about telling me what you think, or would want to see. We haven't tested this yet with the Linux or Mac plugin but that will come soon too. So if you have trouble, do let me know.

Thanks

Jason Key
Flash Distracte

Generated on December 1, 2002.

Development Report   (News)

The Rogue Report

We will be releasing at least one more package under the Rogue name. I hope to release .715 (or .72) either next weekend or the weekend after (if you are a betting type person go with the latter). I imagine that there will be a few DB changes, so the version number may escalate to .72. The database changes will be for bug fixes only.

I also hope to have a couple of new modules that have been ported to the API with the next release as well. We do have the Top Lists module ready to go, and I believe that the Ephemerids are ready as well.

The delay in the release is caused from our recent move to the new CVS, as well as the passing of Greg. However, I will be pushing for a release of the maintenance branch as soon as it is ready.

The adam_baum Report

We have decided to rename the .8 series from Ragnarok to adam_baum for obvious reasons. .8 is shaping up to be a very nice and revolutionary release. Many features have already been developed and tested and are ready to go. I am shooting for an August Feature Freeze with an early September release.

We have a ton of work to do in the meantime though. We desperately need people to volunteer to help with the module conversions to the API. As always, if you want your 5 minutes to 1 year of PostNuke fame and glory, we will welcome you into the fun.

Below is a very brief overview of what is in the pan this month for .8. This is meant as a tease, but we invite you to check out the CVS and see the changes for yourself. There are some omissions from the report (namely pnComments, some hooks that have been developed, and the pnExceptions), but it should give you a very nice detail as to what is being worked on.

The following is the adam_baum .8 report from Gregor:

Performance

Mike and Marco have started work on caching PostNuke data with a new set of functions, pnVar*Cached. Mike has written an excellent performance white paper
here.

TODO: Describe it in MDG, use it throughout core, database indexes

Sessions

Mike has begun to take a hard look at the sessions code, trying to isolate workarounds, and make the code saner. Depending on the decision about PHP minimum requirements
this code might be simplified further.

TODO: Fix all session bugs :)

Block layout

The basic block layout system is nearing completion. Modules can register their own tags.

TODO: MDG section for block layout, samples, resolve ML issues

Dynamic User Data

Dynamic User Data is incomplete, however Christopher Grote agreed to take a look at it and make it feature complete.

TODO: Implement required fields, code cleanup

Users module

The users module is currently un-maintained. We are looking for interested parties to take over the module.

TODO: Integrate registration workflow from x-users, templates, dynamic user data

Multilanguage System

The API functions for the new ML systems are complete. Work continues on a translation module.

TODO: upgrade path, translation module, implement storage backend

Installer

With Block layout in place, work on the Installer can begin in earnest. Zoom and Neo are building a nice remote installer which we will try to integrate with the core installer. The
aim is to leverage as much infrastructure as early as possible in the installation. This means loading of the API etc.

TODO: Design Installer architecture.

Database abstraction

Gary is working on table creation / modification support, the remaining omission from ADODB. Jeremy has MSSQL working, and Johnny is working on Postgres support.

TODO: merge MSSQL / Postgres work with core

Generated on June 29, 2002.

Multisites Questions   (News)

it possible to setup multisites if you don't have access to apache config file, i.e. if you are on normal paid hosting account?


Second question is that I wish to make following feature on site with multisites configuration based on PN .714:

On main url there are all news and content listed in default theme.
(http://www.split.info)

On news topic "sport" there is subdomain used (http://sport.split.info) and with new theme for sport and possibility to add different or similar blocks from that on main url with sport topic in city blocks, links on sport, etc.

On news topic "politics" there is subdomain used (http://politics.split.info) and with new theme for politics and possibility to add different or blocks
similar from that on main url with politics topic in blocks, links on politics sites, pool on politics ... etc

Or is it maybe better to have 4 separate installations for each subdomain one with 4 different themes and databases sharing only users table and news table for specific topic from main site since I wish to use different content in blocks for each subdomain?

If I go on this solution to have multiply installations, how to make in theme or News module and in recent news block for each subdomain to display only news from specific topic from shared (main site) database, as it is shown in sample:

http://sport.split.info - Only news and recent news block for topic "sport" from shared db (main db)
http://politics.split.info - Only news and recent news block for topic "politics" from shared db (main db)

Separate databases for each subdomain will be used only to enable to have content and blocks different from main site.

This site will be my second commercial website beside this one what I am working on too:

http://www.dalmacija.info

and this is preview (beta screenshot) of this city portal I am working on:

http://www.split.info/beta

Your help would be appriciated

(I am not from English speaking area, so if you run on some error in text you know the reason)

Regards

Ivan Strigo
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http://www.thebix.com
htp://www.cmsarchive.co

Generated on June 24, 2002.

Is there any ML HowTo?   (News)

Can someone provide me sample code where I can look at in the core module (which is pnAPI compliant) or may be documents/web site that provides such information.

Generated on May 5, 2002.

need testers with nonwindows browsers   (News)

I would like you to browser-test a page with a test version of this menu here.


I tried windows versions of IE6, opera6, netscape 6, mozilla0.9.9.

Please let me know whether you see the blue words in the DHTML DynamicMenu, the arrow to the right of the words 'symposium 2002' and whether it expands when you hover over 'symposium 2002'. Oh and when hovering the color should change.

Don't try to click the links, they are dislocated.

Please mail me a report with your operating system and browser name and version.

Cheers, Chrisy

Generated on April 11, 2002.

Potential project for Thai-speaking PHP developers   (News)

Requirements:
1) Must be able to speak/read/write/type Thai
2) Must be able to program in PHP
3) Must have at least a basic understanding of SQL and database design
4) Must be able to provide code samples for evaluation

Knowledge of osCommerce and/or PostNuke is a plus.

If you are interested, please submit your contact information at http://www.liquidmarkets.com/m.php?m=contact

Generated on April 11, 2002.

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