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Soc geeklog2 social plugin

2008-03-07T22:42:54Z

Dhodgkin: /* Level of Difficulty */

== Incentive ==
Along with blogs, social networks are the new big deal in the netosphere. And for any good CMS to contend in this arena it should be prepared to perform any social networking tasks. At it's present state GL2 is a perfect candidate for adding the ability to perform these tasks. And using Google's OpenSocial APIs is the perfect way to add this functionality.

== Objective ==
Develop a plugin that utilizes Google's OpenSocial APIs to provide all the functions common to a social networking site.

== Level of Difficulty ==
''hard''

This may prove to be a difficult undertaking for a student new to open source development. But with a good understanding of the internals of both the GL2 APIs and the Google OpenSocial APIs this plugin can be pulled off and provide some nice features to GL2.

[[Category:Summer of Code]] [[Category:Development]]

Soc geeklog2 social plugin

2008-03-07T22:42:37Z

Dhodgkin:

== Incentive ==
Along with blogs, social networks are the new big deal in the netosphere. And for any good CMS to contend in this arena it should be prepared to perform any social networking tasks. At it's present state GL2 is a perfect candidate for adding the ability to perform these tasks. And using Google's OpenSocial APIs is the perfect way to add this functionality.

== Objective ==
Develop a plugin that utilizes Google's OpenSocial APIs to provide all the functions common to a social networking site.

== Level of Difficulty ==
''hard''
This may prove to be a difficult undertaking for a student new to open source development. But with a good understanding of the internals of both the GL2 APIs and the Google OpenSocial APIs this plugin can be pulled off and provide some nice features to GL2.

[[Category:Summer of Code]] [[Category:Development]]

Google Summer of Code

2008-03-07T22:13:57Z

Dhodgkin: /* For Geeklog 2 */

== What is it? ==

The [http://code.google.com/soc/ Google Summer of Code™] is a program sponsored by Google where they pay students to develop open source software. In its third incarnation in 2007, Geeklog [[Summer of Code 2007|took part]] in the program for the first time.

'''Note:''' Geeklog has applied to take part in the Summer of Code 2008 again. At this point in time, however, no organizations have been selected yet. Please refer to [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline Google's timeline] for the program for details.

== Project Ideas ==

This is a list of ideas for projects that we feel would add useful functionality to Geeklog. We are open for other ideas not listed here as long as they fit in with Geeklog's general ideas and concepts and can be done in the 3-months period of the Summer of Code program.

Also, please read the [[Google_Summer_of_Code#Notes_for_Students|Notes for Students]] below.

=== For Geeklog 1.x ===

* [[SoC_improving comments_2008|Improving the comments]]
* [[SoC_webservices_revisited|Webservices revisited]]
* [[SoC_install_script_revisited|Install script: Plugins and Migration]]
* [http://swot.fuckingbrit.com/ SWOT] ''(Spam: Web of Trust)''
* [[SoC_mailman|Mailman Plugin]]
* [[SoC_improved_search|Improved Search]]
* [[SoC_socialnetworking|Add Social Networking Features]]
* [[SoC_css_foundation_classes|Implement a theme based on the YUI CSS Foundation Libraries]]
* [[SoC_cross_site_publication|Cross Site Alerting and Publication API]]
* [[SoC_web_analytics_api|Implement Open Web Analytics]]
* [[SoC_core_notification_support|Core Notification Service]]

There are also some [[SoC_more_ideas|leftover ideas]] from 2007.

=== For Geeklog 2 ===

* [[SoC_geeklog2_taxonomy_tagging_plugin| Taxonomy and Tagging Plugin]]
* [[SoC_geeklog2_continuous_builds| Continuous Builds]]
* [[SoC_geeklog2_workflow_plugin| Workflow Plugin]]
* [[SoC_geeklog2_mapping_plugin| Mapping Plugin]]
* [[SoC_geeklog2_syndication_api|Geeklog2 Syndication API]]
* [[SoC_geeklog2_spam_solution|Geeklog2 Anti-Spam "Solution"]]
* [[Soc_geeklog2_media_plugin| Media Plugin]]
* [[Soc_geeklog2_social_plugin| Social Plugin using Google's OpenSocial]]

== Notes for Students ==

=== Required skills ===

Students interested in any of the above projects should have reasonable experience with PHP and some basic SQL knowledge. Being able to set up your own LAMP server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) would probably help but isn't a prerequisite.

=== Background information ===

Please note that there are '''two''' versions of Geeklog currently under active development but that they share little other than the name and a few contributors.

* '''Geeklog 1.x''' (currently 1.4.1, with 1.5.0 "almost done") is the software you may have seen running websites such as [http://www.groklaw.net/ Groklaw].
* '''Geeklog 2''' is "the next generation" of Geeklog and has been rewritten from the ground up. There are no released versions of Geeklog 2 yet.

Geeklog 1.x was started back in the year 2000 and its code is still mostly procedural and it uses its own (thin) database abstraction layer. Geeklog 2, on the other hand, is fully object oriented and uses technologies such as MVC and design patterns.

So basically, you can choose between working on a system that is in wide use already or one that uses all the latest and greatest in technology but isn't ''quite'' ready for mainstream use yet. In either case, you would be helping the Geeklog community immensely.

=== License ===

Geeklog 1.x has been released under the GPLv2 (GNU General Public License, version 2). All code written for Geeklog 1.x projects should also be released under that same license.

No final decision has been made on the license for Geeklog 2. However, it will most likely ''not'' be the GPL but another [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ OSI approved] license in the spirit of the BSD license.

== Contact ==

For all questions regarding Geeklog and the Summer of Code, please email us at <tt>contact-us(AT)lists.geeklog.net</tt> or use [http://www.geeklog.net/profiles.php?uid=2 this web form].

You are also invited to join our [http://lists.geeklog.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-devel Development Mailing List] and say "Hello!"

[[Category:Summer of Code]] [[Category:Development]]

Soc geeklog2 media plugin

2008-03-07T20:12:30Z

Dhodgkin: /* Level of Difficulty */

== Incentive ==

All content management systems have some form of media management plugin. For GL2 the media plugin should allow multiple types of media via it's own iAPI, "internal API". This in affect would allow for mini media plugins to be written to support different types of media. ie. streaming audio and video, and other types of media like Flash.

== Objective ==

Develop a core for the plugin that would contain all hooks needed for the iAPI.
Develop the iAPI and keep it as small as possible trying to keep it in line with the core GL2 APIs.

== Level of Difficulty ==

''Midrange to Hard''

The hard part will be figuring out how to implement the iAPI without making it huge. It needs to stay small and easy to use. But at the same time provide everything needed to implement the multiple types of media.

[[Category:Summer of Code]] [[Category:Development]]

Soc geeklog2 media plugin

2008-03-07T20:11:19Z

Dhodgkin:

Soc geeklog2 media plugin

2008-03-07T20:08:41Z

Dhodgkin:

Google Summer of Code

2008-03-07T20:07:22Z

Dhodgkin: /* For Geeklog 2 */

== What is it? ==

The [http://code.google.com/soc/ Google Summer of Code™] is a program sponsored by Google where they pay students to develop open source software. In its third incarnation in 2007, Geeklog [[Summer of Code 2007|took part]] in the program for the first time.

'''Note:''' Geeklog will be applying to take part in the Summer of Code 2008 again. At this point in time, however, no organizations have been selected yet. Please refer to [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline Google's timeline] for the program for details.

== Project Ideas ==

This is a list of ideas for projects that we feel would add useful functionality to Geeklog. We are open for other ideas not listed here as long as they fit in with Geeklog's general ideas and concepts and can be done in the 3-months period of the Summer of Code program.

Also, please read the [[Google_Summer_of_Code#Notes_for_Students|Notes for Students]] below.

=== For Geeklog 1.x ===

* [[SoC_improving comments_2008|Improving the comments]]
* [[SoC_webservices_revisited|Webservices revisited]]
* [[SoC_install_script_revisited|Install script: Plugins and Migration]]
* [[Soc_swot|SWOT]] ''(Spam: Web of Trust)'' ([http://swot.fuckingbrit.com/ SWOT])
* [[SoC_mailman|Mailman Plugin]]
* [[SoC_improved_search|Improved Search]]
* [[SoC_socialnetworking|Add Social Networking Features]]
* [[SoC_css_foundation_classes|Implement a theme based on the YUI CSS Foundation Libraries]]
* [[SoC_cross_site_publication|Cross Site Alerting and Publication API]]
* [[SoC_web_analytics_api|Implement Open Web Analytics]]
* [[SoC_core_notification_support|Core Notification Service]]

There are also some [[SoC_more_ideas|leftover ideas]] from 2007.

=== For Geeklog 2 ===

* [[SoC_geeklog2_taxonomy_tagging_plugin| Taxonomy and Tagging Plugin]]
* [[SoC_geeklog2_continuous_builds| Continuous Builds]]
* [[SoC_geeklog2_workflow_plugin| Workflow Plugin]]
* [[SoC_geeklog2_mapping_plugin| Mapping Plugin]]
* [[SoC_geeklog2_syndication_api|Geeklog2 Syndication API]]
* [[SoC_geeklog2_spam_solution|Geeklog2 Anti-Spam "Solution"]]
* [[Soc_geeklog2_media_plugin| Media Plugin]]

== Notes for Students ==

=== Required skills ===

Students interested in any of the above projects should have reasonable experience with PHP and some basic SQL knowledge. Being able to set up your own LAMP server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) would probably help but isn't a prerequisite.

=== Background information ===

Please note that there are '''two''' versions of Geeklog currently under active development but that they share little other than the name and a few contributors.

* '''Geeklog 1.x''' (currently 1.4.1, with 1.5.0 "almost done") is the software you may have seen running websites such as [http://www.groklaw.net/ Groklaw].
* '''Geeklog 2''' is "the next generation" of Geeklog and has been rewritten from the ground up. There are no released versions of Geeklog 2 yet.

Geeklog 1.x was started back in the year 2000 and its code is still mostly procedural and it uses its own (thin) database abstraction layer. Geeklog 2, on the other hand, is fully object oriented and uses technologies such as MVC and design patterns.

So basically, you can choose between working on a system that is in wide use already or one that uses all the latest and greatest in technology but isn't ''quite'' ready for mainstream use yet. In either case, you would be helping the Geeklog community immensely.

=== License ===

Geeklog 1.x has been released under the GPLv2 (GNU General Public License, version 2). All code written for Geeklog 1.x projects should also be released under that same license.

No final decision has been made on the license for Geeklog 2. However, it will most likely ''not'' be the GPL but another [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ OSI approved] license in the spirit of the BSD license.

== Contact ==

For all questions regarding Geeklog and the Summer of Code, please email us at <tt>contact-us(AT)lists.geeklog.net</tt> (or use [http://www.geeklog.net/profiles.php?uid=2 this web form]).

[[Category:Summer of Code]] [[Category:Development]]

Geeklog GeneratorG2

2007-06-11T18:16:00Z

Dhodgkin:

== Geeklog_Generator Introduction ==
#[[What|What is it?]]
##[[PropelG2|A Brief overview of Propel]]
###[[Propel-GeneratorG2|Propel_Generator]]
##[[Why Developers Need itG2|Why we, as developers, need it]]
##[[How can it speed developmentG2|How can it speed development?]]
#[[How it worksG2|A brief introduction on how it works]]

Geeklog GeneratorG2

2007-06-11T18:09:09Z

Dhodgkin:

== Geeklog_Generator Introduction ==
#[[What|What is it?]]
##[[Why Developers Need it|Why we, as developers, need it]]
##[[How can it speed development|How can it speed development?]]
#[[How it works|A brief introduction on how it works]]

Programmers/Developers DocumentationG2

2007-06-11T18:02:09Z

Dhodgkin: /* Geeklog 2 Documentation */

== Geeklog 2 Documentation ==
#[[IntroductionG2|Introduction]]
#[[Installing Geeklog 2]]
#[[AdministrationG2|Administration]]
#[[Users DocumentationG2|Users Documentation]]
#[[Programmers/Developers DocumentationG2|Programmers/Developers Documentation]]
##[[Prerequisites for DevelopersG2|Prerequisites for Developers]]
##[[ToolsG2|Recommended Developer Tools]]
##[[Introduction to the Geeklog 2 FrameworkG2|Introduction to the Geeklog 2 Framework]]
##[[General Programming HelpG2|General Programming Help]]
###[[Using ACLsG2|Using ACLs in Geeklog 2.x]]
###[[SessionsG2|Session Handling in Geeklog 2.x]]
###[[BlocksG2|The Geeklog 2.x Block Implementation]]
###[[Geeklog_GeneratorG2|Intro to Geeklog_Generator]]
##[[Plugin APIG2|Plugin API]]
##[[Coding StandardsG2|Coding Standards]]
##[[Theme Developers GuideG2|Theme Developers Guide]]
##[[TranslationsG2|Translations]]
##[[FAQG2|FAQ]]
##[[Core DevelopmentG2|Core Development]]
###[[Current StatusG2|Current Status]]
###[[ToDoG2|To Do List]]
###[[Database SchemaG2|Database Schema]]
###[[DependenciesG2|Dependencies]]