or... we could have them hosted on amsn-project.net temporarly and have a small script that runs once a day and uploads the file to upload.sf.net and emails amsn-devel for every file that wasn't yet 'sourceforge-ized'. Would be much easier and more importantly better for the users than having to do rapidshare.. wait 30 seconds.. then wait 1 minute.. then wait 15 minutes for a second file download... Especially if users want to try out multiple skins/plugins, which will probably be the case for 90% of the people visiting the site...
KaKaRoTo On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 06:38:46PM +0100, Tom Hennigan wrote: > It would be authenticated of course, we'd need an accounts system, and > some administrative control for moderators to be able to clean up/ > remove spam. > About the hosting, I'm not sure. Depends on what Tjikkun can provide.. > We could ask people to host themselves, or to host on rapidshare or > filefront. > That would minimize the load considerably.... > > - Tom > > On 6 Jun 2008, at 17:18, Youness Alaoui wrote: > > > Hey, great stuff you guys! > > I can't wait to see the result of this, it's a great idea.. > > and having it 'community maintainer' is really awesome as it > > will make it much more interactive... > > The problem is.. where to host the files? if we want to host > > them on SF.net, it needs to be uploaded by an amsn member.. > > if we want to just upload it to amsn-project.net, we might > > need Tjikkun's approval as to how it will affect the > > bandwidth usage... > > Finally, we'll probably need to have some sort of security, > > can't post without registring, can't update a plugin/skin if > > you're not the owner... > > Oh and Tom J. if you have too much free time, contact me on > > MSN, I might have something for you if you're getting bored :p > > > > Keep it up! :) > > KaKaRoTo > > > > On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 03:30:43PM +0100, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 2008/6/6 Tom Hennigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >>> Help would be great! I think design is the first thing to > >>> consider. I've > >>> come up with this over the last few days: > >>> http://hosting.notjustanothermacuser.com/ae/. I'm not sure I like > >>> the > >>> design, but I haven't got time to modify it at all atm.. > >>> > >>> Nothing is done apart from the front page so far.. > >>> > >> > >> I like the tabs, they feel very clean! I think the header is a bit > >> um, > >> 'dirty' though. My main point would be that I prefer Adium's way of > >> showing > >> categories than KDE/GNOME-look.org's. gnome-look and kde-look both > >> look > >> quite unprofessional to me, simply because there's a huuuge number of > >> categories (not their fault) and the links have no padding... it's > >> pretty > >> hard on my laptop to get what I want with the touchpad! In fact > >> there's > >> little padding/whitespace anywhere on the site, making it look > >> extremely > >> cluttered and scary! I think Adium's looks much friendlier and is > >> better in > >> terms of usability too :) I also think that as we don't have a > >> great number > >> of categories, we can afford to do it Adium's way with nice icons > >> etc. I > >> might post up some ideas and see what you think :) > >> > >> ps: Please don't think I'm trying to take over, I just have an > >> unhealthy > >> amount of free time now and I'm not at all used to it! I need to > >> doooo > >> stuffff! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> On 6 Jun 2008, at 14:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> 2008/6/6 Tom Hennigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> > >>>> Over the summer I would very much like to create aMSN-Extras > >>>> online. > >>>> It would be community maintained, so that people could upload > >>>> updates > >>>> of their skins/plugins directly there. I think this will be the > >>>> most > >>>> effective way to do it.. Some examples from other projects: > >>>> http://www.adiumxtras.com/, http://www.gnome-look.org/ > >>>> > >>>> I am willing to take this on, but I have 2 heavy weeks of exams > >>>> ahead, > >>>> so it won't be online for maybe 3-4 weeks... > >>>> > >>>> What do you think?to > >>> > >>> > >>> That sounds great; I was going to volunteer to do the uploading as > >>> I've > >>> just finished my exams, but (if you don't mind another person > >>> helping) I'd > >>> like to help! I can spout PHP, XHTML/CSS etc... > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> - Tom > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 6 Jun 2008, at 05:54, Youness Alaoui wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> > >>>>> I don't know where our skin and plugins maintainer is > >>>>> hiding, but I think it's time someone took care of posting > >>>>> to the website all the skins and plugins that were submitted > >>>>> on the forums. There are a lot of new skins/plugins and I > >>>>> think that many users will enjoy them, if only they could > >>>>> find them... > >>>>> I also think we should show the screenshot of the skins > >>>>> directly in the skins.php website (instead of having to > >>>>> click on 'screenshot'), that will make it much easier for > >>>>> the users to effectively 'browse' the available skins... > >>>>> clicking on the screenshot would show it at full resolution > >>>>> of course. > >>>>> > >>>>> Who's up for doing that ? > >>>>> > >>>>> p.s.: as a side note, I finished reverse engineering the ICE > >>>>> protocol used by MSN for the audio conversations, all that > >>>>> is left now is to implement 'msn compatibility' support in > >>>>> libnice and upgrade to the newest farsight... will be done > >>>>> sometime soon. For those who don't know, this will allow NAT > >>>>> traversal so audio conversations will work a lot better... > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks! > >>>>> KaKaRoTo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Amsn-devel mailing list Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel
