If anyone want some help with SPIP, I can contribute (That's something I should be able to do, at last). It's drwback is that you don't have "templates" as in Mambo, PhpNuke, Drupal,... The advantage is that it's easier to make a real Right to left site as you do what you want with templates. Regards Armelle
Quoting Youssef Chahibi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > اÙسÙا٠عÙÙÙÙ > As Nadim answered before there was a will to make a similar project > oao (www.openarabiya.com), this is very interesting due to the lack of > arabic open source specialized media websites which push many users to > use English as their default desktop language because there are very > good oss english websites. Arabic oss websites are good way to spread > arabic computer terms that many users find weird ( only because they > don't use them ). > I suggest , if you want, to make it a part of arabeyes and/or give > skilled writers the chance to make high quality articles, not just > translating english news or pointing to slashdot. You could use the > open source SPIP to manage the content, it's a bit complex but you can > better control the interface design with it compared to Mambo or > phpnuke. Also, if you make it a part of Arabeyes , I think the core > members might give you free hosting on powerful servers or also free > domain name if they are not overloaded with the current activity. > I don't like Arabstan, because it mixes arabic ( Arab ) and persian ( > the suffix stan ). Arabistic sounds like a blog's title or a hobby > website. > > Fatish as a verb means browse and search ( tsaffah wa ibhat ) , I gave > the correct dictionary definition of it in my previous reply (but you > have problems with encoding). Fatash ( with shadda on taa )is a > "Sighat Moubalagha" derivated from the verb. > > By the way, I was also thinking of creating an Arabic open source news > website. I have ever created names and logos on draft but I don't > think it was perfect. > > In my opinion, OpenArabiya isn't a good name because it uses an > english word and translating or transcripting it wouldn't be great. > > I suggest: www.ainmaftouha.com ( ain for arabic, ain also for > arabeyes, maftouha for opensource, maftouha also for the arabic fatha > haraka ( diacritics ) ). If you name it so, you can design a cool logo > with a fatha on a ain. The simple shape of both the letter and the > diacritic are elements to make a professional logo. > > > > On 11/23/05, Aziz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Salam alikom brothers/sisters, > > > > Ahmad Khalifa: > > I want a name that will be general, not specified for search. (I have > > many other ideas I want to implement on the site, search will be just > > the beginning inshala). > > > > Youssef Chahibi: > > I don't know if you actually meant to type: ��� in your message, but > > that I am seeing alot of (I am guessing they are arabic words, but > > gmail support for arabic is not great). > > At the start, I would concentrate on the alogirthem I would be using, > > implementation and GUI issues can be easily done afterwards (step by > > step). > > Wallahi its a beautiful name (Maraya), its sounds so perfect. But as > > you said it was already taken. I know what Nadel means, but what does > > fatash mean? > > About it being opensource, why not. But first I would concentrate on > > my work, afterwards if it works and everything setup, I would gladly > > produce an opensource version to the public. > > > > Bashar: > > I seem to see you everywhere I go :D. > > I really appreciate the link, its a beautiful website (I always > > appreciate the work ata makes), even when they charge money and are > > windows sided :p. > > But as I see, they do not have alot of coverage to the web (as I see > > many results are attained from the same domains at many times). I hope > > they do improve their service and be successful inshala. > > > > To All: > > I started a news site a while ago called Arabstan (Arabic land), now I > > was thinking of Using the domain name Arabistic, but many people have > > advised me against it. > > > > I really hope you guys have more suggestions, > > > > Thanks for your time everyone, > > > > Salam, > > Aziz > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer > > >
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