Re: FOP FAQ suggestion
Regarding the FOP Faq-O-Matic? http://www.owal.co.uk:8090/asf/fop.jsp I asked for Java programmers to help Maybe. I do server-side Java -- servlets, JSPs, EJBs. Is that in line with the kind of help you need? (I'm also kind of busy contributing to Borland's newsgroups as one of their JBuilder TeamB members, so I don't know how much extra time I have.) Paul Furbacher Essentially the Jyve (Java FAQ-O-Matic) program is about a year old - and uses another Apache project called Turbine. Turbine is a web application framework library under constant development. Unfortunately Turbine development continues and Jyve didn't. The security mechanism changed including roles for users and so although people can actually register with my FAQ system they don't have permission to enter things. (I have superuser priviledges so I can add things in...) This is one of the underlying problems with the main Apache FAQ (the one on apache.org) You may have spotted [EMAIL PROTECTED] mentioned on the FAQ home page along with a grovelling apology for me not fixing it earlier. The very good news is that there is a new version of Jyve around. Hooray. So the plan is. 1) Setup a new FAQ system with the new Jyve from CVS (including putting it on an installation of apache with a correctly configured mod_jk) 2) Copy the FAQ data from the old system to the new one. - preferably in an automated fashion. The FOP FAQ is the one I am most interested in, but there are all the other Apache FAQs too. Once we have done this there are loads of cute features to add, but they are really bells and whistles... PS The CVS details are listed at http://jakarta.apache.org/site/cvsindex.html I have lost the details for the Jyve mailing list. I can post it next week and maybe take this discussion off this list. Alex McLintock = Alex McLintock[EMAIL PROTECTED]Open Source Consultancy in London OpenWeb Analysts Ltd, http://www.OWAL.co.uk/ SF and Computing Book News and Reviews: http://news.diversebooks.com/ Get Your XML T-Shirt t-shirt/ at http://www.inversity.co.uk/ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FOP FAQ suggestion
--- Paul Furbacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, August 8, 2001, Alex McLintock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm, I guess I better put this in the FAQ. Hmmm, I guess I better fix the FAQ. Alex, This is not meant as criticism. In fact, thanks for all the work you've done so far to maintain the FAQ. But, why not make life easier for yourself and set up a Faq-O-Matic? What - you mean like the one I already use? I am actually one of the world's biggest users of Jyve - a Java based FAQ-O-Matic based upon Apache software Turbine (and MySQL). It may not have the pedigree of the old perl based FAQ-O-Matic but Well I have my own reasons to use this FAQ-O-Matic servlet rather than the classic FAQ-O-Matic I have set up a program which is available on http://www.OWAL.co.uk:8090/asf/fop.jsp This however has two main faults. 1) It is on port 8090 and not 80. This is an apache administration issue which I don't really have time to sort out. 2) It doesn't allow people to register themselves. This is another configuration issue. Now I intend to replace this system with the latest version of Jyve and solve both of these problems but I'm in the middle of buying a house and so my spare time is a bit limited. It is however working quite well (IMHO). It only takes me seconds to spot a useful answer presented to this mailing list and to add it into the FAQ PS My own Jyve FAQ is available at -- http://www.owal.co.uk:8090/asf/servlet/asf/screen/DisplayTopics/action/SetAll/project_id/18/faq_id/277 -- It also contains a number of Future Enhancements which I have been talking about for ages and really need to sort out. Any java programmers interested in helping out? = Alex McLintock[EMAIL PROTECTED]Open Source Consultancy in London OpenWeb Analysts Ltd, http://www.OWAL.co.uk/ SF and Computing Book News and Reviews: http://news.diversebooks.com/ Get Your XML T-Shirt t-shirt/ at http://www.inversity.co.uk/ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FOP FAQ suggestion
On Thursday, August 9, 2001, Alex McLintock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Paul Furbacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But, why not make life easier for yourself and set up a Faq-O-Matic? What - you mean like the one I already use? Oops. That'll teach me to visit before making suggestions! By the sound of a number of your previous posts about working on the FAQ, it didn't sound as though it had been automated. Not having run one, I'm guessing it's not as O-Matic as one would like? It also contains a number of Future Enhancements which I have been talking about for ages and really need to sort out. Any java programmers interested in helping out? Maybe. I do server-side Java -- servlets, JSPs, EJBs. Is that in line with the kind of help you need? (I'm also kind of busy contributing to Borland's newsgroups as one of their JBuilder TeamB members, so I don't know how much extra time I have.) Paul Furbacher - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FOP FAQ suggestion
On Wednesday, August 8, 2001, Alex McLintock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm, I guess I better put this in the FAQ. Hmmm, I guess I better fix the FAQ. Alex, This is not meant as criticism. In fact, thanks for all the work you've done so far to maintain the FAQ. But, why not make life easier for yourself and set up a Faq-O-Matic? In general, no person really has the time or energy to properly maintain a FAQ. You have more important things to do, like answer questions on this list. (Smiley needed?) So, one should leave it to computers and the community to do the maintaining and growing. I believe Faq-O-Matic is a SourceForge project and shouldn't be too difficult to set up. Paul Furbacher - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
