Hi folks,
midHoo 2.0 is finally released.
midHoo is a simple class library for realizing Midgard-based
link directories (thus the name, as in "Midgard's mini-Yahoo" or
so ;-)) and was originally created by Emile Heyns. This release
is a complete rewrite of the core functionality as Code Snippets
and includes a sample application using the midHoo library code.
The project was -- besides the goal to be actually useful --
designed to serve as an example to Midgard development and
packaging in order to help developers new to Midgard's
architecture and concepts to build portable and maintainable
applications. midHoo is already running on at least two
production sites.
Features:
- Links can be structured in Categories with short
descriptions. The code should allow an infinite number of
levels depth, but tested is only one.
- Link records can be created unapproved; upon creation an
email is sent to notify the editor(s) of the new link to
approve. These emails can by customized by simple templating
mechanism.
- Every link record includes the elements Title, URL, Short
Description, Category, Keywords and Email Address and allows
additional information to be passed to the email template.
- Links can be selected by Category and/or a full-text search
of all relevant fields.
- The midHoo classes itself are totally language-independent;
they just return well-documented error codes for specific
cases. The example application's interface is in English and
not internationalized.
The midHoo2 code was developed and is owned by Linksystem
Muenchen GmbH and myself. Development was made possible through
the support of our customer Muenchener Nord-Rundschau Verlag
GmbH, Munich, Germany. The code is released under LGPL.
The midHoo package is attached to this e-mail, as we've yet to
find a suitable download location (hint: the Midgard web-site
redesign draft mentions plans for an archive for shared Midgard
code).
Please inform me directly (via e-mail) when you find bugs or
have suggestions for improvement. In fact, better send patches
in the latter case ;-) Especially, please do not try to use the
Midgard bugtracker, as midhoo2 is no "official" product of
Midgard Project Ry.
Regards,
phr
PS: Special thanks to Torben for repeated packaging efforts --
if you again find a German word in this announcement, the last
praliné from that easter egg on my desk is yours ;-)
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