[geeklog-devel] Google Summer of Code 2009: Geeklog

[cordiste]

Hi Aleksandar,

Banner management is a good idea and custom contact can be a nice
feature. A PM plugin exists (see portalparts.com and the glMessenger,
one day Blaine will be releasing glMessenger as unrestricted
downloads).

Welcome to you and Saurabh.


::Ben



2009/3/10 Aleksandar Scepanovic <ascepanovic at gmail.com>:

> Hi,

>

> I am also planning to participate...

> This will be my first participation in GSoC. However what I am planning to

> develop is not listed on Geeklog ideas page...

>

> My mission is to develop 2 plugins for Geeklog and I really believe that

> this plugins can be very useful for Geeklog users. Shortly... goal is to

> create custom contact plugin and banner managment plugin because in my

> oppinion this is something what Geeklog must have.

> I will submit detail information about me and of course about things that I

> am planning to develop in my project proposal.

>

> I want to here from other Geeklog developers, is this something what can be

> GSoC project!? And am I wrong when I say that this are the things that

> Geeklog users needs?!

>

> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Dirk Haun <dirk at haun-online.de> wrote:

>>

>> saurabh gupta wrote:

>>

>> >Hello everyone

>>

>> Hi there and thanks for your interest :)

>>

>>

>> >*I have downloaded geeklog latest version and set up a site and used its

>> >features. I have seen the geeklog source code documentation and found the

>> >work according to my interest and skills.

>>

>> Sounds good. You may also want to have a look at the current development

>> version for Geeklog 1.6, since that's what you would be working on. It

>> differs from 1.5.2 in quite a few places.

>>

>>

>> >*1) Plugin Repository feature:*

>> >I went through this idea and did some research on it. To implement a

>> > plugin

>> >repository facility to be installed using internet requires some package

>> >management system along with the dependencies and conflicts resolutions.

>>

>> So far, our plugins are usually self-contained, so there aren't really

>> any dependencies to resolve. But you're right, that could become an

>> issue in the future.

>>

>> Btw, I suspect this project will be very popular, so expect some

>> competition there :-)

>>

>>

>> >*2) Spam-X modification *

>> >This idea is also an interesting one and more intelligence can be put to

>> > the

>> >spam filter tool with some known and existing algorithms.

>>

>> Please note that the focus of the project, as described in the wiki, is

>> on making the Admin's life easier, not so much on adding new filter

>> options.

>>

>> Of course, if you have some good ideas, we can always re-focus the

>> project.

>>

>>

>> >*3) Spam Web of Trust*

>> >I am currently going through this idea and would come back with some idea

>> >and method to implement it in the best way.

>>

>> This, I think, would be a very useful way to spread information about

>> spammers that are more sneaky and manage to fly under the radar of

>> services like SLV or Akismet. I.e. they don't do mass-spamming but are

>> more focused (and no less annoying). There was some interest in this

>> idea at Barcamp Stuttgart last year, and I'm sure it could be of use for

>> users of other CMS / blogging software, too.

>>

>>

>> >I would like to contribute geeklog this summer if I get a chance

>> >through GSoC. If not, then still, I would remain in contact with the

>> >community to contribute in the best possible manner I can.

>>

>> That would be great. New developers are always welcome - there's no

>> shortage of work here ;-)

>>

>> So, welcome and we hope to hear more from you soon.

>>

>> bye, Dirk

>>

>>

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