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[osdn developer] December 03, 2002
Date: Tue Dec 03 2002 - 03:15:49 EST
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December 03, 2002 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
Lord of the Rings: Two Towers Reviews Rolling In
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/1958241
[0]flogger writes "After the first showing of The Two Towers, the
reviews are now coming in. They are positive and SPOILER FILLED.
Reviews can be found [1]here, [2]here and a short one [3]here." Don't
say you weren't warned. I'm not reading them. I finished re-reading TTT
saturday, and am ready to see Ents walk.
Links
0. mailto:church_al@ttown.efingham.k12.il.us
1.
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=13950
2.
http://www.lightsoutentertainment.com/movies/reviews.php?filmID=2&reviewID=31
3.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/2/1038851383
Jupiter Forecasts 50% Increase In Spam
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/0419227
[0]Mr. Sketch writes "According to Yahoo, the amount of spam is
expected to [1]increase 50% in the next five years, meaning the average
american will get over 3600 of them a year. The future of email is??"
Links
0. http://mr_sketch AT xsmail DOT com
GNOME 2 to Replace CDE As Solaris Default DE http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/041214
Gentu writes "OSNews [0]had a quick chat with John Fowler, Sun
Software's CTO about Solaris 10, Java, the web services competition and
more. In the interview, Fowler reveals the timing in which Gnome2 will
become the default desktop environment: Solaris 10, which is expected
to have its first beta later in 2003. This is a huge step for Gnome2 in
the UNIX world, as it will be replacing CDE for good as the default
desktop environment ([1]betas of Gnome 2 for Solaris 8/9 already exist)
and becoming a standard part of the large operating environment with
millions of installations worldwide. Additionally, Sun is now pushing
developers on coding on either GTK+ 2.x or Java (they have in fact
[2]revealed plans on creating GTK+ bindings for Java which will make
all future Solaris apps look like alike)."
Links
0.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2278
1.
http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/gnome/beta/get/index.html
2.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2172PayPal Founder Wants To Launch Satellites http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/0140239
[0]XNormal writes "Elon Musk, founder of Zip2 and PayPal is [1]planning
to build a launcher for small satellites. Much of his personal
[2]fortune come from the IPO of PayPal and subsequent sale to eBay. The
amount of money he plans to spend on this project is not much more than
Denis Tito spent on his space station visit. The difference is that
this venture actually tries to do something productive. Elon is also
behind the [3]Life to Mars mission."
Links
0. mailto:xnormal@SPAM.ME.NOT.hishome.net
1.
http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive02/webarch_111802.html
2.
http://www.fortune.com/lists/40under40/snap_23.html
3.
http://www.lifetomars.com/West Virginia Joins Massachusetts in MS Appeal Bid http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/0039259
[0]diwolf writes "West Virginia is [1]seeking to join Massachusetts in
appealing a U.S. District Court decision that rejected a tough
antitrust remedy sought by nine states in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust
case. This is also being [2]reported at CNN [3]and ZDNet."
Links
0. mailto:diwolf@@@transact...ca
1.
http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20021202-000683-1710
2.
http://money.cnn.com/2002/12/02/news/companies/microsoft/
3.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-975656.htmlSlashback: Drivers, Bodycomputing, Farscape http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/174237
Slashback with news on ATI drivers for non-ATI branded cards, the viewer-led movement to save Farscape, wearable computing from MIT, text-to-facial-expression software, and more. Read on for the details
Open Source Housing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/2147223
[0]No_Weak_Heart writes "The latest issue of [1]Metropolis magazine has
an interesting look at [2]the house of the future. The primary focus of
the article is on MIT's [3]House_n project and its offshoot - the Open
Source Building Alliance. The article discusses potential benefits of
adopting a modular, component-based, everyone's-invited approach to
building. Houses built via interactive design stategies and
mass-cutomization vs. single-purpose structures driven by one
ideology."
Links
0.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/dylanfoley/
1.
http://www.metropolismag.com/
2.
http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_1202/mit/index.html
3.
http://architecture.mit.edu/house_n/
AMD's 64-bit Plot
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/223225
[0]ceebABC writes "In a long [1]interview with eWEEK, AMD's CEO Hector
de Ruiz talks about struggling to compete with Intel, but more
importantly about their upcoming 64-bit processors. He says that AMD's
64-bit chips will be comparatively priced to the 32-bit ones, and
backwards compatible. He also thinks there will be a market for desktop
64-bit systems. Skip to the [2]last page for the most interesting
stuff."
Links
0. mailto:ceeb123@yahoo.com
1.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,740709,00.asp
2.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,741273,00.aspHow To Get Hired As An Open Source Developer http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/2054256
An anonymous reader writes "Todd Cranston-Cuebas, tech recruiter for
Ticketmaster, offers [0]insider tips and tricks for landing an
open-source job -- or for recruiting new talent to your IT staff." Make
yourself googleable.
Links
0. http://www.theopenenterprise.com/story/TOE20021202S0001
Real-Time Collaborative Mapmaking
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/1922241
[0]savetz writes "Throughout October and November, citizens of
Amsterdam were invited to wear a GPS tracker as they went about their
lives. Their whereabouts were forwarded to a server which created a map
of the city in real-time, based on "the sheer movements of real
people." The [1]site includes aggregate maps, and those created by
individuals, including a subway driver, cyclist, and marathon trainer."
Links
Freshmeat
Abbot 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105300/
Abbot is a framework for testing Java GUIs. Using simple XML-based scripts or Java code, you can launch a GUI, play back arbitrary user actions on it, and examine its state. It also includes the Costello editor which facilitates creating, debugging, and modifying scripts. The editor supports recording arbitrary user semantic actions into a script, exploring the component hierarchy, running the script, and other features you'd expect from a script editor. Test scripts may be run as a JUnit TestCase.
abcm2ps 3.1.16 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105270/
abcm2ps is a package that converts music tunes from ABC format to PostScript. Based on abc2ps version 1.2.5, it was developed mainly to print baroque organ scores that have independant voices played on one or more keyboards, and a pedal-board. It introduces many extensions to the ABC language that make it suitable for classical music.
Archi´s Homepagehoster Admintool 0.4d (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105254/
Archi´s Homepagehoster Admintool (!aha!) is a HTML based tool which Web hosting providers can run on their servers. !aha! allows the customers to administer various features of their hosting accounts. At the moment, only the email administration is implemented.
Atari800 1.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105319/
Atari800 is an Atari 8-bit computer (400, 800, and XL and XE series) and Atari 5200 game system emulator for DOS, Windows, Amiga, Atari ST, Mac, and Linux/UNIX. It includes support for Atari cartridge ROMs, popular Atari disk images files, running Atari binaries directly from the host system, and accessing the host filesystem from within the emulated Atari.
BASH Debugger 0.34
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105296/
BASH Debugger provides a patched BASH that enables better debugging support as well as improved error reporting. It also contains the most comprehensive source code debugger for BASH that has been written. It can be used as a springboard for other experimental features (such as adding hashtables), since development is maintained openly and developers are encouraged to participate.
Blood on X 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105291/
Blood on X is a nightmarish, dark, red-on-black theme inspired by Graf Dracula.
buildpkg 0.0.2r28-pre3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105274/
Buildpkg is a package build system. It gives you the opportunity to create package system (rpm, dpkg, etc.) independent descriptions (.def) which can be used to create binary packages on every system. It can be also used to track installations and create packages of the installed files. If you want more safety, you can use the 'jail' feature. In this mode a chroot-ed environment will be created from the (configurable) list of programs and the installation will be done here.
cdrecord 2.0pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105262/
Cdrecord creates home-burned CDs with a CD-R/CD-RW recorder. It works as a burn engine for several applications. Cdrecord supports CD recorders from many different vendors; all SCSI-3/mmc and ATAPI/mmc compliant drives should also work. Supported features include IDE/ATAPI, parallel-port, and SCSI drives, audio CDs, data CDs, and mixed CDs, full multi-session support, CD-RWs (rewritable), TAO, DAO and human-readable error messages. Cdrecord includes remote SCSI support and can access local or remote CD-writers.
centericq 4.8.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105287/
centericq is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that supports the ICQ2000, Yahoo!, AIM, MSN, IRC, and Jabber protocols. It allows you to send, receive, and forward messages, URLs, SMSes (both through the ICQ server and email gateways supported by Mirabilis), contacts, and email express messages, and it has many other useful features.
Config::General 2.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105313/
With Config::General you can read and write config files and access the parsed contents from a hash structure. The format of config files supported by Config::General is inspired by the Apache config format (and is 100% compatible with Apache configs). It also supports some enhancements such as here-documents, C-style comments, and multiline options.
Conquest 7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105320/
conquest is a real-time, curses based, multi-player space warfare game originally written in ratfor for the vax/vms platform, and was an early predecessor to netrek.
DCP-Portal 1.1 (ProBiz)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105280/
DCP-Portal is a content management system with advanced features like Web-based update, link, file, member management, poll, calendar, etc. Its main features include an admin panel to manage the entire site, a smart HTML editor to add news, content, and annoucements, the ability for members to submit news/content and write reviews, and much more.
dk.brics.automaton 1.2-6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105269/
dk.brics.automaton is a DFA/NFA implementation with Unicode alphabet and support for all standard regular expression operations: concatenation, union, intersection, complement, Kleene star, etc.
DSD 2.0-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105271/
Document Structure Description (DSD) is a simple but expressive grammar notation for XML documents. This new XML schema language is result of a research collaboration between AT&T Labs, NJ and BRICS at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. The technology is based on general and familiar concepts that allow much stronger document descriptions than possible with DTDs or XML schemas.
Efax-gtk 2.0.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105284/
Efax-gtk provides a GUI frontend for the efax fax program. It interfaces with efax directly, replacing the scripts supplied with efax, and can be used for receiving and sending faxes, and for viewing, printing, and managing faxes which have been received. It requires the Gtk+ 1.2.*, Gtk-- 1.2.*, and libsigc++ 1.0.* libraries. Ghostscript (gs) must also be installed.
ego file manager 0.6.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105266/
The ego file manager is a GTK+2 file manager that uses libferris for its VFS and provides evas2 and GTK tree views.
ferris-fnews 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105265/
ferris-fnews is an RSS news feed aggregator and archiver. It can poll RSS news feeds and make them available as a filesystem.
FreeMarker 2.1.2 (Lazarus)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105294/
FreeMarker allows Java servlets to keep graphic design separate from application logic, by encapsulating HTML in templates. Templates generate HTML dynamically, using data provided by the servlet. The template language is powerful and intuitive, the compiler is fast, and the output approaches the speed of static HTML pages.
GNATS 4.0 beta 2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105283/
GNATS is a portable incident/bug report/help request-tracking system which runs on UNIX-like operating systems. It easily handles thousands of problem reports, has been in wide use since the early 90s, and can do most of its operations over e-mail. Several front end interfaces exist, including command line, emacs, and Tcl/Tk interfaces. There are also a number of Web (CGI) interfaces written in scripting languages like Perl and Python.
GnuCash 1.7.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105282/
GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income, and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports. It is backed by an active development community and is blossoming into a full-fledged accounting system.
gPhoto 2.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105272/
gphoto2 is a command line application which enables you to transfer digital photos from almost any serial-port or USB digital camera. It uses the programming interface provided by libgphoto2.
GRAMPS 0.8.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105318/
Gramps is a GTK/GNOME-based genealogy program written in Python.
GTetrinet 0.5.0pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105306/
GTetrinet is a clone of the popular Windows game Tetrinet. It is written for Gtk/GNOME, and is designed to be fully compatible with the original Tetrinet, as well as being identical in gameplay.
JasperReports 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105257/
JasperReports is a report-generating Java library. XML report templates are used to generate ready to print documents using data from customizable data sources, including JDBC. The output can be delivered to the screen, printer, or stored in PDF, HTML, or XML format.
Java SOS 3.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105258/
Java SOS is a set of configurable Java servlets for fast site building, including Forums, Chat, and Calendar servlets, etc.
JSwat Java Debugger 2.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105260/
JSwat is a graphical, stand-alone Java debugger, using the JPDA library. It offers breakpoints with monitors and conditions, colorized source code display, single-stepping, displaying variables, viewing stack frames, and expression evaluation.
Kamikaze 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105275/
Similar to other Bomberman-like games, Kamikaze lets the player place bombs to get rid of the enemies. Several levels and themes are supported.
knetfilter 3.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105261/
Knetfilter is a KDE frontend to iptables. It is used with Linux 2.4 to manage the functionality of netfilter. Knetfilter lets you set up most common firewall configurations, as well as perform more sophisticated management of a complex firewall. It is also possible to use an integrated interface to tcpdump and nmap.
libferris 0.9.70
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105264/
libferris is a virtual filesystem that exposes hierarchical data of all kinds through a common C++ interface. Access to data is performed using C++ IOStreams and Extended Attributes (EA) can be attached to each datum to present metadata. Ferris uses a plugin API to read various data sources and expose them as contexts and to generate interesting EA. Current implementations include Native (kernel disk IO with event updates using fam), xml (mount an xml file as a filesystem), edb (mount a berkeley database), ffilter (mount an LDAP filter string) and mbox (mount your mailbox). EA generators include image, audio, and animation decoders.
LunaSpace 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105302/
LunaSpace makes an effort to take the BlackBox style as close to the Windows XP "Luna" interface as possible. It requires two patches (included) against the BlackBox 0.65.0 final source in order to best replicate the look.
MAC Changer 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105307/
MAC Changer is a utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC addresses of network interfaces. It can set specific, random, vendor-based (with a 900+ vendor list), and device-type-based MACs.
Motiontrack 0.0.2-rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105304/
Motiontrack is a set of tools that detect motion between two PNG or JPG images.
MrPostman beta4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105314/
MrPostman is a Java program that acts as a POP mail server to interface your favorite mail client with Web Mail services like Yahoo! or Hotmail. It is designed so that new Webmail services can be written and used as plugins.
MWChat 6.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105309/
MWChat (My Web based Chat) is a Web-based chat system that uses PHP4 and an SQL backend database. It has support for multiple rooms and languages, a large number of IRC-like commands, private messages and rooms, message encryption, buddy lists, logging, registered users, chat profiles, file sharing, and more. It is a very lightweight, full-featured, and secure chat room.
network jack 2.0pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105256/
network jack is an Internet troubleshooting and information gathering tool. It provides a Web interface to several common command-line tools, including ping, traceroute, dig, and whois, as well as a subnet mask and CIDR block calculator, and a DNS block list (blackhole) lookup.
nylon 1.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105305/
nylon is a Unix SOCKS 4 and 5 proxy server. It is compatible with BSD, Solaris, HP-UX and Linux 2.2 & 2.4.
pacct 2.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105268/
pacct is a small system utility to display BSD process accounting information.
Pandora monitor 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105293/
Pandora is a general purpose monitoring platform which offers a very high level of flexibility. It was originally designed to monitor network protocols (like HTTP or DNS), but is now able to analyse many other operating system events.
phpDnsZoneAdmin 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105259/
phpDnsZoneAdmin is a PHP-based application designed to take some of the headaches out of running a BIND nameserver. It features a simple to use interface for adding, deleting, and modifying zones, user management, and server management functions. The main goal of DnsAdmin was to allow remote admins to manage zones on the server without needing access to the commandline.
PhreakPic Alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105172/
PhreakPic is a Web gallery designed for any kind of content that can be displayed visually. The content can be sorted into multiple (sub)cateogries. Thumbnails are generated automatically, and it has several methods to add new content. Every function can be managed through an access-control system, and all functions are accessible through the Web interface. It uses the userbase of an existing phpBB2 installation and the Smarty template system.
Ports4linux 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105279/
Ports4linux will download the software you asked to install, compile it with the options you specified, create a package for your packager, and install the package.
Project-based Calendaring System 0.6pre1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105295/
PbCS is a calendaring system which is very useful for project managers or managers that plan time for other people. Plain overviews of scheduled appointments make it easy to schedule new appointments.
ProjectForum 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105308/
ProjectForum provides a powerful but easy-to-use solution for flexible workgroup collaboration and coordination of projects over the Web. It can be used for project planning, todo lists, design notes, task assignments, meeting notes, problem reports, team discussions, collecting feedback, research, brainstorming, and more.
Senken 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105263/
Senken is a city simulation game. Players buy the land, build the infrastructure, balance the books, and convince people to move in. The game has both goal-oriented and just play modes. There is multiplayer support but it is not well tested.
SILC 0.9.9.1 (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105277/
SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides secure conferencing services in the Internet over insecure channels. SILC superficially resembles IRC, although they are very different internally. The purpose of SILC is to provide secure conferencing services. Strong cryptographic methods are used to secure all traffic, and all messages are encrypted and authenticated. The SILC also supports secure file transferring. The SILC is delivered as SILC Client for end users, SILC Server for system administrators, and SILC Toolkit for application developers.
SILC 0.9.9.1 (Client)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105276/
SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides secure conferencing services in the Internet over insecure channels. SILC superficially resembles IRC, although they are very different internally. The purpose of SILC is to provide secure conferencing services. Strong cryptographic methods are used to secure all traffic, and all messages are encrypted and authenticated. The SILC also supports secure file transferring. The SILC is delivered as SILC Client for end users, SILC Server for system administrators, and SILC Toolkit for application developers.
Simple API 2.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105298/
Simple is a Java framework for the development of Web services. It provides an implementation of a HTTP/1.1 server for serving resources such as files and directories and also provides utilities for component loading similar to Java Servlets. The component loading facility provides a similar service model and life cycle to that of Java Servlets. Designed for performance, Simple is capable of handling extreme loads, pipelining, and virtual hosting, and provides an alternative to the Servlet API for dynamic content.
SouRCe PacKaGe manager 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105299/
SouRCe PacKaGe manager (srcpkg) is a program for the management of (de)installation of software packages distributed as source code. It could also be useful for managing any type of software package. It is similar to GNU Stow, Depot, etc., but the design goal is different. It works by creating packages from newly-installed files, allowing it to handle maintenance of large, complex, interdependent packages such as KDE and GNOME.
Space Hulk 1.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105301/
Space Hulk is a great board game which takes place in the world of Warhammer 40000. It is a two player turn-based game where one player plays the 'Marine', the other player plays the alien called 'Genestealer'. This video game is a complete conversion of the board game with the 2nd edition rules. It features playing over the network, either in real time or asynchronously via email.
SWH Plugins 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105310/
SWH Plugins are a set of audio plugins for the LADSPA plugin system.
txt2pdf 6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105311/
txt2pdf is a very flexible and powerful Perl program that converts files from text to PDF format.
WMBiff 0.4.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105255/
WMBiff is a dockapp which can display the status of up to 5 mailboxes. It supports mbox, maildir, POP3, APOP, IMAP and IMAPS mailboxes, as well as Licq history files.
xferlogDB 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105249/
xferlogDB is a tool for analyzing xferlogs from glFTPd.
Xineo XIL 0.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105312/
Xineo XIL (XML Import Language) defines an XML language for transforming various record-based data sources into XML documents, and provides a fully functional XIL processing implementation. This implementation has built-in support for relational sources (via JDBC) and structured text sources (like CSV). It is also extensible through its public API, which permits dynamic integration of new data source implementations.
XPlanner 0.3.3 (Release)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105285/
XPlanner is a Web-based project planning and tracking tool for eXtreme Programming (XP) teams. XPlanner is implemented using Java, JSP, and Struts. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
Zope Weather applet 1.50
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105288/
The Zope Weather applet allows people to display weather information for a particular location in Zope, by automatically retrieving datas from the NOAA's Metar servers from time to time. Highly inspired by the GNOME Weather applet and Ximian's Evolution MUA, it also displays a nice icon depending on the current weather conditions.
Slashcode
Submission Approval / Comments not working
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/0628241
I've been running slashcode now for about 2 years or so. Since around version 2.2.5, I've had this problem on my site where neither the comments or approving submitted articles will work. I believe the problem is also aggrivated by the fact that I am using URL forwarding. The URL of my site points to a java-script that opens my page on a specific port within a frame. If a user tries to post a comment, the submission page comes up fine, but when they click preview or submit, it just brings them to the discussions list (comments.pl) instead of posting the comment.. Any help would be appreciated, is this a bug? - Delrin
Elevador.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/2252222
After some weeks we're up and running! Elevador.org is a /. like site for portuguese language speakers. Many thanks to Jamie McCarthy, Pudge and all the good folks at #slash. And thanks to chromatic, Brian & Dave for a very nice Slash book.
Emailing Stories into a Slash Site?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/1727227
Is it possible to email a story into a slash site rather then using the web interface? I have a slash site setup as a company bulletin board. One of the things I'm attempting to do is reduce the number of staff wide emails by having them posted on the slash site. I figure if I start positing these messages to the slash site and people receive the daily email of last day's news they will start to use it. Any suggestions?
Letting Apache authenticate
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/1942218
I have setup a Slash site that will be used as an Intranet (restricted access) discussion site, yet lives out on the INTERnet. Does anyone know a way to have Apache authenticate users (thus enforcing access from valid IP addresses) and then grant Slash access to this user authentication (thus eliminating double logins for users)?
Slashcode install on RedHat 8.0
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/090250
I just got Slashcode installed on RedHat 8.0 and I documented the process here: http://www.heltzel.org/slashcode.html I hope this can help others trying to do the same thing.
CTDATA.com Publishes Its 1,000th Story
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/0059255
I'm pretty proud of the fact that CTDATA.com published its 1,000th article at 10:56am this morning. Not bad for a site that's still running some pretty ancient code. We've done some interesting stuff with Slash in the past year, but most of it is hidden from the casual visitor to our three Slash-based sites. Hopefully, we'll get on the main branch of the project in the next few months-- we can't be relics forever.
What exactly is isolation mode for?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/19/074249
Each section has an isolation mode property, that determines (I think) wether or not sories from that section will be displayed on the front page or not. In addition, each story has it's own DisplayMode property, that, in effect, does the same thing. Which takes precedence? If Slash always uses the individual story's displaymode to determine whether to display the story, what's the point of the section-level isolation mode?
Restricting Article Access?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/19/073238
I've just started up a new slash site, however one feature that I would like, which doesn't seem to exist, is the ability to restrict users from reading certain stories. I know this seems counter-productive, however I have a valid reason. Namely that I have a subset of users who have more privileges, and thus stuff applies to them that wouldn't apply to regular users. It seems like the concept of a "security level", which users have, might be an ideal way to restrict Article viewing. I'm sure I can kludge something myself, but if there's already a supported/good way to do this, then that would be great.
How to kickstart meta-moderation?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/13/0311207
I have a small slash site with a small number of users (by design) with a few dozen stories and probably fewer than 200 comments posted so far. The slash engine is handing out moderation points, perhaps because I reset some of the configuration variables. But meta-moderation is not operating.I recall that this has something to do with the number of moderations (I'd look in the archives but the search function on slashcode has been down for a while...). Unfortunately, I have one user who could stand some meta-moderation NOW, before he drives other users away with his down-mods. Yet I don't see any configuration variables or anything else I can tweak to make meta-moderation start up. I would rather the enforcement of community standards come from the community rather than some heavy-handed act by the site administration. Any way to force meta-moderation on?
Show Domains: Explain, please.
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/057254
On the user comments options page, an option exists to "Show the links domain only in recommended situations". What are the "recommended situations", exactly? How does this differ from the option to "Always show link domains"?
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