Re: [Firebird-website] [Firebird-general] Re: Fb Website

[Lester C. <le...@ls...>]

tjelvar eriksson wrote:
> Hi Lester,
> 
>> If nobody can be bothered to use what we have had for some  
>> considerable time ...
>> We have been asking for input - which includes theming - for two  
>> years.
>> This was the first fully functional CMS system using Firebird out of  
>> the box ...
> 
> I'm not sure I understand You, I'm new in this game and don't know
> anyting about the cms you're mentioning. What's the name of it?
> 
>> Have you actually looked at what COULD be done if someone took a  
>> little time to
>> play?
> 
> Is it live somewhere in some condition?
> 
> I do see benefits, regarding development and maintainence, of using a  
> widely spread cms,
> but as said before, I belive that's a later discussion.
> 
>> those of us who do use it are more interested in keeping
>> the relevant notes in one place than esthetics ;)
> 
> Oh, sorry again, I just don't agree... ;-)
> 
> Let's work for something that's inviting, clean and comprehensive. And  
> that lasts over time.

http://wiki.firebirdsql.org/
There is a nice firebird theme but it was switched off early on until the 
colours could be tidied up.

It's powered by bitweaver which was ported from tikiwiki in 2004 or so.
I've been working with bitweaver since day one after finding that tikiwiki had 
some major problems with 'plugability'. While I left tikiwiki with firebird 
working, the later 'developments' have now left only a couple of working 
databases and restoring firebird is not now practical. Trying to add 
'compatibility' later is a major drain on resources, so it needs to be done from 
the start.

Currently only the wiki package is being used, but it has almost every other 
package you could want, they just get installed when you need them. There are 
some sites ( unfortunately not Firebird powered :( ) that even have fully 
functional forum's with a working email interface. In theory the existing lists 
could be mirrored in bitweaver, but it needs someone who understands the email 
side of things.

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Lester Caine - G8HFL
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