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Matt MacIntyre — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:16:05 -0000

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 Thanks for your interest in the project.  We are currently in the early phases of project planning and development.  Here's what we know so far:
 
 - It will include modules for Personal Finance and Getting Things Done
-- It will be a web-based re-implementation of the Integrated Financial System (IFS 0.21)
+- It will be a web-based re-implementation of the [Integrated Financial System](http://ifs.pipfield.ca) (IFS 0.21)
 - It will be based on JBoss Application Server 7.x and should run with any supported database
 - It will probably take about a year to get the first release up and running
 - It will include support for multiple languages out of the box.

WikiPage Home modified by Matt MacIntyre

Matt MacIntyre — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:11:10 -0000

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 - Promoting to end users
 - Better graphic design than we can do on our own
 
-Please contact us if you're interested in helping out!
+Please contact us if you're interested in helping out!  Better yet, get started by having a look at the [Developer Tools Setup] page.
 
 Thanks again, and welcome to the site!

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Matt MacIntyre — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:14:56 -0000

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-Welcome to your wiki!
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-This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage].
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-The wiki uses [Markdown](/p/periwinkle/wiki/markdown_syntax/) syntax.
+Welcome to The Periwinkle Project!
+
+Thanks for your interest in the project.  We are currently in the early phases of project planning and development.  Here's what we know so far:
+
+- It will include modules for Personal Finance and Getting Things Done
+- It will be a web-based re-implementation of the Integrated Financial System (IFS 0.21)
+- It will be based on JBoss Application Server 7.x and should run with any supported database
+- It will probably take about a year to get the first release up and running
+- It will include support for multiple languages out of the box.
+
+We have a lot of code to draw upon from IFS 0.21, but it will take some time to re-implement all of the frameworks, make the sample data scenario more portable, and rebuild the user interface.
+
+If you're interested in helping out, please contact us!  We're looking for help in the following areas, just to name a few:
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+- Documentation Maintenance
+- Language Maintainers
+- Module Design, Implementation, and Testing
+- Promoting to end users
+- Better graphic design than we can do on our own
+
+Please contact us if you're interested in helping out!
+
+Thanks again, and welcome to the site!

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Matt MacIntyre — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:50:19 -0000

Welcome to your wiki! This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage]. The wiki uses [Markdown](/p/periwinkle/wiki/markdown_syntax/) syntax.