Re: [Phpgedview-talk] hello -- intro

[John F. <Joh...@ne...>]

Hi Laura,

Welcome to the project community.  This mailing list is not very active.
Most of the activity is on the project forums:
https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=3D55456

You should be able to download files from here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3D55456

Since you have been involved in PHP development, you might be interested
in checking out the project from subversion:=20
https://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=3D55456

The project repository is:
https://phpgedview.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpgedview/trunk/phpGedVi
ew

--John
PhpGedView Project Manager

> -----Original Message-----
> From: php...@li...
[mailto:phpgedview-
> tal...@li...] On Behalf Of Laura Eaves
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:36 AM
> To: php...@li...
> Subject: [Phpgedview-talk] hello -- intro
>=20
> Greetings all --
> I am new to this list, which doesn't seem to be very active lately,
but
> hopefully someone will read and answer my mail.
>=20
> My name is Laura Eaves and last year (believe it or not) I embarked on
> my
> own project to do just what PHPGedView appears to have done already.
> After
> working a year on my website -- which is implemented with PHP and
mysql
> -- a
> friend sent me an email yesterday about this group.  I went and read
> all
> your info and have decided to put aside what I was doing and join your
> group.  Even though I lost a year of work, I do not regret what I
> accomplished on my site, which is not finished by any means -- in the
> process I learned a lot about php and web programming, which may make
> it
> possible for me to contribute to this project technically as time goes
> on.
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> As for my background, I was a math and computer science major back in
> the
> 80s and worked a number of years as a software developer, but have
been
> a
> home body for several years now.
>=20
> I am the person in charge of setting up a website for the Eaves Family
> National Association, and after some discussion, concluded that
> something
> php based that would work with paf and gedcom files would be most
> useful.
> When I came upon your project, what a surprise it was that what you
> have
> done is exactly what I envisioned. I can't believe I didn't find it
> before,
> but I was not subscribed to sourceforge and just didn't hear about it.
> Obviously you being 12 or more people can accomplish more in 5 years
> than 1
> person can in 1 year...:)
>=20
> Anyway, I should mention that I am legally blind -- ad in fact lately
I
> am
> no longer able to see the computer screen and so use a screen reader
to
> do
> my work.  (For the uninitiated, a screen reader is software that
allows
> a
> blind person to navigate the screen with the keyboard and the software
> speaks what is on the screen.  It also can control a refreshable
> braille
> display device for those who use braille.)
>=20
> Because of the blindness issue, I am wondering if you have other blind
> users
> on the list and whether your user interface is accessible -- that is,
> compatible with the major screen readers on the market...
>=20
> Since the interface is generated by php I assume it is accessible, as
> php is
> usually not used in interfaces that contain animations and other
> features
> that trip up my software.
>=20
> I have been trying to get to a place where I can download phpgedview
> but so
> far my browser is blocking the download.  Is there a simple way to
> download
> the latest release? I am so anxious to take a look at it!
>=20
> Anyway, that's my intro! Hope to year from others on the list!
> --le
>=20
>=20
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