[Phpwebsite-developers] Database Abstraction & Misc

[Todd O. <to...@da...>]

I spoke with Brian yesterday and he is planning to move the developers
mailing list to a listserv that will archive messages, since sourceforge
isn't doing it.  As new developers join, this archive will be critical.

Richard Rowell recommended ADODB in his March 2nd post.  Myself and others
were pushing PEAR.  Since ADODB 0.95 was released two days ago, I'm leaning
that way now.  I recommend that those in the group interested in this
portion of the project visit the following URL so we can discuss it.

http://php.weblogs.com/ADODB

Jason Campbell's approach is exactly what I want to see phpWebSite evolve
into; TOTAL placement flexibility.  I would also like to see theme's develop
into more than colors, etc.  Many like rounded sections (e.g. macslash.org)
and jpeg section dividers (e.g. phpnuke.org), which may require presentation
abstraction objects (and how will this impact the existing theme structure?)

Now is a good time to consider these issues, since we expect an explosion of
work soon.

--Todd