Re: The PHP Developer Registry

Thank you for your feedback. A Privacy Policy is currently "under development" I have simply not had the time to put something together, or the money to hire a lawyer. In the meantime, please be assured that this is in no way an attempt to collect information for the purposes of sending unsolicited email, or other type of correspondence. There are many additional features planned such as file uploading for resume's, etc. However, between working 8-5 at my "day job" and running a part-time consulting business, my time is very scarce. This is the "initial" release attempting to see what kind of need there is for something like this. I have done a fair amount of searching on the internet for a site devoted to assisting only PHP Developers in finding employment or "small" jobs. I feel as though this will eventually be an extremely valuable resource for the PHP community. I have already received many emails reflecting positive feedback regarding this site. Thanks, Erich Kolb The PHP Developer Registry "Justin French" <justin@indent.com.au> wrote in message news:B978281D.C429%justin@indent.com.au... > on 08/08/02 12:58 PM, Erich Kolb (ekolb@kolbsoft.com) wrote: > > > I have started a new project called "The PHP Developer Registry". The goal > > is to create a repository of PHP developers, attempting to find out how many > > people are actually using PHP as well as some minor demograpical > > information. > > I'd say that's an unrealistic goal, given that there is no possible way that > even half of the world's PHP developers will register with you. > > > > There is also an option to make your name and resume available > > to prospective clients and employers once everything is finalized. > > This is a more realistic aim... although there are already sites doing this. > > > > I am not > > planning on making any money for this site, and I am also looking for > > suggestions on improvement and other developers who are willing to help out. > > You have not included a privacy policy or statement at all. I'd be looking > for reassurance that you: > - will not sell or make available your database to others > - will not sell, use or make available your database for marketing purposes > > I don't intend to sound sceptical at all, and your intentions are probably > quite pure, but the result of such a database will be a goldmine of > opportunity for you, or others to use this database as a well refined, very > focused marketing tool to a very niche target market WITH demographic > information. > > I already get enough spam. > > You need to form a policy on privacy, and take every reasonable measure to > make sure the information you keep is secure, or if your intentions aren't > quite so pure, you need to tell us what your intentions are. > > Once again, I'm not implying that you ARE evil, only that you could be :) > > The tick box "Would you like to receive email from The PHP Registry?" is > SOOOO non-descriptive, so I'd leave unchecked. May I suggest: > > - "Would you like to receive email from us in regards to what's happening on > The PHP Registry Site?" > > - "Would you like to receive email from us in regards to PHP products and > PHP related projects?" > > - "Would you like to receive about our hot live webcom?" (joke :) > > > The only other comment I'll make is that the option of uploading a PDF or > .doc resume would be a lot better than a text-based resume. If you must > just keep it all in text, I hope you're using wrap="virtual" in the text > area, so that the minimalist formatting we can do with raw text is > preserved. > > > Good luck, > > Justin French >