RE: [PHP-EVANGELISM] contents needed

What about a Top 20 PHP Applications? Some poll that would let users vote for their favorite PHP applications. This would make it easy for a newbie to find the right solution for his needs. Few newbies know where to find GOOD software. Sincerely, Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Developer www.PHPBeginner.com // where PHP Begins > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Mertens [mailto:dave@zyprexia.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:37 AM > To: Damien Seguy > Cc: php-evangelism@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-EVANGELISM] contents needed > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 07:04:40PM -0400, Damien Seguy wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > Here are some details about the current web site, and it's content. > > Two main categories : > > PHP Papers, > > Announcements. > > > > PHP papers : This category gathers most of the texts and article, > > related to PHP, it's current and future use. > > It holds 4 sub categories, and only one filled : > > Interview (Derick Rethans, Andrei Zmeivski). One with Stig Bakken will > > come soon. > > PHP Benchmarks : anything to time PHP against its competitors. > > Use Case : People who used PHP for some common task... sucessfully. > > Testimonials : People who used PHP for some common task... sucessfully. > > > > PHP announcement holds 3 sub categories : > > PHP figures : any statistics about PHP (number of users, jobs, > > countries, whatever). > > PHP announcement : All major release of PHP, and related project such as > > PEAR, SRM, GTK. > > Press release : All major third party release, submitted or found on the > > web. This is a place where > > any PHP actor can get visibility on its own products. > Maybe we can also maintain a list of php applications, with a link to the > product/application site. People can submit their > project/application/product to usephp.net. > > Than also less know applications can see the world. I think this can do the > same as apps.kde.com for KDE applications.. > > > An extra section of the site will cover how to to help anyone trying to > > send us some material : > > how to write a press release (yeah, some of us do great application and > > poor communication), > > how to write a business case, a user case. Ready to fill questions for > > an interview. How to > > use this site. > I think this is really an important section of the website. I never used the > SPIP CMS system, but the article editor, is it just a big text-area of can > you devide it into sections and so some publishing work on it. > Let's day you first have to give a title and category of the article. Next > you can write a paragraph. And later add a new paragraph to the article and > so on. And maybe we can create some templates for interviews, press > releases and other article types. > > > Right now, this structure is the first we have, and will do the job > > until it gets really crowded. > +1 > > > I'm interested in your comments about it, but I'm really attracted by > > anything that will populate it, and bring more sens. > So this mail ;-) > > > I'm sure everyone has already an idea of what it can write for PHP. > > Please, explain your > > goals on the mailing list. > As mentioned before i'm currently write a proof-of-concept WebService in PHP > and write clients on ASP, .NET and PHP (Just to show not only PHP apps can > contant the PHP webservices). > > I will also try to setup a list that is showing how thing can be done in > PHP. I think they're gonna be small articles. I'm not into Java. Maybe > someone else can write how thing that now are done in Java(2) can be done in > PHP. > > I hear a lot that developers say that php4 is old and cannot to the things > asp, .net and java2 are doing right now. > > > I would like to stress that tools (mailing list, web site, design...) > > are of secondary importance right > > now. The major goal right now is to gather content, figures, sayings, > > interview and have a > > decent web site. When this is done, GUI and tools will all be there. > +10 > > If we have the perfect website for usephp.net and no content no-one will > ever visit usephp.net. So i agree to write first some content and not to > focus too much on the website. > > -- > With best regards, > > Dave Mertens, Development Manager > dmertens@ism.nl > > Innovative Solutions in Media BV > Schiekade 101 > 3033 BG Rotterdam, Netherlands > Tel. +31-10-2436060 > Fax. +31-10-2436066 > > -- > PHP Evangelism Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php