cvs: phpweb / index.php support.php

goba Tue Jul 9 10:47:21 2002 EDT Modified files: /phpweb index.php support.php Log: Adding news item about new comp.lang.php, and adding it to the support page, as well as more information about the news server. Index: phpweb/index.php diff -u phpweb/index.php:1.262 phpweb/index.php:1.263 --- phpweb/index.php:1.262 Thu Jul 4 05:34:57 2002 +++ phpweb/index.php Tue Jul 9 10:47:20 2002 @@ -114,12 +114,37 @@ echo "\n<!--$MYSITE-->\n"; ?> +<h1>New comp.lang.php newsgroup started</h1> + +<p> +<font class="newsdate">[09-Jul-2002]</font> comp.lang.php was created yesterday, +after a two and a half month long process started in April by Ian Fette resulted +in a <a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?q=comp.lang.php&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sel +m=1025483879.39561%40isc.org&rnum=3">177-11 vote</a> in favor of the group. +The new group is already carried on most news servers, and should be carried +on almost all news servers in the world within the next few days. +</p> + +<p> +The new group is important for a few reasons: Firstly, the old alt.* php +groups suffered from poor propagation - i.e. not all servers carried them, +and the community was split between multiple groups. This new group offers a +chance to unite the PHP-Usenet community. Secondly, most servers have longer +post-retention times for comp.* than alt.*. Finally, the creation of +comp.lang.php represents PHP's coming to acceptance and maturity. Virtually +all languages (except ASP) have a spot under the comp.lang.* heirarchy. Stop +on by and become a part of the community - comp.lang.php is a great place to +get help and to help others. +</p> + +<?php echo hdelim(); ?> + <?php print_link("http://weblabor.hu/php-doc-chm", make_image("chmhelp.gif", "CHM", "right") ); ?> <h1>New Sample of PHP Documentation "New CHM Edition"</h1> <p> -The 6th sample of the CHM edition is out now. This sample is mainly -and content update, but it also fixes some small bugs. We welcome +<font class="newsdate">[04-Jul-2002]</font> The 6th sample of the CHM edition is out now. +This sample is mainly and content update, but it also fixes some small bugs. We welcome any suggestions and bug reports. <?php print_link("http://weblabor.hu/php-doc-chm", "Try out the new CHM Edition"); ?>, and please send us your feedback to our Index: phpweb/support.php diff -u phpweb/support.php:1.58 phpweb/support.php:1.59 --- phpweb/support.php:1.58 Sat May 4 06:31:50 2002 +++ phpweb/support.php Tue Jul 9 10:47:20 2002 @@ -28,9 +28,16 @@ <h1>Newsgroups</h1> <p> -Many of the mailing lists <a href="mailing-lists.php">listed here</a> -are also reflected onto the news server at <a -href="news://news.php.net">news.php.net</a>. +The PHP language newsgroup is <tt>comp.lang.php</tt>. In addition +to this many of our mailing lists are also reflected onto the news +server at <a href="news://news.php.net">news://news.php.net/</a>. The +server also has a read only web interface at +<a href="http://news.php.net/">http://news.php.net/</a>. +</p> +<p> +Mailing list messages are transfered to newsgroup posts and +newsgroup posts are sent to the mailing lists. Please note +that these newsgroups are only available on this server. </p> <h1>User Groups</h1>