[Imc-tech] DADA IMC RELEASED!

[Sascha Meinrath]

Hi all,

I've been talking with a couple folks about a website update and would
like to see us look at this.  Baltimore IMC has ugly graffix, but if the
programming is as it says, it might solve many of our problems and we
could prettify it on our end.

Could a couple of our techies look at it?  I've been following the
rhetoric, but I'd like our tech-experts to take a look at it.

--Sascha

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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 13:39:41 -0400
Cc: new-imc at lists.indymedia.org
To: imc-tech at lists.indymedia.org
From: a.h.s.boy <spud at dadatypo.com>
Subject: [New-imc] dadaIMC software release

Announcing the long-awaited (well, by some anyway) release of the
dadaIMC codebase for running an IMC site!

Version .93 is production-ready, with usage documentation, web-based
installer script, and step-by-step installation instructions.

The software is available immediately at
http://www.dadatypo.com/dadaIMC/.
Or see it in action at: http://baltimore.indymedia.org/.

Highlights of dadaIMC
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1) Object-oriented PHP base
2) MySQL backend
3) Two-level Article and media categorization
4) User-based ratings system
5) Built-in intelligent caching system
6) Separate gallery for images,audio,video
7) User accounts that allow for later article editing
8) Clean and easy Editorial Administration
9) A search engine that works well(!)
10) Customizable via web interface and complete stylesheet support
11) Modular design for extensibility
12) Built-in help system

...and many other features (see
http://www.bandwidthcoop.org/imc/tech/DadaIMC for a more complete
feature set).

dadaIMC is currently released under a license that does not permit
redistribution of the code, and it is not stored in a
publicly-accessible CVS repository. Full developer documentation will be
available in the next release, and as development efforts evolve a more
collaborative environment will be established.

Bug reports and feature requests may be submitted through the Bugzilla
interface at http://www.dadatypo.com/dadaIMC/bugs/. I would especially
be interested in communicating anyone interested in developing a
conversion routine for existing IMCs running Active or some other
codebase, should that prove desirable.

Feedback welcome and appreciated.

Cheers,
spud.

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a.h.s. boy
spud(at)nothingness.org
Baltimore IMC tech geek
http://baltimore.indymedia.org/
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