[Imc-tech] DADA IMC RELEASED!

[Paul Riismandel]

I'd like to put this on the agenda for Wed's meeting.  Dan -- can you be there?

--Paul

At 11:16 AM 5/14/2002 -0500, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
>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
>---------------------
>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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