[OLPC library] phpbb - multilingual - CME

Samuel Klein sj at laptop.org
Tue Nov 27 19:39:40 EST 2007


Hi Todd,

I cleaned up the page a bit.  You may want to add links to material from 
your original work.  Each of the systems that are currently being tested 
(for authoring, localization, &c) deserves a mention and link, even if 
they don't have their own wikipage yet.

SJ


On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Todd Kelsey wrote:

> would also be nice if someone could add a little openid section with a
> couple of notes or maybe even a link to email list archives.
>
> CME was originally "Todd's" theory but I am happy to have it be a shared
> community theory and grow however.
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Cme
>
>
>
> On Nov 27, 2007 6:13 PM, Michael Burns <maburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 27, 2007 3:31 PM, Daniel Clark <djbclark at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My only comment would be that if we are going to be doing custom
>>> development, we should use something python-based, like django or
>>> plone, so that the widest number of OLPC/XO interested people will
>>> have the programming language knowledge to help.
>>
>>
>> But we break that rule where needed, and I think this case qualifies. We
>> use MediaWiki for our wiki engine that gets all our documentation and it is
>> written in PHP, for instance. PHPBB was pointed out by Chris Ball because of
>> the mail2forum script being written for it specifically, as well as it being
>> a rugged, mature forum software package.
>>
>> I would frankly love a python up-and-down stack, for the seamless learning
>> transition. But in this case, I think using what is out there is going to be
>> the safer route for the short term.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michael Burns * Student
>> Open Source {Education} Lab
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Todd Kelsey
>
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> and I think music is a gift of creativity that can inspire an atmosphere of
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