PostNuke

This site will serve as the collaborative hub for core devs and 3rd party module developers. Allowing developers to share ideas, track interesting projects, and join other interesting PN development teams.

Also, 3rd party developers will have access to the newest development documentation and will have the ability to share ideas or gather input from users through the feature request tracker or surveys

All 3rd party module developers interested in hosting their project on pnNOC can register at https://noc.postnuke.com/register/projectinfo.php to get there own project page with the same tools you can find on the pnProject page.

Nevertheless please do consider that if your intended project is better categorized as a hack to the code, then add it to the “Code Snippets” area instead.

Our hope is the by providing tools to foster collaboration that this will provide at atmosphere where merging of ideas will be embraced. And by merging multiple projects on the same centralized platform it will allow for "cross idea germination". It will also provide a centralized place for users to easily track projects they are interested in supporting, it provide valuable exposure to the module developers, and provides an easy overview for new developers who want to get involved or
join a project.

So go on over and take a look around and get familiar because this is where you can help the core devs and module developers by submitting bugs, submitting feature requests, and tracking your favorite module developments, submit patches and much, much more.

Overview of tools and services:

1. Main Site:
:::: Required tools list
::: List of help resources
::: Contribute
- project page
- cvs repository
- developer board
- open discussion
- bug tracker
- patch submissions
- feature request submissions
::: Become Part of the pnNOC
- register your pnProject here

Project Main Page
- general info about the project
- latest file releases
- latest news
- overview of public areas and news

Forums
public and development forums

Tracker
- Bug Tracking System
- Tech Support Tracking System
- Patch Tracking System
- Feature Request Tracking System
- Development Bug Tracker

Task List
- Development tasklist to allow the internal tracking of tasks from
the core and task group development
- Public tasklist, so that interrsted can see how we progress and which
task or features where implanted

Doc
- Public and Development Documentation

Surveys
- Public and Development Surveys

News
Lastest News & News Archive

Files
- Lasted Files released and File History

Code Snippets
- the ability to create a library of code snippets for reference and for module developer usage

The Postnuke – NOC its the begining of a new era in collaboration and development, which takes down all barriers and constraints, existing in the past and presents us a new and wonderful solid foundation for the creation of the New PostNuke Universe.

We hope you will become a bright star or constellation at it and that it helps us grow and collaborate. Together we will build the next generation of web tools. And see all our ideals and aspirations that brought us together here in the first place, come to life.

We wish to express our thanks to all those that have helped in making this dream become a reality:

MagicX, Tanis, Lcabrera, CyberSilver, Vworld, infopro, Neo and many others testing and providing input. We hope to see your name here soon.

See you there.

Sincerely

Your Postnuke Development Team
http://noc.postnuke.com/

What makes PN unique?
PN is unique because it not only provides you with a wonderful set of tools, but it provides you with a community of users. PN is a community that responds to you when you need help or information. </font>

Why is PN popular?
Because it is easy to understand/use, easy to install, easy to administer, and it is secure, and stable. Anyone from the novice to the expert finds PN easy to use and install. If you can transfer files to your hosting account then you can install PN. And above all these things, PN provides you with anytime, anywhere site administration through any Internet connected web browser.

Also, many of you may have found that PN doesn't fit into the traditional definitions of a content management system. For example, PN is much more than a "blog" although it can be a blog. PN is more than a "content management system" although it does manage content. So as you can see, PN can do all these things and much more...PN can also provide you with a site to build a community. A community that interacts with the content they can call their own. Again this is why we've called it a C3MS, community, content, and collaborative management system.</font>

So in the end what is PostNuke?
PN is many things to many people; it's a chameleon of sorts, taking on the demands of what you want to accomplish as a webmaster, publisher, or community developer, with ease. So it is a system of tools to extend your business, your hobbies, and your life online.

The community is ever growing and as we move forward into the next year things will only get better, people are talking, developers are stabilizing, the community is pitching in, and PN's rough edges are being smoothed out.

Someone, somewhere around the globe, is just waking up, pouring himself or herself a cup of coffee, before sitting down in front of their computer, thinking what needs to be done today. Asking, how can I make my life easier and in the process help make PostNuke better. The pnCommunity is what makes PostNuke stand out in a crowd. Community is why we all stay!

Yes, there are similar packages like this available, there are other choices you can make... but where else do you get all the drama, where else do you get such a passionate community of people, so willing to work together to achieve goals and make things happen? The pnCommunity is second to none; the PostNuke software stands above the rest because of this community effort.

Welcome to PostNuke!
Welcome to the "pnCommunity"! The years ahead promise to have many new things in store. We hope you join us in this new adventure and help us build the 3rd generation PN.

Related Links of Interest
Developers Site
pnCorp Info -group of volunteers who do everything from answering posts in the forum to testing out new releases for bugs. Check it out to get more info.

Need info about how to get involved? Email me, Vanessa (vanessa at postnuke . com) (aka vworld) or InfoPro (infopro at postnuke . com) (aka Chuck) and we'll make sure you are pointed in the right direction. Again, everyone is welcome in the pnCommunity, even if you are not a programmer! :-) Everyone plays an important role in the community.

The method was something I had come up with after the 9/11 where among others cnn.dk (which is one of the sites for which the caching was designed) went down due to insane load spikes.
As Karateka correctly states, outputting pure html can increase the performance up to 3000%. especially because you can then use i.e. a kernel web server to speed up things even more (zero-copying etc.).

Shortly put, the method worked like this:
The webserver served all pages (except pages that had to be dynamic (like welcome <username>) as a static page (ie. rewrite url -> static url). Then a backend system watched the Database for changes, and updated the relevant static pages, whenever a change occured that infected a given page.
This removed the normal "caching-delay" of caching systems, as every page was updated immediately, once the database change had occured (we used triggers, as it was Oracle).
This also meant that we had to find a way to allow for blocks, like "latest news" to function, without having to change every page on the system, because that block had to be updated (this was found to be best done (by the html-designers), by using Iframes - and putting that blocks in a seperate static file and letting the browser "compile" the page).
This approach, meant that the system could easily disable all none-static requests (or just give them low priority) if the load was high - keeping the rest of the site online.
A system like that, would be very cool for Postnuke, and the cool thing was that we didn't have to optimize our site-generating code - as we just inserted this caching system in front.
What do you think? would this be a good idea for Postnuke? if(!) it could be made to work with postnuke, it could be very cool.
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Regards,
Klavs Klavsen - kl at vsen.dk - http://www.vsen.dk
Working with Unix is like wrestling a worthy opponent.
Working with windows is like attacking a small whining child who is carrying a .38.

Over the past few days I have been able to contact veteran postnuke developers to aid in this project, and the response has been greater that I hoped. Not only have postnuke developers like MagicX and larsneo approved of the project, but they have also agreed to check our progress and offer guidance from time to time. It should be noted that, obviously, these full-time postnuke developers are very busy and should be considered scarce resources. I hope they and everyone else can spread the word so that we can solicit the support of other coders.

In addition, I have received news that there are upcoming changes to the pn Development site that “will give [our project] what we need”. So we will not have to burden other sites by the additional administration tasks associated with housing this project. Thanks again for your offers.

Lastly, I’d like to open discussion on what people think would be a good module to program for this project. Keep in mind that it would be helpful if this module provides previously non-existing functionality, but it should be easy enough so that even programmers without much php or postnuke experience can grasp the basic concepts.

Thanks again to all the people who have enjoyed this idea thus far. I hope we can go the distance.

L'obiettivo del sito è quello di fornire orientamenti, idee e materiali originali, con particolare attenzione al mondo del software libero. Alcuni servizi speciali forniranno, in particolare, approfondimenti in merito a metolodologie e strumenti software utilizzabili dalle scuole italiane. I primi due servizi riguardano: 1) l'utilizzo di CMS per creare portali scolastici; 2) i weblogs come strumenti didattici. Prossimi servizi riguarderanno: 1) la formazione dei docenti alle TIC ed il software libero; 2) un primo approccio al mondo del software libero.
Più che una directory di links ad altri siti, edublogit.org si prefigge soprattutto di realizzare materiale informativo semplice e di prima mano, con lo scopo di avvicinare quanti più operatori possibili, nelle scuole italiane, all'utilizzo didattico delle nuove tecnologie.

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