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From: millican
Date: 26 Jan 2007 12:38:01
Message: <45ba3c79@news.povray.org>
I'm still learning PHP/MySQL, but I'm willing to help.
You can reach me by my email. Just note that the email address is not in the
right order. edu should come after uark.
-tom


Chris B wrote:

> Happy New Year,
> 
> This posting is a follow-up to the discussions last year on setting up a
> directory on povray.org  for a collection of objects that anyone can
> freely download and use.
> 
> The plan is to now start building this. I've mocked up a simple prototype
> and Chris Cason has offered to set up an area on the server where we can
> construct what we need and integrate it with the server-side database and
> file system. We should also be getting a newsgroup where we can cover any
> outstanding issues and manage the setup and longer term operations of this
> facility.
> 
> You can help:
>  1. One or two people with DHTML/Javascript, PHP and/or SQL experience and
> spare time over the next few weeks are needed to help with setup.
>  2. One or more people will be needed to oversee the various parts of the
> collection once it's up and running. This means checking new submissions
> regularly to make sure they're well indexed, clearly described and
> correctly categorised, monitoring the newsgroup etc. This will need people
> with a few spare hours each week over the long term. Reasonably good
> vocabulary skills, but no particular technical skills are required for
> this (apart from an understanding of POV-Ray obviously).
> 
> Any volunteers?
> 
> Regards,
> Chris B.


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