PHP Classes blog

32. Updated classes digest messages

Posted on: 2004-01-12

Hello,

Finally I have implemented a feature that addresses a long standing problem with the notification messages sent by the site.

As you may have noticed, whenever an author adds to a class or updates class files, the site sends out a notification message to the users who have previously downloaded the class, except for those that have unset the
user option about updated packages notification.
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31. Feature request and bug report system

Posted on: 2003-12-22

Hello,

Another great year for PHP the community in general is about to end. This was true for the PHP Classes site community too.

The site community continues to grow at an increasing pace. This must mean that the site content contributed by hundreds of authors continues to please many users.

The site growth also reflects the effort of many users who helped to spread the word about the site, in particular those who participated in the "Friends of the PHP Classes site" initiative
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30. New server, Top rated classes and reviewers, Improvement suggestions and Class discussion forums

Posted on: 2003-11-10

Hello,


* New server

As you may have noticed, there have been a few problems to access the site in the last days due to a migration that occurred to move the site to a new server.

Since the changes in the DNS records do not propagate worldwide immediately, your accesses to phpclasses.org domain may probably be redirected to the domain phpclasses.net .
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29. New contest: Top class reviewers may win valuable prizes

Posted on: 2003-09-06

Hello,

As I mentioned in the last announcement newsletter that I sent, starting this month there is a new contest. It will award interesting prizes to the users of the PHP Classes site that review and rate classes contributed by the authors.

When you review and rate a class contributed to the site, you are providing useful feedback to both the authors and the other users.
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28. Top rated classes by category. Exclusive offer to PHP Classes subscribers

Posted on: 2003-09-03

Over time, the PHP Classes site has received so many classes from contributing authors that now is hard for the users to determine which are the most appreciated classes for different purposes.

However, since it was added the possibility for the users to rate each package in different relevant aspects, it is possible to compute a ranking of the classes according to the user ratings.
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27. Adopt an elePHPant - your PHP mascot

Posted on: 2003-08-25

Hello,

As you may have noticed, the PHP Classes site logo that appears on the top left of all site pages and HTML newsletters, features a mascot named elePHPant. It is a creation of Vincent Pontier - AKA El Roubio - a French graphic artist that uses and loves PHP very much.

Vincent created the elePHPant several years ago as his proposal for a PHP mascot and it has been adopted by many PHP sites, mostly from France.
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26. Security vulnerabilities, site tips and PHP-Con US conference

Posted on: 2003-07-24

Hello,

Security issues have always been a major concern for those that are responsible for Web sites. Every day, security experts discover new vulnerabilities in computer programs that many of us use in our Web sites.

That would not be a problem if such experts would not use the knowledge about those vulnerabilities to compromise our systems and cause any harm.
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25. PHP-Editors classes contest winners and PHP International Conference

Posted on: 2003-07-15

Hello,

As it was announced before, in June it was started a PHP classes programming contest organized by the PHP-Editors.com site. The contestants were those participating authors that had their classes rated by the site users.

The winners were already contacted by the PHP-Editors.com site owner to distribute the prizes:

1st Place:
Tommaso DArgenio
Class - KronoClass
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse.html/package/943.html
Wins - Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

2nd Place:
Paul Aitken ...

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24. Started PHP-Editors.com PHP programming contest with PHP Classes

Posted on: 2003-06-02

Hello,

As it was previously announced, the site PHP-Editors.com is organizing a PHP programming contest on which the contestants are the authors of the class packages contributed to the PHP Classes site.

This initiative is meant to encourage authors to contribute with more and better classes that satisfy several items of quality evaluation that are highly appreciated by the users.
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23. Classes user ratings and programming contests

Posted on: 2003-05-28

Hello,

As some users are already aware, I finally made available a system that lets the users rate each class in several aspects.

This is meant mostly to provide some moral compensation to the authors that contribute with good classes, and also to serve as encouragement to improve to get better acceptance and contribute with more and better classes.
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