I wasn't talking about who contributes to GIT, I was pointing out that those with the expertise are seldom around the place to answer questions on BUG reports and fixes.

It's a little difficult for users to get stuff from GIT when the version they are using hasn't been updated step by step or the fixes for the latest Public Download haven't been added or changed in the download.

In most cases I would have to guess that the files in GIT at the moment are probably NOT even compatible with the Public Download - But I do stand to be corrected.

And about the ONLY time we hear from those in the know - It's usually MG - And that's why I said "We" = "MG".

 

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By 'We" I assume that you mean MG because he's the only one that tends to keep it up to date, and it's a BIG ask to expect him to keep up with and apply the changes to current versions on a regular basis for every change or bug that pops up.

Don't forget everybody that contributes code ;). Gabriel Anca, for exemple, did a big Pull Request 3/4 months ago (which is the last time MG updated the codebase), I contributed some stuff too, etc.

And me? I find a solution for the problem whit PHP 5.5/5.4            

I want be on the Icy Phoenix staff        

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Yeah! - Dimo for Admiral of Icy Phoenix!   

But you're right - People who want to contribute should ask MG to consider making them a moderator or staff member.  

mort wrote: [View Post]

Yeah! - Dimo for Admiral of Icy Phoenix!   

But you're right - People who want to contribute should ask MG to consider making them a moderator or staff member.  

Yes, I konw... I only say that I want be here: ( http://www.icyphoenix.com/credits.php )    in "Valued Contributors"  

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Didn't even know that I was on there - Maybe it has something to do with the number of "Helpful" posts one has to make before one gets added?

Dunno?

 

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Didn't even know that I was on there - Maybe it has something to do with the number of "Helpful" posts one has to make before one gets added?

Dunno?

 

I really wanna cry. No one love me.
I only help me self?      

MG I want be in credits      

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Ha ha ha guys, you made me laugh.

I'll try to catch up with some of the questions in this topic:

1. I should have fixed a while ago PHP 5.5 issues, because I'm using it on my local testing environment with PHP 5.5.3, but I can't remember all things I fixed.
   
2. Many users lost their interest into Icy Phoenix. The problem is well known. The codebase is huge and currently there are a lot of awesome pieces of software (WordPress, XenForo, just to mention two of them). Users are lazy and they normally don't want to waste time to understand large codebase... I can understand, I have few time as well. The only solution is moving everything extra as a plugin and just keep forum and CMS. This would help a lot. Plus, in the meantime, HTML 5 is the new standard... as the responsive templates are... all that IP is still lacking. If I don't recode the template system to use HTML 5, new users are not going to join for sure. No matters that IP is stable and works fine... users want new technologies... HTML 5, CSS 3, jQuery, AJAX, Responsive templates and so on. Plus Social Connectors.
   
3. Regarding contributors, I have to thank a lot of users who helped me a lot with their contributions. Usually I require some solid and constant help to add new names to credits. Recently the two coders who helped a lot are Gabriel and Informpro. Not to mention the countless hours spent by Steffen or Limun or Andrea75 or the beloved Joshua ( ). Even Mort on his own spent a lot of time on helping the project (just to mention few who are still active in one way or another). But there are a lot of other users (hpl, Bicet, difus, ThE Kuka, Janu, KugeLSichA, DrWho, brandsrus, spydie, MoreTeaVicar... and many others you can find in credits) who used to help and I remember all of them individually for their contribution... mention one and I will tell instantly what they did for the project.
   
4. Regarding international support, in the past I used to have individual language sections, but then few people wanted to start their own International Support website, and I think it was a good idea at that time. Of course now a day isn't a nice idea anymore and maybe it's better if we move everything here. The problem is just that I can't help people in other language than Italian and English. And also I should ask people to shut the localized support which isn't a good idea... plus, remember that users tend to go Off Topics in a multilanguage platform... they use to post in other language even in forums where only English should be used... I think is not adviceable. Better from time to time try to face individual requests by allowing few users to use their own lang.

I think it's all for now...

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No matters that IP is stable and works fine... users want new technologies... HTML 5, CSS 3, jQuery, AJAX, Responsive templates and so on. Plus Social Connectors.

That's something I can work

Add something like bower to manage deps, refactor code, add auto minification etc.

@informpro,

That's why it's nice to see you hanging around here - You have a stake in the future of coding, where others lke myself have decided that it's time to put the brakes on and just stick to what we think we know?  

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Informpro wrote: [View Post]

That's something I can work

Add something like bower to manage deps, refactor code, add auto minification etc.

I don't think adding Bower can help at current stage, unless you are going to start from scratch.

You already experienced how tough it is to refactor Icy Phoenix code if we don't remove first some complex integrations like Album and rewrite those packages as plugins.

Anyway Bower is a new technology for developers, not for final users (who may actually find it to be a pain).

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Well, bower would be mainly for minification etc. If we want to add cool features without inline scripts and without a thousand of <script src>s, a build + min. tool would be nice to have.