Articles, Modules, Plugins and Projects - 02/09/2001 12:40 AM
I assume all of you have read my UBB6 hacking article... if you haven't, please skip down to my signature and click the link. 
I'm about 25% done with a document that covers all issues concerning Modules and Plugins. The Plugin term is new... Modules expand existing functionality, while Plugins add new features and usually include external scripts.
With the closing of UBBHackers, I'd like to organize a series of tutorials and articles to be presented here at UBBDev.
First off, if the community is going to adapt to to the Module/Plugin way of thinking, they're going to need to learn how to code in Perl. Linking to outside articles has proven ineffective. We need to create short, simple tutorials on basic use of Perl.
I'd like to create a series of articles concerning the new structure of UBB6. The largest one would be a complete article explaining the internal structure of every NON-template file included in the UBB6 distribution. This is a major undertaking. Another, seperate document would explain the templates.
Then there are the projects. Besides my own small projects (i.e. PM notification on the frontpage) and my XHTML template files, I have a few other tricks up my sleeve.
UBB is taking a lot of heat from people who don't know any better concerning using flat files. I've been carefully assembling an extensive modification to the backend... a replacement for many subroutines that interfaces the UBB with PostgreSQL for searches, posts, and members (as well as a few datafiles). I chose Postgres to be different - chances are if someone's running it rather than MySQL, they'd have the technical knowhow to understand the instructions.
What I'd like to know is what sort of stuff YOU guys have up your sleeves.
I'm about 25% done with a document that covers all issues concerning Modules and Plugins. The Plugin term is new... Modules expand existing functionality, while Plugins add new features and usually include external scripts.
With the closing of UBBHackers, I'd like to organize a series of tutorials and articles to be presented here at UBBDev.
First off, if the community is going to adapt to to the Module/Plugin way of thinking, they're going to need to learn how to code in Perl. Linking to outside articles has proven ineffective. We need to create short, simple tutorials on basic use of Perl.
I'd like to create a series of articles concerning the new structure of UBB6. The largest one would be a complete article explaining the internal structure of every NON-template file included in the UBB6 distribution. This is a major undertaking. Another, seperate document would explain the templates.
Then there are the projects. Besides my own small projects (i.e. PM notification on the frontpage) and my XHTML template files, I have a few other tricks up my sleeve.
UBB is taking a lot of heat from people who don't know any better concerning using flat files. I've been carefully assembling an extensive modification to the backend... a replacement for many subroutines that interfaces the UBB with PostgreSQL for searches, posts, and members (as well as a few datafiles). I chose Postgres to be different - chances are if someone's running it rather than MySQL, they'd have the technical knowhow to understand the instructions.
What I'd like to know is what sort of stuff YOU guys have up your sleeves.