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gogo · 2005-04-02 04:51:17

g2010a wrote:

Is there a tutorial for plugin creation? Is there a definition of the API or a list of functions or anything on how to communicate with the core? I have unsuccesfully searched for such for HTMLArea or Xinha, so contributing has been hard and frustrating... reverse engineering takes a heck of a lot of time. If anyone could give me some pointers I will contribute any useful plugins I might develop.
Thanks for the awesome job, by the way.

Afraid not. Best way to learn is to look at the existing plugins, try the SuperClean plugin for example.

noxi · 2005-04-02 17:57:18

Well im happy to hlp, I work with JS daily. tho i dun have much spare time ill put "some" hours into the project as im going to implement it in a larger CMS system.

DXD · 2005-04-05 13:48:43

Hey GOGO and all others here.

I'm building somewhat of a CMS for a company I work for when I originally came across a CMS package that was using a form of htmlArea and let's just say after many google searches I've landed in the land of Xinha.

First off I'm glad Xinha was created and that the original work of htmlArea lives on.

I myself am a developer with over 10 years experience and am willing to help out. Being a developer using Microsoft Products the first thing I noticed was that some of the great plugins where in PHP. This is where I'd like to help out.

I'd like to port/convert those plugins to keep their original functionality but to allow them to run on both ASP and ASP.NET I think this would benifit alot of people but that's just my opinion and I could be wrong.

I could also help out with the JS bugs when time permits and the creation of NEW plugins. The only draw back though is any NEW plugins I might develop would be ASP and ASP.NET only as I'm not a PHP developer but I understand it enough to convert it to ASP and ASP.NET

If you (gogo) or anyone else thinks they would benifit from my contributions on the ASP and ASP.NET side of things let me know by posting here or emailing me cward(at)dynamicbydesign.com If those here see no benifit from my help no big deal I'll keep my work to myself as I find benfit in it basically because we don't run any PHP only ASP and ASP.NET.

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Regards,
Chris

Foxx · 2005-04-05 17:24:22

Personally I don't use ASP(.NET), but I think there would be plenty that would like to see some great plugins for ASP(.NET), for example a good version of the image/file manager plugin (EFM). I suggest you contact the creator of EFM so maybe you can combine your strenghts. You could make one standard client-side interface and then have two possibilities for server side processing, either ASP or PHP. That way neither of you will be wasting any efforts nor time...

gogo · 2005-04-06 01:02:27

DXD wrote:

Hey GOGO and all others here.
If you (gogo) or anyone else thinks they would benifit from my contributions on the ASP and ASP.NET side of things let me know by posting here or emailing me cward(at)dynamicbydesign.com If those here see no benifit from my help no big deal I'll keep my work to myself as I find benfit in it basically because we don't run any PHP only ASP and ASP.NET.

Hi Chris, of course any and all contributions of code, in any language are excellent You should contact yermo on this board, he is working on a new "backend" system for plugins and will probably want some help with the ASP side of things.

Yermo · 2005-04-06 14:25:18

gogo wrote:

Hi Chris, of course any and all contributions of code, in any language are excellent You should contact yermo on this board, he is working on a new "backend" system for plugins and will probably want some help with the ASP side of things.

Absolutely. Things over here have been extremely busy over the last two weeks, hence my being largely absent. I hope to get started on the unified backend code tomorrow or over the weekend.

blainegarrett · 2005-04-12 13:28:19

Hi guys and gals.

I was active hacking on the old HTMLArea 3 over winter, but have since been busy with other projects. However, there were still features I needed that I planned to implement.

My main uses for HTMLArea were for simple replacements for textareas in content forms as well as inline editing of content areas inside premade layouts. There are lots of little bits related to the later that need to be worked into Xinha to get it totally working, but I am guessing a lot of people trying to do inline editing need these things.

Anyway, very soon I will be picking up again with the project. If anyone wants to work together on some of this stuff, feel free to IM me.

aim and y! zombiediv
msn : garmark3@hotmail.com

guillaumed · 2005-04-12 15:57:46

Perhaps some infos on FAQ in wiki.. At least for some functions...

g2010a · 2005-04-28 00:58:07

Perhaps we can start a rough guide to the functions and classes as a wiki, with all content contributed by people who are already spending time reverse-hacking the code to make either plugins or modifications.

paulb · 2005-05-06 10:31:03

Hi fellow developers -

How does one get commit access to subversion? I've posted some bug fixes to the ticket system in an attempt to prove my developer skills. Will you accept me? I dont mind posting to the ticket system, I just thought that I would take some of the work load off of you guys having to merge the patches. Let me know what you think!

- Paul

gogo · 2005-05-11 05:15:56

paul: if you email me I'll sort you out with wiki and svn access - james@gogo.co.nz

drjoju · 2005-05-17 11:53:36

I have some translations in Spanish. Where can I upload it?

niko · 2005-05-17 12:20:38

pack all translation-files in a zip-file and create a new ticket where you can attach the zip-file.

eduardo · 2005-05-18 08:51:00

I've used htmlarea and gone slightly mad trying to make sense of all the javascript. So I'm really pleased people are doing something with it after IT fell asleep, it's really encouraging people are working on this cross browser editor

I've been looking at the nightlies. I mainly write cold fusion apps so the previous post re asp/php plugins strikes a chord with me.

NoosaLife · 2005-10-01 17:45:24

Hi there, this looked like the place to drop a message offering help. My skill set lies more with PHP, CSS and databases, than JS but would like to offer my support anyways. Would like to look at having Xinha as an option for our CMS (client choice) as it appears quicker, and less memory hungry than FCK or htmlarea.

As JS is not second nature to me is there anything else I (or my partner in crime) can help with?

Cheers

BeeVee · 2006-05-29 07:48:19

I'd like to help, too. %)

Most time I code Perl and PHP, but JS is also cool. I have about 6 years of experience in web development.

Just tell me what to do.

steveo125 · 2006-05-30 09:02:57

This seems a good time to ask how many other people are out there developing Xinha atm? I'm always making minor changes to the xinha codebase which I run, but have no idea how many others are working on Xinha and if these changes are going back into the source. The bugs database looks very daunting when I tried to understand that. - Am I just out of touch?

The impression I have is that xinha isn't getting any closer to v1 release?? - The news feed on the wiki page until recently said 5-Nov 05 which was a long time ago....

I started to do a plugin a while back but there's always some other site or project to code up first. If I thought there was going to be a drive to get Xinha to v1 then I'd chip in. My perspective that wysiwyg is going to explode onto the net over the next 12 months and I'd like the think the product I use is going to get a chunk of the market.

BeeVee · 2006-05-30 11:13:38

Unfortunately, most of my changes are useful only for my current projects, but I'll try to submit to the community any changes that are interesting for the whole project.

BTW, what is the most convenient way to commit updates? I'm new to the open source development world, so I know very little about making patches, working with SVN and so on. Please, explain me how to upload my modifications. %) Or maybe give me a link to read.

pitonew · 2006-10-09 10:41:53

Hi there,

There are some low hanguing fruit bugs that can easily be worked out such as http://xinha.python-hosting.com/ticket/140
Even though this has no functional benefit, it renders xinha a good citizen for embedding.

would love to also modestly contribute on more functional issues and feature request.

please let us know how to submit a suggested patch (having a SVN account not being totally necessary for point participation, is it?)

thanks

ray · 2006-10-09 12:53:57

If you don't want to use svn, just post your patch in the ticket system.

!!Ape12 · 2007-01-13 17:07:52

Mostly I code in php on a nix type operating system but once in a while I also do basic html

5pacepleb · 2007-03-20 07:52:21

Hi, I've recently been testing Xinha for inclusion in a project I work on. I am very impressed so far and have found a few improvements. I have been developing X-browser Javascript since 1999 and I am happy to help out when I can.

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