Re: Xaraya for a small-scale economics cooperative

Good job!
seems very readable and relatively easy to follow.

linoj


David Collins wrote:
> I'm using Xaraya for a project, the primary focus of which - at the
> moment - is to facilitate the lending/borrowing* of 'shareable' goods
> (e.g. books, DVDs, tools, etc.). If the project becomes active (it's
> almost entirely lifeless at the moment), maybe it's scope could be
> extended to include listings for 'Services', and other types of goods.
> The address for the site is: http://ie.uk.to/
> 
> I'm posting here because - although the project is specifically for
> people in Dublin, Ireland - I'm in the process of writing a possible
> 'How-to' for anyone who is interested in starting a similar project. The
> URL for the how-to is: http://ie.uk.to/index.php/start_a_project/   .
> Before I publicise the guide, I just wanted to check if anyone on this
> list is willing to offer feedback first. The document is still work in
> progress, but is at a stage where feedback will hopefully be useful.
> 
> Points of concern are:
> (i) Privileges/security: A general outline of the privileges I'm using
> for the site can be discerned from a quick browse of this URL:
> http://ie.uk.to/index.php/start_a_project/privileges
> (ii) Custom content types used: A download of the publication type
> definitions I'm using is here:
> http://ie.uk.to/downloads/pubtype_definitions.tar.bz2
> (iii) Legibility / structure / coherence of the guide
> 
> As well as thoughts in relation to those specific points, other thoughts
> are welcome (e.g. if you have a chance to look at the custom functions
> I'm using, feel free to highlight any shortcomings). If you think there
> may be other ways of doing things, or other Xaraya modules, that might
> be useful for a project like this, let me know.
> 
> * for 'free', essentially
>