Re: [UG-ADMINS] Re: UG exposure progress... :)

Maybe a good idea is to have a cal.php page that just grabs data from
php.UG and joind.in. That will let everyone have access to the info but
will pipe the actual data to the proper places.
On Feb 6, 2014 9:40 AM, "James Titcumb" <[email protected]> wrote:

> My only minor concern with dropping www.php.net/cal.php is that there are
> non-UG events listed there - primarily conferences. I know there are plenty
> of existing sources for those sort of dates, but surely if php.net is
> supporting UGs, they should also be supporting the many community-run
> conferences?
>
> Some people use cal.php as a resource (perhaps amongst others) to plan
> visits to other locations, to find UGs and conferences, and other types of
> PHP-related meetups.
>
> What do others think?
>
>
> On 5 February 2014 20:48, Hannes Magnusson <[email protected]
> >wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Hannes Magnusson
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I have a quick PoC for the UG exposure as we talked about in December:
> > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strrchr.php?showug=1
> > > Or any other php.net page, adding ?showug=1, or enable it on
> > www.php.net/my.php
> > >
> > > Hopefully this will encourage people to lookup their local usergroups
> > > and join it.
> > >
> > >
> > > The php.net/ug.php page itself needs help.. If someone is interested
> > > in making it awesome? :)
> > >
> > >
> > > I also noticed that the vast majority of usergroups registered on
> > > php.ug do *not* have ical url, which is why there are so few that have
> > > their "next event" listed :(
> > >
> > > Considering I believe that majority of the UG leaders are on this
> > > list.. You guys wanna update your registration on php.ug? :)
> > >
> > >
> > > Note that since this is just a PoC only random few (currtime % 10)
> > > will see the "headsup" banner, if not explicitly enabled.. And the
> > > data itself is currently hardcoded and everything is a quick
> > > experimental hack :)
> > >
> > > I'd love feature suggestions and comments - and extra props for anyone
> > > contributing to the visual elements of this adventure.
> >
> >
> > Just to make it clear; I plan to retire
> http://www.php.net/cal.phpcompletely.
> >
> > If anyone could help me out with making ug.php pretty, and
> > functionally better then cal.php it would be great!
> >
> > I plan on rolling this out as I've removed the hardcoded data :)
> >
> > -Hannes
> >
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