Quoting nicforce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Reading the server requirements necessary for the CCS to run, > along the growing list of problems and complaints reported by > those brave souls foolhardy enough to try to install it, I don't > know whether to laugh (at the absurdity of the installation > process) or cry (over the impossibility of finally getting a > useful client application.) I think that you may have been listening to too many rumors. :)
CCS, IMO, is for from absurdity depending on your reference point for absurd mentioned at the end of the paragraph. Assuming that you have php applications runing under apache/php5 you are more than likely ready to go. You will just have to download and install zend unless you are already using it. That also on a freebsd box, installs quickly. The CCS down load, unpacking, running the install script and setting up Apache, much less than half an hour. That is so fast and simple that I suppose that you could call it absurd. ;) Basically you can say that it runs right out of the box. Maybe you should give it a test drive before you answer. > When I heard that Tucows was developing this program, I had high > hopes that we would finally get a simple, easy-to-use, easy-to- > install, and useful interface. When I spent two hours on the > phone with one of the developers who had solicited my input > regarding what the application should do, my hopes became even > higher. > > Sadly, it now appears that the new code has even more ridiculous > server requirements and is even more difficult to install than the > old client code. Because of the lack of a demo version, it's > impossible to tell whether it's more useful or not. I'll never > know, because I'll never get it installed in a million years. At > least after pulling my hair out through or 2 or 3 installs of the > old client code, I know better than to even try. The only non-standard requirement for me is zend, that I and others on the list or not fond of. Basically, just confirm that your server more or less meets the requirements, there are some extra requirements that aren't being used as far as I can tell. Un pack the application, run the install script, point your browser at projects/ccs/index.php and rock on. It will work. I would suggest that you start with basic domains so if you have problems they will be easier to correct. It is so fast and easy that you can reinstall in minutes. > > Apparently, Tucows' programming staff assumes that all of their > resellers have large, full-time staffs of system engineers who > have nothing better to do than to spend days/weeks/months > rebuilding severs and installing all kinds of esoteric > applications to make function what really ought to be a quite > simple interface. The interface is so simple that I have spent most of the day trying to make it complex. That is life;) > I will never believe that this level of complexity was necessary. > There are dozens of well-written programs with highly-complex > functionality that easily install on more "standard" platforms. > This could have been one of them. I was optimistic that, with the > release of new client code, Tucows would finally make it easy for > me to sell their products. It's very disappointing to discover > that my optimism was misplaced. Just thank goodnes that it is in php and seems solid, although I'm not ready to put it into production, without a lot of testing and some code and css clean up. BTW, Zeljko, I'm sure you guys must have development and css documentation, coding standards, etc. Do we have access to them? Disclaimer: This doesn't mean that I don't have some issues that I will be working out, shortly, I will continue to try and get OpenSRS to release the full source, which they may have already done. Las weekend there were still some things that wouldn't work without zend. Very positive point that you haven't referenced is that Joey has already started asking about a bug tracking system with a search capability. I would like to see availability of cvs access and a pair of mailing lists, one for all cvs modifications and the other for us to participate with OpenSRS in making this a better product. With cvs we can easily send our proposed modifications as cvs diff patches to the list for the OpenSRS development team to integrate to the HEAD code if they agree, just like in any other opensource project. I feel like it would be advantagous for all of us to participate as much as we can. Many ways: Code, themes, documentation, howto's etc. as well as helping newer users on the list. My suggestion for you is, as I said before, relax - install CCS - configure, run it and enjoy testing in the horizon environment. Then let's try to help make it even better. ed P.S. ccs, css and cvs in the same mail and at my age. Hope there are no errors. _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
