Hi folks, This is a really great idea.
I'd be happy to help out. php.ug seems like a pretty good directory of UGs, so it would totally make sense to integrate that with the main site. The only thing it misses is *when* the meetups happen, but it seems like you, Andreas, already have ideas for that, which is great :) As for using php.ug, I would vote to keep it (it is a pretty cool domain), but I agree with exposing the functionality of php.ug as an API that php.netcould use to display relevant information. I think all that needs to happen on php.net is to have clear, easy-to-find links to how to find more about the nearest UG to you. I've never even looked at the source for php.net but I noticed, Hannes, that you tweeted last night about it being pretty easy to set up locally, so I may have a play around soon :) Thanks James On 5 December 2013 06:42, Andreas Heigl <andr...@heigl.org> wrote: > Am 05.12.13 06:40, schrieb Hannes Magnusson: > > Hi all (cross posting ug-admin@ and php-webmaster@) > > > > I've been wondering lately what php.net can do to increase cooperation > > between php.net and the PHP User Groups and get stronger relationship > > with the community at large. > > > > Some things I've been thinking about: > > - Printing "hey, did you know there is a PHP User Group meeting > > 4miles from your location tomorrow?" tips on php.net > > - Full UG "registry" > > - Better country/region/state/area listing of User Groups > > - Improving UG visibility on our frontpage > > - UG profile pages > > - Presentation/speaker overview > > ... > > > > I see there are ~140 users on this (ug-admins@) list, I guess most of > > you run or at least are a part of PHP User Groups... is this something > > you guys are interested in? > > Do you have any other ideas and/or would be interested in working on > > this with me? > > > > -Hannes > > > Hi Hannes. > > Long story short: Yes I'm interested in working on that with you! > > As some of the list-readers already know, there is a place called > http://php.ug. It's an up-to-date (at least thats what I try) map > containing all usergroups I know of. > > As I have the coordinates and (possibly) a link to an iCalendar-File of > the groups events I could do the "hey, did you know there is a PHP User > Group Meeting just 4 miles from your location tomorrow" stuff without > problem. That actually was one of the ideas behind php.ug. > > Another idea Tobias Gies brought me up with was to implement a search > for the nearest usergroup - eventually as an API-call. > > As it's a map, the country/region/state/area "listing" would also be > possible based on the coordinates. > > Currently I'm working on an interface to promote new/edit existing > usergroups via login with a social account already associated with the > usergroup. SO one can promote her "own" usergroup and after a review > process (which currently is myself looking whether the group exists and > does some regular meetings) the group is then unlocked and will be > available on the map. > > As usergroups can provide a link to an iCalendar-File I can output the > usergroups calendar and events without the need for the usergroup to > provide theses Event-dates on a different page and probably either > forget to commit them or forget to inform us about changes. They simply > have to change their own event-calendar. > > As I'm doing this as a pet-project currently and the original idea was > to let this be done by the community, I welcome everyone to be part of > it. And if there is consensus that the project should be associated > with/added to/included into php.net then I'm happy to talk about it. > > Would be a shame though for the domain ;-) > > Regards > > Andreas > > PS: You can have a look at http://php.ug or when you are interested in > the code on http://github.com/php-ug/php.ug > > -- > ,,, > (o o) > +---------------------------------------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo-+ > | Andreas Heigl | > | mailto:andr...@heigl.org N 50°22'59.5" E 08°23'58" | > | http://andreas.heigl.org http://hei.gl/wiFKy7 | > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | http://hei.gl/root-ca | > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > >
