Page 1 of 2
Large project, excellent prospects.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:58 pm
by xenontheblue
I'm currently looking for a development team who will assist work on a pseudo-open source Content Management System project.
I am essentially looking for a closed group of developers who will assist development of the main core.
I'm wanting to keep the source closed and private between three or four other developers.
I've been planning this system for over three years now, started developing in the last two months. After much thought, I've decided to risk it and put it into the public eye although right now I'm keeping a lot of plans to myself (which I'll divulge to the chosen contributors).
http://www.podfusion.net for the current development blog.
If you're interested, give me a shout at
j.jones@podfusion.net or add
xenontheblue@hotmail.com to MSN (MSN Preferred)
Thanks
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:17 pm
by Ollie Saunders
Why do we need another CMS?
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:17 pm
by Luke
yea... what makes this one "special"?
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:32 pm
by xenontheblue
it's modular, right down to the very core components. Strictly speaking it isn't a CMS ... it's a module management system based around the idea of a CMS.
Imagine a system where you could build any kind of website, functioning any way you want with a simple set of customised downloadable modules.
Say, for example you're an individual and you want a blog site ... Download the core, then the blog module. Click to set up, and go.
Now you're a cartoonist ... download that same core, download the webcomic module, add a forum, add an online shop ...
Not forgetting the larger projects, corporate entities, multiple domains and subdomains, all controlled from within the same core php component.
It'll run on any database architecture, on either IIS or Apache (or others, provided their server control modules can be written).
Essentially, you name it, it can do it.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:34 pm
by Buddha443556
... pseudo-open source ...
I am essentially looking for a closed group of developers who will assist development of the main core.
I'm wanting to keep the source closed and private between three or four other developers
... that's pretty much the definition of
non-open source code.

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:41 pm
by xenontheblue
well, yeah - kinda ... the main core, i intend to keep closed. it's the rest which i intend to make community based.
From the dev blog:
I have a lot planned for PodFusion, such as a user community where people will be able to develop modules, styles, and other modifications for PodFusion, distribute them online and earn a commission from each sale on our online store. Although PodFusion is a commercial project, I think I'll have to provide a free 'lite' version so as not to alienate low-budget/trial implementations.
I think I may even go one step further and make that 'lite' version a complete open source version, and have an open source version too in addition to the closed source commercial copy.
It's not so much the 'free' aspect I'm wanting to promote - it's the community aspect, where people can contribute to the system and earn a commission on each sale their contribution makes.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:41 pm
by Ollie Saunders
Please don't use a new line for every sentence, few of us need that much leading.
xenontheblue wrote:it's modular, right down to the very core components. Strictly speaking it isn't a CMS ... it's a module management system based around the idea of a CMS.
Imagine a system where you could build any kind of website, functioning any way you want with a simple set of customised downloadable modules.
Say, for example you're an individual and you want a blog site ... Download the core, then the blog module. Click to set up, and go.
Now you're a cartoonist ... download that same core, download the webcomic module, add a forum, add an online shop ...
Not forgetting the larger projects, corporate entities, multiple domains and subdomains, all controlled from within the same core php component.
It'll run on any database architecture, on either IIS or Apache (or others, provided their server control modules can be written).
Essentially, you name it, it can do it.
Everything you just said has already been done in one form or another, and also that sounds incredibly ambious if starting from scratch.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:44 pm
by xenontheblue
name one system that goes to the extent that mine does, and i'll drop it all right now ...
ambitious, yes - so was the eiffel tower? Gotta start somewhere ^_^
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:48 pm
by Luke
can't really blame a guy for being ambitious...

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:50 pm
by xenontheblue
well, yeah - most major web projects are ambitious, phpbb for example. It's simple, and we take it for granted - but it had to start from <?php phpinfo() ?>, no?
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:56 pm
by Buddha443556
xenontheblue wrote:I have a lot planned for PodFusion, such as a user community where people will be able to develop modules, styles, and other modifications for PodFusion, distribute them online and earn a commission from each sale on our online store. Although PodFusion is a commercial project, I think I'll have to provide a free 'lite' version so as not to alienate low-budget/trial implementations.
I think I may even go one step further and make that 'lite' version a complete open source version, and have an open source version too in addition to the closed source commercial copy.
It's not so much the 'free' aspect I'm wanting to promote - it's the community aspect, where people can contribute to the system and earn a commission on each sale their contribution makes.
This sounds as though you have every intention of making money off this project. Therefore shouldn't you be paying someone to do this work? Don't we have a forum for Paid Work?
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:02 pm
by xenontheblue
it is true, i do wish to have a commercial aspect to the project. i have every intention of reimbursing any contributors for any work undertaken. I did initially want to put this in Paid work ... but i felt that in there, it wouldn't get the community attention it deserved, although here, it seems to get the opposite effect - seem to be focusing on the commercial aspect.
It's 90% community driven, and I hope you can see that - Any contributors will be fairly reimbursed whatever the outcome.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:24 pm
by xenontheblue
So, shall I take this as a no-go from you guys then?
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:41 pm
by Buddha443556
xenontheblue wrote:So, shall I take this as a no-go from you guys then?

I think you'll just have to wait and see. At least, to some extent it's a little more clear what you want.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:54 pm
by xenontheblue
yeah, looks like it - i'm the kinda guy who wants things done yesterday ^_^
i don't mean to type as if i'm angry or irate ... i'm just direct and to the point - looking back, i do sound impatient - sorry ^_^;;;
It's just I've been working on this for so long, and it's like I'm being stopped at every corner. No worries - I'll be patient and keep looking.
Just to clarify the whole commission thing. I want to encourage community contributions in much the same way these online game things work. Community members for open source projects traditionally build addons for free, and get a good feeling from it. I figured that if smalltime developers could develop something worthwhile, it should be rewarded in something solid and useful. It means that smalltime and seasoned developers can build on an existing system whilst helping the php community and earning a bit of cash in the meantime.
It does kinda confuse the line between commercial and community, I agree - but I'd be inclined to argue that it leans very heavily to community, since the only real commercial aspect is in the core, which is what we're having this discussion about.