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      <name>Hiveminds Magazine</name>
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  <title>Hiveminds Magazine - for web publishers and community builders</title>
  <updated>2008-09-21T06:57:39-07:00</updated>
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  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/the-mystery-of-the-zend-framework-change-log-solved.html</id>
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     <issued>2008-10-12T00:19:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>The mystery of the Zend framework change log solved</title>
       <published>2008-10-12T00:19:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-10-12T00:20:44-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="Developer Zone"/>
           <category term="PHP"/>
           <category term="Tips and Tricks"/>
           <category term="zend framework"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[The popularity of Zend framework for PHP is going through the roof. As a result PHP programmers are looking for more in formation about the frameworks development and status. The best way to stay up to date on the changes in the Framework is of course to read the change log. Finding this information is not hard but a Google search leads to the wrong area. To make things worse Zend has not updated their site to give a proper redirect to the correct area.

So here are some of the links you can visit regularly to checkout the latest version of the Zend framework.


Zend framework change log
Zend framework issue tracker
Zend framework release notes 



 ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[The popularity of Zend framework for PHP is going through the roof. As a result PHP programmers are looking for more in formation about the frameworks development and status. The best way to stay up to date on the changes in the Framework is of course to read the change log. Finding this information is not hard but a Google search leads to the wrong area. To make things worse Zend has not updated their site to give a proper redirect to the correct area.

So here are some of the links you can visit regularly to checkout the latest version of the Zend framework.


Zend framework change log
Zend framework issue tracker
Zend framework release notes 



 ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/why-good-open-source-php-cms-developers-are-hard-to-find.html</id>
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     <issued>2008-10-11T23:22:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>Why good open source PHP CMS developers are hard to find</title>
       <published>2008-10-11T23:22:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-10-11T23:29:13-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="CMS"/>
           <category term="Developer Zone"/>
           <category term="PHP"/>
           <category term="Tips and Tricks"/>
           <category term="frameworks"/>
           <category term="web developer"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[So why is it so hard to find really good PHP programmers that can do wonders with an open source CMS? Why do developers jump ship, disappear or simply stop answering emails during or after a project? Here are some of the reasons and tips on how to choose a CMS that attracts top notch PHP developers.  ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[So why is it so hard to find really good PHP programmers that can do wonders with an open source CMS? Why do developers jump ship, disappear or simply stop answering emails during or after a project? Here are some of the reasons and tips on how to choose a CMS that attracts top notch PHP developers.  ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/php-i-want-my-search-array-tree.html</id>
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     <issued>2008-10-10T04:10:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>PHP I want my search array tree</title>
       <published>2008-10-10T04:10:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-10-10T04:10:00-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="Developer Zone"/>
           <category term="Opinion"/>
           <category term="PHP"/>
           <category term="arrays"/>
           <category term="frameworks"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[PHP has a number of tools for handling arrays. But it seems that none of them can handle two-dimensional or multi-dimesional arrays. While this may not be a show stopper it is a great annoyance, one that should be fixed or at least compensated for in the Zend framework.  ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[PHP has a number of tools for handling arrays. But it seems that none of them can handle two-dimensional or multi-dimesional arrays. While this may not be a show stopper it is a great annoyance, one that should be fixed or at least compensated for in the Zend framework.  ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/php-hooks-drupal-vs-the-others.html</id>
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     <issued>2008-10-07T12:02:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>PHP hooks - Drupal vs.The Others</title>
       <published>2008-10-07T12:02:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-10-07T12:23:36-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="Developer Zone"/>
           <category term="FireOrb"/>
           <category term="PHP"/>
           <category term="Tips and Tricks"/>
           <category term="hooks"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[Hooks are useful and robust way of injecting functionality to an application when done right. But if it is implemented haphazardly then it can cause bugs and chaos. Take a look at a comparison of two PHP hook systems. ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hooks are useful and robust way of injecting functionality to an application when done right. But if it is implemented haphazardly then it can cause bugs and chaos. Take a look at a comparison of two PHP hook systems. ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/5-reasons-why-the-drupal-cms-is-not-ready-for-the-enterprise.html</id>
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     <issued>2008-10-07T01:05:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>5 reasons why the Drupal  CMS is not ready for the enterprise</title>
       <published>2008-10-07T01:05:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-10-07T01:25:30-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="Content management"/>
           <category term="Drupal"/>
           <category term="Java"/>
           <category term="Review"/>
           <category term="design patterns"/>
           <category term="object oriented php"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[Many Open Source content management systems written in PHP want to be recognized by the business industry as being "enterprise" ready. This is not only a mark of prestige and status but places them in a position where large companies are ready to invest in the software as a platform for their projects. Drupal is now trying making its move to be enterprise ready but has a long way to go. ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Many Open Source content management systems written in PHP want to be recognized by the business industry as being "enterprise" ready. This is not only a mark of prestige and status but places them in a position where large companies are ready to invest in the software as a platform for their projects. Drupal is now trying making its move to be enterprise ready but has a long way to go. ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/dynamically-creating-multidimensional-arrays-in-php.html</id>
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     <issued>2008-10-06T06:34:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>Dynamically creating multidimensional arrays in PHP </title>
       <published>2008-10-06T06:34:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-10-06T06:38:11-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="Developer Zone"/>
           <category term="FireOrb"/>
           <category term="PHP"/>
           <category term="Tutorials"/>
           <category term="arrays"/>
           <category term="dynamic"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[I feel that Drupal and most other PHP frameworks have overly complicated or inadequate menu systems. Here I am going show how to dynamically create an hierarchical array and use element keys as a menu and routing system. ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[I feel that Drupal and most other PHP frameworks have overly complicated or inadequate menu systems. Here I am going show how to dynamically create an hierarchical array and use element keys as a menu and routing system. ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/fed-up-with-adobe-and-their-idiotic-install.html</id>
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     <issued>2008-10-03T09:08:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>Fed up with Adobe and their idiotic install!</title>
       <published>2008-10-03T09:08:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-10-03T09:10:50-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="CS3"/>
           <category term="Developer Zone"/>
           <category term="Opinion"/>
           <category term="adobe"/>
           <category term="angry coder"/>
           <category term="bloatware"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[It used to be that you could install anything on any machine. But those days hve ended. Now you have software manufacturers telling you to buying new hardware after you just spent hundreds of dollars with them. Are they getting kickbacks or what?

First just let me say that I liked Allaire. They were one of the most developer friendly software manufacturers of the time. When they were bought out by Macromedia I cheered. Why because Macromedia was the company. My fanboydom was rewarded as Macromedia proved to be even better to developers than Allaire. Adobe? Hate them! Hated them then and hated them more after they bought Macromedia. They suck! Why? because in all the years that we were complaining about Photoshop they never lifted one finger to do anything about those complaints. They just ignored the crowds of designer and web developers because they had the number one product. This made them web enemy number one as even the Microsoft behemoth listened to the masses then and now.

Why all the whining you ask? Well because now Adobe is telling that spending $1500 with them gives me the right to spend another $1000 to update or buy a new computer.  ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[It used to be that you could install anything on any machine. But those days hve ended. Now you have software manufacturers telling you to buying new hardware after you just spent hundreds of dollars with them. Are they getting kickbacks or what?

First just let me say that I liked Allaire. They were one of the most developer friendly software manufacturers of the time. When they were bought out by Macromedia I cheered. Why because Macromedia was the company. My fanboydom was rewarded as Macromedia proved to be even better to developers than Allaire. Adobe? Hate them! Hated them then and hated them more after they bought Macromedia. They suck! Why? because in all the years that we were complaining about Photoshop they never lifted one finger to do anything about those complaints. They just ignored the crowds of designer and web developers because they had the number one product. This made them web enemy number one as even the Microsoft behemoth listened to the masses then and now.

Why all the whining you ask? Well because now Adobe is telling that spending $1500 with them gives me the right to spend another $1000 to update or buy a new computer.  ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/zend-framework-1-6-english-documentation-in-chm-ebook.html</id>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/zend-framework-1-6-english-documentation-in-chm-ebook.html" />
     <issued>2008-10-03T03:52:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>Zend Framework 1.6 English Documentation in CHM ebook  </title>
       <published>2008-10-03T03:52:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-10-03T03:52:43-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="Ebooks"/>
           <category term="File downloads"/>
           <category term="PHP"/>
           <category term="zend framework"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[This is the documentation for the soon to be defacto PHP Framework for businesses. It is a framework that is so good web developers use it side by side with other frameworks. The programmers documentation for version 1.6 has been converted to easy to use Compiled Help format. Offline use and searching is a snap!
 ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is the documentation for the soon to be defacto PHP Framework for businesses. It is a framework that is so good web developers use it side by side with other frameworks. The programmers documentation for version 1.6 has been converted to easy to use Compiled Help format. Offline use and searching is a snap!
 ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/zend-framework-1-6-french-documentation-in-chm-ebook.html</id>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/zend-framework-1-6-french-documentation-in-chm-ebook.html" />
     <issued>2008-10-03T03:47:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>Zend Framework 1.6 French Documentation in CHM ebook  </title>
       <published>2008-10-03T03:47:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-10-03T03:47:38-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="Ebooks"/>
           <category term="File downloads"/>
           <category term="PHP"/>
           <category term="zend framework"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[This is the documentation for the soon to be defacto PHP Framework for businesses. It is a framework that is so good web developers use it side by side with other frameworks. The programmers documentation for version 1.6 has been converted to easy to use Compiled Help format. Offline use and searching is a snap!
 ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is the documentation for the soon to be defacto PHP Framework for businesses. It is a framework that is so good web developers use it side by side with other frameworks. The programmers documentation for version 1.6 has been converted to easy to use Compiled Help format. Offline use and searching is a snap!
 ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/zend-framework-1-6-german-documentation-in-chm-ebook.html</id>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/zend-framework-1-6-german-documentation-in-chm-ebook.html" />
     <issued>2008-10-03T03:45:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>Zend Framework 1.6 German Documentation in CHM ebook  </title>
       <published>2008-10-03T03:45:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-10-03T03:45:31-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="Ebooks"/>
           <category term="PHP"/>
           <category term="zend framework"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[This is the documentation for the soon to be defacto PHP Framework for businesses. It is a framework that is so good web developers use it side by side with other frameworks. The programmers documentation for version 1.6 has been converted to easy to use Compiled Help format. Offline use and searching is a snap!
 ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is the documentation for the soon to be defacto PHP Framework for businesses. It is a framework that is so good web developers use it side by side with other frameworks. The programmers documentation for version 1.6 has been converted to easy to use Compiled Help format. Offline use and searching is a snap!
 ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/fireorb-is-starting-with-firemite-for-drupal.html</id>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/fireorb-is-starting-with-firemite-for-drupal.html" />
     <issued>2008-09-27T13:33:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>FireOrb is starting with "Firemite" for Drupal </title>
       <published>2008-09-27T13:33:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-09-27T13:39:54-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="FireOrb"/>
           <category term="FireOrb Developers Network"/>
           <category term="News"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[One of the goals of the FireOrb Project is for php developers to be able to use their propietory and contributed modules coded for Drupal. This is where the FireOrb MIT Extractor comes into play. The extractor application code named "Firemite" will hijack calls to Drupal functions and route them to FireOrb. ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[One of the goals of the FireOrb Project is for php developers to be able to use their propietory and contributed modules coded for Drupal. This is where the FireOrb MIT Extractor comes into play. The extractor application code named "Firemite" will hijack calls to Drupal functions and route them to FireOrb. ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/fireorb-license.html</id>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/fireorb-license.html" />
     <issued>2008-09-26T00:01:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>FireOrb License</title>
       <published>2008-09-26T00:01:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-09-26T00:03:49-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="FireOrb"/>
           <category term="Open source"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[FireOrb the name

The name "FireOrb" is released under the Public Domain License and is not a trademark. Use of the name in conjuction with the use, distribution and marketing of the FireOrb Content Management Framework is allow under all circumstances covered by the Public Domain license.

 ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[FireOrb the name

The name "FireOrb" is released under the Public Domain License and is not a trademark. Use of the name in conjuction with the use, distribution and marketing of the FireOrb Content Management Framework is allow under all circumstances covered by the Public Domain license.

 ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/fireorb-now-in-the-public-domain.html</id>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/fireorb-now-in-the-public-domain.html" />
     <issued>2008-09-25T23:50:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>FireOrb now in the public domain</title>
       <published>2008-09-25T23:50:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-09-25T23:53:40-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="Announcements"/>
           <category term="FireOrb"/>
           <category term="FireOrb Developers Network"/>
           <category term="PHP"/>
           <category term="frameworks"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[The name new FireOrb content management framework has been released into the public domain where it can be used by anyone anytime in any context. Now to get on with developing software rather than trying to become a rockstar.

A new core

Though the first version of FireOrb will be a release of a mirror of the previous GPLed CMS today I am going to start work on a new core. This will be a complete from scratch rewrite that will allow the use of present day modules and themes with minimal changes. 

The new core licensing

The licensing of the new core will be one that will allow people to run businesses around the distribution and extension of the core software without forcing them to use the GPL license. At this moment I am looking at the new BSD which would allow the most freedom. With the BSD developers and business owners would be free to choose to continue to use the GPL or to re-license their products so that they can design a business model that works for them.



 ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[The name new FireOrb content management framework has been released into the public domain where it can be used by anyone anytime in any context. Now to get on with developing software rather than trying to become a rockstar.

A new core

Though the first version of FireOrb will be a release of a mirror of the previous GPLed CMS today I am going to start work on a new core. This will be a complete from scratch rewrite that will allow the use of present day modules and themes with minimal changes. 

The new core licensing

The licensing of the new core will be one that will allow people to run businesses around the distribution and extension of the core software without forcing them to use the GPL license. At this moment I am looking at the new BSD which would allow the most freedom. With the BSD developers and business owners would be free to choose to continue to use the GPL or to re-license their products so that they can design a business model that works for them.



 ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/fireorb-v1-0-developers-guide-chm.html</id>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/fireorb-v1-0-developers-guide-chm.html" />
     <issued>2008-09-24T07:24:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>FireOrb v1.0  Developer's Guide - chm</title>
       <published>2008-09-24T07:24:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-09-24T07:26:54-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="Documentation"/>
           <category term="Drupal 4.7"/>
           <category term="Drupal CMS"/>
           <category term="File downloads"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[Module developers guide for FireOrb v1.0 in offline windows chm format for easy reading and searching. ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Module developers guide for FireOrb v1.0 in offline windows chm format for easy reading and searching. ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   <id>http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/leaving-and-dropping-drupal.html</id>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.windowscomputer.com/content/leaving-and-dropping-drupal.html" />
     <issued>2008-09-21T06:51:00-07:00</issued>
      <title>Leaving and dropping Drupal</title>
       <published>2008-09-21T06:51:00-07:00Z</published>
         <updated>2008-09-21T06:57:39-07:00Z</updated>
           <category term="CMS News"/>
           <category term="Drupal"/>
           <category term="Opinion"/>
   <summary><![CDATA[Many will be glad to here this but will be saddened by the out come. I am leaving Drupal totally. After reading the new Drupal trademark policy outline I have decided to concentrate all efforts on a generically renamed fork of Drupal.  ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Many will be glad to here this but will be saddened by the out come. I am leaving Drupal totally. After reading the new Drupal trademark policy outline I have decided to concentrate all efforts on a generically renamed fork of Drupal.  ]]></content>
  </entry>
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