Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: common meal signup and $ tracking software available

[Tim Mensch (tim-coho-l]

Sharon Villines wrote:
> We have a server now that hosts our email accounts and website and a  
> calendar program. But I need to know what skills to ask for in our  
> community to find out if anyone wanted to support this program. I  
> need words so I can ask "Do we have any one with these skills  
> ___________ who wants to take this on?"
>
> I do Dreamweaver and Filemaker Pro but wedding the two, for example,  
> is beyond me. PHP, etc., is even further out there.
>   
Ahh...well, if you want to customize or modify my system, you'd need PHP 
(or other programming) experience. If you just want to change how it 
looks, I think Dreamweaver can edit CSS files, so you might have a leg 
up there if that's your inclination. If you want to install it, you 
need, well, server experience--ssh/Linux shell experience. Do you have 
your own server, or is it hosted somewhere? If it's your own server, 
then someone would also need to be able to install Apache/PHP/MySQL, and 
then you'd also want someone to handle backups, and possibly do other 
maintenance. If it's hosted, those are (typically) already installed and 
handled for you, so someone (who is familiar with command line tools) 
just needs to follow the install instructions. If I've done my job 
right, though, that person wouldn't need to know any Apache or PHP or 
MySQL to get everything working.

If you just want to use it (or administer it), though, you just need to 
be able to use a web page, once it's set up.

Tim

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Tim Mensch

In contract to sell a unit at Pleasant Hill Cohousing (CA), though accepting 
backup offers: http://phch.org/2230

Currently at Wild Sage (Boulder, CO): http://www.wildsagecohousing.org

Founding member of Tumblerock, a Boulder, CO area community in its forming 
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