[ciapug] PHP group and SHOTGUN Meeting Date!

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 17:50, Chris Van Cleve wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> Chris and I have a history of making fun about web development. Don't 
> read much into it. Hence all the wink-emoticons.
> 
> Web standards actually save time over table designs once you learn how 
> to use them, and I have lots of deadlines. Since converting to XHTML 

No more tables? I'm all for this. Where can I find more information?


> On Jan 27, 2005, at 5:20 PM, Scott Phillips wrote:
> 
> > Jeeze.  A guy throws together a site for free and this is the thanks 
> > he gets?
> >
> > Standards are great if you have no deadlines nothing better to do than 
> > spend hours and hours trying to figure out which hack you need to 
> > include to get your other hacks to work so that you site will render 
> > in any sort of acceptable fashion.  My pages will stay "transitional" 
> > until this bleeding edge gets a tourniquet.  Tables suck, but not as 
> > bad as getting pure CSS layouts to work right... at least for now.  
> > Talk to me when Firefox has a 90% share.
> >
> >
> > At 05:06 PM 1/26/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> >> The new site isn't supposed to look that bad is it? Probably because 
> >> I'm on a Mac. The fonts are all wonky.
> >>
> >> /me slaps Chris for using a table-based layout in this age of web 
> >> standards solutions and accessibility. ;)
> >>
> >> Overall the site is nice though, Chris. I can't make the meeting. 
> >> Getting away from work is next to impossible, sorry. I'd only be 
> >> available for evening or weekend meetings.
> >>
> >> Chris Van Cleve
> >>
> >> On Jan 26, 2005, at 9:49 AM, Chris Hettinger wrote:
> >>
> >>> Welcome Scott! It's great to know that more people are learning of 
> >>> the group and want to participate. I feel that this group is a 
> >>> needed resource locally.
> >>>
> >>> I'd say I am using PHP on a large scale. I work for ENCOMPASS Health 
> >>> Management Systems in West Des Moines. Began here 1.5 years ago and 
> >>> am soley responsible for the companies Internet site.
> >>>
> >>> I've introduced two Mandrake Linux Web Servers into this MS shop. 
> >>> Have moved their site to Apache and in the last year have launched 4 
> >>> Internet web applications and several internal web based apps. The 
> >>> Internet applications are used by hopsitals, and doctor's offices to 
> >>> submit patient, medical services, and clinical information for 
> >>> review and authorization of care. The applications use both MySQL 
> >>> and MSSQL databases.
> >>>
> >>> In addition I provide freelance development services in which I use 
> >>> MySQL/PHP exclusively.
> >>>
> >>> ---- SITE REDEVELOPMENT ----
> >>>
> >>> In addition to the topic about the group. About a year ago I make a 
> >>> attempt to reorganize our group however I didn't acheive my goal. 
> >>> Part of the work I did was to concept and build a new site though it 
> >>> never made it to production.
> >>>
> >>> That's changed! I've recently produced and uploaded the site!
> >>> http://www.cialug.org/ciapug/
> >>>
> >>> You will soon be able to visit the site at ciapug.org once again, we 
> >>> need to reregister the domain.
> >>>
> >>> ---- SHOTGUN MEETING ----
> >>>
> >>> Now to get this rolling lets meet ! I'm calling a shotgun meeting 
> >>> for:
> >>>
> >>> Tues. February 1st
> >>> 11:45 AM
> >>> Jason's Deli  (Next door to Hu Hot on University Ave West Des Moines)
> >>> Open topic discussion
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hope all that are intereted can make it, if you are unable to make 
> >>> this meeting at the time selected, don't worry we WILL do this 
> >>> again.
> >>>
> >>> Please, I encourage you to introduce yourself via the mailing list. 
> >>> Please include in your introduction a bit about where, why, and how 
> >>> you use PHP, as well as what you'd like to see the group provide 
> >>> you.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -Chris
> >>> -CIAPUG webmaster
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> >>>>  I just there are just tons of .net developers out there. Other 
> >>>> than me
> >>>> and Tim is anyone else out there doing anything on a medium to large
> >>>> scale?
> >>>> On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 16:17, Scott Phillips wrote:
> >>>>> I just heard about this group this morning and would support any 
> >>>>> sort of revitalization.  Sometimes I feel like I'm using PHP in a 
> >>>>> vacuum with all the big corps around here using their fancy-pants 
> >>>>> Java or .NET developers.  (I even think ColdFusion has a bigger 
> >>>>> share around here than PHP!)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In any case, hello, and I hope to meet some of you in the near 
> >>>>> future.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Scott Phillips
> >>>>> Web Developer
> >>>>> Cowles Library, Drake University
> >>>>> (515) 271-2975
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> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >
> > Scott Phillips
> > Web Developer
> > Cowles Library, Drake University
> > (515) 271-2975
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> >
> >
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