Forum OpenACS Q&A: Link-List for OpenACS-Newbies ;)

Posted by Nima Mazloumi on 11/07/03 06:46 PM

Hi everybody,
as a newbie I spent some time finding resources in the web as a starting point for OpenACS development and installation.
Here is what I gathered so far (unordered).

Best wishes,
Nima Mazloumi

Documentation
- OpenACS-API
  - API Browser/Search: Packages, Tcl, AOLServer, PL/SQL Procedures
  - ACS, AOLServer API, AOLServer Tcl-API
  - AOLserver Tcl API Reference
- Packages
  - List of Packages, Maintainers, Status
- OpenACS
  - OpenACS Documentation for different releases
  - ACS Core Documentation of ArsDigita
Forums & Community
- ArsDigita/Redhat
  - web/db
  - ACS Core & CMS
  - ACS Java Novices
  - ACS Applications
  - ACS Design
  - ACS Workflow Package
  - ArsDigita Systems Journal
  - CMS Users Group
  - CVS for Web Development
  - Java
  - Knowledge library development
  - Oracle administration
  - Publishing System
- OpenACS IRC
Articles and Presentations
- Philipp Greespun
  - Introduction to AOLServer Part 1, Why AOLServer, Why OpenSource, Introduction to AOLserver Programming
  - Introduction to AOLServer Part 2, Why Oracle/PostgreSQL, Why not MySql, SQL-Introduction
  - Book-Camp with Problemsets
  - Problemset 1
  - Problemset 2
  - Problemset 3
  - Tcl-Programming
  - SQL-Programming
  - Tcl and AOLServer
  - Philip and Axels Guide to Web Publishing
- Jade Rubick
  - Getting Started With OpenACS
  - A Quick Intro to OpenACS Templating
  - Virtual Hosting in 10 Minutes or Less
  - Postgres notes">misc. notes on Postgres
  - Oracle notes">my notes on Oracle
  - Restoring from Backup
  - Upgrading ACS to OpenACS
  - Using the Content Repository
  - Adding Workflow to a Project
  - SQL Constraints Naming Conventions
  - Using acs-rels
  - Project Management on OpenACS
  - Limiting your installation to use SSL
  - Using CVS with OpenACS
  - Using Tcl Namespaces
  - Things to Remember While Developing for OpenACS
  - Creating upgrade scripts
  - Notes on ad_form
  - Terminology guide
  - Edit this page: user documentation
  - Notes on OpenACS permissions
  - Returning CSV or Excel documents from a web page
  - Using ACS service contracts
  - Moving an OpenACS instance to another server
  - Setting up a developmental server
  - Using tree_sortkey for hierarchical queries in Postgres
  - Using List Builder
  - Howto: Expand and Use acs-subsite Based Member Roles
  - Automated Testing
  - Setting up auto-installs
  - SOAP/web services on OpenACS
  - Graphing and drawing with OpenACS
  - Using OpenSSL to encrypt information
  - Aolserver Notes
- Reuven Lerner
  - www.galileo.edu/wp/presentation-html-download?presentation_id=207
  - Templating
  - Creating Packages
  - Installing Packages
  - OpenACS Introduction
  - AOLServer Introduction
- Features@OpenACS
  - OpenACS and you
  - Piskorski's One Stop Source for CVS Stuff
  - OpenACS on Mac OS X Quickstart
  - OASIS: The OpenACS Virtual Machine Project
  - Why use OpenACS?
  - Why Not MySQL?
- WP-Slim Presetations
- Guide to Web Publishing
- Things to remember - APD, Tcl, SQL, PL/SQL
- Your first OpenACS Site
- OpenACS-Problemsets
Participation as WorkerBee

3: Re: Link-List for OpenACS-Newbies ;) (response to 1)

Posted by Ben Koot on 11/07/03 09:49 PM

Hi Nima,

Thanks for this overview. I hope you won't mind if I include this in my newbie initiative cheers

Ben

5: Re: Link-List for OpenACS-Newbies ;) (response to 1)

Posted by Nima Mazloumi on 11/08/03 01:23 PM

HI Ben,

I am happy that the link list is useful for you.
Ben I looked at you site. You are using a chat package. Where can I get this chat from. There is a chat package at openacs.org which uses java. Yours must be a different one right?

Greetings,
Nima