Hi Pete:
I just uploaded some more designs in this community and in my files.
This community has the earthy colors and the different fade levels.
Virginia

When I refer to "account settings" below, perhaps we should have an auxilliary "Account Settings" page if the account is an admin person, unless it would be very easy to append it to the main "Account Settings". Please advise.

Keep in mind that the admin programmer will be updating LWPS with new versions of Elgg and we should try to minimize the amount of custom editing he will have to do each time.

Bid request

Build a PHP plug-in that would present the following options (below the "Save Post" button) when someone creates/edits a post like this one.:

• (New) Provide me (and any admin person) a place to set a flag to 1) permit the execution of this plug-in, and 2) the info msg that gets displayed when this condition exists.I may want to disable it. Account settings would be best, I think.
  
• (New) Also provide me a place to 1) save keywords that must exist in the keywords section of the source post before this plug-in is executed, and 2) the info msg that gets displayed when this condition exists. Account settings would be best, I think.
  
• (________) source post to copy (If blank, ignore; if a valid LWPS post number, then process the copy [e.g. Copy/append/replace all or some of the following parts of the source post])
  
• (rb = radio button, default is none selected)
  
• Append (rb) Create/Replace (rb) All: Post Body, Title, Keywords and Additional Keywords
  
• Append (rb) Create/Replace (rb) "Post Title"
  
• Append (rb) Create/Replace (rb) "Post Body"
  
• Append (rb) Create/Replace (rb) "Post Keywords"
  
• Additional keywords - All (rb) or my initials (rb), nearest Sunday mm/dd (rb), "20%" (rb), community username (if in a community) (rb)
  
• A "Submit" button that would execute the above options when I clicked it. All options would then be cleared.
  

Example: I might want to copy the source from this post # 330 so I could create this post. So I would create a new post and type 330 in the above space that your plug-in provides, then I woudl select ALL parts, and All additional keywords and when I clicked submit (not save), post 330 would be replicated in my new post. (Here is an explanation of why I want these keywords inserted.)

Recommend where initials will be stored. Account settings might be the best. Permit them to be changed. If you get this bid and produce what I want I may be asking you to do another project where each person's keywords are saved. That may be a good place to save their initials.

Recommend any improvements to this design.

Pete hubbard@waypt.com

Hi, my name is Pete Hubbard. I'm the founder of the e-learning social networking platform called LifeWork Planning Services (LWPS). This post describes the purpsoe and value of LWPS.

If I contract for your PHP programming services, I will replace all of this text with a note to that effect.

I need a contract PHP programmer for many short (2 - 6 hr) PHP programming jobs.

1. After the first few months, I will only be able to spend about $400 per month for your services. During the first few months, I will exceed that because I have several critical projects that need to be completed.
   
2. I can not promise work every month.
   
3. I have a backlog of over a 100 hours of work. A few are well defined, but most are still ideas needing a lot of design work.
   

You will be working on a Open Source system called Elgg which is the engine that drives LWPS.

1. LWPS is currently running on an old Elgg release 0.4. See this post Elgg 0.7 Release Candidate 2 by Elgg developer Ben Werdmuller for a description of the current release.
   Dave Tosh is the systems designer. You will want to pay attention to most of their posts by making them "friends" in the following two blogging systems. Note that on 4/23 the note Elgg 0.8 RC1 has left the building was posted. We'll wait a while before installing it.
   
2. http://Elgg.net is Open Source code. It was recently renamed to http://EduSpaces.net. This website contains documentation about Elgg. If you do contract work for me, you will want to get an account on both Elgg systems and join the Elgg development and Elgg Installation Support communities. You may also want to join the Elgg Features commuity.
   
3. Our test environment at http://dev.lifeworkps.com is loaded with the current Elgg version 0.7 code. This is where you will make minor modifications to the Elgg code and build and test LWPS plugins.
   

I am looking for a VERY specific person, who ...

1. charges around $25/hr with no plans to raise that hourly rate for the foreseeable future. If you charge more, we can discuss it.
   
2. AND doesn't mind using a wiki and LWPS with me (and possibly another contract programmer) to design the specifications for plugins and/or extensions before I authorize you to code, test and install them,
   
3. AND sees the value of LWPS and will demonstrate that by registering for a free account and starting some lifework planning posts.
   

These last two requirements are very important to me. You won't want to do some of the preparatory things I ask of you unless you see the value of LWPS and want to use it to do your lifework planning. Also, email has value, but becomes too cumbersome when we try to track and manage projects. LWPS posts and wikis provide a convenient way to discuss, design and specify what code is needed and then to track and manage the work. You will need to learn some of the basic features and functions of LWPS in order to create posts, comment on other posts, use "access restrictions", etc. And as we continue using LWPS, we will quickly see what improvements are needed.

So, if you are still interested, please do the following.

1. Read about LWPS's purpose and value and explore some of the lessons in LWPS Help to get an overview of LWPS.
   
2. Read this wiki to see the first project you will review and estimate. A password is required for both of us to edit it. I will give you that password when I contract for your services.
   
3. Read this post to see a prioritized list of projects you will work on. Most links go to private posts you can't view because I am still designing them.
   
4. Even if you don't want to contract with me to do this work, I encourage you to consider using LWPS to do you lifework planning. Just go to lifeworkps.com and register.
   
5. If you are interested in this project and you plan to use LWPS for your lifework planning activities, please go to lifeworkps.com, register for your free account and spend about 15-30 minutes completing the tasks in this post. I will contact you through your LWPS "<your-name> Mailbox" post when you create it.
   

Thank you,

Pete

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Elgg posts

http://elgg.net/smartinson/weblog/119731.html various platforms
http://elgg.net/stevelee/weblog/12623.html (Schoolsl and Europe recomends OSS)

What is the future of LWPS?

LWPS as of March 2006 is about 10% complete and serving 15 members. It should be 40% complete by March 2007 serving 150 members and 60% complete by March 2008 and serving 1000 members. Our goal is to serve 10,000 by 2010.

Ultimately (around 2010), the vision for LWPS is to provide an answer to the question “On a planet with over six (6) billion people, how do I quickly and easily find at least six (6) people who share my vision, passion, and/or interests (VPIs ) and who want to collaborate with me to transform them into joyful work that satisfies our souls?”

The only way this will happen is if everyone has a standardized machine readible profile that contains their VPIs and can be searched and matched by Google or a Google-like process. Standardization and interoperability are critical requirements. The Elgg development team is a champion of both.