About some requested features - Quest for web coders.

[Ze_PilOt]

I'm currently reviewing the donator survey.
For some functions, mainly clan system and stats, I need a web coders (php, ruby, what you like) to do them.

So, if you know a php guy, or if you are one ...

[Prince__]

What kind of stats? I could make very small things maybe. :S

[Ze_PilOt]

Basically everything you want to know about a player

[ColonelSheppard]

conversation with a friend of me:

[14:49:07] John Sheppard: are you familiar with php?
[15:24:43] Kevin: at the moment: yes
[15:24:59] Kevin: why?
[15:26:04] John Sheppard: viewtopic.php?f=50&t=2881
[15:27:33] Kevin: if you cant find anybody else i can have a look at it, but i have much to do at the moment

see it as a last option, he's very busy atm

[b0ns]

i would avoid php as a good start...

can you give more details regarding what is going to be built?

where is the code going to be deployed? just partial function to be integrated?
web front-end? database interaction?

[Ze_PilOt]

I don't really care for the language. But if you don't do django or php, I won't be able to help you at all. I don't think it's complicated enough to justify not using PHP.

Basically some clan/user profile management pages on the faforever.com site.

You basically create your profile and clan outside the lobby, manage invitations, prepare clan wars, .... like a mini-site for your clan (the closest thing I have in mind are groups in steam : http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ForgedAllianceForever)

I don't want to do that inside the lobby (in my opinion, it's way faster and flexible to make a website of it), but the lobby will take the data from the db to display them.

[peanot]

I consider myself a good programmer, and I have done some things in php. Also, I would like to help out if possible.
The thing I am unsure about is if I have enough time for something like this.

Is there already a plan on what exactly has to be done(as b0ns asks: is the need more on the front end or back end side?), and how it is supposed to integrate into the existing site(if at all)?
Without more info, it is pretty difficult to judge. Though I certainly understand that you probably have better things to do as well.

What if interested people(both people who could in theory develop it, as well as people who are requesting these features) would come together in the FAF chat, Skype, or what do I know to talk about this?
Worst thing that can happen is wasting an hour of everybody's time, best thing is making a good plan about what has to be done exactly and maybe even finding people willing to do it.
Could also be done in the forum I guess... but that always takes forever with people only checking once or twice a day, no real time responses to clarify, etc...

[Ze_PilOt]

It's about clan management mainly.

So, pages to create/edit/invite/remove people to your clan, enter some infos, manage clan wars,....

The lobby integration will only be done through some infos passed in POST or whatever.

[Ze_PilOt]

The hard part is integration with the existing site. If someone created some "skeleton" pages integrated into the current site, with empty PHP functions to be filled in, it would probably help a lot.

Actually now. It can (and will) be a totally separate part of the website, no need to integrate it. (like the unitDB, the map vault, the password recovery page,....)
The main page is using wordpress, that would be nearly impossible.

[Cantor]

I may be able to help with this depending on how much work it is. That's a bit hard to say at the moment. Can you give more detailed information about what needs to be built?