yanaframework.net

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

Okay folks - I know it's been a while. I feel real sorry for that.

However: this does not mean that development has ceased. It's just that I moved to a new flat and took some time off.

I'm currently translating the manual from German to English. This worked out to be a much more time-consuming task to do then I first expected it to be. Even though I use Translation Memory Techniques and every kind of (free) state-of-the-art software I can get my hands on to get the job done ASAP.

In addition the latest release of PHP 5 really caught me unprepared. This version somehow changed handling of filenames just a little bit - but just enough, to break the built-in Smarty configuration and cause it to crash.

Someone send me an e-mail, so I was able to locate and fix this issue very soon. Thanks man!

I have fixed this already and the current versions 2.9.1 and 2.9.8, which are available on the website, don't have this error anymore.

If you want to hot-fix your current installation of the Yana Framework without loading the complete package complete the following steps:

#1 edit file "includes/class_smarttemplate.php"
#2 replace the text "template_dir = './'" by "template_dir = '.'"
#3 save changes

In addition I also had to update my local PHP-Documentor installation and adapt some of the build-scripts I use to automatically create release packages, because they have been affected by the recent changes as well.

New features to expect soon:
- several bugfixes and a new stable release
- fully translated documentation

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

I have improved my automated PHP build-scripts, that create Yana's manual.

The update was desperately needed to handle the growing ~320 pages thick manual plus additional 5 MB of API-documentation.

This should speed up the process of writing documentation and make translation quite a bit easier.

With the new scripts up and running, an updated documentation will be available soon.

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

Just finished translation of another 3 chapters. However: there are still 27 more chapters to go. When this is done, there are 120 screen shots to be taken for the English version. After that: translation of the secondary tools is on the schedule. Next: spell checking. Next: checking of syntax highlighting for all code segments.

#edit two more days of work: still 23 chapters to go.

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

Another chapter finished. 60% is done. However, 17 chapter are still waiting to be translated.

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

75% done. Now 13 chapters remaining. Not to mention another ~100 screen shots.

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

There are now 8 chapters remaining. Half of the first tutorial is translated. A second tutorial and two articles still need to be translated. However: the rest of the manual is done. Smile

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

5 chapters are yet to be translated. 90% of the text is done.

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

95% done. 2 chapters to be translated.

I will provide a first English version of the manual as soon as it's all done.

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

It's done! The current translation is finished. Now to the 100 screen shots taken from the German version of the software, that have to be replaced for the English translation of the manual...

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

I've released a first version.
The English documentation can be found here: http://yanaframework.net/docs_en/

Note that screens are yet to be translated. So see this as a "preview".

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

30 Screens done today. About 60 pics are still on the list.

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

All done. I'm currently preparing a documentation update. A download will be available some time soon.

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

Finally it's ready. As the last task I just translated the integrated search-engine.

I just uploaded the latest documentation. A package for offline-reading is available as well at the download page.

admin · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

I'm preparing an official release with the latest documentation.

Currently I'm into bug-fixing. I'm now testing compatibility with PostgreSQL again. If there is time I might check with MSSQL, DB2 and Oracle as well. I've done it before, but the code has changes since then.

To do that I need to set up a new virtual machine for testing. This may take few days to get the test suite up and running. So please be patient.

Any help is welcome and much appreciated. Just drop me a line - or download the latest development version and test for you own. Please report any bugs (or even fixes) to the forum. Thanks!