The filePro Group - A second attempt

[Laura Brody]

Quoting Fairlight <fairlite at fairlite.com>:

> When asked his whereabouts on Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 12:14:25PM -0700,
> fp at casabellagallery.com took the fifth, drank it, and then slurred:
> > A while back (couple of years) I mentioned the idea of
> > creating The filePro Groups as other users base do.  Back
> > then there were a couple of replies but nothing ever
> > came of it.
>
> That happens a lot in this community.
>
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>
> Well, I'm honestly not sure how much interest you'll have.  I think a
> knowledge base is a great idea.  I even like the idea of an article base
> and the other stuff you have planned.
>
> That said, it's YANTKUW - Yet Another Site To Keep Up With.  I'm registered
> on the fP-Tech forum on their site and I think I check it once every couple
> months.  Seriously.  I play World of Warcraft, and as an MMO that's
> arguably a "community" thing, and I still don't read the forums unless I'm
> bored or looking for help.
>
> Let's look at this objectively:
>
> Articles - No present resource available.

   I have a few <http://www.hvcomputer.com/download/public.html>,
Nancy Palmquist <http://www.vss3.com/tipindex.htm> has some....

> Knowledge Base - No present resource available.

   Other than searching the mailing list archives...
and Howie's filePro knowledge base <http://www.photobuff.com/filepro.htm>

> Who's Who - fP Tech maintains a sort of directory of developers, resellers,
>             etc., but I don't think it's hugely thorough.

    Probably not.

> Market Place - fP Tech kinda has this sort of covered in their Products
>                section of their forum.
> Code Snippets - No present resource available to my knowledge.

   There is code. My site, Nancy's, Howie's,
JP Radley <http://www.jpr.com> (some code from Bob Stockler and
others). Not a whole lot, but some.

> Live Chat - John has the fP Room for voice chat with limited use of the
>             text area.  All suggestions regarding forming an IRC channel
>             or using IM groups have failed in the past.
>
  I think that John has this nailed - I see no benefit in reinventing
the wheel.

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Laura Brody
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