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• jaenosjelantru
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 28, 2008 - 09:54 PM

  Steven Copley
  
  
  
  I live in Tulsa Oklahoma. I am married and have two rescue dogs, no kids. I will just steal a little text from my website: I have been producing websites professionally since 2001 when I first created stevencopley.com for my personal use. I didn't know anything about websites or much about computers in general for that matter as I just began working in the industry in 1998. Coming from steel manufacturing, you can imagine I've come a long way since then.
  
  I started out building a website for myself using notepad by copying code from websites I thought were cool. That's how I taught myself HTML. I then began learning some PHP and was soon building free websites for friends and family. When people began paying me, I decided I was getting pretty good at this web thing; it was great!
  
  I have been working with Zikula since .723 and have learned a lot over the years. I am what you might call a lurker whereby until about a year ago, all I ever did was read other posts never really posting until I had to. I am trying to take a more active role in the Zikula community to help continue supporting this great system.
  
  If you want, you can add me on myspace or facebook:
  
  Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/stevencopley - don't use it often.
  Facebook: http://www.facebook.…le.php?id=711973212
  Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaenosjelantru
  Skype: stevencopley
  
  Now you guys introduce yourself...

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• dks
  
  

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  • Registered: Feb 07, 2003
  • Last visit: May 31, 2010
  • Posts: 404

  Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 07:47 AM

  
  
  Hey, I'm Darryl Schmidt, I live in Kamloops, BC, Canada.
  I'm a Electrician as well as a Computer Systems and Electronics Technician. I've had many jobs from computer tech to designing, programming and implementing building security and control systems for prisons (very fun).
  Currently I'm working as an electrician in a big copper mine about an hour and a half from my house.
  
  I'm been married for 12 years and have two kids, 8 and 4 years old.
  
  I'm a Taurus, I like potatoes done any style, Cuban cigars with a good port, and electronic things with little lights.
  
  Creating web sites was just the next thing for me to do once the BBS scene died.
  
  I create web sites for local businesses, realtors, etc.
  I also run a local information portal site, and have a little business doing real estate photography using a single shot 360º lens.
  
  I like cheese.
  
  I like Star Trek, but I'm not a fan of Star Wars.
  
  I run and love Vista.....really.
  
  
  
  edited by: dks, Dec 01, 2008 - 11:59 AM

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• AmmoDump
  
  

  • Rank: Team Member
  • Registered: Dec 07, 2003
  • Last visit: May 09, 2010
  • Posts: 2703

  Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 08:40 AM

  Hi my name is David Pahl...
  
  I am lucky enough to have a team Profile page.. so I will just supplement it.
  
  I am testimony to the fact, that one does not need to be a super programmer to become part of the Zikula family. Contributions to the project can be made by giving ones time in the areas at which one is proficient. I for one, have had much success with Zikula as a project. I enjoy being a part of the community and giving my time back to the project. I also enjoy my team roles very much. I have gained much trust within the team and the community, and I am very grateful for the opportunities and recognition which I receive.
  
  At the risk of sounding cliche, I have made many friendships which extend beyond the scope of this project. And this community runs much deeper than what some of you may see here on the forums.
  
  I look forward to hearing more about more people in this thread, both from old and new community members. So, please add your name and share something about yourself.
  
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  David Pahl
  Zikula Support Team

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• **unknown user**
  
  

  • Rank: Expert
  • Registered: Mar 16, 2002
  • Last visit: Apr 02, 2010
  • Posts: 1208

  Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 12:24 PM

  Hello, my name is Wendell and I'm an alcoholi... oh, wait. Wrong forum.
  
  I have been involved with Zikula/PostNuke since 0.723. I was mainly a lurker until approximately the release of 0.750. My main involvement has been with themes. I basically learned web design while using PostNuke and have since used many other CMS and blog platforms.
  
  My "real" profession is land surveying. I've been a surveyor for 23 years. We get to play with really cool cutting-edge technology, but not much in the way of actual programming. Hence my interest in web design. But there's nothing like working out in the great outdoors for a living, especially in a beautiful place like Oregon.
  
  I'm 41 years old, happily married for over 15 years with one daughter in high school. We live in Dallas, Oregon, a small town of about 15,000 folks. We've lived in many small towns and large cities, and this one beats them all, bar none.
  
  I love Vietnamese Pho, action flicks and the latest technology. Like dks, I run and love Windows Vista... really.

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• nestormateo
  
  

  • Rank: Team Member
  • Registered: Sep 06, 2006
  • Last visit: May 09, 2010
  • Posts: 2446

  Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 06:32 PM

  Hi! My name is Mateo Tibaquirá...
  
  I found Zikula four years ago, when the web development first caught my attention.At the university, I've discovered that I like to program; before that, I was very reluctant to spend my life in front of a computer, and now... I have no choice, I like to program a lot and help Zikulans when I can do it.
  
  I love the project code and i'm looking forward to the new O.O. focus. Its flexibility, robust customization and clean code makes me love this project. I like to theming a lot, with rich custimization, and share stuff with the community.
  
  I'm 23 years old, and I'm pretty near to be an Electronics & Telecommunications Engineer. I like to build websites for non-profit organizations and academic institutions.
  
  I love the free-software and its philosophy, and i run Ubuntu plus compiz fusion! (just until i have the time to migrate to Sidux or Debian )
  
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  Mis principios... son mis fines

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• Simon
  
  

  • Rank: Legend
  • Registered: Dec 11, 2002
  • Last visit: Oct 21, 2009
  • Posts: 11674

  Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 10:08 PM

  I'm Simon Birtwistle, currently in my final year studying for a Computer Science degree at Cambridge University in the UK. I have been using Zikula since the 0.722 release in 2002, when I had little idea of websites beyond HTML. Since, I've managed to learn the Zikula code inside out, write quite a few modules (some public, some private and some for clients), and run a fair few powerful websites on the Zikula Framework. The moral of the story is that you don't have to be a super-programmer type to get involved (but if you do get involved you may turn into one...)
  
  As a member of the new Steering Committee for 2008/09 I'm hard at work establishing where we go next - our vision after the successful 1.0 release of Zikula. We've all been pleased to see some very positive feedback from new and existing users alike, and we are looking towards 2.0 as a release of further architectural refinements and new features.
  
  I run and like Vista - someone has to right? I also think that the iPhone is a complete rip off, so got a Windows Mobile phone with better specs and spent around £200 less.
  
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  itbegins.co.uk - Zikula Consulting
  
  birtwistle.me.uk - Personal Blog
  
  
  Please read the Support Guide

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• rgasch
  
  

  • Rank: Team Member
  • Registered: Jan 05, 2003
  • Posts: 775

  Posted: Dec 02, 2008 - 12:10 PM

  I'm Robert Gasch. I have a CS degree and 15+ years of professional development experience using more than 10 programming languages. I came to Zikula about 6 years ago when PostNuke was at version 0.723. I was attracted to the framework by the vision of a clean architecture, which back then wasn't properly implemented yet but the vision was there and that was enough to get me going.
  
  Building on my experience from the past implementing web enterprise systems (back then using a Java framework), I implemented the DBUtil, ObjectUtil and CategoryUtil classes thus joined as a core developer and became responsible for most of the stuff that can be found in includes/pnobjlib. I am still active in core development and use Zikula to implement various solutions for customers.
  
  My latest project has been the (commercial) zWebstore module, a online-shop implementation which strives to create a flexible and powerful webstore/webshop while leveraging the power of the Zikula architecture. I think this worked out well in the sense that the module is quite powerful, extremely flexible with relatively (relatively being a key word here) little code. The code is clean and easily maintainable and extensible. It is a testament to the power of the Zikula architecture.
  
  I am available for consulting jobs, should someone want help and/or implementation services.
  
  Greetings
  R
  
  http://www.zwebstore.biz
  http://www.zikulaexpert.com

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• Guite
  
  

  • Rank: Team Member
  • Registered: Jan 19, 2003
  • Last visit: Apr 06, 2010
  • Posts: 442

  Posted: Dec 02, 2008 - 02:33 PM

  Hi all,
  
  I'm Axel Guckelsberger, living in Germany near Mainz in a lovely small city called Bingen. If you attended to the last Camp Zikula, you know it
  Beside maintainable code I like intelligent rap music (yes, it is out there), linguistics in general, scotch and exciting books.
  
  Started with PostNuke .726 originally and became part of the team quite soon. While I studied applied computer science, I got more and more into the system. After some internal projects I began to write my first public module with pnUpper (which has been evolved to MediaAttach today).
  
  After some minor contributions like a new pager I recently became more active in core development. Also I am pushing Zikula every day in the Steering Committee and with my company Guite. My personal project is ModuleStudio (MOST), a development tool for creating new Zikula modules with significantly increased productivity. All my latest Zikula contributions are based on that, for example the new upcoming extension database or the CocktailManager module.
  
  In future I am going to focus on the 2.0 core together with the next MOST version, as this fits together quite well. Whenever you need reliable and complex modules and/or professional Zikula services, feel free to contact me
  
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  Guite | ModuleStudio

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• espaan
  
  

  • Rank: Developer
  • Registered: Aug 23, 2003
  • Last visit: May 31, 2010
  • Posts: 1428

  Posted: Jan 05, 2009 - 05:45 PM

  Hi,
  
  I'm Erik Spaan living in the east part of the Netherlands. I have been with PN for some time already (since 723 if I remember correct). I started using it for the Track & Field site I'm webmaster of. I have made some modules for the Track&Field site myself, the hard way by just studying existing modules and coding away
  During that time I started translating stuff and became part of the Dutch community as well. It was only until recently that I became one of the admins on zikula.nl Together with Teb we reworked the site (new theme, upgrading to 1.1 etc) and this process is ongoing still.
  
  I have a degree in Physics and after that did a software development course for a few months with a software technical automation firm. My current (money earning) profession is Device Physicist with a big semiconductor firm in Nijmegen. Before that I did a few years sw development (UML, OO, C++) for X-Ray systems with Philips Medical Systems.
  
  I'm not a hardcore software developer (as I say so myself), but more of a coding user I like to focus on design and usability as much as possible. I'm part of the BlankTheme team and have made several menu available for menutree and extmenu. I have made the Extended Story title block for the News module and together with Mateo I hope to make the News module better and better.
  
  Besides work and Zikula I have a girlfriend, 2 cats, chickens and a DIY house from around 1900 I like reading (A.C. Clarke, O.S. Card, Asimov, Vance, etc), drive a motorcycle to work. I used to spend a lot of time on Track & Field as an athlete (Shot Put / Discus), but I'm now transfering to the training/coaching business
  
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  campertoday.nl, Module development, Dutch Zikula Community

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• bartl
  
  

  • Rank: Freshman
  • Registered: Aug 06, 2006
  • Last visit: Dec 06, 2009
  • Posts: 53

  Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 05:15 AM

  Hi! I'm Bart Lidofsky. I'm primarily a C/C++/Perl programmer. I decided to start up a community website in 2004, and knew very little about CMS's at the time. For various reasons, my choice was between Joomla!, phpNUKE and postNUKE, and, for various reasons which, frankly, I no longer recall (except that phpNUKE was eliminated because of the security holes), chose PN. Well, in late 2004, I got a 2 year consulting contract with AT&T Labs, and only worked sporadically on the site until I reached the corporate mandated maximum time last October. I took a brief vacation, then got back to my website. However, looking at the problems involved with going from .762 to Zikula, I decided to preserve the content, and rebuild the site from scratch as a Zikula site. I guess I'm going to have to toss my copy of Kevin Hatch's book into the garbage...
  
  I love the support I get here, but am VERY disappointed in the lack of documentation. I intend to add some of my own, but I'm not even sure where to start (I recently found out that instead of altering an existing theme, I should have copied it, renamed it, and altered the copy, except that I can't find any kind of documentation telling me what kind of damage I can do by trying this).
  
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  Bart Lidofsky

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• bartl
  
  

  • Rank: Freshman
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  • Last visit: Dec 06, 2009
  • Posts: 53

  Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 05:17 AM

  Guite

  I'm Axel Guckelsberger, living in Germany near Mainz in a lovely small city called Bingen. If you attended to the last Camp Zikula, you know it

  
  If one is familiar with 12th century Roman Catholic mystics, one is VERY familiar with the city, as well...
  
  
  
  edited by: bartl, Jan 06, 2009 - 12:19 PM
  
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  Bart Lidofsky

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• pheski
  
  

  • Rank: Expert
  • Registered: Feb 27, 2005
  • Last visit: Apr 18, 2010
  • Posts: 1577

  Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 06:40 AM

  I'm Peter Elias, a family doc practicing in Auburn, Maine since 1977. I'm married, with two grown kids. In addition to running the medical practice I founded, I love cross country skiing, hiking and reading and try to find time for folk guitar, gardening, and computer pursuits.
  
  I came here ~ 0.75 with modest HTML and CSS skills and have taught myself enough PHP to get in trouble. I can't (and don't) contribute much code, though I'd love to have time to get that proficient.
  
  For a while I pitched in by helping translate complex stuff by the experts into simpler language for the rank beginners and then started to help with documentation. My wife became pretty ill (lymphoma of bone) and I retreated to lurking for a couple years, but we have now happily passed through that bad time and I have started being more active and hope to educate myself with Zikkie 1.x well enough to start filling in the (major) documentation gaps. As the code has progressed from good CMS to awesome framework it has gained in power and flexibility - and in need of instructions.
  
  For a time I had a scattering of sites I did for non-profits, but I passed them on to others to focus on my wife's health. It's time to get back to work.
  
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  Peace
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  The commonest cause of problems is solutions.

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• HalbrookTech
  
  

  • Rank: Developer
  • Registered: Dec 31, 1969
  • Last visit: Jun 01, 2010
  • Posts: 6859

  Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:52 AM

  Hi, I'm Mike, and if the system is to be believed, I've been here for 40 years, which is amazing since i've only been alive for 37 give or take a few months, and PHP has only been around what, 15 years at the most? But I have been around since the very early days of the project, I started with .64, and was in the credits starting at some point in the .6x versions thanks to saying "Why not just create a config.old file and config.php file so the file system doesn't have to write a new file?" or something akin to that. Didn't realize til much later that I was in the credits for that :)
  
  I am a cook by professional training, and run the kitchen for my Church. Right now I'm trying to reacquaint my self with the under the hood stuff, as the last development I did was back when pnHTML was the standard way to handle output. Like before, I'm starting with PrayerPost again, a simple prayer wall, hopefully this time I'll get it to the ultimate goal I had in mind for it then. After I get better acquainted with the system, I've got a suite of restaurant management modules in the planing stages that I hope to develop and build an application hosting platform on.
  
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• kylegio
  
  

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  • Registered: Sep 30, 2008
  • Last visit: May 29, 2010
  • Posts: 201

  Posted: Apr 07, 2009 - 05:11 PM

  Hello, Kyle, from Nova Scotia(Canada). i have been lurking around the forums since 2003 with a several year hiatus. recently at university i have been taking some computer programming courses just for fun and found that i loved it. i had fooled around with zikula (PN at that time) a long time ago but to no avail, started using it again a couple months ago and have started some basic module writing. I am learning a lot along the way, not just about Zikula but about content systems, PHP, SQL, programming/coding in general.
  
  i am a Student (for 2 more weeks) taking a BSc in physics/math, in the summers i work at a dive shop (scuba diving). as lame as it sounds one of the things i'm looking forward to the most over the summer is having the time to get some good work into several projects i have been planning :)

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• miihkali
  
  

  • Rank: Registered User
  • Registered: Jan 18, 2007
  • Last visit: Oct 21, 2009
  • Posts: 33

  Posted: Apr 07, 2009 - 09:25 PM

  I haven't noticed this one...
  
  Hi! My name is Mikael Halminen. I live in finland, and usually finnish people can speak and type good english, but i am exception in that too. I have been using postnuke/zikula since.... since... a Long time. Not so much with zikula, cos I just found myselve making sites again after a long break.
  
  I don't do sites as professional, cos i am retaired. I am making pages for charity. Sites that look good and are easy to modify costs a fortune in finland. There is not so much international players around here, cos our rather rarely known language. Sometimes i make site to someone in order to get favours or products for free :)
  
  I am 37 years old, married and have 3 children. I live in countryside and loving it. My wife doesn't like me spend time with computer so much, so she seizes my connection device in about every other week :). I don't mind, cos in that way i have rich life off-line too.
  
  My "strengths" are forgetting and misstaking with things. My "weakness" is that i can't say no to good willing organisations, that has needs but no money.
  
  My goal in short period is to make some sort of activity around zikula in finland. I'm planning on getting it, by making finnish site with basic instructions and faq.
  
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