Ophal 0.1-alpha8 released!
Ophal 0.1-alpha8 released under GNU GPL v3.0, more features and new license!
Backend improvements
- Hello SQL! Functions db_connect() and db_query() implemented thanks to LuaDBI
- New hooks: boot(), exit() and cron()
- Output buffering support (disabled by default in settings.lua)
Performance improvements
Theming improvements
- Moved load of theming engine to first phase of bootstrap
- New theming function logo()
- Added function l(). And restructured function url() and theming function a()
- Added DOCTYPE to main html template
The future
- Sessions (cookies)
- File Uploads(RFCs 1867 & 2388)
Contribute!
- Merge requests and patches (see http://gitorious.org/ophal)
- Logo and mockups for ophal.org
- Modules (see http://gitorious.org/ophal/evernote)
- Themes (a plus!)
- Documentation (see http://gitorious.org/ophal/pages/Home)
- Feedback: what would you like to see in the next alpha release of Ophal? would you like to help?
Ophal 0.1-alpha7 released!
Ophal 0.1-alpha7 is ready for your feedback!
Theming improvements
- Support for lua template tags: '<?lua' and '?>'
- Function aliases: print_t for print(theme(...)) and print_f for print(str:format(s, ...))
- Display template error messages in the frontend
- Theme function calls made easy: theme{'img', 'path/to/image.jpg'}
- Implementation of functions: parse_attributes()
The future
- Added HTML5 to the TODO list
- 2012 Mission and Roadmap update
Contributions are welcome!
- Code: http://gitorious.org/ophal
- Logo and mockups for ophal.org
- Modules
- Themes (a plus!)
- Documentation
- Feedback: what would you like to see in the next alpha release of Ophal? would you like to help?
Blessings!
Ophal 0.1-alpha6 released!
Ophal 0.1-alpha6 is ready for your
feedback!
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New website and twitter account
- http://Ophal.org
- Twitter: @ophalproject
Relevant changes log
- Ophal can now be extended by modules, try the hook menu and function path_register_alias() in hook init
- Path system primitives: modules can define paths that display the output of a function callback
- Alias support: modules can define aliases for existing paths. i.e: /note/1 => /my-aliased-url
- Theming (templates) system, allow adding functions to render common HTML like url links and emails
- Example module: lorem_ipsum with hooks and theming examples.
- Error handling: prevent displaying a scaring "HTTP 500 Internal Server Error" (work in progress)
- Debug module: enjoy the function print_r() from Nutria Seawolf.
Contributions are welcome!
- Code: http://gitorious.org/ophal
- Logo and mockups for ophal.org
- Modules
- Themes (a plus!)
- Documentation
- Feedback: what would you like to see in the next alpha release of Ophal? would you like to help?
Blessings!
HOWTO Install Nutria Seawolf
The birth of Ophal project
I were very frustrated with PHP in my very beginnings doing web development (8 years to date). But 2 years ago discovered my favorite programming language: Lua, and then decided to start the Nutria project. For more than a year I have tried several ways to "port" my web knowledge to Lua, and finally two months ago decided to do use my new Lua skills for real world web development.
And the result is: " Ophal... a highly scalable web platform, easy to maintain and extend. It is not married with a particular technology, just the essence will be kept on any major change needed to achieve its mission". Let me remark that Ophal has many influences, but the highest comes from Drupal, more will be elaborated about it in the future. Also, I'm giving a lot of credit to Lua, but LuaJIT is the actual compiler used behind scenes.
So ¿where is this going? My hope is to see Ophal growing and flourishing, Lua is so small, flexible and powerful - at the same time - that brings a world of opportunities: "Lua users typically fall into three broad groups: those that use Lua already embedded in an application program, those that use Lua stand alone, and those that use Lua and C together." ( Programming in Lua 1st edition by Roberto Ierusalimschy). Ophal would be an amazing project to bring together a diverse community.
Many thoughts come to my mind, but let the time show how this project goes. Your feedback is welcome, please let me know if you want to contribute, this will go anywhere without a community, join to this pioneering phase of the project.
Blessings!