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XML Format for Parish Directory Information
For some time, developers on Open Source Catholic have been working on formalizing a standard for sharing Catholic Parish directory information online through a universal XML format, in the thread Sharing Parish Directory Information Online.
We are still in the early development stages of this format, and we would love your help and discussion in that thread. Below is the latest work on the format, which is changing rapidly. Until we have a set standard, consider the information on this page to be in early alpha stages.
A Drupal...
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Open Access to the Catholic Bible and Catechism (NAB/NABRE and CCC)
After seeing about 50 responses on Twitter to a casual comment about the USCCB not being able/willing to allow open access to the Bible (NAB or NABRE translation) or Catechism of the Catholic Church to developers like me (and many others), I thought I’d simply post here all the information I have about the current situation, and what might be able to be done to remedy this situation…[I set up this little petition just to allow people to voice support. Petitions don’t help change things in the Church, but...
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iBuildApp
Has anyone used http://ibuildapp.com/ to quickly put together mobile applications for multiple platforms? If so how do you like it etc?
I used appinventor back in January to put together an Android application, but Google will no longer support it after Dec 31st.
Thanks!
Jason
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Archdiocese of Saint Louis redesigns website (still running Drupal)
I used to work in the Archdiocese of St. Louis as the director of Web Development, so archstl.org (and other online Archdiocesan properties) are near and dear to my heart. I spent countless hours merging some 49 Joomla websites into the Drupal install that (still) runs archstl.org, and besides a bunch of database heavy lifting that was outsourced, I bled over almost every feature on the site (I’ve chronicled many experiences on this site in the past).
So, I’m very happy to see that the Archdiocese has continued to develop...
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Which do you use? - Donor management software / CRM
Hi, friends. I’m back in action on OSC, wanting your advice.
I work for a non-profit Catholic evangelization apostolate with lots of ministries under our umbrella. Our donor database was written ages ago using MS Access, and it’s now a dinosaur. (IOW, not meeting our needs.)
What Donor Magement / Customer Relationship Management software have you had experience with / heard of, in a Catholic setting?
We’re definitely cash-strapped, but willing to invest in something that will be with us for the long haul.
Thoughts?
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Any perl users or perl user wannabes here?
I’m involved with the YAPC::NA conference this years. We’re gathering info on what people might want to see at the conference here: http://ideas.yapcna.org/
Info on the conference itself: http://yapcna.org/
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Website Minimalism
Before I get started, I want to make it abundantly clear that I am in no way ripping on Catholic Hot Dish.com in this post—I simply wanted an example for illustration, and this is one site that follows a design pattern I’ve seen on many Catholic sites. I enjoy Catholic Hot Dish, and am saying nothing of the blog or it’s content—simply it’s design choices…
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Now that that’s out of the way, I wanted to point out an alarming trend I’ve seen on many new Catholic websites, parish websites, diocesan...