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Fantasy League Platform w/Catholic Bent
I’m looking for a Catholic programmer who is proficient in building sports league fantasy platforms to be used in an educational manner with Catholic undertones.
Familiarity with ASP is a bonus since referencing the pilot program which was developed a number of years ago using ASP on a Unix Server may be helpful.
The Fantasy League Style Platform will be compatibly playable using any online device (smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop computer) and on all formats (Apple, Android, Mac, PC).
This project is self-funded and will be tested in Catholic schools...
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An App for Every Diocese
I’ve been working on the Catholic Diocese App (for Android and iPhone) for the past year and a half, and it’s my hope that every Catholic diocese or organization that wants an app can have one.
In fact, it’s easy enough that even non-developers should be able to help dioceses get up and running on the app in just a few minutes, once they get the hang of the process! I’ve made this quick demonstration video of how you can customize the App to your diocese or organization’s needs in...
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Self-Taught vs. College Degree in programming?
I’m a graphic designer that learned to build static sites way back in 1997 or so and most of my freelance and later employment has utilized my self-taught internet skills. I’m now what I’ve heard described as a PHP/Javascript “tweaker”. Sometimes I know enough to be dangerous but I’m finding my way. I started learning drupal with some success but found it difficult when building larger, more complex sites. Wordpress has been a fairly easy transition and that’s been my platform for the last two years.
I’d like to get...
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CNMC 2012 - Tech Summit
Many different aspects of Open Source Catholic’s resources were mentioned during the course of the 2012 CNMC Tech Summit, on August 29. I’ve consolidated links to these resources here:
- Catholic Diocese App (for iOS and Android) An open source app framework, native to the iOS and Android platforms, for building an app for a Catholic Diocese or Organization.
- Mobile App Development Resources Some information about developing your own app, working with an outside developer, or using an app platform to quickly build an app.
- Registration for OSCJoin the OSC...
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Catholic Mobile App Directories
Rather than try to build and maintain a directory of Catholic apps here, we’d like to focus on tools and resources for building, maintaining and promoting apps. However, if you’d like to browse listings of Catholic Apps, here are a few great resources:
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Open Source Catholic Upgraded to Drupal 7
At long last, I found some time to upgrade this website to Drupal 7. I built this site on Drupal 6 way back in 2009, and have been delaying the upgrade for a while, since it involves a bit of fidgety work.
Anyways, some things may be a little wonky right now, so please pardon any mess and leave a comment here if you find anything seriously broken or missing.
(This upgrade is part of a slightly larger scheme leading up to the Catholic New Media Conference… more to come!).
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iPhone - A Powerful tool for the New Evangelization
Elizabeth Westhoff, the Archdiocese of St. Louis’ Director of Marketing, wrote an excellent article summarizing the many ways she and others in St. Louis are using iPhones and a shoestring budget to promote the faith through video, pictures, social media, etc.
I love this section:
The production of each of these videos is something unseen in most other archdioceses across the country and for those of us who have been involved in their production; it has been a complete labor of love with an understanding that it is yet another...
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