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The software that runs the site [http://www.omln.org www.omln.org] is built as a plug-in to the excellent open-source Rails CMS [http://www.browsercms.org BrowserCMS]. It has always been our intention to release the plugin under an open-source license. The application has a fairly flexible system of [http://www.browsercms.org/doc/guides/html/developer_guide.html#creating-a-custom-content-block ContentBlocks] and [http://www.browsercms.org/doc/guides/html/developer_guide.html#creating-a-custom-portlet Portlets] that integrate to create admin and user-level tools. | The software that runs the site [http://www.omln.org www.omln.org] is built as a plug-in to the excellent open-source Rails CMS [http://www.browsercms.org BrowserCMS]. It has always been our intention to release the plugin under an open-source license. The application has a fairly flexible system of [http://www.browsercms.org/doc/guides/html/developer_guide.html#creating-a-custom-content-block ContentBlocks] and [http://www.browsercms.org/doc/guides/html/developer_guide.html#creating-a-custom-portlet Portlets] that integrate to create admin and user-level tools. | ||
The core purpose of the OMLN application is to allow | The core purpose of the OMLN application is to allow lawyers and law school clinics that provide free or low-cost legal services to get matched via a web application with clients - primarily online publishers and independent journalists - that need legal help. As a bonus, it contains a full-fledged Content Management System because of it's integration with BrowserCMS. The OMLN application could be useful to legal aid providers and/or organizations providing counseling or other professional services. | ||
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Revision as of 17:46, 26 February 2010
The software that runs the site www.omln.org is built as a plug-in to the excellent open-source Rails CMS BrowserCMS. It has always been our intention to release the plugin under an open-source license. The application has a fairly flexible system of ContentBlocks and Portlets that integrate to create admin and user-level tools.
The core purpose of the OMLN application is to allow lawyers and law school clinics that provide free or low-cost legal services to get matched via a web application with clients - primarily online publishers and independent journalists - that need legal help. As a bonus, it contains a full-fledged Content Management System because of it's integration with BrowserCMS. The OMLN application could be useful to legal aid providers and/or organizations providing counseling or other professional services.
Definitions:
- Clients are seeking services.
- Matters are the services they are seeking.
- Members provide the services to clients.
- Managers manage everything.
Possible projects:
- Help clean up the codebase and make it ready for public release,
- Create a simpler way to deploy and configure the plugin, sort of a pre-configured "toolkit" approach for different service providers,
- Create a richer interface for the management of Clients, Members, and Matters.
- Create a set of tools to make accepting new Matters and Client possible via the web. Currently they are vetted manually and then entered into the application.
- Create a richer full-text search interface for Members and Managers.
Your ideas are welcome!