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==Online Media Legal Network==

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 those providing free or cheap legal services to get matched with those in need almost via a web application. With a bit of clean-up, this application could be useful to legal aid providers and/or organizations providing counselling 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!