Re: Salam alikom (Your answers appreciated) (Aziz)

[arn at scs-net dot org]

If anyone want some help with SPIP, I can contribute (That's something I should
be able to do, at last). It's drwback is that you don't have "templates" as in
Mambo, PhpNuke, Drupal,... The advantage is that it's easier to make a real
Right to left site as you do what you want with templates.
Regards
Armelle


Quoting Youssef Chahibi <chahibi at gmail dot com>:

> السلام عليكم
> As Nadim answered before there was a will to make a similar project
> oao (www.openarabiya.com), this is very interesting due to the lack of
> arabic open source specialized media websites which push many users to
> use English as their default desktop language because there are very
> good oss english websites. Arabic oss websites are good way to spread
> arabic computer terms that many users find weird ( only because they
> don't use them ).
> I suggest , if you want, to make it a part of arabeyes and/or give
> skilled writers the chance to make high quality articles, not just
> translating english news or pointing to slashdot. You could use the
> open source SPIP to manage the content, it's a bit complex but you can
> better control the interface design with it compared to Mambo or
> phpnuke. Also, if you make it a part of Arabeyes , I think the core
> members might give you free hosting on powerful servers or also free
> domain name if they are not overloaded with the current activity.
> I don't like Arabstan, because it mixes arabic ( Arab ) and persian (
> the suffix stan ). Arabistic sounds like a blog's title or a hobby
> website.
> 
> Fatish as a verb means browse and search ( tsaffah wa ibhat ) , I gave
> the correct dictionary definition of it in my previous reply (but you
> have problems with encoding). Fatash ( with shadda on taa )is a
> "Sighat Moubalagha" derivated from the verb.
> 
> By the way, I was also thinking of creating an Arabic open source news
> website. I have ever created names and logos on draft but I don't
> think it was perfect.
> 
> In my opinion, OpenArabiya isn't a good name because it uses an
> english word and translating or transcripting it wouldn't be great.
> 
> I suggest: www.ainmaftouha.com ( ain for arabic, ain also for
> arabeyes, maftouha for opensource, maftouha also for the arabic fatha
> haraka ( diacritics ) ). If you name it so, you can design a cool logo
> with a fatha on a ain. The simple shape of both the letter and the
> diacritic are elements to make a professional logo.
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/23/05, Aziz <azizsaleh at gmail dot com> wrote:
> > Salam alikom brothers/sisters,
> >
> > Ahmad Khalifa:
> > I want a name that will be general, not specified for search. (I have
> > many other ideas I want to implement on the site, search will be just
> > the beginning inshala).
> >
> > Youssef Chahibi:
> > I don't know if you actually meant to type: ��� in your message, but
> > that I am seeing alot of (I am guessing they are arabic words, but
> > gmail support for arabic is not great).
> > At the start, I would concentrate on the alogirthem I would be using,
> > implementation and GUI issues can be easily done afterwards (step by
> > step).
> > Wallahi its a beautiful name (Maraya), its sounds so perfect. But as
> > you said it was already taken. I know what Nadel means, but what does
> > fatash mean?
> > About it being opensource, why not. But first I would concentrate on
> > my work, afterwards if it works and everything setup, I would gladly
> > produce an opensource version to the public.
> >
> > Bashar:
> > I seem to see you everywhere I go :D.
> > I really appreciate the link, its a beautiful website (I always
> > appreciate the work ata makes), even when they charge money and are
> > windows sided :p.
> > But as I see, they do not have alot of coverage to the web (as I see
> > many results are attained from the same domains at many times). I hope
> > they do improve their service and be successful inshala.
> >
> > To All:
> > I started a news site a while ago called Arabstan (Arabic land), now I
> > was thinking of Using the domain name Arabistic, but many people have
> > advised me against it.
> >
> > I really hope you guys have more suggestions,
> >
> > Thanks for your time everyone,
> >
> > Salam,
> > Aziz
> >
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