Scripter's Scrapbook as a front-end repository

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David, Ken, Chipp, Jacque et al,

As a mature  product, the Scripter's Scrapbook is certainly an option for a 
front-end  repository given its flexibility to store hard-wired content (in the 
form of  Entries with or without embedded files), or hyperlinks to local, 
networked or  on-line resources, or indeed any combination. And, as Ken points 
out, there is  already an online 'private' code repository for ssBk users. I 
would *love* to  link ssBk to an 'open' code repository. There are a couple of 
ways which  immediately come to mind, and I'm always happy to discuss options 
and implement  requests if they are do-able.

David:
You were going to look into using the existing ssBk API to see if that  
already gives you the keys you need. Did you get anywhere? Perhaps contact me  
off-list?

/H
FLCo
Home of The Scripter's Scrapbook
www.ssbk.co.uk


David  Bovill wrote:
> Ken - I talked to Hugh about doing this work before going  off to the 
states.
> I am back now, and quite happy to mirror "Scripter's  Scrapbook" to the web
> backend I've got up - if Hugh is still up for  that.

Ken Ray wrote:
> Well, there is an online code repository  accessible through the
> Scripters Scrapbook with 69 entries in it at the  moment, and my
> intention was to mirror those entries on the web, but I  haven't had the
> time. Having it in the Scrapbook though is more useful  as it uses a
> consistent format, is categorized by language, author,  etc.

Chipp Walters wrote:
> David,
> Perhaps a good start  would be creating your own website and posting your
> code there with the  appropriate license and disclaimers. Start with only a
> few. As people  become comfortable with using your libraries, you can start
> adding more.  It doesn't have to be a large project unless you really want 
it
> to  be.

Jacque wrote:
> I would love to see this happen. Preferably,  the site would be at a
> common, public repository (SourceForge, maybe?)  so that even non-Rev
> people would perhaps stumble across it. This would  not only give us a
> single place to find everything, but possibly  increase Revolution's
> exposure to the general public, which would be a  very good thing.
>
> Even though I read the list religiously and  have lots of bookmarks to
> various Rev sites, it is still hard to  remember whose site has what and
> even whether anyone has written a  library or plugin for what I need.
> RevOnline doesn't offer a good search  mechanism, so I'm not sure what is
> there unless I browse through  hundreds of entries.