This is the first in a series of CFV’s aimed at the new child sponsorship system. We need someone to do a code review of Paul’s PHP-based system. A qualified volunteer will be able to review his code, making active suggestions about potential weaknesses in the code and offering alternatives. This is meant to be a learning exercise for Paul, who is currently one of our star volunteers, so “social” (email) skills are a definite plus. It’s important that our lead coder learn and grow as this project progresses to the next phase. Please drop us a line if you are interested!

Once we stage the system to the server, we’re going to break it. (I know, I know… this is work?) The system is written in PHP, accesses a MySQL database and sits on FreeBSD and Apache.  So we’re going to need code reviewers, application testers and pen testers to take a whack at our staging system. This sounds like fun, but please remember folks– we’re still doing charity work. This is no playground. This system is saving kids, and we’ve got a pair of hostile level 70 overlords keeping an eye on things , so be nice. Interested, click “Join Us” above for more info.

With Paul M slinging PHP and MySQL, the AOET child sponsorship system is really taking off! At his request though, the system needs a visual makeover. So one CFV and an hour later, Seba takes the reigns as the system’s front-end designer. Once we settle on the look and feel, we’ll move to the next phase: code review and application assessment.

Standing up Simple PHP Blog was a real no-brainer. Plus, it provided instant results, freeing AOET from the long web silence imposed on it. But slapping up a blog is the easy part. Making sure it’s not chock full of holes is a bit harder. AJ Dexter stepped in and ran an application assessment against the blog. Continue Reading »

AOET’s primary goal is to sponsor children. But their existing child sponsorship process was completely decentralized, causing a serious administrative bottleneck. Translation: more children could be sponsored with much less work. Continue Reading »

www.AOET.org hadn’t been updated in a very, very long time. So after talking with them, I realized that what they really needed was a front-page blog. Nothing fancy, just a blog that allowed image uploads and user-authenticated updates. Oh, and it couldn’t use a database, because it was transitional and the current web host made database access… difficult. So I posted a call for a programmer and a code reviewer/app tester. Two hours and multiple volunteer responses later, Continue Reading »