According to a new post to their blog, the PHPWomen group has announced a partnership program for projects that want to put out a message of encouraging diversity in contributors:

As quoted from the information page about the partnerships:

PHPWomen has launched a partnership program for open source projects that are committed to embracing diversity and providing a welcoming and friendly atmosphere for contributors. We work closely with project leaders to identify specific areas of need, and will actively encourage our members to participate by promoting those needs through various channels. In return, the project leaders will ensure that newcomers to their projects will be welcomed and their contributions appreciated. This includes fostering an open and friendly environment for all newcomers, not just females.

The goal of the project is to encourage inviting environments for open source projects where developers feel like they're given a chance to contribute equally and to provide something more specific than "here's a project that needs help - go for it".

There's already several projects that are on the list including Spaz and the PHP Documentation team. You can find out more specifics on what they're looking for in contributions on the Opportunities page.

Zend will be hosting a webinar this morning for all those interesting in hearing about the new partnership between them and the Dojo framework to bring fully-developed javascript functionality to the Zend Framework.

Zend is excited to announce a partnership between Dojo and Zend Framework. The goal is to deliver a one-stop solution for building rich internet applications with PHP & Ajax. Zend’s co-founder and chief technical officer Andi Gutmans discusses this announcement in-depth on his blog and Zend architect Matthew Weier O’Phinney also provides code samples and more details in a separate post.

The webinar will provide an overview of the integration that's going to happen and a bit of Q&A from those listening in. The event will be happening at 9am PDT/4pm GMT and you'll need to register to save your spot and get in.

php|architect has recently announced a partnership they're worked up with Varien to provide training for the Magento eCommerce platform.

According to Roy Rubin, President of Varien, "MTA is a leader in PHP training programs and we are excited to have them working with us to provide Magento Partners and community members with Magento Training by php|architect".

Keep an eye out for the first of the courses to be offered for the popular platform - "Developing with Magento" starting April 22nd, 2008. It will be available through the php|architect website.

According to this new post on his blog, Ivo Jansch is announcing that he and the rest of Ibuildings are going to be the Dutch representatives for Zend.

This means that we are going to support the Dutch PHP community with the entire Zend product range, training and support offerings. This is a big step for us, and I think it is a great reward for having provided professional PHP development services over the last years.

Obviously, everyone's excited at the announcement, and here's to hoping only the best for all involved.

According to this new post on his blog, Ivo Jansch is announcing that he and the rest of Ibuildings are going to be the Dutch representatives for Zend.

This means that we are going to support the Dutch PHP community with the entire Zend product range, training and support offerings. This is a big step for us, and I think it is a great reward for having provided professional PHP development services over the last years.

Obviously, everyone's excited at the announcement, and here's to hoping only the best for all involved.

On his blog today, Marcus Whitney has a few comments about the partnership of php|architect magazine with the Pro-PHP Podcast.

Over the last month, Marco Tabini, Chris Cornutt, Sean Coates and I have been hammering out the details of a partnership between PHP|Architect and our podcast. I’m sure you all have seen that the frequency of the podcasts have been… well… infrequent.

I have been approached by many people who wanted to use the podcast as a vehicle to promote their endeavor, business etc., but Marco and php|a were the first to come to the table with a solution that would make the podcast more stable, free me up to do what I really love which is hosting the show, and actually improve the quality of the broadcasts in several ways.

He goes on, talking more about the format of the shows - interviews and news casts - and how the first show is coming up soon (Friday, Jan. 27th), an interview with Andi Gutmans. You can sign up today to be included...

On his blog today, Marcus Whitney has a few comments about the partnership of php|architect magazine with the Pro-PHP Podcast.

Over the last month, Marco Tabini, Chris Cornutt, Sean Coates and I have been hammering out the details of a partnership between PHP|Architect and our podcast. I’m sure you all have seen that the frequency of the podcasts have been… well… infrequent.

I have been approached by many people who wanted to use the podcast as a vehicle to promote their endeavor, business etc., but Marco and php|a were the first to come to the table with a solution that would make the podcast more stable, free me up to do what I really love which is hosting the show, and actually improve the quality of the broadcasts in several ways.

He goes on, talking more about the format of the shows - interviews and news casts - and how the first show is coming up soon (Friday, Jan. 27th), an interview with Andi Gutmans. You can sign up today to be included...