Company	Seagull Project
Location	London, UK
Title	Sr. PHP Developer
Summary	Work has been coming in thick and fast, and even with our rapid dev platform we can barely keep up with demand. So if you are an ambitious, talented, enthusiastic and motivated PHP Developer, please read on. You will have: 3+ years PHP experience with an excellent knowledge of object oriented PHP 4/5, MYSQL 4/5, and a good understanding of CSS, xHTML, AJAX and JavaScript. Apache and MYSQL administration experience would be ideal but not essential, as would experience with the Seagull framework. Exposure to Open source technologies/frameworks/libraries eg PEAR, prototype, scriptaculous is essential. As is having worked with popular web services (using SOAP, XML etc). Experience writing/working with CMS, E-commerce systems is beneficial. You must be able to manage a development environment, be able to accurately quote time for completing required tasks and be comfortable working with Trac and svn. Please get in touch if you are interested.
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Company	Seagull Project
Location	London, UK
Title	Sr. PHP Developer
Summary	Work has been coming in thick and fast, and even with our rapid dev platform we can barely keep up with demand. So if you are an ambitious, talented, enthusiastic and motivated PHP Developer, please read on. You will have: 3+ years PHP experience with an excellent knowledge of object oriented PHP 4/5, MYSQL 4/5, and a good understanding of CSS, xHTML, AJAX and JavaScript. Apache and MYSQL administration experience would be ideal but not essential, as would experience with the Seagull framework. Exposure to Open source technologies/frameworks/libraries eg PEAR, prototype, scriptaculous is essential. As is having worked with popular web services (using SOAP, XML etc). Experience writing/working with CMS, E-commerce systems is beneficial. You must be able to manage a development environment, be able to accurately quote time for completing required tasks and be comfortable working with Trac and svn. Please get in touch if you are interested.
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In a new post on the PHPKitchen blog, there's information about the latest release of their framework - version 0.6.2 of the Seagull Framework.

The main focus of 0.6.2 has been managing module resources so that they are completely independent from the core framework and are easy to install. To that end, everything a module might need can now be bundled in a single archive which can be unzipped in the modules directory, and Seagull will take care of everything else during the install process.

Modules can now additionally contain any template or data resources, which include HTML, CSS, js and a range of data files. With the possibility of adding additional include paths, and config or setup files on a per-module basis, it's much easier to incorporate advanced features into your projects without touching the core.

They list out some of the new core features the framework now has to offer including:

• web-based installer now easier to use (Dmitri Lakachauskis)
• Improved Ajax integration with Prototype with new docs added (Julien Casanova)
• Added ability to add custom data to your modules, makes it easier to diverge from svn code, create file called data.custom.my.sql for this purpose
• Input URL parsing strategies now configurable
• Added an overlay debug block, displays system info

Along with these, there's also a few new module improvements including enhanced RSS support, allowing members to select their own theme, and an Ajax username check included.

You can download this latest version from the Seagull Project's homepage and get documentation/help from the forums or the mailing list.

In a new post on the PHPKitchen blog, there's information about the latest release of their framework - version 0.6.2 of the Seagull Framework.

The main focus of 0.6.2 has been managing module resources so that they are completely independent from the core framework and are easy to install. To that end, everything a module might need can now be bundled in a single archive which can be unzipped in the modules directory, and Seagull will take care of everything else during the install process.

Modules can now additionally contain any template or data resources, which include HTML, CSS, js and a range of data files. With the possibility of adding additional include paths, and config or setup files on a per-module basis, it's much easier to incorporate advanced features into your projects without touching the core.

They list out some of the new core features the framework now has to offer including:

• web-based installer now easier to use (Dmitri Lakachauskis)
• Improved Ajax integration with Prototype with new docs added (Julien Casanova)
• Added ability to add custom data to your modules, makes it easier to diverge from svn code, create file called data.custom.my.sql for this purpose
• Input URL parsing strategies now configurable
• Added an overlay debug block, displays system info

Along with these, there's also a few new module improvements including enhanced RSS support, allowing members to select their own theme, and an Ajax username check included.

You can download this latest version from the Seagull Project's homepage and get documentation/help from the forums or the mailing list.

On the Technovated.com blog, there's a new post that walks through - start to finish - the process of setting up a CMS hosted on a Mediatemple server with the help of the Seagull framework (along with Google Maps).

I developed the (Atalink) site using the Seagull php framework, using the publisher module (which has recently been superseded by the CMS module).

The publisher module requires a bit of hacking to make it run effectively, especially if the site requires content pages which have different layouts. But, overall the site works well and looks pretty good, even if I say so myself ;) .

I have still had a number of difficulties, so for those of you who are planning on building a similar site, here are some of the things which I have learnt.

Included among his "lessons learned" were some tips for using the publisher module, solving a server issue, fixing browser-related problems, and the integration of Google Maps.

On the Technovated.com blog, there's a new post that walks through - start to finish - the process of setting up a CMS hosted on a Mediatemple server with the help of the Seagull framework (along with Google Maps).

I developed the (Atalink) site using the Seagull php framework, using the publisher module (which has recently been superseded by the CMS module).

The publisher module requires a bit of hacking to make it run effectively, especially if the site requires content pages which have different layouts. But, overall the site works well and looks pretty good, even if I say so myself ;) .

I have still had a number of difficulties, so for those of you who are planning on building a similar site, here are some of the things which I have learnt.

Included among his "lessons learned" were some tips for using the publisher module, solving a server issue, fixing browser-related problems, and the integration of Google Maps.