| 1. We were in talks with co-authoring a book on Pligg for a well known tech book publishing company. That was put on hold though until Pligg 1.0 is released. Since there is so much changing from day to day at this point it didn't make sense to write something that would need a lot of edits after we changed how parts of Pligg work. I will reexamine the idea and probably begin work on a physical book soon after the release of Pligg 1.0. From when I was talking with the co-author, it looks like the publisher is wanting a more basic book rather than something that dives deeper into module development.
2. I have designed a module for newbies trying to get started with Pligg's admin panel called "Admin Help English". This module will be included with Pligg 1.0 to provide documentation for Pligg, and it will cover the basic concepts of how Pligg woks, common phrases used in Pligg and how to configure your site. As for the more advanced Pligg templating and module design, that will have to be covered in either the book idea or through future documentation. I am willing to provide some of these documents as soon as I find the time for it.
For the most part, Pligg templates are like dealing with split up html files. You just have to figure out the basic format for which template files are for which Pligg pages. Modules on the other hand are a bit more difficult for me to explain since I don't have experience making more complicated ones. What I have always told others is to base their work on existing modules to get a basic understanding of how modules are designed. With 1.0 modules have been altered to fit some new requirements opening up a lot of new possibilities, so make sure that you are working with the latest SVN code if you are interested in pursuing module development for Pligg. |