[Opensim-dev] search

[Fly Man]

Last I checked, Diva was the maintainer of the MetaVerseInk site and search
engine.

So I think it's best to ask her about why the site no longer works

2014-11-27 21:04 GMT+01:00 David Saunders <abitar.com at gmail.com>:

> What exactly is needed? Do you have contact with the current developer of
> the site? O r have they left the scene and they should of released the code
> somewhere :)
>
> I can see open grids and standalones  would love this especially if it
> also allows you to see scheduled events also.
>
> I know I seen/heard of other implementations of it but they all seam to
> fall aside unless you have a big backer on a long term grid or two where
> you can have an project going on with more then 1 person who can keep the
> project rolling.
>
> Some the private grid might like to use it to some extent too.   But is it
> time for us to do this? How well has the online website trying to unit the
> economics working (online stores and such)
>
> You will need someone who in it for the long run who can manage it and
> acquire hosting for it.  If you have to pay for it, where are the moneys
> coming from to provide support for it?  You can get people to donate we
> space for it, will the balk if it grows to to huge sizes?  THere little
> more then to do then lets do it :)
>
> But I would have to say, the project should be not be dependent on one
> person to survive.
>
> Just a thought :)
>
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Kevin Cozens <kevin at ve3syb.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 26/11/2014 8:01 PM, gimisa wrote:
>>
>>>   I am happy you reply to this poste. This search capacity is embeded
>>> partly
>>> in opensim core modules and exist since 2008 . Its documented
>>> here http://opensimulator.org/wiki/OpenSimSearch  and here
>>> http://metaverseink.com/blog/?p=21.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the metaverseink URL. I know about the ossearch module as I
>> have been maintaining it for a while. I know the objects database table is
>> being populated. The missing piece is a web based tool (ie. PHP file) that
>> will let someone perform a search.
>>
>> If their is module code or web based code at that metaverse site I will
>> look at it to see what if it just needs some minor updates to get it
>> working (again).
>>
>> --
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Kevin.
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