dtygel

Hi! I'm trying to install, using the free package webhosting, a small software for the management of exchanges between users through the use of complementary currencies. This software is called Cyclos (http://www.cyclos.org/), and it uses TOMCAT apache. That was one of the main reasons I looked forward to host my webpage here in Xisto. The first step in installation instructions is:

 

Installation Tomcat Webcontainer Now we proceed to install and initialize the Cyclos web archive in the TomCat Web Container. The following steps assume you already have TomCat installed and confirmed to be working on port 8080 of the local machine. - You will need to make sure you have a Tomcat user with sufficient management permissions. To do this you can use the TomCat Administration Tool localhost:8080/admin/ or you can edit the configuration file conf/tomcat-users.xml For example: <user username="admin" password="12345" roles="admin,manager"/> - Make sure Tomcat runs with root (linux) or adminstrator (windows) permissions - The next step loads the Cyclos Web Archive into TomCat. In the Tomcat Manager Tool localhost:8080/manager/html/ scroll down to the section �WAR file to deploy�. Browse to the cyclos.war file and select �Deploy�. After a delay you should see cyclos appear as an installed app in the Applications list.

 

The problem is that I cannot access tha gate ":8080". It must mean that I don't have enough permissions for it. So how can I install it in Xisto?? Thanks for any help! daniel tygel

Hi, I'm looking for some php solution in which I can build easily reports from a mysql database. Something like the msaccess feature of building reports. It would be better if this solution would be available in php, so that I could run it from any OS... Any ideas?

Great, Valkass! Thank you for the answers. Well, how do I get rid of the servers limits? Can mailman do that? Or should I contract a mailing service? (some suggestion?) About the script: that was a suggestion of a simple search. I would like to give the user the possibility to cross between fields (maybe the AND syntax...): a cross-fields search. Daniel

Hi all, rvalkass and corey showed a way, but I'm a terrible programmer (sorry...), so I would prefer to find some solution. My problem is the following: I'd like to send "automagically" the latest news in my website (which is still under construction ); and also, I would like to let the user make some searchs on the news sent in the past. I took a look at karlo's site, but didn't find the news script he mentioned. Now, about using the mail() function: wouldn't I be limited to the hourly limit in the server of e-mails sent? Or is the mail() function out of this account? Would it be better to use, say, the phplist software? Thanks folks: I'm understanding a little bit more about php since I came accross this topic Daniel

Hi Tyssen and Buffalo,

 

First of all, don't bother about writing in an elegat way or not: what matters is the content

 

Well, let me present myself: I'm brazilian, and in our country we don't feel at all this relation between capitalism and liberty. And also, all the new thoughts about systemic science (read, for example, Humberto Maturana, Edgar Morin or Boaventura de Sousa Santos) make clear that we, as human beings, are mainly a cooperative species. Of course we are also competitive, that's clear. But we also think about solidarity, that is part of our beings.

 

I don't wake up every day to face the hard reality that I must work until the day I die: I simply like to do my work, it is good for my mind, my spirit, and my knowledge: I grow up daily because of the defies that come from life! And I love to grow, and to live, with all the sufferings and the death that comes after, of course!

 

But let me come back to the topic (sorry...). Some complementary currencies have their values cased on time, others on essential qualities (such as deeds, or talents), others have their values based on the values of the national currency, and finally others have instrinsic value, which is decided collectively in the community using the currency.

 

Why is it interesting to use those currencies locally? There are several reasons which move communities to adopt local currency systems:

 

1. To enforce local cohesion and integration (people will meet, debate, sell and buy in a warm environment, like a family, where trust and solidarity are the rule);

 

2. To enforce the local culture: it can be based on ethnical values, tribal values, and so on;

 

3. To alleviate poverty: in this case, the complementary currency is used among people excluded from the formal market, and they don't have much ordinary money, but they have what is really wealth: their work!

 

4. To develop small and medium enterprises (collaborative enterprises): the use of a complementary currency creates a small market with a "human face", where new enterprises can start their businesses and get ready for the formal market...

 

There are several other reasons, but I prefer to restrain my thoughts now. Let's tackle this issue later. Some interesting sites to see real experiences in this field in several countries and also to gather some theoretical background are listed bellow:

 

CCSyndicator - Coordinating Complementary Currencies Worldwide

The Transitioner

The Open Money Project

 

 

Directory of different complementary currenciy systems in the world

LETS (Local Exchange Trading System)

Future of Money Summit

Thoughts about Complementary Currencies for Alleviation of Poverty

About the LETS system

 

I hope to have contributed

 

Daniel Tygel (Brazilian Forum of Economy of Solidarity [url="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ )

Great script Corey! Two questions: 1) Can I use some change of this script for a newsletter? I mean, is there a way to send the news genterated and stored in the database? 2) Is there a way to generate some reports (search reports) crossing more than one field, like "some words in the subject", and "sent before X day"? Thanks a lot, I'm a newbie in php! daniel (from Brasil)

Hi all,

complementary currencies are a way to get rid of the terrible laws of the market oriented only to profit-making. Normally, a community can create its own currency based on references as the time and other stable or ethical basis.

With the new currency, all people can buy and sell products and services, with no use of dollars! Only his/her own work is enough. Simply great... As what wikipedia says:

"Advocates such as Jane Jacobs argue that this enables an economically depressed region to pull itself up, by giving the people living there a medium of exchange that they can use to exchange services and locally-produced goods (In a broader sense, this is the original purpose of all money.) Opponents of this concept argue that local currency creates a barrier which can interfere with economies of scale and comparative advantage, and that in some cases they can serve as a means of tax evasion."

Well, I'm creating this topic to share some nice places where someone can find references regarding complementary (or local) currencies. Let's start it!

And also I'm trying to gather credits to build a web-site wchich will be using a nice software for the management of a virtual currency. But I'm going to talk about that later on, if this topic envolves some interest...

All the best,

daniel (from Brasil)