The DVD List

The DVD List is a perl-based package to facilitate the lending of DVD's people have collected as an office-intranet application or between a group of friends.

It was written to replace a system that was based around a csv file that had to be manually updated, and so represents the Next Generation tool for your DVD-listing needs, and is licensed under the same terms as perl (GPL/Artistic).

Download

The latest version of the DVD list may be downloaded from here. Installation instructions are included with the distribution. Versions currently available for download are as follows:

Patches and bug reports should be sent to chris@carline.org. The system is currently in its infancy and I expect there will be a number of issues with the system, hopefully nothing *too* dreadful, but you never know! 8)

All releases will be given an arbitrary code name (in addition to an arbitrary version number) which will be the surname of a famous movie star/director. Email suggestions to chris@carline.org.

About

The DVD List was written during 40-minute commutes between Luton and London (Farringdon) stations on Thameslink trains. That probably explains quite a lot 8)

Release History

2001-01-31 - V0.1.0 (welles)

An important landmark - now functionally complete, the launch version. Probably lots of bugs which will be ironed out over a couple of months. The design has been modified to improve navigation and consistency.

Features added:

• Those drop down boxes now do something (e.g. 'work')
• "Classic" view eradicated. Let's face it, it was shit.
• HTML sub-templates for common elements.
• Ability to update personal information
• User/DVD statistics: I can piss further than you can!
• User Biographies implemented
• "What's New" indicator
• Spurious code removal
• New module "List.pm" for list creation
• "dvdlist.cgi" renamed to "index.cgi" and all references in templates updated to _scriptname template tag for easy renaming in future.
• DVD Administrator ability to "nuke" a DVD Title
• DVD Administrator account to add/modify/delete users
• DVD Administrator ability to "switch" user from admin->user and user->admin
• Lots of bugs removed (add lots of new ones added), no doubt.

2001-01-17 - V0.0.7 (brosnan)

Very nearly approaching functional completeness (at least in the most basic sense of the term) but not quite there yet. Code has been tidied, restructured and modularised, and is much better than the last version.

Features Added:

• Created DVDList::Manipulate::DVD and DVDList::Manipulate::Member perl modules
• Added administration functions (users can now add/ modify/delete DVDs in their collections - yay!)
• Got rid of lots of nasty perl warnings
• IMDB integration when adding a new DVD
• Improved legacy support
• Better readability in enhanced view
• Persistance in drop down lists (woohoo!)

2001-01-10 - V0.0.5 (burton)

(not publically released)

This version added session handling, member control and this README, as well as a few tweaks and bugfixes here and there. Not so much the actor as the wagon wheel.

2001-01-09 - V0.0.1 (smithee)

The first ever public release. Almost completely useless. Significantly lacking. Director requested his name removed from this release 8)