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Due to numerous problems with the last version of the QuickFrame stand alone server for MAC. I have reworked it on a new foundation. I have replaced the xampp server package with a new server package called MAMP. I have not been able to extensively test it yet but all my initial tests seem to indicate that this package will solve the problems with the previous one.

Work on adding the auto-population references needed for the ESV version of the Bible is done thanks to the hard work of a bunch of our 2006-2007 alumni. The ability to use more than one version, a new color scheme, and the ability to auto-populate the ESV have now all been added to the current version of Virtual-QuickFrame. It is available for free download from the Downloads page.

{:> Tom

This article is a running progress report as we work to get all the paragraph refs entered into QuickFrame. Check here to see which books are done and which are not.

7/17/2007 - WE’RE DONE!  

Thanks again to all those who helped with this project.

Due to the recent acquisition by Thomas Nelson Publishers of the NRSV bible and the subsequent unavailability of pew bibles in this version, it has become necessary to upgrade the QuickFrame program to allow for the usage of more than one translation. This was always planned but was made into a high priority by recent events. I am currently trying to get volunteers to work on paragraph refs for the ESV. But if you need a different version in your location please contact me and I will help you get started in adding your desired translation.

Volunteers needed (SBS alumni??):

Although the coding is done - in order for the auto-population feature to work verse references and verse counts for every paragraph in the bible are going to need to be entered in. This is a very simple but highly repetitive job that I just can’t seem to correctly automate, so it has to be done the old fashioned way - by hand. Remember this is a free project if you have benefited by it in the past consider helping future students in this way.

After a long hiatus (teaching and coding don’t always mix) work has resumed on StudyWorx. The goals of the StudyWorx project are quite a bit more ambitious that those of QuickFrame. Where QuickFrame is basically a tool to help SBS students save time on the more tedious aspects of the course. StudyWorx is designed to be a full fledged online inductive bible study tool. Capable of forming the backbone for both online schools and conventional classroom settings.

Revised Feature list:

• Students and Staff will be organized into “schools”
  • Each school will have:
    • It’s own grading system
    • Assignment specifications
    • And full online capabilities for completing, printing, and grading the assignments.
    • It can also be used as a simple chart framing program in the same way that QuickFrame is currently used
• Every effort will be made to make the work flow as smooth and simple as possible.
• Hopefully I will have a working prototype by fall (2007) and a release sometime in 2008.

If anyone has experience as a PHP or better yet Symfony programmer please feel free to contact me to help with this project.

{:> Tom Possin

As work progresses on the next generation of QuickFrame I realized that I would need a new name since the new version will do far more than simply create chart frames and title lists.

StudyWorx is the name I am tentatively considering since it is going to be a comprehensive tool for the Inductive study of the Bible. Essentially, my goal is to create an entire school environment. This includes the ability to complete all assignments in StudyWorx if desired (creating frames will still be possible), grading, staff/student communications, and printing to pdf for the final product. Essentially I want to provide an infrastructure for schools to sign up and run their entire school from StudyWorx. I also want to be able to run an open, full featured, Online, school for anyone that wants to study the Bible Inductively.

If you think StudyWorx is a particularly good or bad name, or if you have a better idea, please comment on this article below, or write me a quick note here.

After a long break in new coding I have finally begun work on the next generation of QuickFrame. This will not be a bug fix release but a complete redesign of the program from the ground up. For those of you that understand web application jargon this version will be fully object oriented (more flexible and easier to maintain and add on to) with Web2.0 and AJAX features as well (Think Google apps).

“Everybody uses Word, why use anything else it just causes trouble”.

This sentiment is very common today and is often repeated in one form or another as a justification to use Microsoft Products exclusively.

To be fair there are organizations where this may in fact be the path of least resistance and in some cases may even be the right answer.

However…

Many of you have probably realized there has been some strange goings on around this site lately.

Well you would be right. Quickworx has moved to a brand new server and has also been upgraded to WordPress Blogging software. Hopefully now that the main issues of the move have been resolved I can focus a bit more on getting the content organized the way I want it.

I did not move all of the old posts to the new site. If there is something that I have overlooked in the move and a resource that you were used to using is missing. Please comment on this message and let me know.

Thanks,

{:> Tom

In the process of building the Virtual-Quickframe server for VmWare I ran in to a lot of small but prickly problems.

I have written the following installation notes to help myself and others when they are trying to build Virtual Server Images for use with either VmWare Player or VmWare Server software.