Why Sourcefabric chose Zend as our PHP framework
Sourcefabric researched Yii, Nette, CakePHP, Kohana, Symfony, and Zend Framework for our open source software. Here's what we chose, and why.
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Inside Source: Dispatches from Guatemala and Khombole
Inside Source is Sourcefabric's podcast. This week we hear from journalists in Guatemala and Dakar on what and who is making the headlines.
Read moreWhat's new in Airtime 1.9?
The latest release candidate of Airtime 1.9 is out and ready for community testing! Find out what's new and how to help us get it ready for public release.
Read moreBehind the scenes of West Africa Democracy Radio's news platform.
West Africa Democracy Radio and Sourcefabric won a Special Distinction prize in the Knight-Batten Awards. Other winners included Storify, NPR's Andy Carvin and his Twitter community, Guardian Data and Bloomberg Government. Here's how we did it!
Read moreBuilding news sites: mastheads, comments, archives, search and type.
Whether designing for Newscoop, Wordpress, Drupal or Joomla, the importance of good design for news sites cannot be underestimated. Here's Sourcefabric's guide to the unique anatomy of a news site.
Read moreSix best practices for designing news websites.
Whether designing for Newscoop, Wordpress, Drupal or Joomla, the importance of good design for news sites cannot be underestimated. Here's Sourcefabric's guide to best practices when designing for news content.
Read moreNewscoop 3.6 and Airtime 1.9 Release Candidates
In software release cycle terms, a release candidate is the bridge between a beta and a final release. It's the moment we say this is ready, but we're happy to be proved wrong. Today, we're happy to announce the release of Airtime 1.9 RC1 and Newscoop 3.6 RC1!
Read moreInside Source: Belarus's silent revolution.
Inside Source this week leads with a remarkable report on Belarus's silent revolutions, the danger of attribution in the Guatemalan media and the power of microfinance in West Africa. Inside Source is our regular audio journal on the events and people making the news in the Sourcefabric community.
Read moreSourcefabric's first Latin American conference begins in Guatemala.
Friday 15th July will see journalists, editors, bloggers, developers and designers meet up in Guatemala City, Guatemala for Sourcefabric's first Latin American conference. Software de código abierto para medios de vanguardia (open source software for cutting edge media) will feature a keynote from Sourcefabric co-founder Douglas Arellanes, plus two workshops, one on airtime, one on Newscoop.
Read moreLocalizing Newscoop to speak your language.
In this age of instant, global news, speed is of the essence and allowing your news teams to work in their native languages can mean the difference between breaking the story first, and not. Multilinguality is one of the cornerstones of Sourcefabric's mission. But it's not all just about the front end. You can translate the back end of our Newscoop installation too (the menus, article edit pages, configuration options) so you can work in your own language.
Read moreCatalyst Radio launches UK internet radio network with Airtime
Catalyst Radio is a progressive UK Internet radio network using open source radio software Airtime to power its message. Anja Kanngieser, who is in one of the collectives founding the network, talks us through what makes the network so unique and how they're embracing a D.I.T. (do it together) ethos as well as open source software.
Read moreAdd Airtime to Icecast for instant web radio
Icecast is a program for streaming media over the Internet. Airtime is an open source radio automation and scheduling software for Linux. Together, they stream radio over the web, via a stream URL and a supported player or browser plugin.
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