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Written by dhodgson the 4 Feb 10 at 10:22.

Generate an excel file somehow from the stats tool. I'm not exactly sure how you would do this but there must be a way I imagine?

Generate an excel file somehow from the stats tool. I'm not exactly sure how you would do this but there must be a way I imagine?

Written by dhodgson the 4 Feb 10 at 10:24.

I think (certainly from my knowledge) it might be easier to generate a PDF. Maybe we could use FPDF (http://www.fpdf.org/) again, as I know both myself and David have both had a play around with this.

I think (certainly from my knowledge) it might be easier to generate a PDF. Maybe we could use FPDF (http://www.fpdf.org/) again, as I know both myself and David have both had a play around with this.

Written by stevieflow the 25 Sep 09 at 16:37.

A stylesheet that loads when a mobile device is detected.

A button on plings.net to also allow people to switch to the mobile style

A stylesheet that loads when a mobile device is detected. A button on plings.net to also allow people to switch to the mobile style

Written by David C the 12 Jun 09 at 15:39.

UPDATE DavidC dhodgson is working on the 'Plings Selecta' - which partly addresses this solution and others below. There is still work to be done tho. See: http://selecta.elasticeye.org.uk

Original Post
Could be a stand alone app, or a 'plugin'

Provide a list of plings to select from (may be using check boxes)

Perhaps have options to group, order

Provide theme options

Produce a print preview

Possibly look at integration with print service API's such as moo.com

Could be better I suspect!

<strong>UPDATE DavidC</strong> <a href="http://ideas.plings.info/ideatorrent/contributor/dhodgson/">dhodgson</a> is working on the 'Plings Selecta' - which partly addresses this solution and others below. There is still work to be done tho. See: http://selecta.elasticeye.org.uk <strong>Original Post</strong> Could be a stand alone app, or a 'plugin' Provide a list of plings to select from (may be using check boxes) Perhaps have options to group, order Provide theme options Produce a print preview Possibly look at integration with print service API's such as moo.com Could be better I suspect!

Written by stevieflow the 16 Jun 09 at 12:04.

One solution to implement would be creating some examples and templates via the Tabbloid API. This could take some data from a Plings feed and format it for use and printing.

The trick would be to then look at how this can be accessed by all

One solution to implement would be creating some examples and templates via the Tabbloid API. This could take some data from a Plings feed and format it for use and printing. The trick would be to then look at how this can be accessed by all

Written by David C the 4 Aug 09 at 15:36.

It's been suggested to me that:
http://cocoon.apache.org/

might be the solution to the data to paper part of this.

As I understand it Apache Cocoon uses Apache FOP as a module to print to PDF. Coccon itself is a web interface that can manipulate data sent to it (in various formats), and output it various formats.

Anyone had any experience with it?

It's been suggested to me that: http://cocoon.apache.org/ might be the solution to the data to paper part of this. As I understand it Apache Cocoon uses Apache FOP as a module to print to PDF. Coccon itself is a web interface that can manipulate data sent to it (in various formats), and output it various formats. Anyone had any experience with it?

Written by timd the 10 Aug 09 at 14:56.

Given we're looking to print date-based information in most cases - we may find it useful to look for code geared up to formatting iCal feeds and then using that...

Given we're looking to print date-based information in most cases - we may find it useful to look for code geared up to formatting iCal feeds and then using that...