Stop ‘Osclass Project’ dying

[dev101]

/* I have edited my remark about website and forums - there is no clear indication about it though */

[WEBmods]

Yes, they don't tell anything about what will happen with the sites...

[dev101]

Well, I expect then that Osclass Team will soon make an official announcement here in the forums, so we'll get all the answers.

[WEBmods]

I added Wiki on the repo with a tutorial on how to import locations and hook list which is very precious to me...

I'm done for today. Now we wait for their reply and then I'll see do I need to add anything else.

Regards.

[navjottomer]

I hope that closing down thing will only be limited to osclass market and not all osclass community. Btw I have also maintained a separate forked osclass repo at https://github.com/navjottomer/Osclass. I have done lots of work on this in past but due to not that much response from the community, I stalled it further. I request all other devs to merge their project or add a pull request if they are interested. Together we can make this situation better.

[WEBmods]

I hope that closing down thing will only be limited to osclass market and not all osclass community. Btw I have also maintained a separate forked osclass repo at https://github.com/navjottomer/Osclass. I have done lots of work on this in past but due to not that much response from the community, I stalled it further. I request all other devs to merge their project or add a pull request if they are interested. Together we can make this situation better.

Interesting... This situation may make us stronger, and Osclass better.

[dev101]

@ navjottomer

In my opinion, all those forks (there were at least one or two more) were doomed in a way right from the start, as long as the official one is/was present. I, for one, never wanted to invest a limited time to some other forks I wasn't sure they'll live. I've made some minor PRs in the meantime to the official one.

On the other side, once and if this transition happens, e.g. Osclass Team adds other devs to the project with ownership right, so that they can make PRs and merge them directly into, we can then start maintaining it forward. I wonder why there was never an open question for help, I also wanted few times to offer help (for free), when I was most active, yet... I did not. And it was never asked.

In any case, hopefully it will be all clear in a day or two.

[cartagena68]

We would like to thank you for your effort and the trust you put in this project throughout the years. Unfortunately, we have not been able to turn this venture into a profitable business.
Osclass, as a free software project, will be accessible and open to everyone as before, so we encourage you to continue developing plugins and themes for all of the users who still rely on our script.

[navjottomer]

@dev101
I agree with you. I offered them the help and I originally maintained that fork for the same reason but seeing that they are not entertaining any existing pull request from a long time and I stopped there.
I still do maintain a customised copy of osclass for my website tuffclassified.com for which I initially started to use osclass.

[navjottomer]

We would like to thank you for your effort and the trust you put in this project throughout the years. Unfortunately, we have not been able to turn this venture into a profitable business.
Osclass, as a free software project, will be accessible and open to everyone as before, so we encourage you to continue developing plugins and themes for all of the users who still rely on our script.

Thanks for the info. But I am still confused, will this project move further bypassing the osclass market thing? In the last 1-2 year, nothing really happened with the core osclass script, I hope this will not continue and all focus will again be on osclass.

[Dis]

I hope this will not continue and all focus will again be on osclass.

That would be great. But it is hard to believe in it.

[Resta]

Hi Patrick,

Is anyone interested in making a new site for plugins, a new Market? I can help with development, hosting, everything. We need a new site for this... Maybe we can aswell download all locations and languages and publish them.

I don't understand - if you can help with development, hosting, everything - then please clarify what else is left to do or what you need from us? If you are just asking if anyone is interested at all - in that case, yes I am interested and I assume many users are too.

You have already done a great job with all the free plugins by posting them on github and if you want to create a new market, that is great too but if creating a market is a harder task then may I ask (before the osclass market is shut down) would it be possible to make a website that will have information about all the paid plugins. So, basically it is not a marketplace and no ecommerce but just a place to see what plugins are available for purchase and where they can purchase it from ie. each item will provide a link or contact information of the developer where users can purchase it from.  Perhaps use osclass script to create a website and get all information from market regarding existing paid plugins - then any visitor can fill in the contact form on the item page and it will get emailed to the developer and from that point the user will deal with the developer to purchase the script or for any support. Developers can also later submit any information on new plugins to this osclass website.

[WEBmods]

@Resta, we we will wait if Osclass will give us more details.
If I actually start a Market, it won't be like Osclass one in terms of paying and payouts. All buyers would add a Paypal button and handle the transactions. The Market would just be a list of all products...

The idea about paid plugins is great, but many developers are not active anymore and won't reply. What do others think?

Regards.

[BritWeb]

@Resta, we we will wait if Osclass will give us more details.
If I actually start a Market, it won't be like Osclass one in terms of paying and payouts. All buyers would add a Paypal button and handle the transactions. The Market would just be a list of all products...

The idea about paid plugins is great, but many developers are not active anymore and won't reply. What do others think?

Regards.

I guess, a site similar to what Wordpress had structured would be a simple solution without much of a hassle. Please have a look at the following:

https://wordpress.org/support/forums/
https://wordpress.org/themes/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/

This way users can be directed straight to developers' sites to download free/paid themes and plugins.


Regards

[joecoolll]

I will be using osclass for the rest of my life, i'll always be here to support it as much as i can with whoever continues it.





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