Auditor Stone
Psychotic Academy
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Posted - 2008.10.22 08:00:00 -
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Have been using this (PsyCorp) for quite some time, and it actually works really well, and ties in with our phpbb3 user database via a simple api written by J nx, so administration, and maintanence is minimal. Moderators of forums can Admin eFD, and Users can view and submit.
Its based off the Chribba's Eve Live Fitting Database Website, (here) but has a few extra features designed for alliance or corporation use.
Things like "Alliance Standard Fits" for example. Where alliances can store there fleet fits they want there pilots in, but on a secure private system, rather than the public system by Chribba.
Also has pricing of fits from Eve Central, as well as the common Evemon and EFT support.
The idea or concept orginally came from Virtuozzo over IRC, who wanted a private version of what Chribba was doing... J nx heard this on IRC, and was the guy who stepped up and coded it.
Many corporations or alliances may find this useful though... Perhaps Eve University comes to mind for example, or alliances who have training schemes for new pilots, etc... Useful as new pilots can browse ship fittings and download skill plans and fittings for EveMon and EFT with ease.
Only issue people could have is about security, as J nx hosts service, however the only information J nx has is a database of your ship fittings, which is not really a concerning issue for me.
Benifit of the hosted service is that updates can be delivered to all users as they are released by J nx, and that the service is more accessable to corporations or alliances who do not have there own team of php/mysql knowledgable pilots to install, debug, and maintain the extra site and database.
Anyway...
I am pleased you spent the time working on this, and its certainly an improvement to the usual "Ship Fitting" forum sections you see on corp or alliance forums, so thanks for letting us (PsyCorp) test the service early. 
Regards
Agent Stone
Posting as Auditor Stone, as the subscription expired on my main Agent Stone as I have no money. 
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