Documentation > Credits
Creator (2000)
Thomas De Praetere (thomas.depraetere@dokeos.com)
Core developers
- BeezNest Latino (aka Dokeos Latinoamérica) (2008-2010)
- Yannick Warnier (ywarnier@beeznest.org) - Lead developer
- Julio Allen Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com) - Lead Latino developer
- Christian Fasanando (christian534@hotmail.com)
- Independent (2008-2011)
- Juan Carlos Raña Trabado - considerable work on the wiki integration and improvements, and the FCKEditor/Mimetex extension as well as *many* FCKEditor's file manager and other modules improvements, as well as a continuous stream of recommendations that helped shape 1.8.5 and 1.8.6.*
- Ivan Tcholakov - various bugfixes in 1.8.6.*, very accurate bug reporting contributions and a considerable work in the integration of a new version of FCKEditor, along with a bunch of useful plugins and an exceptional work on internationalization
- Dokeos (2004-2009)
- Arnaud Ligot (arnaud@cblue.be) - also independently, through CBlue (2010-2011)
- Noel Dieschburg (noel@cblue.be)
- Frédéric Burlet (fburlet@cblue.be)
- Toon Keppens (toon@develop-it.be)
- Luk Van Landuyt (luk@develop-it.be)
- Sebastian Wagner (seba.wagner@gmail.com)
- Julian Prud'homme (j.prudhomme@elixir-interactive.com)
- Eric Marguin (eric.marguin@elixir-interactive.com)
- Alexandre Pelissard (a.pellissard@elixir-interactive.com)
- Ravin Minocha (ravin@comprointertech.com)
- Priya Siani (priya@ballisticlearning.com)
- Denes Nagy (denes.nagy@dokeos.com)
- Olivier Brouckaert (oli.brouckaert@dokeos.com)
- Ghent University (2004-2007)
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)
- Bert Vanderkimpen (bert.vanderkimpen@ugent.be)
- Toon Van Hoecke (toon.vanhoecke@UGent.be)
- René Haentjens (rene.haentjens@intec.ugent.be)
- Hogeschool Gent (2004-2007)
- Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
Quality Assurance
- Arthur Portugal
- Ricardo Rodriguez
System performance
- Arnaud Ligot (arnaud.ligot@dokeos.com)
- Jérôme Warnier (jerome.warnier@dokeos.com)
- Ludwig Chauvin (ludwig.chauvin@dokeos.com)
- Ludovic Gasc (ludovic.gasc@dokeos.com)
Developments
Announcement tool
First versions by
- Pablo Rey (prey@cesga.es)
- Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
rewritten by
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)
- Frederik Vermeire
Agenda
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
- Carlos Vargas (global agenda)
- Yannick Warnier (web services)
Blog
- Toon Keppens (toon@vi-host.net)
- Kevin Van Den Haute (kevin@develop-it.be)
Course navigation menu
- Sandra Mathijs
- Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
- Wolfgang Schneider
Course copy
- Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
- Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@dokeos.com)
Course Quota
- Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
Course validation optional feature
- José Manuel Abuin Mosquera , 2010, Centro de Supercomputacion de Galicia (CESGA)
- Bruno Rubio Gayo , 2010, CESGA
- Ivan Tcholakov (technical adaptation for Chamilo 1.8.8), 2010
Chat
- First version:
- Olivier Brouckaert
- Improvements:
- Isaac Flores
- Juan Carlos Raña (open in new window, smileys, ...)
- Yannick Warnier
Database refactoring
- Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@dokeos.com) (with thanks to many other contributors)
Document tool
- First version:
- Bert Vanderkimpen (bert.vanderkimpen@ugent.be)
- Improvements:
- *Many* contributors (too many to list, but they are all mentionned in this file)
Dropbox
- Jan Bols (jan.bols@UGent.be)
- Rene Haentjens (rene.haentjens@intec.UGent.be)
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
Extensions and plugins
see also http://www.dokeos.com/extensions/
- Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@dokeos.com)
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
- Many other contributors
Forum tool
- First version:
- Adapted from PHPBB 1.4 (http://www.phpbb.com)
- Modifications: Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)
- Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
- Management of scoring of threads:
- Christian Fasanando
- Isaac Flores
- Carlos Vargas
Full-text search
- Initial version (based on MnoGoSearch):
- Yannick Warnier
- Second version (based on Xapian):
- Diego Escalante Urrelo (+ occasional bugfixes)
- Marco Villegas Vega (+ occasional bugfixes)
Groups
- Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be
HTML_QuickForm
- Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
Icons
- Icons for the messages: confirmation, error, normal and warning
Icons used from the Crystal icon theme by Everaldo
http://linuxcult.com
- Other icons: Nuvola
Interface and CSS
- Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
- Noa Orizales Iglesias (noa@contidosdixitais.com)
- Sandra Matthys
- Wolfgang Schneider (webmaster@bibelcenter.de)
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
- Rudy Hanson (rudy@cblue.be)
- Noel Dieschburg (noel@cblue.be)
Installation procedure
- Olivier Brouckaert
- Refactoring:
- Evie Embrechts
- Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@dokeos.com)>
Learning Path & SCORM
- Alpha version by:
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
- First version by:
- Denes Nagy (darkden@evk.bke.hu)
- Dokeos 1.8 version by
- Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@dokeos.com)
- Eric Marguin
- Julian Prud'homme
LDAP
- Main code: University Jean Monnet of Saint Etienne
- Updates and improvements:
- Evie Embrechts
- Yannick Warnier
- Mustapha Alouani - Université Paris 1 (Sorbonne)
Link tool
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)
Messages
- Original code written by:
- Facultad de Matematicas, UADY (México):
- Díaz Braga Alan Israel (bafles2@hotmail.com)
- Menéndez Domínguez Victor Hugo (mdoming@uady.mx)
- Torre Díaz Manuel
- Tuk Sulú Walter Lorenzo (walt_30_ 1@hotmail.com)
- Vargas Palma Rubén (thiefdp@hotmail.com)
- Dokeos 1.8 integration and refactoring:
- Evie Embrechts
- Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
- Isaac Flores
Metadata
- René Haentjens (rene.haentjens@intec.ugent.be)
My Agenda
- Eric Remy
- Toon Van Hoecke (toon.vanhoecke@ugent.be)
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be
PDF-files generation
- Based on mPDF code library (http://mpdf.bpm1.com/). Main author: Ian N Back
- Adaptation for Chamilo 1.8.x: Ivan Tcholakov
Platform administration
- User management: Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
- Class management: Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
- Course management:
- Platform announcements: Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
- Languages and platform settings (AWACS): Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
Resource Linker
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be
Statistics tool and tracking (event-based)
- Based on ezBoo (http://www.ezboo.com)
- Sebastien Piraux (piraux_seb@hotmail.com)
Reporting (user-based)
- Elixir Interactive http://www.elixir-interactive.com
- Improvements:
- Eric Marguin
- Yannick Warnier
Single DB customisation
- Roger Hedlund (rhedlund@passagen.se)
Survey
- Patrick Cool
- Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
- Yannick Warnier
Test / Quizz Tool
- Olivier Brouckaert (oli.brouckaert@dokeos.com)
- Denes Nagy (hotpotatoes integration)
- Eric Marguin
- Julian Prud'homme
- Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
Wiki
- First implementation as an extension (Cool Wiki): Patrick Cool
- First integration into Dokeos and many improvements (including Google Maps integration): Juan Carlos Raña
Social Network
- Thanks to Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima for the sponsoring of this development
- Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
- Isaac Flores
- Christian Fasanando
Platform group tool
- Thanks to Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima for the sponsoring of this development
- Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
- Christian Fasanando
User Image
- Miguel (miguel@cesga.es)
- Patrick Cool(patrick.cool@ugent.be)
- Fixes and improvements:
- Yannick Warnier
- Christian Fasanando
- Juan Carlos Raña
User tool, subscribe existing users
- Elie Harfouche (elie at harfdesign dot com)
- Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
- Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
- Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
(un)zip
- PclZip library - Vincent Blavet (http://www.phpconcept.net)
- Integration of adapted new versions:
- Yannick Warnier
- Ivan Tcholakov
Virtual course support / Combined courses
- Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
- Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
- (with thanks to Toon Van Hoecke and Olivier Cauberghe from Ghent University)
Web adjustable (admin) settings
- brainstorming by:
- Jan Bols
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)
- Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
- Toon Van Hoecke (toon.vanhoecke@ugent.be)
- Implementation by:
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)
Who is online in portal/course/session
- Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
- Eric Marguin
- Yannick Warnier
- Social network improvements: Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
Web services
- Yannick Warnier
- Christian Fasanando
Conectivity with CMS (Drupal, Joomla)
- Fernando P. García
- Marco Villegas Vega
- Yannick Warnier
- Furio Petrossi (for the hint on JFusion)
- Carlos Vargas (for extending the JFusion plugin to Dokeos 1.8.6)
Online Authoring
HTML Editor
- First integration: HTMLArea
- Second integration: FCKEditor
- Update to FCKEditor 2.6.2: Julio Montoya Armas(gugli100@gmail.com)
- Update to FCKEditor 2.6.6 and addition of other plugins: Ivan Tcholakov
- ASCIIMathML-based formula rendering and ASCIIsvg-based mathematical graphics:
- Peter Jipsen
- David Lippman
- Mauno Korpelainen for extending the symbol tables within the script ASCIIMathML.js
- Ivan Tcholakov for porting code in Chamilo LMS
- Furio Petrossi for advocacy, reserch and recommendations
Drawing tool
- SVG-edit integration: Juan Carlos Raña Trabado
Voice generator
- Integration audio services from Google, Pediaphon and vozMe: Juan Carlos Raña Trabado
Bitmap image editor
- Integration of Pixlr image editing services and photo retouching: Juan Carlos Raña Trabado
Translations
There are too much translators to list them all.
Please see http://www.chamilo.com/DLTT/ to see a list of the translators.
Documentation
- Arnaud Ligot (arnaud.ligot@dokeos.com)
- Jerome Warnier (jerome.warnier@dokeos.com)
- Andrew Lynn (alynn@strathclyde.ac.be)
- Emmanuel Pecquet (emmanuel.pecquet@wanadoo.fr)
- Nikolai Stiehl (nikolai.stiehl@web.de)
- Isabel Deprez
- Philippe Danckaert
- Slawomir Gurdala
- Dalton Piegas Simoni
- Maria Jose Rodriges Malmierca
- Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
- Hugues Peeters
- René Haentjens
- Yannick Warnier
- Arthur Portugal
- Sergio Infante Montero, for technical documentation translation to Spanish
- Hubert Borderiou for various bugfixes
- Philippe Béranger
- Thomas Corthals (forum: Turboke)
- Dietrich Van Damme (images)
- Koen Heirbaut (xhtml)
- Domingos de Freitas (forum: domifreitas)
- Emmanuel Pecquet (forum: Emmanuel)
- Furio Petrossi (forum: petrossi)
- Mark (forum: Mark111)
- Pablo Rey (prey@cesga.es)
- Wolfgang Schneider (webmaster@bibelcenter.de)
- Christophe Gesché (gesche@ipm.ucl.ac.be) aka Moosh
- Hugues Peeters (peeters@ipm.ucl.ac.be)
- Paolo Mioni
- Diederik De Deckere
- Eric Remy
- Roel Visseren
- Michel Moreau-Belliard for his supervision on dynamic LDAP import tool
- Mustapha Alouani for his work on dynamic LDAP import tool
- Simon Zalar for a patch to FCKeditor 2.2 allowing linking in FF3
- Daniel Enrique Perales Gomez, for various bugfixes in various tools
- Arthur Jonathan Portugal Guerrero, for his patient work on the technical documentation and his thorough testing of 1.8.6 features and implementing the first browser-based tests set
- Michela Karina Mosquera Guardamino, for helping improve the visibility of Dokeos in the Latin American area, patiently answering crazy amounts
of information requests and organizing great community events
- Jhon Rhoos Hinojosa Portuguez, for various bugfixes in 1.8.6
- Carlos Vargas (litox84@hotmail.com), for a huge amount of bugfixes in 1.8.6
- Jan Derriks- various bugfixes in 1.8.7 and very accurate bug reporting contributions
- Ronny Velasquez, for a series of bugfixes and improvements in 1.8.6
- Ricardo Rodriguez, for implementing the first set of unit tests in 1.8.6, and manual testing and reporting
- Franco Cedillo, for minor bugfixes in 1.8.6
- Ruben Pereira, Ana Elena Olivera and all the kids from the Joaquin Sant'Anna school for being an inspiration to all of us.
- Wolfgang Schneider for various bugfixes in various tools
- Carlos Brolo for reporting bugs for 1.8.7
- Hubert Borderiou - various bugfixes in 1.8.7 and very accurate bug reporting contributions
- David Auzeine- various bugfixes in 1.8.7
- Anna Frovola for reporting bugs for 1.8.7
- Omar Arino (omar.arino _at__ linuxdojo.com.ar) - various bugfixes in 1.8.7.1
- Claire Thibault (claire.thibault _at__ ac-orleans-tours.fr) - bugfix in 1.8.7.1
- Jean Robert Opgenort (jeanrobert __a_t_ opgenort dot nl) - very accurate score tracking bug reports in 1.8.7.1
- Anaël Boulier (intern at http://www.2i2l.fr), for his excelent work of writing user documentation in French for 1.8.7
- Alberto Torreblanca for help fixing bugs during code sprint 2011-01-16
- Joel Porras for help fixing bugs during code sprint 2011-01-16
- Simon Legner for improvements suggestions (first one being #1538)
Contributing institutions (only registered since 2010)
These institutions have either contributed to the Chamilo project directly or through hiring services to contribute to Chamilo from an official provider:
- Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru
- Universidad Tecnológica del Perú, Lima, Peru
- Universidad de Tocantins, Tocantins, Brazil
- Gobierno Regional del Callao, Callao, Peru
Removed developments
- Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG html editor), Kevin Roth
now removed and replaced by HTMLarea
- HTMLarea (WYSIWYG html editor)
now removed and replaced by FCKeditor
- Table of contents
now removed, replaced by learning path
