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As we are putting the finishing touches on the backend code (PHP scripting frenzy!!) and consolidating the initial batch of content, the decision finally has been made to open up the project on October 16th. This date has been chosen because since the 35th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization in 1979 it is known as World Food day, therefore representing the main goal and purpose of this project.

Note: We are still looking for skilled PHP developers and graphics & animation artists! If you think you have something to offer ⇒ contact !

To get straight to the point: everyone behind the scenes here at the HFOPI is very sorry about the lack of updates and the delay of phase I.

While the modules for handling forum/mailing list synchronization are largely functional and the multilangual framework is in a usable state, the technical issues regarding the implementation of the dynamic graph generation module have revealed as real obstacle. Although a lot of the needed functionality is working, the decision to expose it via CCK / Views has complicated things a lot and is currently hindering progress. Both of these modules have no official stable release for Drupal 6 yet, and besides the fluctuations (and lack of documentation) in the API, a fundamental feature („multi-value CCK combo fields“) for the actual linking of nodes to each other is not yet implemented. So basically, we have a completed car – missing its transmission system to actually put the engine power on the wheels.

So if you are a highly skilled Drupal/PHP coder and want to help us with this rather complicated task, please do not hesitate to contact us.

For all others, please accept our apologies, we hope to move on to phase I within the next two months.

Concluding, an example trying to show why a structured graph is useful in analyzing complex causal relationships and multi-faceted potential solutions.