Background
I used to organize Linux installfests, when Linux was non-trivial to install. While organizing our Fall 2006 Installfest, I needed a good way to let people signup to volunteer. I wanted something that would work online and be mostly automated.
I Googled around and didn't find much. However, I did find a blog post by a guy named Richard Kassissieh, who had written exactly the script I needed, but had not released the code. I emailed him and he was more than happy to provide me with his code and database schema. I did some re-tooling, and this script is the result.
This project eventually turned into VolSched, which is much nicer.
License
Formerly GPLed. Now under the MIT License.
Requirements
You will need the following for this script to work:
- Perl (tested with Perl 5)
- Perl modules: Digest::MD5, CGI, CGI::Session, Authen::Simple, Authen::Simple::DBI, Net::SMTP, DBI, the necessary DBI driver for your database
- Postgres or MySQL (tested with Postgres 8.2 and MySQL 5.0.38 - Postgres recommended)
Screenshots
I don't have a public online demo of the script, so I took screenshots. The screenshots are of version 0.10, so a few things have changed, but it still looks roughly the same.
- The (boring) login screen.
- The main admin page.
- The event admin page.
- The main volunteer page.
- Volunteer registration page.
- Volunteer shift signup page.
- Volunteer shift signup page with one shift signed up.
- Admin view shifts page. You can send email reminders to people.
Documentation
Unzip or untar the script into your cgi-bin. Make sure that the file configfile is writeable. Point your browser at the setup.cgi script. Please email me with any questions or bugs you find.
Download
Old versions:
Donations
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