# Chamilo Credits

Documentation > Credits

# Creator (2000)

Thomas De Praetere (thomas.depraetere@dokeos.com)

# Core developers

1. 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)
   - Isaac Flores (florespaz_isaac@hotmail.com)
   - Carlos Vargas
2. Dokeos (2004-2009)
   - Arnaud Ligot (arnaud@cblue.be)
   - 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)
3. 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)
4. Hogeschool Gent (2004-2007)
   - Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
5. Independent (2008-2010)
   - 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

# 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)

## 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
- Marco Villegas Vega

## 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

- 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: Furio Petrossi for advocacy, reserch and recommendations

# 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

# Thanks go also to

- 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, 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

# 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