Adopt anelePHPant[1] - your PHPmascott[2] 領養一頭“大象”- 你的PHP吉祥物 ============================== Many userstold me that I should create a page in English totalk about theelePHPant. Here it is :))! 許多用戶都說我應該用英文寫一篇文章來談一下關于“大象”的事。這就是了:))！ I aminviting you to discover how and why the elePHPant isborn… 我將邀你一同探尋“大象”是怎樣及為何誕生的… ==== How it wasborn the elePHPant? “大象”是怎么誕生的？ ==== In 1998, Idecided to begin learning the PHP language. As agraphicsdesigner, I wanted tolearn how to create dynamic pages for mypersonalweb site. While I was learning,I discovered the power of thislanguageand its applications. Naturally, Istarted to making drawings aboutPHP.So, I create the first elePHPant,illustrating the power of PHP… 1998年，我決定開始學習PHP語言。作為一個圖形設計師，我想學習如何用動態語言為自己做一個個人網站。在我學習的過程當中，我發覺到這門語言和其應用的強大本領。自然地，我開始畫關于PHP的畫了。所以，我創造了第一頭“大象”，用圖片來說明PHP的強大… >>See the first drawing of elephpant of 1999. 1999年我第一幅”大象”的畫 Thispicture was created for fun, just to send to a friendwho begunlearning thislanguage, like I did. The elePHPant was telling him “PHP,isstronger than you!”.This friend suggested that I proposethispicture to well known PHP french sites.To my surprise, theyimmediatelyadopted it! This picture has been used by manyothers. Somefrench PHP Webmasters asked me to illustrate their sitewithelePHPants. 畫這張圖片只是為了好玩，只發給了我的一個朋友，他也像我一樣在開始學習這門語言。“大象”可以告訴他：“PHP比你要強大的多！”。這個朋友建議我將圖片提交給一個法國知名的PHP站點。讓我意想不到的是，他們立即采用了它。這張圖片已經被許多人使用過了。而后一些法國的PHP站長要我用“大象”為他們的站點做畫。 So, thatwas the beginning of the elePHPant story. But youcan ask me, “Why an elephantto symbolize PHP?” 如此，這就是“大象”故事的起因。但你會問：“為什么用大象作為PHP的象征？” If you payattention to the tree[3] letters P H P,you note that the set looks like anelephant (see the banner up page). 如果你留意PHP 的三個字母，你會注意到這整個看起來就像是一頭大象（看頁面頂部的圖片）。 After thefirst illustrations, a friend suggest me to createa“logo” with theelePHPant,with color and typography of the officiallogo. 在第一張插圖之后，一個朋友建議我用”大象”做一個標識，用顏色和文字說明做一個正式的標識。 I proposedto the french PHP community making it available asfreedownload. Some of webmasters started using it in their sites. It istoday alogo for many french PHPsites. Even though it is not anofficial logo…alot of french users adopted it. 我提交給那個法國PHP社區并使它可以免費下載。一些站長開始在自己的網站上使用它。這就是目前許多法國PHP站點使用的標識。即使它并不是官方的標識…但很多的法國用戶還是接受了它。 In 2002,Rasmus Lerdorf (PHP “creator”)recognized the elePHPant asa possible alternativefor PHP logo. A link toelePHPants appears nowin the logo downloading page ofthe official PHP site,www.php.net[4] 在2002 年，RasmusLerdorf（PHP創造者）認可了”大象”作為一個可選擇的PHP標識。”大象”現在出現在了官方PHP 站點的標識下載頁面中，www.php.net。 ==== Why a PHPmascott? 為什么要有一個PHP 的吉祥物？ ==== PHP is apopular Open Source product but it lacks of astrongbranding figure that helpspeople recognize PHP related initiatives[5],like Tux the penguin that is usedto represent Linuxrelatedinitiatives. ElePHPant is meant to fill that void inthe PHP community. PHP是一個流行的開源產品但是它缺乏一個強有力的品牌標識可以幫助人們辨識出PHP的相關產品，就像TUX 企鵝那樣被用于表明它是Linux的象征。”大象”的意義即是填補了PHP 社區中的空白。 ElePHPantis now very popular in France and it is beginningto be appear in many sitesaround the world. “大象”現在在法國十分流行并且開始出現在全世界許許多多的網站中。 ==== Why shouldI adopt an elePHPant? 為什么我要領養一頭“大象”？ ==== If youdeveloped a PHP related site, software product orprovide PHPrelated services,this will help you to make your users recognizeyourwork as a PHP friendly. Butyou really do not have to adopt anelePHPant,unless you like it!!! If you don’tlike it, don’tuse it! 如果你開發了一個PHP 的相關網站、軟件產品或者提供了PHP 的相應服務的話，這可以幫助你的用戶辨識出你的作品是和PHP 息息相關的。但你真的不必一定要領養一頭“大象”，除非你喜歡它！！！如果你不喜歡，就不要用了吧！ In thesame “spirit” ofPHP, the elePHPant is a free proposal, afunny alternative toofficial PHP logo.Feel FREE to adopt one if youwant. 同PHP 的某些精神一樣，“大象”也是一個自由的提議，一個有趣地可選擇的官方PHP 標識。想要就隨便地拿去吧。 ==== Can I usethe elePHPant graphics freely? 我能自由地使用“大象”的圖片嗎？ ==== Sure,elePHPant is licensed by me - El Roubio - as freesoftware.Feel free to copy,modify and use it in your PHP relatedinitiatives.You can transform the originalgraphics as you like, to adaptcolorsfor example, or to integrate it in yourlogos, or to draw yourownelePHPant as some Web sites already did using the ideaof elePHPantwithoutmy drawing (www.phpquebec.com or www.phpcrawler.de forexamples). 當然，“大象”之于我的授權 -El Roubio - 它就是免費的。自由地復制、修改和使用到你的PHP相關產品中。你可以按照個人喜好轉換原始圖像，比如調整顏色，或者結合到你自己的標志中，又或者畫你自己的“大象”就像一些已經使用了這個“大象”創意而并非是我繪制的網站一樣（舉例： www.phpquebec.com 和www.phpcrawler.de）。 So FEELFREE to use, change, transform or create your ownelePHPants !! 那么，自由的使用、改變、轉換或者創造你自己的“大象”吧！！ It’s inthatspirit that I provide the elePHPant in differentformats (psd, eps, ai,xcf), togive you all the freedom to adapt it. 作為以上精神的體現，我提供了不同格式（psd，eps，ai，xcf）的“大象”讓你完完全全自由地領養它。 You don’thave tocredit me if you use these graphics. Otherwise I will behonored. It’s my simple “gift” toPHP community ! ;)