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How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

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    #16
    Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

    It is good to notice that if you use Alpha Anywhere to build Phonegap apps you do not need to have any AA server as a backend. You can use what ever you wish . You can use ajax to send or retrieve data to/from servers and they can be running php, asp.net, xbasic or whatever.

    Also the Nodejs integration gives new earnings possibilities with AA. You got more server power because work is done by nodejs server and not totally by AA server(= xbasic). And you got almost endless amount of ready to use nodejs modules available!

    Lets say you build a Phonegap application that runs in Android tablets. Two persons in different location is updating same budget. They push application button to link they forms with help of backend server. After this they can see each others changes. Only changed data is running through server and you need just one server with many customers running your app.

    I think there are solutions to make Alphas pricing model to work. We just have to rethink new kind of applications. But using AA server as a website server is not from this world.

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      #17
      Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

      @Ray,
      Not sure exactly what you are referring to?
      SaaS website is where 2 -3 or 300 companies can work at one time. Not usually where "church" members can also work, but more where the records are kept. The "users" can modify information regarding membership as an example and print or download the information in whatever format needed. csv, pdf, xls, etc.
      They are called different, but
      forms, browse's, reports are all there.
      That can all be done with alpha from one website, I think.

      The idea is that with the implementation of a really well thought out web app, there should be no reason to have a desktop app and with SaaS, no reason for a bunch of hosted accounts.

      1 database, and either clients separated by keys or separate tables for each.
      Example: Joomla can have 2 or more websites in on one MySQL db. The tables for each are separated by name prefixes. app1_ or app2_

      Do you know if it will perform a webpage lookup where respondents can view tasks , complete some information that I can in turn apply back to a desktop application ?
      I do this for a client now with Joomla website and a membership management add on.

      Member signs up and pays money to get certain privleges.

      One is a quiz for cerification that is set up so the member can take the exam 2 times in one year if they flunk the first time. They can get a printout of that exam afterwards and their score.

      There are at last count 9 levels for membership. Each has certain things or combinations of things they can do. This is for a client, so can't show you everything.
      http://www,nhcla.com
      You will not be able to see anything much except ways to sign up.
      The software clicks the paths the user can take to do stuff depending the module signed up for and payment made. It also handles renewals and upgrades.
      Users will never know who else is a member unless the use the forum or blog.
      Last edited by DaveM; 10-10-2015, 01:59 PM.
      Dave Mason
      [email protected]
      Skype is dave.mason46

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        #18
        Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

        Facebook:
        I have a page on facebook for each website I own.
        I also belong to various facebook groups.
        You can post to most groups daily there. It takes work, but does increase traffic which = sales.
        Here is one:
        https://www.facebook.com/allfaithsites
        Then make a link from my websites to here to increase my views and likes on facebook.
        These pages are picked up by Google search engines as well.

        Daily, I post my ads on other groups. If you become a member of a group, look to see what their restrictions and most will allow 1 post per day.
        Dave Mason
        [email protected]
        Skype is dave.mason46

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          #19
          Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

          Thanks for your ideas Dave - knew you would have some.. I dont think the nhcla is the idea. Very neat tho.
          Before starting a new thread - this is the requirement..

          in a particular system, currently...
          1.Suppliers are being auto emailed, particulars of an item outstanding, another supplier may get another email for something else.
          2. Supplier1 replies via an email with an explanation. By then they may have received another for something else needed.
          3. We (my customer "we"), as one would expect get emails, amongst them supplier1's reply. That requires human reading, then we type the reply into the DT system . the reply may be, say that they will send in two days, we need to put that aside on our side , read and send in two days, more emails perhaps 'til arrives.

          IF I could update a browse or grid from desktop on a webpage, accessible by supplier1. listing everything outstanding, restrict some fields/columns but allow them to add comment & date in their fields or columns. Then they, and we would know what is outstanding, being attended to, done or cancelled.
          A5 could read the data from there, update the main DT system, post an amended browse/grid, with new items, removing executed items. It would look like an active page to them. We wouldn't want them actually accessing live data anyway.
          The web page would need no "intelligence", the adjudication and reconstructing the browse/grid can done from A5 here.

          It shouldn't need A5W just for that.
          Last edited by Ray in Capetown; 10-10-2015, 02:50 PM.

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            #20
            Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

            We are on 2 different pages here:

            Why would you need the here part at all?

            I am sure a web app could handle all of that and you could update it into your desktop.

            The point is that, no more desktop in the future.

            That nhcla site you saw is only about 1/4 the real site because you are not a member. LOL

            I use a lot of joomla and have been awakened to plug ins. I use PHP to some degree and MySQL dbs for that. It could be done with any web type as alpha, .net, java or more.

            One can have all the work done on the web and simply send an email, csv, etc to keep a desktop going. It can also place a downloadable file in a web folder for alpha to download to the desktop.


            All that aside, you have the ability with alpha to create a hybrid app if it is hosted on a company server?
            Dave Mason
            [email protected]
            Skype is dave.mason46

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              #21
              Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

              Thanks for this

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                #22
                Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

                @Ray
                If I understand you correctly then all you need is a connection string to the remote SQL database.
                You can then create DT forms to update the remote database.

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                  #23
                  Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

                  @Dave , something related to SEO, witht he link you shared seocentro.com. were you able to fix an error like this "Total content size is greater than 1 MB (2.19 MB).
                  Two of the main reasons for an increase in page size are images and JavaScript files. Page size affects the speed of your website. Try to keep your page size below 250 KB, and definitely below 1 MB." How do we change the size of javascript files , I dont have any image so I am sure the javascript that alpha maybe is the one causing this, I did not create any javascript so maybe the built in ones.

                  Just noticed the score SEO is 60/100 and I am worried on this , the speed is 10/100. How do we speed up alpha apps? Thanks!
                  Last edited by JetLi; 10-16-2015, 10:19 PM.

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                    #24
                    Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

                    Mine are almost always larger than 250k. images can usually be smaller and transform png to jpg and shring by a bunch where possible.

                    JS can be compressed if you have the tools.

                    I am not qualified with alpha apps on the web, so I will defer that to the ones that do.
                    Dave Mason
                    [email protected]
                    Skype is dave.mason46

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                      #25
                      Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

                      Originally posted by user10 View Post
                      @Ray
                      If I understand you correctly then all you need is a connection string to the remote SQL database.
                      You can then create DT forms to update the remote database.
                      This could help. Would that db have to be on an alpha app server or could it be independant - would you know?
                      I'll look meantime at connection string possibilities.

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                        #26
                        Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

                        Originally posted by Ray in Capetown View Post
                        IF I could update a browse or grid from desktop on a webpage, accessible by supplier1. listing everything outstanding, restrict some fields/columns but allow them to add comment & date in their fields or columns. Then they, and we would know what is outstanding, being attended to, done or cancelled.
                        A5 could read the data from there, update the main DT system, post an amended browse/grid, with new items, removing executed items. It would look like an active page to them. We wouldn't want them actually accessing live data anyway.
                        The web page would need no "intelligence", the adjudication and reconstructing the browse/grid can done from A5 here.

                        It shouldn't need A5W just for that.
                        Have you considered just using Google Sheets for this. CSV up CSV down (Microsoft excel online do not have this functionality).

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                          #27
                          Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

                          Originally posted by kkfin View Post
                          Have you considered just using Google Sheets for this. CSV up CSV down (Microsoft excel online do not have this functionality).
                          looks like that hit the nail. Were you thinking something like this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2...o-google-sheet

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                            #28
                            Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

                            I was thinking using Alphas Node desktop integration for this.
                            This module maybe suitable.

                            So basically you build a xbasic script that pass data to nodejs service (= javascript file) and nodejs service gives response back to xbasic script. This is documented in YouTube->Alphasoftware->node service (about year ago)

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                              #29
                              Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

                              Originally posted by kkfin View Post
                              I was thinking using Alphas Node desktop integration for this.
                              This module maybe suitable.

                              So basically you build a xbasic script that pass data to nodejs service (= javascript file) and nodejs service gives response back to xbasic script. This is documented in YouTube->Alphasoftware->node service (about year ago)
                              I will investigate that.
                              Thanks

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                                #30
                                Re: How to make money with Alpha Anywhere

                                New info:
                                http://www.sales-list.com is new. Deal is made that any ad pertaining to software on that site with the word "alpha" in it will get automatically extended to 1 full year.
                                Be sure to put your full address in the entry and mark it as "ALL" so it will go all over the world.
                                You have a place to put SEO tags as well which is something I saw no place else. If you don't know about SEO, then I do suggest you learn.

                                Chance for them to grow and you to benefit.
                                Dave Mason
                                [email protected]
                                Skype is dave.mason46

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