Re: [WebDNA] feature requests
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2008
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 100339
interpreted = N
texte = I wrote this almost 2 years ago today... > 1) Scrap formulas.db It desperately wants to go live under a > shady tree in a big lawn with fluffy bunnies bouncing around it. We > want it to go there too! > > 2) GREP: much like David Hasselhoff belting out the tunes ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3382491587979249836 > ) the built in GREP doesn't quite work. Please fix it. > > 3) NEW TAGS - let's start simple [dumptable table=blah.tab&type=text/ > html] displays the contents of the table in either table delimited > format (handy inside a [writefile]) or an HTML table (all made by > webdna of course) debugging tables can be a major pain sometimes, we > need some help here. Want more? just look at ColdFusion's tag set. > > 4) UPDATE some tags [LISTFIELDS doesn't include table= and I have > some pages that make temp tables dynamically. Of course, the > dumptable command above would eliminate the need. > > 5) DATABASES: Time to acknowledge that it's been a while since 1995 > and update how the databases work... > 5a) add a second line to the .hdr file defining per field in the > same order as the field names, the field type (text/number/date/ > unique) so that we don't have to spell it out with each and every > search we write. > 5b) this one is harder: add a 3rd line to the header file, defining > per field in the same order as the field names, any relationship to > the same record in another database, thusly "joining" the databases. > > Example: > MyAccount.hdr > MyID (tab) MyAdddate (tab) MyName (tab) Myemail (tab) Mysomethingelse > unique (tab) Date (tab) text (tab) text (tab) text > > MyAddress.hdr > AddID (tab) AccountID (tab) adddate (tab) name (tab) street (tab) > state > unique (tab) number (tab) date (tab) text (tab) text (tab) text > (tab) Myaccount.db:MyID (tab) (tab) (tab) (tab) (tab) > > > [search db=myAddress.db&eqMYSTATEdata=CA&ADDDATEsort=1] > [founditems] > [name] [street] [Myaccount:Myemail] > [/founditems] > [/search] > > > 6) PRICING - fix the pricing. PHP is free, coldfusion isn't. You're > not Adobe/Microsoft, and you don't have great marketshare/mindshare. > 6a) scrap per domain licensing, this was never a good idea, and I > suspect it was a hack anyway. Licensing based on sandboxes makes > 100x more sense! > 6b) have a 1 "company" version for idk, $299. A price high enough to > show it's serious, but not so high as to discourage people from > coming onboard. this is limited to 1 sandbox. > > Then have a ISP level which is sold per sandbox, at maybe $50 per > sandbox. (minimum 10 sandboxes per server) Every time I sign up a > customer, I pop over to your website, quick pay for a sandbox, get a > serial number, and can go add that back to WebDNA server and finish > the setup. Perhaps you offer bundles of 10 sandboxes for $350 or > something. it's fair to you (heavy users pay more) it's fair to us > (no steep upfront fee to try to get into hosting webdna) it's > affordable so we can compete against companies offering PHP hosting. > > Of course there will have to continue to be a free developer version. > > > So that's a few ideas, the rest of the list can think of some more... On Jul 17, 2008, at 6:25 PM, Stuart Tremain wrote: > That one really has legs, I think it would be great. > > Regards > > Stuart Tremain > IDFK Web Developments > AUSTRALIA > webdna@idfk.com.au
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I wrote this almost 2 years ago today... > 1) Scrap
formulas.db It desperately wants to go live under a > shady tree in a big lawn with fluffy bunnies bouncing around it. We > want it to go there too! > > 2) GREP: much like David Hasselhoff belting out the tunes ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3382491587979249836 > ) the built in GREP doesn't quite work. Please fix it. > > 3) NEW TAGS - let's start simple [dumptable table=blah.tab&type=text/ > html] displays the contents of the table in either table delimited > format (handy inside a
[writefile]) or an HTML table (all made by > webdna of course) debugging tables can be a major pain sometimes, we > need some help here. Want more? just look at ColdFusion's tag set. > > 4) UPDATE some tags [LISTFIELDS doesn't include table= and I have > some pages that make temp tables dynamically. Of course, the > dumptable command above would eliminate the need. > > 5) DATABASES: Time to acknowledge that it's been a while since 1995 > and update how the databases work... > 5a) add a second line to the .hdr file defining per field in the > same order as the field names, the field type (text/number/date/ > unique) so that we don't have to spell it out with each and every > search we write. > 5b) this one is harder: add a 3rd line to the header file, defining > per field in the same order as the field names, any relationship to > the same record in another database, thusly "joining" the databases. > > Example: > MyAccount.hdr > MyID (tab) MyAdddate (tab) MyName (tab) Myemail (tab) Mysomethingelse > unique (tab) Date (tab) text (tab) text (tab) text > > MyAddress.hdr > AddID (tab) AccountID (tab) adddate (tab) name (tab) street (tab) > state > unique (tab) number (tab) date (tab) text (tab) text (tab) text > (tab) Myaccount.db:MyID (tab) (tab) (tab) (tab) (tab) > > > [search db=myAddress.db&eqMYSTATEdata=CA&ADDDATEsort=1] >
[founditems] > [name] [street] [Myaccount:Myemail] > [/founditems] > [/search] > > > 6) PRICING - fix the pricing. PHP is free, coldfusion isn't. You're > not Adobe/Microsoft, and you don't have great marketshare/mindshare. > 6a) scrap per domain licensing, this was never a good idea, and I > suspect it was a hack anyway. Licensing based on sandboxes makes > 100x more sense! > 6b) have a 1 "company" version for idk, $299. A price high enough to > show it's serious, but not so high as to discourage people from > coming onboard. this is limited to 1 sandbox. > > Then have a ISP level which is sold per sandbox, at maybe $50 per > sandbox. (minimum 10 sandboxes per server) Every time I sign up a > customer, I pop over to your website, quick pay for a sandbox, get a > serial number, and can go add that back to WebDNA server and finish > the setup. Perhaps you offer bundles of 10 sandboxes for $350 or > something. it's fair to you (heavy users pay more) it's fair to us > (no steep upfront fee to try to get into hosting webdna) it's > affordable so we can compete against companies offering PHP hosting. > > Of course there will have to continue to be a free developer version. > > > So that's a few ideas, the rest of the list can think of some more... On Jul 17, 2008, at 6:25 PM, Stuart Tremain wrote: > That one really has legs, I think it would be great. > > Regards > > Stuart Tremain > IDFK Web Developments > AUSTRALIA > webdna@idfk.com.au
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