WebDNA Feature Request
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2006
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 67773
interpreted = N
texte = Well, since you asked so nicely... 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... Brian B. Burton Department of Redundancy Department --------------------------------------------------------------- Specializing in website design and development to make your customers exclaim: "Out of all the websites I visit, yours is the easiest to use!" On Jul 8, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Brent Cannon wrote: > We hear you and thank you for your patience and continued support. If > you have any features requests please send to: > > Robert E. Elliott > Vice President of Marketing > relliott@smithmicro.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Well, since you asked so nicely... 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... Brian B. Burton Department of Redundancy Department --------------------------------------------------------------- Specializing in website design and development to make your customers exclaim: "Out of all the websites I visit, yours is the easiest to use!" On Jul 8, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Brent Cannon wrote: > We hear you and thank you for your patience and continued support. If > you have any features requests please send to: > > Robert E. Elliott > Vice President of Marketing > relliott@smithmicro.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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