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Are there any services that allow you to place advertising in Windows software? I want to give away my software for free but still need to eat!
Check out OpenCandy, they have a really nice concept IMHO:
only a single, opt-in ad - in the installer (so your application remains ad-less). There is an interesting post about them # DonationCoder.
It is, of course, trivial to put a fixed collection of adverts into your code. The trouble comes if you want to sell eyeballs and have the ads change. Then the code has to go talk over the network to get new adds.
Many people would have a name for this: adware. If people find you making network connections behind their back, as it were, they are likely to break out some more negative terms.
However, if you are completely open and honest about it when you offer the code for download, then your conscience might be clear.
Practically, you need to have code that makes a network connection to some site of yours, pulls the ad content, and displays it in some sort of annoying popup.
Check with individual affiliate programs to see if they allow links in applications.
You can also try the Freemium model: Turn on some extra features if they pay for your program.
Or link to your website for support information, instructions, etc., and place ads there.
Or offer an e-mail newsletter with updates, news, etc. Advertising in these is easier.
You can also ask this over at http://www.startups.com
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I want to deploy my existing Laravel application in the Digital Ocean and this is my first time to go live. I'm choosing droplets shared CPU $5/month my questions are.
Is $5/month is exactly the amount that I will pay for the monthly bill?. If my application is online/accessible forever do I still get to pay $5/month?.
As stated above that I'm using the Laravel framework, can I ssh in the server and install dependencies without a problem?, also can I change the PHP version in the server?.
Please help me this is my first time and I have no idea what to choose if shared or dedicated CPU'S.
Note: My Laravel application is only for my personal use.
Here is my screenshots.
Thank you in advance.
Yes, that is the price that you will pay each month unless you turn on features like automatic backup and etc. which add up a couple of extra $.
You can, however, get billed more if you go over the droplets outbound data transfer. Check it here. But since you said it's only for your personal use, no worries there.
Yes, you can ssh into your server and install whatever you need on it (composer, database, PHP libs).
For every package, you are still billed hourly up to the end of the month which roughly equates to the price on that screenshot. That means that you can play around with your droplet, see how it works, and if you change your mind, you can always delete it, and only be billed for the number of hours that you used it.
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I have searched quite a bit and haven't found an answer yet. I am learning to develop websites and am ready to put together a portfolio of everything that I have been building. My question is, what is the best/most cost effective way to display my work? I have bought several domain names and hosting for them but it's getting expensive. I want to be able to make a portfolio of my work without buying a domain name/hosting for each of them. I know I can take screes shots but this doesn't show many details of the site. Maybe host them on my own computer since they won't have much traffic? I'm sure I'm missing something obvious. Thanks for the help!
Having a personal website/portfolio is great, and you only have to pay for your own domain, which is usually about $10/year. A great free option -- that also has the benefit of showing off all your code -- is hosting projects on GitHub Pages.
I think what you are looking for is something like DigitalOcean. Digital Ocean offers very cheap and reliable server hosting so that you can do exactly what you want with your hosting. Also, with a click of a button you can install something like LAMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP). This can show your full completed projects and all of your code, unlike GitHub Pages. Also, I know 512MB of RAM my not seem like much, but it is plenty for a basic web server. And 20GB Should be good unless you also are looking for a filesystem.
Good Luck!
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Sorry for the vague title, if anyone can think of a better one please feel free!
My company is negotiating providing a small dev team (me as PM + 2 or 3 devs) to a client. However he's not the customer, his client is. It's important to him to be providing the software services to the customer, he doesn't like to tell them he has outsourced this (to avoid looking less critical to the project, I theorise).
I want to have a bug-tracking/project-managing tool for my company, which lets clients/customers log bugs and access discussion forums, etc. That's fine as far as letting my client access my tool, but he doesn't want to direct his customers to mycompany.fogbugz.com.
Are there any neat solutions to this, other than him having one tool set up customer-facing and me having my tool, and us manually replicating things between them?
Or, are there any tips how I can persuade my client it's not a problem in the first place?
I think you really have to think about the risk of your employer "hiding" you from the customer. There are many risks there and the customer would likely be better served if you and your employer were open and up-front with them.
Likely your employer is concerned about being "left out" of the project and you managing the entire process. Perhaps he/she is also concerned that you will ruin the relationship or steal the client from them. The best way for you to deal with these concerns is build trust in the relationship. This of course takes time but then start working on your employer to help them understand that open and clear communication is a key pillar of project success. If you provide the end-customer with access to your bug tracking/PM tool as well as your employer then it's a win/win for everyone.
This way the customer gets quicker bug tracker and enhanced visibility. You get more efficient workflow in your process. Your employer will therefore have a happier customer, and happier contractor (you) and therefor a successful, reference-able project.
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Are you planning in requiring Google's Chrome Frame in production for your own websites?
Have you tested it?
Would your opinion on wether to use it or not change if Google were to require it for Youtube? (It will be required for Google Wave)
I wish they would require everyone who views YouTube to use it. I hate programming specifically just for IE... If it were required for YouTube I don't think that any of the users I care about would lack it.
I had a hard time finding info about big sites that require GCF, so I was a bit worried about requiring it for IE 6 and 7.
But I went ahead with it on a site with 6-digit number of monthly users, and the results were great.
IE 6 and 7 usage bombed, and about 90% of that usage was picked up by GCF. Only a few complaints from annoying users, but telling them to "just click install" has been a good enough solution.
The users lost were also less likely to purchase than those with better browsers.
I am aware of at least one site that now points to it rather than saying they don't support IE6.
If you've made the decision to not support IE6, for whatever reason, it at least gives the opportunity for more users to maybe* access your site.
*I say 'maybe' because if users aren't able to upgrade their browser it's quite unlikley they're able/allowed to install such extensions/plugins either.
I always wait a bit before picking up new technologies such as this. I'm a patient person and don't feel the need to rush out and get the latest thing first.
Once the consensus is that it looks ok, runs ok and won't hurt me or my nearest and dearest I'll have a look.
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Does anyone know of any software or a good way for developers to build up a knowledge base of business rules that are built in to the software for help desk to use?
We already have a helpdesk software but we are not looking to replace this.
A wiki is definitely the way to go. Processes change, sometimes frequently, and in a fast-paced environment like a help desk a tool that allows quick, easy access and management of that type of content is extremely important to allow people to do their jobs effectively.
One of the greatest benefits I've found is the heiarchical sturcture of many wikis, allowing employees to find the correct content from a number of different customer angles.
Can you be more specific?
This may fall under "policies and procedures" management software. Here are some:
http://www.softscout.com/software/Human-Resources/Policy-and-Procedures.html
I'd like to find one that's more wiki-like or easier to integrate into a a website serving as a more general company knowlege base.
I would recommend a wiki wiht a "Wiki Gardener" role- someone who cleans up the duplicate entries and sorts.
Wiki technology with a Rich Text Editor option would useful if your Support Desk are not totally technical.
Having some structure is imperative, developing something in any Wiki that makes sense to the general editing populace, and has a low threshold to get from reading to editing. You will also possibly need a migration strategy for taking hundereds of little notes into something more readable and searchable.