How do you deal with your users?

[reinaldocrespo]

All these ideas are very good. I write regularly, just short notes, maybe 2 or 3 sentences stating some change or bug fix. I do it to a news.txt file using html notation. The file is accessed by the webpage when the user clicks on what's new menu option. Any time I program anything or fix anything, or change some behavior, I write the short text on news.txt. I'm also very lazy myself, I think I write on the text file because that also helps me know when was something introduced. Here are my last two entries:

<H4>10/20/2009 X12&copy</H4><p>Minor change: When processing 835 remittance files, X12 now
inserts a single dash on the account number to mimic xx-xxxxx account numbers when the
account sent on the remittance does not contain the dash. This helps identify the account
in those instances when the insurance company strips dashes from account numbers on 835
remittances.

<H4>10/20/2009 Billing&copy</H4><p>Minor change: Work date is now listed on report printed
after printing patient letters.

Reinaldo.

[Otto]

Reinaldo, what editor do you use and how do you update your on the server news.txt?
Best regards,
Otto

[reinaldocrespo]

I'm now using UEstudio. I also like Multiedit. To modify news.txt is simple for me. The webserver my customers use is the same sever I use for development and testing. Same server where I have ADS running and it is connected to my LAN. So I have a map drive letter (w:) to the directory where news.txt is. All my UEstudio projects have news.txt on it. So news.txt is always loaded with all my projects. That's why it is easy to write on it.

Reinaldo.

[Otto]

Hello Reinaldo,

All my UEstudio projects have news.txt on it. So news.txt is always loaded with all my projects. That's why it is easy to write on it.

This is a good idea. Never thought of this.
I will insert a news.txt in my projects too.
Thank you for the advice.
I think you should post this advice as an own thread.

Best regards,
Otto

[Otto]

Hello Reinaldo,

I am working on an easy way to maintain the download-section of my webpage.

I think with the use of an include-file I found one. I will maintain the include-file now with your “news.txt”-method.

Best regards,
Otto



stand.asp (include-file )

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<%
xCRMVollVersion     ="29. Okt. 2009"
xCRMVollDatum       ="09.400.188 "

xCRMliteDemoVersion  ="29. Okt. 2009"
xCRMliteDemoDatum    ="09.400.188 "

xCRMProfDemoVersion  ="29. Okt. 2009"
xCRMProfDemoDatum    ="09.400.188 "

xCRMTouchDemoVersion  ="29. Okt. 2009"
xCRMTouchDemoDatum    ="09.400.188 "
%>

 

download.asp

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<!--#include File="stand.asp"-->

<p><strong class="b_text">W I N H O T E L  xCRM</strong> </p>
<p>Vollversion  xCRM aktueller Stand </p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div id="download">
  <div class="rightbg">
  <div class="leftbg">
  <div class="padding">
    <ul>
    <li> Version: <%= xCRMVollVersion %> </li>
    <li>  Aktualisiert: <%= xCRMVollDatum %></li>
    <li>Vollinstallation</li>
    <li class="last"><a href="http://www.test.com/dtests/xCrmVollversion.zip" target="_blank">Download</a>
     </li>
    </ul>
  <br class="clear" />
  </div>
  </div>
  </div>
  </div>