On 28 Feb 2003 at 13:51, Kevin Bolduan wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm new to the list and apologize for bringing the big, bad specter of commercial
> applications to the great open source project you've all created. Simply put, I'm
> looking for a viable alternative to AvantGo's "Custom Channels" for a client who
> wants to make their product information and
website available on Palm OS devices. Currently their site is essentially
brochureware, with about 300 products (the HTML-for-Palm version of the site I made
has about 1,000 pages.)
>
> The Plucker Desktop application is great, and would work very well for our purposes.
> The initial roll-out of the content would be only to dealers (around 1,500), but
> eventually we'd like a way to have consumers be able to access the information as
> well. The problem is that the dealers are,
well, not all that technologically sophisticated... Put it this way - the sign-up and
account process for AvantGo was deemed too cumbersome and complex... :-\
>
> My vision is a customized version of the Plucker Desktop. For example, the
> "Showcase" would be removed, 25-30 channels (each representing different sections of
> the website) would be pre-populated (like the Clinical Exam) with predetermined
> update schedules, and references to "Plucker" and the
rubber chicken and pacifier icons would be replaced with my client's name and logo. Of
course anywhere it was possible, we'd have "Powered By Plucker" or whatever was
necessary. All the tabs for configuring a channel (Spidering, Links, Formatting, etc.)
would be removed and/or uneditable and pre-
configured with the proper information for our particular application.
>
> Another useful option would be to "disable" a channel. I know I can delete them, but
> it would be nice to allow users to temporarily turn off a specific channel for the
> next sync.
>
> I'm a marketer and website developer from the Dark Side (ASP, mostly) - Python and
> the development of applications like this is well outside my realm of expertise.
> Rather, I'm looking for a partner to modify the Plucker Desktop to fit a very
> commercial application. Given the open source nature
and GPL licensing, I don't even know if this is possible - any information would be
greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
> -Kevin Bolduan
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