Hi Guys,

after a few dramas with dns (including simpleinvoices.org getting redirected to some dodgy pr0n type site ) we've now migrated simpleinvoices.org to a new webhost

would love to of moved to slicehost.com but the aussie dollar is in the pits against USD at the moment

in summary:

• good bye servage.net
• hello scarabweb.com

note:

• let me know if you have any dramas with the site (ie. stuff that was there - now not there etc..)
• the demo site is still being uploaded

Cheers

Justin

Hi Guys,

Its that time of year again - I'm looking to move simpleinvoices.org from our current webhost. The main things I'm looking for in a new host are speed, reliability and price. Our current webhost just seems to slow and the db server is always off-line.

Just wondering if any of you guys are resellers of any fast and reliable web host services - be that shared host/vps or other

reply to this post or send me an email

also refer the discussion from 6 months ago on this subject - http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/510/

If you not a reseller any recommendations would be appreciated

Cheers

Justin

Hi All,

I'm very pleased to announce the availablity of the first beta release (2008 09 26 Beta 1) of the next major version of Simple Invoice!! code name for this series is 'Flying Doormat' refer wiki page

This release has been under development for the last year, though there are lots of backend and frontend changes this release signifies more of a new beginning for Simple Invoices rather than an upgrade in features. The changes and work that has gone on under the hood of this release puts us in a good position to advance Simple Invoices and make it a truely kick ass invoicing system.

More will be detailed soon, there will be 3 beta releases before the final version is released.

Whats news:

• Use of PDO for database abstraction
• Addition of a PostgreSQL version of Simple Invoices
• Manage pages have been redeveloped using Flexigrid
• Product price is now editable during invoice creation and editing
• Items can be deleted from an invoice during invoice editing
• Use of various components of the Zend Framework
  • inc. ACL, Auth, DB Table, Locale, Config,..
• Config.php has been replaces with config.ini
  • refer: http:www.simpleinvoices.org/config for details
• Product matrix extension added
• Text_UI extension added

Whats still todo:

• documentation, changelog, and release note to help detail all the changes and new stuff
• testing of PostgreSQL version
• refer http://www.simpleinvoices.org/roadmap/trunk for a full list

Download Beta 1 now from http://simpleinvoices.googlecode.com/files/simpleinvoices_20080926.zip

Note:

• Documentation for this release is still a work in progress but basically there is no more config.php, all db and config details are now stored in ./config.php
• Backup your db first and I wouldnt use this as your production version just yet (unless your really game:) )

Post here for in the forum if you find an bugs with it

Also I hope everyone tunes in for tomorrows AFL ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Football_League ) Grand Final ( http://afl.com.au/ ), Cats v Hawks in a rematch of the classic 1989 Grand Final ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_VFL_Grand_Final ) - what a game, don't expect me to be in any state to answer queries :)

fyi

• the demo site http://simpleinvoices.org/demo/ has been updated to beta 1
• feel free to try it out

Cheers

Justin

Hi All,

Just a quick update re Simple Invoices

iPhone

• a version of Simple Invoices for the iPhone is underway
• initially only the sections of Simple Invoices that relate to mobile users will get developed - the later on hopefully all features of Simple Invoices will eb available for iPhone users
• refer: http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/573/mobile-simple-invoices-iphone-etc/#Item_0
  • note: also a version for the smaller HTC Touch is also underway
  • also thanks to James Mandy for kicking this off

Zend Framework

• the very usefull Zend Framework is now being used in Simple Invoices
• we will start with the Zend components: Config, Session, DB, Auth, and ACL , and include more as needed
• what this means is that therer will be no more config.php file - it will be replaces with a config.ini file - making the config file easier to use/read and also help with the upcoming Simple Invoices installer and admin page - so you wont have to edit the config file yourself anymore :)
• also a new login system is under-development using zend auth and acl - with will enable a real multi-user, multi-permissions login system - think client logins, individual biller logins, read only for some users etc…

Voting

• to help us understand what you want to see in future versions of Simple Invoices i've included a voting section in the website
• each month or so i'll add a new poll, results from these polls will help define the direction of future development of Simple Invoices
• refer:
  • http://simpleinvoices.org/roadmap/vote
  • http://simpleinvoices.org/roadmap

Cheers

Justin

Hi Guys,

Simple Invoices 2008 06 29 has been released.

This is just a maintenance release to fix the problem with adding an item in the edit view of an invoice – refer this forum post

You can grab the download from : http://simpleinvoices.googlecode.com/files/simpleinvoices_20080629.zip

Let me know if you have any issues with this release

Cheers

Justin

Hey Guys,

We've just upgraded the Simple Invoices blog from drupal to dokuwiki. Though drupal is more suited to blogging than dokuwiki, the simplicity and ease of use of dokuwiki out shines any issue it may have. Now our website, blog and wiki are all integrated and run off the same dokuwiki install - so the 1 username will work through all sections

You may experience some feedburner emails issues in the next day or so - some old posts may get emailed to you again

let me know if you have any issues

Note: If you want to write some blog post just register a username and send me an email - i'll add you to the blog group

Cheers

Justin

May 21 2008

Hi Guys,

I'm happy to announce that were moved our forum from using UseBB to Vanilla

refer: http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/

You user accounts are still intact - you will be able to use the same username and password from the old forum

The move is not 100% complete yet, still a few tings to finsh off

• theme
• rss
• and some others

Issues you may have

• If you subscribed to a discussion on the old forum, you won't be subscribe to it anymore in the new forum
• rss button on left has some issues
• if you had a signature on your account it won't be there anymore
• your user details (ie name etc..) may no longer be correct

If you find any other issues please post on the forum: http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/542/new-forum/#Item_1

Thanks Dimante for the usebb → vanilla migration script!!

Cheers

Justin

May 14 2008

Hi Guys,

As part of the recent website update I’ve now upgraded the old wiki to be integrated with the new website. Main benefits are consistent look, user management, and if you search on the main page it’ll include pages in the wiki now, etc..

User rights: www.simpleinvoices.org

• only people in the website group can edit/create pages here
• if you want to help out with our main site just register on the wiki and send me an email

www.simpleinvoices.org/wiki

• anyone can read/edit and create wiki pages
• registered users can upload files

Info:

• to link from a page in www.simpleinvoices.org to one in www.simpleinvoices.org/wiki do

  [[wiki:pagename]]

• to link from a page in www.simpleinvoices.org/wiki to one in www.simpleinvoices.org do

  [[:pagename]]

• to create a new page or link within just do the normal

  [[pagemane]]

Let me know if you find any pages that aren’t working as they used to or files/attachments not linked correctly to a page

Cheers

Justin

May 11 2008

Hi Guys,

I'm very happy to announce the release of Simple Invoices 2008 05 11

• aka Mothers Day release
• aka the Big V shines again (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_matches_in_Australian_rules_foot… :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL_Hall_of_Fame_Tribute_Match)

Whats new

• Simple Invoices extension system added refer: http://www.simpleinvoices.org/wiki/extensions
• Initial work to move the code to object orientated style
• Fixed minor code error in /templates/default/preferences/details.tpl - Dimante
• Greek translation added
• Albanian translation added
• Latvian translation added
• Danish translation added

The main thing is the initial release of the Simple Invoices extension system. Basically extensions provides a basic method to develop and distribute integrated customisations for Simple Invoices (think basic version of Firefox extensions)

Why

Previously there was no extension system for Simple Invoices meaning that if a customisation to a particular page was required the main Simple Invoices file for that page would have to be edited - Which made it a pain in the ass to develop, to very hard to distribute and pretty much impossible for that customistaion to be included into the normal Simple Invoices

The Simple Invoices extension system main goal is to make extending Simple Invoices to meet your exact requirement alot easier and possible to distribute

Downloads are now available on Google Code (weve swapped from SourceForge)

Download: http://simpleinvoices.googlecode.com/files/simpleinvoices_20080511.zip

Cheers

Justin

May 06 2008

Hi Guys,

i've been working on moving our website http://simpleinvoices.org to dokuwiki and its finally live refer: http://www.simpleinvoices.org

it may not be as pretty as a lot of web2.0 sites out there but importantly its simple, easy to read, and dead easy to use

and the main thing: it works the way we need

• it just works
• simple and fast create/edit pages
• no cms to get in the way
• and no database to worry about

if the new website looks a little to plain for your liking feel free to whip up a template for Dokuwiki and let me know

also: i've moved the downloads from sourceforge.net to google

• sourceforge was becoming to much of a pain - to many click for a user to download one file - and now there starting to show adds etc.. on the download page
• with google user just clicks the link in http://www.simpleinvoices.org/#get and the fiel downloads stright away
  • this more direct download method has already resulted in more downloads per day :)

next up is the move from usebb to vanilla for the forum - which should be done in a week or so - time permitting

note:

• theres still some stuff todo but the majority of the site is done
• and thanks Kai for your help
• if anyone wants to help out with the site - writing content, etc.. just send me an email

Cheers

Justin

April 27 2008

Hey Guys,

over the next week or so I'm not ganna be on the forum ( http://simpleinvoices.org/forum ) as much as before

we're doing renovations to our house in preparation for an upcoming auction.

once this is over it'll be back to normal

• so in this time if you see any new posts on the forum you can answer go for it!!
  • also if your posting a question - expect a delay on answers from me

other news

• thanks to dimante's usebb → vanilla forum conversion script we'll be moving the simple invoices forum from using usebb to vanilla
• i've done some testing and all looks great - usernames and passwords will be the same

also i'm looking at moving the website from some dodgy custom scripts i wrote to using Dokuwiki - yes i know that you may think that (insert your favourite CMS here) rocks and would be great but Dokuwiki has something others CMS have no clues about:

• elegance,
• simplicity,
• grace,
• and poise

if you don't know what im on about just download dokuwiki and give it a go

yes the new website and forum will look basic but that is its beauty

also happy easter to everyone whos celebrating it now

Cheers

Justin

Got a comment? refer: http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/topic-post2653.html#post2653

April 13 2008

Hi Guys,

I'm looking to move our forum from UseBB to Vanilla. This means we'll need to migrate the db contents to the vanilla struture. Anyone interested in having a job at writing the conversion script?

Theres a phpbb to vanilla conversion script available at http://lussumo.com/docs/doku.php?id=vanilla:migration:phpbb that can be used as a base.

Though I've put in alot of work customising UseBB its just not workign as good as i require and Vanilla looks really good

If anyones interested in having a crack at it - it would be great as i'm flat out at the moment - Let me know

Cheers

Justin

Got a comment? refer: http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/topic-524.html

April 11 2008

Hi Guys,

Any jQuery freaks out here?

Currently in the process of jQuery-ifying the invoice creation and editing pages. I’ve already got delete line item (in edit page), edit unit_price based on selected product in invoice creation end edit pages and trying to get add new line item in invoice creation page working.

My plan for making this work is: Get the last item TR, clone it, alter (+1 to it) all references to the line number (in qty and product field), add it after the last line item - but i'm no jquery guru - if you can get the desired result some other way its all good

Note: The invoice line item section looks similar to

<tr id=line1>
<td>
<input name=”quantity1”>
</td>
<td>
<select name=”product1”>
..product list..
</select>
</td>
</tr>
…

If anyone can help me out with this would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

Justin

Got a comment? refer: http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/topic-521.html

April 03 2008

Hi All,

We're currently running SimpleInvoices.org on servage.net webhost. I haven't had to many dramas with servage but i've found their servers to sometimes run slow and no ssh is a real pain

I'd love to use slicehost.com for SimpleInvoices.org but $240 per year doesn't suit my budget :(

My current thoughts are:

• dreamhost.com
• http://www.eleven2.com/ (though they only got mysql 4.1 - and not sure about php5 version)
• not mediatemple.net as there has been alot of bad reports
• and some cheaper but OK vps providers

preferably somewhere where we can run php5.2 and mysql5

Can anyone recommend a good webhost/vps provider that you have used?

Note: not looking for charity - yeah you can run on my dodgy old server type thing

Note: and as i try to post this on the forum the db goes down - talk about timing

Cheers

Justin

Got a comment? refer: http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/topic-519.html

March 30 2008

Hi All,

Some news re Simple Invoices

Extension system:

• Simple Invoices finally has an extension system! its long overdue and will help push Simple Invoices further
• The extension system is very basic but works as expected
  • for details on how it works and how to create extensions refer ( http://simpleinvoices.org/wiki/extensions_faq )
• The main aim of Extensions is to enable easy development of alternate ideas for Simple Invoices and enable an easy way to distribute them
  • previous if a new developer wanted to try something different they would have to do it outside of svn or their own private branch in svn
    • which is overly complex and slows things down
  • now developers can create a new extension to test out whatever ideas they want - if its good it'll go in Simple Invoices else it'll be available to everyone as an optional extension
• also Extensions provide an clean way to create customisation of Simple Invoices to suit whatever purpose

There are currently 2 extensions in development

• 1 adds some much need ajax actions and allows for editable unit_cost and unit_price in invoice creation
  • alot of people have asked for it for along time but its actually happening now
• the other transforms Simple Invoices into a School Management System

refer:

• http://simpleinvoices.org/wiki/extensions
• http://simpleinvoices.org/wiki/extensions_faq

Ajax:

• As mentioned above I've finally got round to adding some simple ajax into the invoice creation screen
• expect a much better invoice creation experience in the near future

Wiki re-organisation:

• I've merged a lot of the old pages of tahe wiki into 1 page ( http://simpleinvoices.org/wiki/extensions ). This page is now the home to all info re add-one/extension type stuff for Simple Invoices

Zoho invoices

• you might of seen on techcrunch that Zoho released an invoice app - adds to the list of web2.0 style invoice apps around
• only thing of interest is their invoice template - looks very familiar :)
  • slide 11 in their product spiel thing

Cheers

Justin

Got a comment? Refer: http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/topic-515.html