Simple Invoices 'Dreamtime'

The 'Dreamtime' is stuff we would love to see in Simple Invoices but has not been planned for work just yet - note these are not listed in any particular order

also refer:

• http://code.google.com/p/simpleinvoices/source/browse/trunk/dev/TODO.txt
• http://code.google.com/p/simpleinvoices/source/browse/trunk/dev/DONE.txt

• Port db to SQLite
• Finish of the new custom field work by Aplysia
• Use Zend Translate as our lang tool
• use Zend autoload
• use Zend coding standards
• Use Zend log
• Login - use of password salt in zend_auth refer this page
• Search - add a nice search page in each of the manage pages - copy code from school extension and make a nice ajaxy UI
• Simplify the UI ← this is a work in progress
  • to many menus etc.. now -
  • no more drop down menus
• be able to specify what language a particular invoice is to be printed in
  • ie - have the default system in say english - but print the invoice in french
• be able to specify an invoice template per invoices - not jsut invoice preference
• extjs UI work
• PDF - move away from html2ps
• Package for Ubuntu_Debian
• Alternate tax struture ← this is a work in progress
  • select tax per item
  • CA/Euro style taxes
  • http://groups.google.com/group/simpleinvoices/t/20a56f35c12978e1?hl=en
  • etc..
• Re Work invoice creation and editing ← this is a work in progress
  • dynamically add/remove more line items
  • Discounts
  • multi taxes
  • etc.
• Multi currency support - refer this post
  • keep it simple
    • no currency conversion etc..
    • just allow option to select what currency to use
      • can store in invoice preference to reduce number of things to select in the invoice
    • integrate this is proper currency locale stuff - ie if euro than format currency euro way etc..
• Tags - refer this post
• Easy shared ssl config : http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/525/is-there-an-easy-way-to-enable-ssl-featureopen
• Installer - finish Maxs installer
• Clean Slate - If no entries for a section - ie. no invoices then show a nice screen with helpful info on how to create an invoice etc//
• Customer login & payment - Paypal/Google Checkout integration
  • add paypal link into invoice
    • have admin screen to insert your paypal details - for links etc..
    • url link in PDF - refer this post
  • enable customer to log in and pay an invoice via paypal - and have that payment recorded in Simple Invoices
  • auto add paypal fees onto invoice if paying via paypal - refer forum post
  • refer this forum post re Google Checkout
• Late fees on invoices - refer forum post
• Early payment of invoice reduction - refer forum post
• Statement reports - refer forum post
• Emailing
  • be able to change the format that the invoice get emailed as (ie. .doc/xls or inline or attached html) - refer forum post
  • Translatable - remove all hard coded words etc..
  • Cusomisable email templates - refer forum
• Due date on invoices/overdue option - refer forum post
  • this to be an option - not on by default

* Review templating system - is smarty the best option for us etc.. - refer this post - smarty is the choosen templating system till something else much better is found

• API for Simple Invoices
  • refer:
    • http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/242/simple-invoices-remote-framework/#Item_0
    • http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/617/api-remote-access-import/#Item_1
• For new UI
  • The colors should be in a different CSS file, so that in the future users will be able to make their own themes
  • The logo should be replaceable (with a config option) so people can have their company logo there :D
• For freelancers there should be an option to change “products” and “sales” to “projects”
  • refer this forum post
• Workflow
  • estimates/quotes - turn into invoices - invoice turn into receipts - reporting exclude estimates etc.. and status to track the life-cycle/workflow of an invoices
  • workflow to be semi-automatic - ie system sets it to x based on some rules but can be overridden
• Login UI - update and add our logo
• Copy an invoices refer this forum post
• Invoice template for biller and per invoice http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/648/multiple-biller/#Item_4
• User management
  • be able to setup customer logins
  • a user management page
  • etc..
• Invoice ID - remove link to database table id
  • so invoice id can be customisable
  • each biller can have own incrementing values
    • ie. biller A can have invoice id 1,2,3,4 and so can biller B
  • http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/692/seperate-numbers-for-invoices/
• Products
  • revist how the products table is done
  • add a cost field into products so basic profit& loss type stuff can be done
• Attachments
  • Attach files to payments and invoices - refer forum
• Recurring invoices
  • add option in new invoice creation to add a recurrence
  • have a recurrence admin page
  • in client section show recurrence per client
  • refer forum for contributed code
  • note: look at using php to create daemons to manage this - unix only so no need to cron stuff
• Css selector for invoices with preview etc..
• Be able to add a new product within the new/edit invoice pages - ie click a link and dialog windows popups and you fill in the details then close and product is in the drop down