hosted-app

Easy to use/build workflow forms app?

Do you guys know of a service, similar to GoogleDocs or something (see http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/08/bad-news-good-news/) that I can use to set up simple forms that have some sort of workflow built in? We have a lot of cases like requests for new account numbers etc that could use a good workflow, but no one has the time or resou...

When building a hosted/SAS application, how do you manage multiple versions when customizations by the customer are allowed?

Let's imagine you are building a Calculator application. You will allow customers to customize this Calculator with their own logos and CSS stylesheets. Customers will point their domains to your hosted Calculator and the application will serve up the correct theme for each customer. For example: www.AcmeCalculator.com will serve up th...

Contract for hosted software

Hi, I've finally found a client for my hosted software - the first time I've ever sold software. I want both parties to sign a contract specifying things like expected uptime, payment schedules, etc., so that no one feels like they've been cheated, but I'm not a lawyer and can't really afford one right now. Does anyone know how to sta...

How to design a hosted web application?

How would you design a hosted web application? I'm looking at applications like Basecamp, Campaign Monitor, Freshbooks, etc... where users can sign up online and the application is hosted for them. Would you use 1 big database to store all your customer's data or would you handle data differently? Would you use more than 1 database? ...

Advice on setting up a pay-for hosted service.

Does anybody here have experience of setting up a pay-for hosted service? Without giving too much away I have a web-app (nearing completion) which will be offered as a free download to install on a personal webserver. In the future, I'd also like to host it too and charge (a nominal fee) for access. I wondered if anybody knew of links ...