Keychange password
I have a password in my keychain and when I try to click' show password 'it will not let me :-( Have I set something which prevents it? Mac Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Keychange password
What does it say ? Do you get any error ? Maybe try to verify your keychain using keychain first aid under the Keychain Access menu. Regards Alex On 18/11/2011, at 17:17 , McCallum Malcolm wrote: I have a password in my keychain and when I try to click' show password 'it will not let me :-( Have I set something which prevents it? Mac Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Preview
Hi List, I am missing something (apart from the area between my ears) in my Preview setup. Whenever I open a pdf file with Preview, it also opens two or three earlier files viewed. Have checked through the preferences but must be overlooking something. This, among some other little annoyances which I am gradually working out, has only occurred since installing Lion. Thanks John T -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Preview
Hi John, This is part of the Lion Features. http://Pondini.org/OSX/LionChanges.html If you want to change the settings, go to: System Preferences General Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 19/11/2011, at 7:36 AM, John Thompson jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Hi List, I am missing something (apart from the area between my ears) in my Preview setup. Whenever I open a pdf file with Preview, it also opens two or three earlier files viewed. Have checked through the preferences but must be overlooking something. This, among some other little annoyances which I am gradually working out, has only occurred since installing Lion. Thanks John T -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Users home account change
Hi Jon He is the method Apple suggests - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428 Another way is to re-install the OS from scratch - that way will delete everything that is already there. Cheers Mike Fuller On 18/11/2011, at 3:11 PM, Jon Davison wrote: Good afternoon everyone A friend is trying to change the Home Users name on an iMac he bought from us and none of us know how to do it. Can anyone please tell us the process he must go through to do this. iMac 27/2.GHz i5/4Gb/10.63 Thanks Jon Jon Davison Partner / Photographer Eye in the Sky Productions Unit 5, 78 Marine Terrace, Fremantle, WA 6160 Visual Communications for the Australian Defence Force, WA Police, Defence, Aerospace and Aviation Industries. (+61) 0403 235938 (+61) 08 9433 5541 j...@eyeinthesky.com.au www.eyeinthesky.com.au -- next part -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
.asx Movies
Good morning all, I occasionally get movie clips with the extension .asx but only the audio plays with no video! is there a specific plugin/player required to get the video? 27 iMac Intel OS 10.7.2, Flip4Mac v 2.4.0.11 and Perian V 1.2.3 and Flash Player (plug-in) V 11.1.102.55 which are all current. Any assistance will be appreciated. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: .asx Movies
Have you tried VLC? http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Reg Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net On 19/11/2011, at 9:11 am, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all, I occasionally get movie clips with the extension .asx but only the audio plays with no video! is there a specific plugin/player required to get the video? 27 iMac Intel OS 10.7.2, Flip4Mac v 2.4.0.11 and Perian V 1.2.3 and Flash Player (plug-in) V 11.1.102.55 which are all current. Any assistance will be appreciated. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Old Super 8 to digital
Hi Muggers I have recently been thinking of getting the very old Super 8 reel movies (3 minutes each) converted to digital for this christmas as we are having the whole family down and I wanted to be able to show some of the old family footage taken by my Grandfather. Can anyone suggest how I might be able to do the transfer to digital given this medium is ancient!! I asked at the local computer store in Dunsborough and they said various firms can do it (charging $ accordingly) by using an old projector to run the film, and have a digital camera to record the scene from the projected image on a wall or other? Would that work ok as I was thinking of using my Canon 5D with 50ml lens to record then downloading to my MBPro for iMovie? Any advice welcomed kind regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Old Super 8 to digital
I am also interested in replies to this so please, if anyone has responses, reply to the list. Thanks John Thompson On 19/11/2011, at 10:31 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Muggers I have recently been thinking of getting the very old Super 8 reel movies (3 minutes each) converted to digital for this christmas as we are having the whole family down and I wanted to be able to show some of the old family footage taken by my Grandfather. Can anyone suggest how I might be able to do the transfer to digital given this medium is ancient!! I asked at the local computer store in Dunsborough and they said various firms can do it (charging $ accordingly) by using an old projector to run the film, and have a digital camera to record the scene from the projected image on a wall or other? Would that work ok as I was thinking of using my Canon 5D with 50ml lens to record then downloading to my MBPro for iMovie? Any advice welcomed kind regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Old Super 8 to digital
I have a converter box which through a mirror setup makes a copynot bad at all, but the Mic needs to be turned off on the camera so that the projector noise is not part of the digital save. I also have an 8mm movie projector. I am happy to retrieve it from my cousin and loan it to anyone who needs it. Kevin I am also interested in replies to this so please, if anyone has responses, reply to the list. Thanks John Thompson On 19/11/2011, at 10:31 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Muggers I have recently been thinking of getting the very old Super 8 reel movies (3 minutes each) converted to digital for this christmas as we are having the whole family down and I wanted to be able to show some of the old family footage taken by my Grandfather. Can anyone suggest how I might be able to do the transfer to digital given this medium is ancient!! I asked at the local computer store in Dunsborough and they said various firms can do it (charging $ accordingly) by using an old projector to run the film, and have a digital camera to record the scene from the projected image on a wall or other? Would that work ok as I was thinking of using my Canon 5D with 50ml lens to record then downloading to my MBPro for iMovie? Any advice welcomed kind regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Old Super 8 to digital
All, I was assisted by KBC Video in Karrinyup a few years ago. They have a website at http://kbcvideo.com.au/index.html I found their fees to be remarkably low, and wish I had got them to do more of my fathers Standard 8 rolls at the time. I thought they would not contain anything interesting; it makes sense to convert them all just in case they do. I have a Standard 8 projector in a cupboard somewhere that may still work if anyone needs one. Rubber drive belts would have deteriorated by now, and the globe is probably irreplaceable - tho this one works. To me, it makes sense to pay a sensible amount to a competent professional and the job gets done with little fuss. Tim On 19/11/2011, at 11:00 AM, John Thompson wrote: I am also interested in replies to this so please, if anyone has responses, reply to the list. Thanks John Thompson On 19/11/2011, at 10:31 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Muggers I have recently been thinking of getting the very old Super 8 reel movies (3 minutes each) converted to digital for this christmas as we are having the whole family down and I wanted to be able to show some of the old family footage taken by my Grandfather. Can anyone suggest how I might be able to do the transfer to digital given this medium is ancient!! I asked at the local computer store in Dunsborough and they said various firms can do it (charging $ accordingly) by using an old projector to run the film, and have a digital camera to record the scene from the projected image on a wall or other? Would that work ok as I was thinking of using my Canon 5D with 50ml lens to record then downloading to my MBPro for iMovie? Any advice welcomed kind regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Old Super 8 to digital
i did some conversion, as mentioned with a good quality sony vx2000 camera, 8mm projector (i still have) screen, if you do it yourself use manual setup in the camera! James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 19/11/2011, at 11:00 AM, John Thompson wrote: I am also interested in replies to this so please, if anyone has responses, reply to the list. Thanks John Thompson On 19/11/2011, at 10:31 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Muggers I have recently been thinking of getting the very old Super 8 reel movies (3 minutes each) converted to digital for this christmas as we are having the whole family down and I wanted to be able to show some of the old family footage taken by my Grandfather. Can anyone suggest how I might be able to do the transfer to digital given this medium is ancient!! I asked at the local computer store in Dunsborough and they said various firms can do it (charging $ accordingly) by using an old projector to run the film, and have a digital camera to record the scene from the projected image on a wall or other? Would that work ok as I was thinking of using my Canon 5D with 50ml lens to record then downloading to my MBPro for iMovie? Any advice welcomed kind regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Any CRM / CMS experts out there?
I need to make a decision on what software development route to go down, and leaning towards an open source CRM / CMS Mac compatible solution, with a big question mark over whether I even know what I'm talking about when I say that. Sugar CRM has been mentioned, but I don't know whether such a beast will do all that I ultimately need it to do. Is there anybody out there across this space, who wouldn't mind me calling them for a high level chat? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Old Super 8 to digital
I too have done this... Super 8 projector, Panasonic HDC-HS700 video camera (on a tripod). Recorded a series of movies being watched by a group of people who were there - sound effects of the comments (and the projector ticking over) was great, also edited a silent version with music and a few titles. Put both onto a DVD for the participants, everyone thought it was fabulous. Quality of the movie was as variable as the real thing, but a very faithful reproduction. Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au On 19/11/2011, at 11:48 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: i did some conversion, as mentioned with a good quality sony vx2000 camera, 8mm projector (i still have) screen, if you do it yourself use manual setup in the camera! James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 19/11/2011, at 11:00 AM, John Thompson wrote: I am also interested in replies to this so please, if anyone has responses, reply to the list. Thanks John Thompson On 19/11/2011, at 10:31 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Muggers I have recently been thinking of getting the very old Super 8 reel movies (3 minutes each) converted to digital for this christmas as we are having the whole family down and I wanted to be able to show some of the old family footage taken by my Grandfather. Can anyone suggest how I might be able to do the transfer to digital given this medium is ancient!! I asked at the local computer store in Dunsborough and they said various firms can do it (charging $ accordingly) by using an old projector to run the film, and have a digital camera to record the scene from the projected image on a wall or other? Would that work ok as I was thinking of using my Canon 5D with 50ml lens to record then downloading to my MBPro for iMovie? Any advice welcomed kind regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Any CRM / CMS experts out there?
Steven, There are a lot of options in this area. If you have extensive functional requirements, then Sugar CRM might be good for you, but perhaps check out cloud based services such as Highrise first, as Sugar CRM is a pretty hefty tool. You've mentioned CMS and CRM in the same sentence. If you are thinking of integrating CRM with a CMS, this article looks at CRM from a WordPress orientation: http://om4.com.au/client/wordpress-crm/ WordPress is an open source CMS. Very popular. 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are launched using WordPress, and it now accounts for over 55% of all websites that have a CMS. Happy researching. Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: On 19 November 2011 11:54, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: I need to make a decision on what software development route to go down, and leaning towards an open source CRM / CMS Mac compatible solution, with a big question mark over whether I even know what I'm talking about when I say that. Sugar CRM has been mentioned, but I don't know whether such a beast will do all that I ultimately need it to do. Is there anybody out there across this space, who wouldn't mind me calling them for a high level chat? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Any CRM / CMS experts out there?
Thanks Glenn. What I'm not sure about is whether I have 'extensive' functional requirements or not. I guess extensive isa relative term. I think so though, at least in the longer term. When you say 'hefty', do you mean as in terms of user friendliness? As in a layman like me picking it up and running with it? I suspect my understanding of CMS vs CRM is vague, and ideally what I need is ask an unbiased somebody question 1 ... This is what I need to do ... what type of software do I need?, and then question 2 This is the type of software I need to engage .. what's on the market and what's my best choice?. And then think about whether I can do the rest myself on a tight time budget, or get a 3rd party involved who specialises in it. Finding people who are (i) technically excellent in the space you need them and (ii) trustworthy is a challenge in itself. Will keep reading! Cheers, Steven On 19/11/2011, at 2:22 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: Steven, There are a lot of options in this area. If you have extensive functional requirements, then Sugar CRM might be good for you, but perhaps check out cloud based services such as Highrise first, as Sugar CRM is a pretty hefty tool. You've mentioned CMS and CRM in the same sentence. If you are thinking of integrating CRM with a CMS, this article looks at CRM from a WordPress orientation: http://om4.com.au/client/wordpress-crm/ WordPress is an open source CMS. Very popular. 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are launched using WordPress, and it now accounts for over 55% of all websites that have a CMS. Happy researching. Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: On 19 November 2011 11:54, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: I need to make a decision on what software development route to go down, and leaning towards an open source CRM / CMS Mac compatible solution, with a big question mark over whether I even know what I'm talking about when I say that. Sugar CRM has been mentioned, but I don't know whether such a beast will do all that I ultimately need it to do. Is there anybody out there across this space, who wouldn't mind me calling them for a high level chat? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: .asx Movies
Thanks Reg. that worked but I had thought it should have opened it automatically. I have set VLC as the default for it. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 19/11/2011, at 9:33 AM, Reg Whitely wrote: Have you tried VLC? http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Reg Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net On 19/11/2011, at 9:11 am, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all, I occasionally get movie clips with the extension .asx but only the audio plays with no video! is there a specific plugin/player required to get the video? 27 iMac Intel OS 10.7.2, Flip4Mac v 2.4.0.11 and Perian V 1.2.3 and Flash Player (plug-in) V 11.1.102.55 which are all current. Any assistance will be appreciated. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Any CRM / CMS experts out there?
Steven, if you are looking for the open source tools, then wordpress is excellent. In my view, having done it, it is better to get someone else to take care of the hosting etc and Glenn is the best guy to talk to in Perth on that. Another option is business catalyst which you can get a free trial of (I resell this product so excuse the plug - but I do think it is very good) http://emergination.com.au/online It does have a light CRM in it as well. So if someone fills in a form, it goes straight into the crm. You might find this one product does the trick. For CRM i really like CapsuleCRM which is free for two users and can plug into google contacts. I use this for business development for a client. Hope that helps Best regards Justin Davies On 19/11/2011, at 1:07 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Glenn. What I'm not sure about is whether I have 'extensive' functional requirements or not. I guess extensive isa relative term. I think so though, at least in the longer term. When you say 'hefty', do you mean as in terms of user friendliness? As in a layman like me picking it up and running with it? I suspect my understanding of CMS vs CRM is vague, and ideally what I need is ask an unbiased somebody question 1 ... This is what I need to do ... what type of software do I need?, and then question 2 This is the type of software I need to engage .. what's on the market and what's my best choice?. And then think about whether I can do the rest myself on a tight time budget, or get a 3rd party involved who specialises in it. Finding people who are (i) technically excellent in the space you need them and (ii) trustworthy is a challenge in itself. Will keep reading! Cheers, Steven On 19/11/2011, at 2:22 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: Steven, There are a lot of options in this area. If you have extensive functional requirements, then Sugar CRM might be good for you, but perhaps check out cloud based services such as Highrise first, as Sugar CRM is a pretty hefty tool. You've mentioned CMS and CRM in the same sentence. If you are thinking of integrating CRM with a CMS, this article looks at CRM from a WordPress orientation: http://om4.com.au/client/wordpress-crm/ WordPress is an open source CMS. Very popular. 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are launched using WordPress, and it now accounts for over 55% of all websites that have a CMS. Happy researching. Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: On 19 November 2011 11:54, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: I need to make a decision on what software development route to go down, and leaning towards an open source CRM / CMS Mac compatible solution, with a big question mark over whether I even know what I'm talking about when I say that. Sugar CRM has been mentioned, but I don't know whether such a beast will do all that I ultimately need it to do. Is there anybody out there across this space, who wouldn't mind me calling them for a high level chat? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Any CRM / CMS experts out there?
Thanks Justin. I have to listen to you because it was you who originally suggested Saasu for an accounting solution, which I do now use and am reasonably happy with it. I think my needs probably go beyond the business catalyst you refer to, at least based on what I can read about it, but the Software Selection Implementation service could be of interest. Should I just fill in the Contact Us form? Checked out CapsuleCRM, thank you ... leaning towards open source if CRM is indeed what I need. Cheers, Steven On 19/11/2011, at 3:46 PM, Justin Davies wrote: Steven, if you are looking for the open source tools, then wordpress is excellent. In my view, having done it, it is better to get someone else to take care of the hosting etc and Glenn is the best guy to talk to in Perth on that. Another option is business catalyst which you can get a free trial of (I resell this product so excuse the plug - but I do think it is very good) http://emergination.com.au/online It does have a light CRM in it as well. So if someone fills in a form, it goes straight into the crm. You might find this one product does the trick. For CRM i really like CapsuleCRM which is free for two users and can plug into google contacts. I use this for business development for a client. Hope that helps Best regards Justin Davies On 19/11/2011, at 1:07 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Glenn. What I'm not sure about is whether I have 'extensive' functional requirements or not. I guess extensive isa relative term. I think so though, at least in the longer term. When you say 'hefty', do you mean as in terms of user friendliness? As in a layman like me picking it up and running with it? I suspect my understanding of CMS vs CRM is vague, and ideally what I need is ask an unbiased somebody question 1 ... This is what I need to do ... what type of software do I need?, and then question 2 This is the type of software I need to engage .. what's on the market and what's my best choice?. And then think about whether I can do the rest myself on a tight time budget, or get a 3rd party involved who specialises in it. Finding people who are (i) technically excellent in the space you need them and (ii) trustworthy is a challenge in itself. Will keep reading! Cheers, Steven On 19/11/2011, at 2:22 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: Steven, There are a lot of options in this area. If you have extensive functional requirements, then Sugar CRM might be good for you, but perhaps check out cloud based services such as Highrise first, as Sugar CRM is a pretty hefty tool. You've mentioned CMS and CRM in the same sentence. If you are thinking of integrating CRM with a CMS, this article looks at CRM from a WordPress orientation: http://om4.com.au/client/wordpress-crm/ WordPress is an open source CMS. Very popular. 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are launched using WordPress, and it now accounts for over 55% of all websites that have a CMS. Happy researching. Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: On 19 November 2011 11:54, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: I need to make a decision on what software development route to go down, and leaning towards an open source CRM / CMS Mac compatible solution, with a big question mark over whether I even know what I'm talking about when I say that. Sugar CRM has been mentioned, but I don't know whether such a beast will do all that I ultimately need it to do. Is there anybody out there across this space, who wouldn't mind me calling them for a high level chat? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
