[Citrusdb-users] Total Newb; how does it work?

[Mark E. Skeels]

Hi, all.

I joined this list because the features of CitrusDB look good for what I
would like to do with a website.

I am not a website developer, but I am technically minded. I am probably
in way over my head, but here goes.....I want to start a small service
oriented business. I want my customers to be able to "log in" to my
website and get status info on their repairs, including projected
completion of repair, cost, invoices, and maybe other stuff. I want to
do it really cheap.

My questions:

* I understand that CitrusDB is not a website, but how do the
forms/data/input screens/etc get integrated/show up on a website?
* Exactly what IS CitrusDB? Think really basic here.....I mean, does
it create a website from a kind of template? Does it integrate
into a website? How does it "show up?" Is it a complete "solution"
or is it integrated somehow?
* Can an end user secure a website from any provider with the
necessary stuff (mySQL, PHP, etc) and install CitrusDB him/herself?
* Do you have to ask the provider to do this, or is it customary to
just get the provider service established and then do it?
* Can I install and configure this myself? Or is this something I
have to have done by the website provider?


I scanned the manual on CitrusDB; what I really need is a kind of
general overview of how this all fits into a website and the general
steps needed to get it up and running, something like..........

* Obtain Web provider
* Obtain domain name
* Design and implement website
* Install CitrusDB
* Configure CitrusDB
* GO (?)

Thanks,
Mark

That's enough questions for now..............we'll see what kind of
answers I get.

[Paul Yasi]

Citrusdb is not content management system for a customer facing
website all by itself, though it does have a small component you can
use that provides customers a view of their account. Most of citrusdb
is for internal usage by customer service representatives and billing
to manage customers and their information.

You can host citrusdb in any LAMP server, though a server on your LAN
is usually best. It does store potentially sensitive customer data
that should be hosted in a way that meets your organisations security
policies regarding the storage of customer information.

Paul

Post by Mark E. Skeels
Hi, all.
I joined this list because the features of CitrusDB look good for what I
would like to do with a website.
I am not a website developer, but I am technically minded. I am probably in
way over my head, but here goes.....I want to start a small service oriented
business. I want my customers to be able to "log in" to my website and get
status info on their repairs, including projected completion of repair,
cost, invoices, and maybe other stuff. I want to do it really cheap.
I understand that CitrusDB is not a website, but how do the forms/data/input
screens/etc get integrated/show up on a website?
Exactly what IS CitrusDB? Think really basic here.....I mean, does it create
a website from a kind of template? Does it integrate into a website? How
does it "show up?" Is it a complete "solution" or is it integrated somehow?
Can an end user secure a website from any provider with the necessary stuff
(mySQL, PHP, etc) and install CitrusDB him/herself?
Do you have to ask the provider to do this, or is it customary to just get
the provider service established and then do it?
Can I install and configure this myself? Or is this something I have to have
done by the website provider?
I scanned the manual on CitrusDB; what I really need is a kind of general
overview of how this all fits into a website and the general steps needed to
get it up and running, something like..........
Obtain Web provider
Obtain domain name
Design and implement website
Install CitrusDB
Configure CitrusDB
GO (?)
Thanks,
Mark
That's enough questions for now..............we'll see what kind of answers
I get.
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