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Re: What's a good VFP based accounting package for a small business? |
| Author: |
"Leland F. Jackson, CPA" |
| Posted: |
2003/05/31 09:13:00 |
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Hi Pete,=20
I don't have a clue. I can answer your question about the google search. =
I have a non-traditional setup with Cox Communication, because I'm =
running my site out of my house with a static IP to connect into their =
network. Their normal arrangement is to sell either a hosting =
arrangement or a dedicated server throughout their business arm. =
Everyone else coming in to their entertainment cable service is =
considered a strictly ISP customer that is being sold access into the =
Internet through them. Cox has special software that runs constantly =
that is designed specifically to discover anyone ISP customer, as =
opposed to hosting customer, over port 80. Anyone doing such would be =
considered illegal.=20
About once each month I would loss my cable connection for a couple of =
days because I would turn up as someone illegally running a web site out =
of my house using their ISP server. It usually took me a couple to two =
or three days to get the connection reestablished and to get my site =
back online. Cox finally moved me to there business arm, but still the =
customary service it provides is either hosting or dedicated server =
using their own equipment. I had to do a new contract and they raised =
my rate per month to $84.48 per month. I signed a three-year contract =
and received their highest speed connection.=20
There was a period of time when my site went for about 2 week without =
any hits whatsoever. Although I could bring my sight up locally, I =
suspected something was wrong because of a lack of hits. I when down to =
CompUSA and tried to access my site from there, I couldn't make a =
connection. I got on the phone and called Cox. The technician they had =
assigned to me, and who I had long since become well acquainted, =
couldn't find anyway to come into my network over port 80. I was asked =
to ping port 443 which is the standard Secure Socket Layer for high =
encryption web access port, and that worked.=20
I had to reconfigure my apache web server, create a new SSL signature, =
contact my interNIC registrar, and change the signature I used on all my =
forums, change my business cards, etc to the new https://www.smvfp.com. =
It was amazing how much work such a little change generated. Although =
Cox never admitted it, they were the ones blocking anyone coming into my =
system over port 80, as I discovered by using some IP tracing software.=20
I ran my site in this configuration for about two years. Just recently I =
upgraded my apache web server to V 2.0.45 along with php V 4.3.1 and I =
notice port 80 was working again, so I switched back to a normal port 80 =
web site using http://www.smvfp.com. I never liked the SSL web =
configuration, because it caused all kinds of little nuisances, and =
really slowed down the loading of web pages, and also caused pages to =
hang where it's necessary to constantly refresh when switch between =
pages. Also, it made my site unavailable to many users in the =
international community that are not allow to have an IE browser that =
supports 128 bit high encryption.=20
Abilene is a small town of around 110,000 people and we are really lucky =
to have laser cable coming through here, so Cox is the only choice I =
have, if I want high speed internet access for my web site.=20
It's to bad you are not able to take a look at my web site. I'm =
completely at a loss. If you also were interested in taking a look at my =
Accounting Application, I would be happy to mail it to you on a CD/RW, =
if you have a CD-ROM that can read it.=20
LelandJ
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Pete Theisen=20
To: ProFox Email List=20
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: What's a good VFP based accounting package for a small =
business?
Hi Leland!
I'm home now. I tried it on Mozilla under Linux and IE 5 on the =
Windows
side of the other box. I got a pop-up about a missing child on the =
Linux
side and "this page cannot be displayed" on the Windows side. Then I =
went
to google and did a search on you and got two links, one was a log in. =
I
tried them both - no luck.
Maybe my ISP guy doesn't like your server. Is someone else using your
server to send spam, with or without your knowledge? George is on a =
jihad
about spam, very effectively, I might add. I usually get only one spam =
per day.
I will do the trace thing later, only one phone line and I am on it on =
this
one right now.
Regards,
Pete
At 09:16 AM 5/30/03 -0500, you wrote:
> Hi Pete,=20
>
> I'm at a loss for an explanation. I use the XP Pro backup and =
scheduler=20
>utility every night that makes a backup of critical directories on my =
>programming computer. The backup is place on my Linux Web Server =
samba=20
>share, so the Linux box is very busy from around 12:30 to 1:00 PM CST =
every=20
>night. However, I can still easily connect to my web site and load =
pages=20
>during the period when the backup to the web server is taking place.=20
>
> There is a special utility in RH 8 Linux that allow one to trace =
the path=20
>to a connection. When you're at home, you might give it a try. Have =
the=20
>trace utility locate my IP address of 68.15.242.97 . The utility will =
>probably list between 15 to 30 hops (e.g. IPs) that are travel before =
>reaching my IP address. I don't recall the name of the utility, but =
it off=20
>one of the many menus in the RH desktop.=20
>
> Regards,=20
>
> LelandJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Pete Theisen=20
> To: ProFox Email List=20
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:09 AM
> Subject: Re: What's a good VFP based accounting package for a small
business?
>
>
> Hi Leland!
>
> Aw, shucks, Leland, you really, really are shutting down your =
server at
> night, aren't you.
>
> I enabled Java everything, including Java Console, IE 6. I don't =
run a
> firewall. I refreshed it three times after it said it was done. =
Still the
> snowscape in a snowstorm effect. Just for the heck of it I will try =
it from
> my Linux box at home when I get out of here at 7 AM EDT. Can't use =
Linux on
> the web from this machine, it has an unsupported Winmodem. I have =
an
> external that will work with it but I am using it on the Linux =
network at
> my clinic. Just can't do everything all at once
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete
>
> At 08:49 AM 5/29/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi Pete,
> >
> >That is Interesting. My home page uses a lot of java applet code =
to do
the=20
> >menu. Also it has five or six .gif images. The first time the =
site is=20
> >accessed, I suppose it could take a while to load the home page,
especially=20
> >with a dial-up connection. Subsequent access would be faster =
because the=20
> >images and everything would be cached in the users browser. I =
tried the=20
> >site this morning from my end and everything seems to be working.
> >
> >If anyone else is having a problem accessing my site, let me know =
so I can=20
> >determine what is going on. My site address is:
> >
> >http://www.smvfp.com
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >
> >LelandJ
> > ----- Original Message -----=20
> > From: Pete Theisen=20
> > To: ProFox Email List=20
> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:45 AM
> > Subject: Re: What's a good VFP based accounting package for a =
small
> business?
> >
> >
> > Hi Leland!
> >
> > Interesting web page, all white space. Maybe the server is down?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > At 06:21 PM 5/28/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hi Matt,
> > >
> > >I;ve written an accounting package. You can download a demo =
at:
> > >
> > >http://www.smvfp.com
> > >
> > >if your interested. Click on [Main Menu] and the on Download. =
Select=20
> > >either the app with VFP7 runtime or VFP8 runtime.
> > >
> > >LelandJ
> > > ----- Original Message -----=20
> > > From: Matt Slay=20
> > > To: 'ProFox Email List'=20
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:37 PM
> > > Subject: What's a good VFP based accounting package for a =
small=20
>business?
> > >
> > >
> > > What's a good VFP based accounting package for a small =
business? We=20
>are
> > > still using one of the last FPW packages from SBT.
> > >
> > > I really only need AR, AP, GL (payoll is done by outside =
service).
> > >
> > > I don't need Order Entry, Inventory, Time Tracking, =
Purchasing=20
>(these my
> > > custom VFP area). I will want to somewhat integrate my =
custom VFP=20
>stuff
> > > with the accounting package.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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