Advertising on the Forums - Query
Hi,
So, one issue we have had in the past (and still today to an extent) is finding companies that have experience with, support or provides software that integrates with OVPMS. While the general advice has been to "google it", anyone who has done so will have seen there is a limited amount of companies out there that that you can find this way.
We have a couple of different systems that integrate with OpenVPMS. These companies have all put resouces into developing extensions to OVPMS. Knowledge of the possibilities of these integrations would benefit both OVPMS users (who proabably don't even realise these exist and what can be done with these) and the companies that have put money into OVPMS development that often benefits the whole community even if they don't use that particular integration (an example of this would be the initial HL7 project).
In addition as TonyDeK has stepped back to a situation where he is providing higher level support there are clearly people who need other resources for mainetnance of OVPMS servers and the such. We were recently in such a situation and are arranging for training of our new IT support in these systems. Again, both OVPMS users and the companies getting experience in OVPMS maintenance would benefit from knowing of each other's existence.
So....
Is there a reason we can't have a page on the website where companies that provide support and integrations with OVPMS can have a short listing detailing what they do, how they support/integrate/etc with OVPMS and contact details? This could be curated by the site moderators to prevent abuse. I suspect it would be a valuable resource for users of OVPMS...
Shoot me down!
Re: Advertising on the Forums - Query
Adrian - good idea. My suggestions are:
Note that I do not intend to add my details to the list. I am not a commercial organisation and I cannot guarantee availability.
Ben C/Peter G/Tim A - OK to proceed?
Cath/Tony - OK by you?
Regards, Tim G
Re: Advertising on the Forums - Query
Hi Tim,
Thanks for that. I like you suggestions. The only comment I have is that I also think it should be open to companies that don't provide support but do provide integration or services that can work with OVPMS... I am thinking of wholesalers who can support ESCI, smartflow, Cubex and other HL7 integrators and the such... some of these companies have contributed significant funding to OVPMS and most of the user base is probably unaware they have offerings that can tie in with OVPMS.
Re: Advertising on the Forums - Query
OK by me. To avoid spam, just include a link to the organisation website rather than an email address.
-Tim A
Re: Advertising on the Forums - Query
Agreed - but we also will need a method for service providers to request to be listed - and for this I expect to use the Invismail module see https://www.drupal.org/project/invisimail
Regards, Tim G
Re: Advertising on the Forums - Query
Hi Tim,
That is fine by me.
Like you Vertical Connect will not be adding its details to the list as Vetshare (Cath et al) has taken on responsibility for the commercial support services we used to provide. :-)
Cheers
Tony
Re: Advertising on the Forums - Query
Hi Tim
Yes, we would be very happy to let people know we are available to help :-)
Thanks