Hello Danilo,
Yes, that is the idea behind the User-Submitted module section
– it’s for people who want to take advantage of Smart-Thinker’s market/brand
power and provide a standard interface without having to set up their own
website. Yes, it is free, and I am tweaking it to see how it works out. The
idea is that it is mutually beneficial – Smart-Thinker gets more traffic from
your module users, and you get a LOT of
traffic from Smart-Thinker browsers, as well as a Forum and interface to
maintain your module.
There are a couple of conditions you need to agree to before
you can publish it-
You need to adhere to the basic look and feel of the other
product pages – e.g. http://www.smart-thinker.com/ProductsandModules/HomePage/tabid/159/Default.aspx
(I will set the basic layout up for you)
I need to review and approve the module (no offense, but
there are a lot of inferior quality modules and I need to make sure it will not
harm the website). The module must be of a good standard and must not compete
with any Smart-Thinker modules
Either of us can notify the other and cancel this agreement
at any time with no reason necessary (this is to safeguard against abuse.
You must keep your module information up to date and
accurate. All fairly standard stuff you’d expect from such an agreement.
Once approved – I will give you edit rights over your
content. I will upload your module and give you the basic layout – you then
edit the content (which I will approve too). I will then make some public
announcements to generate traffic to your modules. You will also get your own
Forum (under User-Submitted modules) to monitor feedback, as well as a download
links. You still own the IP of the module (the Smart-Thinker pages
and data remains the IP of Smart-Thinker. We are in no way affiliated with your
module (e.g. we do not necessarily endorse it).
One thing - I am a little worried if it is the Reports
module – the problem is that people must not be able to do SQL queries on the
Smart-Thinker database. From what I saw of the Reports module it was very
powerful in the wrong hands.
If this is successful then I will be making the User
Submitted Module section a lot more prominent on Smart-Thinker.com which will
mean even more traffic.
Lets move this to email to discuss this further (you need to
register so I can give you edit rights over your section – let me know your username).