[Carl@Cwc]

i like aworkas planner in appearance as you can see the whole months rounds in 1 screen.
however you cannot drag and drop jobs up or down the planner on a particular day.
ie:
if i add 10 new customers to a day to first clean them.
they are automatically at the end of the round order page as they were added last.
so u have to open the rounds in 2 collums and drag /find them that way then move to right day.
imho its a pain in the ass.

 i want to move them up or down on that day on the planner.

when you are consistenly picking up/canvassing new work you have to move them quickly into the right days,AFTER the first clean.
i dont make them wait 2 weeks to get done i do them mostly the next day then move them .

[sunshine windows]

Would it be possible to sync the round addresses with google maps or similar to give the best and most efficient routes for the days jobs.

I travel to the same areas 2 or 3 times a month but can't be bothered trying to reorder the whole round manually,

It would be great if you could input a new customer address and the programme automatically recognised where abouts that job should be placed in the round.

[Carl@Cwc]

also
as per the bulk sms feature to leave gates money etc,
a valuable tool would be the ability to bulk sms/email/paypal request from the debts page.

i wish i could programme as i know exactly what would work for me and i think others.
perhaps even an app for custies that is updateble by you to show when they are next due.

[p1w1]

also
as per the bulk sms feature to leave gates money etc,
a valuable tool would be the ability to bulk sms/email/paypal request from the debts page.

i wish i could programme as i know exactly what would work for me and i think others.
perhaps even an app for custies that is updateble by you to show when they are next due.

i really like that idea

[Rob @ Cleaner Planner]

Thanks Sunshine, Carl and Paul.

All brilliant ideas, please keep'em coming and be assured they're not falling on deaf ears!

I've got my head down right now, focusing on getting a solid base app in place to give us a springboard realising these new and exciting features. A skyscraper needs solid foundations and all that!

As I said, my plan now is to accelerate the development and get an early beta in front of everyone on the beta list by 1st October.

This will be a solid app that does all the fundamentals that you would expect, but will also include a handful of cherry-picked new features (based on your votes / mentions).

From there I intend to lay out a clear roadmap (based on your further input) detailing exactly what features are to come, in what order (again based on votes) and when they will be implemented.

Exciting stuff!

In the meantime, please do keep the ideas coming. This thread along with the ideas forum and personal conversations I've had with you all via email will be my hymn sheets moving forward

[Rob_B]

I just think that if you could replicate the desktop version of George and put it in the cloud, and do a mobile version just like pocket George you would be on to a winner.

The only reason I stopped using George is because I started using mac.  If it was cloud based, I would never have stopped using it.

I think Paul who wrote it missed a trick by not putting it in the cloud and charge monthly for it, as I think that everybody on this forum used it at one time as it was the best software going, and all for £50.00.

The format of the reports etc. would probably look dated now, but it could do everything you needed.  From scheduling jobs to reports for my accountant.

[jonathan lorentsen]

Had a look at a lot of the posts, found them very interesting. A lot of the requirements you want will rely on the capabilities of the device. Even the water control could be possible with sensors attached to a wfp system. Seems Roundpartner has a lot of these features included already or nearly ready to release, such as invoicing, prospects and adding extras. Be interested to see if this is a one off payment or monthly subscription. Aworka has made some improvements with mobile. Roundpartner has a mobile version that synchronize with the tablet and desktop. Both work on ios and android and Windows.
I think the big one is off line capabilities and multiple user functionality

[Carl@Cwc]

     /.\
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 would you be  roundpartner ?

[jonathan lorentsen]

Yes.

[Carl@Cwc]

Yes.

detection work completed 
time for a glass of white 

[jonathan lorentsen]

Pour me one out too. 

[Dave Willis]

hmmm, how come I've never heard of Roundpartner before?

Anyways, how easy would it be to transfer data from George to Roundpartner?

[Smudger]

hopefully not as easy as it will be to this one that Robs working on

[jonathan lorentsen]

Just go to 'my account' and there is an option to upload your work from George. Loads it as a round. Quite simple function to create. Think this was the first thing we did as a lot of guys use George and thought it would be helpful for those coming over. Probably works both ways.
http://blog.roundpartner.co.uk/2013/02/uploading-your-data-from-george-to-roundpartner/
Explains how to do it

[Carl@Cwc]

Another from me

2 vans work on same day ( same planner but ability to see what and where each vans doing and going, able to move jobs from round to round on same page if that makes sense)

[p1w1]

just bumping it up to see how things where going 

[Rob @ Cleaner Planner]

Hi Paul - thanks for the bump Nice to know you're still as keen to see this as I am to get it in front of you!

It's been going very well. I spent most of last week on it. Consequently my freelance stuff has piled up a bit and I'm being chased like an animal this week!

I spent a lot of time getting the fundamentals (I hope!) right - customers, jobs, rounds, worksheets, accounts are all in place and (I think) working really well.

So, in terms of a functional system, it's more or less ready for beta, but... I'm very keen to squeeze in at least 2 or 3 of the most popular feature ideas before opening the beta doors!

Want to make as big a splash as possible

So, it will be a wee bit longer I'm afraid. I had originally said end of October, I then (perhaps a bit hastily!) brought this forward to 1st of October, but now I'm very much into the thick of the project and can see the road ahead more clearly, I think somewhere in between (i.e. around mid October / another 2 weeks) is looking realistic.

Hope you can bear with me - I really want to make it worth everyone's while.

In the meantime I've been planning a quick email update to everyone on the beta list, including some screenshots of progress so far. Not quite the same as taking it for a spin yourself I know, but will hopefully give you a feel for what's to come very, very soon. Will email this out over the next day or so once I've cleared my desk of other bits and I'm back on the case.

[p1w1]

thanks for the update Rob looking forward to testing it out

[windiewasher]

Another dream is born.
 

[Swcs]

Hi Paul - thanks for the bump Nice to know you're still as keen to see this as I am to get it in front of you!

It's been going very well. I spent most of last week on it. Consequently my freelance stuff has piled up a bit and I'm being chased like an animal this week!

I spent a lot of time getting the fundamentals (I hope!) right - customers, jobs, rounds, worksheets, accounts are all in place and (I think) working really well.

So, in terms of a functional system, it's more or less ready for beta, but... I'm very keen to squeeze in at least 2 or 3 of the most popular feature ideas before opening the beta doors!

Want to make as big a splash as possible

So, it will be a wee bit longer I'm afraid. I had originally said end of October, I then (perhaps a bit hastily!) brought this forward to 1st of October, but now I'm very much into the thick of the project and can see the road ahead more clearly, I think somewhere in between (i.e. around mid October / another 2 weeks) is looking realistic.

Hope you can bear with me - I really want to make it worth everyone's while.

In the meantime I've been planning a quick email update to everyone on the beta list, including some screenshots of progress so far. Not quite the same as taking it for a spin yourself I know, but will hopefully give you a feel for what's to come very, very soon. Will email this out over the next day or so once I've cleared my desk of other bits and I'm back on the case.

WCP has just packed up on me! I wanna test drive your Beta!
I'm ready Rob, lets do this.