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Antonios
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03/01/13 05:41 AM (11 years ago)

Self hosted app auto refresh

I want to make an app through self hosting and I would like everytime I add a menu button or list or change some info to be updated automatically with this info and don't have to update it everyday... It's something like a local newspaper-blog, that's why I say everyday...
 
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03/01/13 06:27 AM (11 years ago)
If by update you mean updating it in the store then this is exactly the same thing buzztouch offers. Any changes made in the control panel will be reflected back in the App without updating it in the store.
 
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03/01/13 08:12 AM (11 years ago)
Not sure what you mean. You mean you dont want the app to prompt the user for a new update? Miguel
 
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03/01/13 10:25 AM (11 years ago)
I'm guessing he means some feed like an rss would create the necessary screens in the Buzztouch app. If so, this can be done using php by parsing the feed and processing it as json output, and then pointing the app to that file using the dataURL property.
 
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03/01/13 11:22 AM (11 years ago)
I want to create something like a local newspaper…so everytime I add an article, I don't want to update the app through app store…This can be done by auto refresh right? The reason I'm asking is because I'll create it through self hosting… Is there something different I have to do than this? https://www.buzztouch.com/files/howtos/Understanding_App_Refresh_and_Offline_Apps_v1.0.pdf Do I have to change the DATA URL & CLOUD URL because I'm in self hosting?
 
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03/01/13 11:53 AM (11 years ago)
This How To shows how to stop the prompt and refresh the app if a change had occured. https://www.buzztouch.com/files/howtos/AutomaticRefresh.pdf (From Annandale Apps) It will however cause the app to reload itself if there was an update, so a splash screen would show twice.
 
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03/03/13 11:13 AM (11 years ago)
This is a two-part journey: A. Where will you be adding an article? Within the self-hosted BuzzTouch Control Panel? Or into a WordPress installation? Or some other software/service? B. How will you be displaying the articles within the mobile app? As a series of articles, such as shown on the Conservative Republicans app? https://itunes.apple.com/app/conservative-republicans-california/id463185166?mt=8 Let us know, then we can guide you appropriately. -- Niraj
 
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03/03/13 02:29 PM (11 years ago)
yes exactly as this application...thank you so much...you are so great. can you plz inform me what I put at the URL mentioned above? or any other info I have to change
 
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03/03/13 05:53 PM (11 years ago)
Lets assume your answer to Question A is that you will be adding new articles into the BuzzTouch Control Panel. Then you should use the "Menu with Image" plugin to generate the article listing. All within the settings for that plugin, you will specify the Header Image, the thumbnail, title and link of each article. https://www.buzztouch.com/plugins/plugin.php?pid=F018606BDA6027B90A3ED49 Give that a try with a brand-new simple app and a few articles. The articles can even be hosted within the BuzzTouch Control Panel by using the "Custom HTML" Plugin: https://www.buzztouch.com/plugins/plugin.php?pid=25345CE1537CB2872B9050B Let us know how you get along! -- Niraj
 
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03/04/13 01:11 AM (11 years ago)
thank you so much...I 'll let you know!!!
 

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