Today's work on/in the business - Mon 9 Nov

1. Assist with website changes - we nearly have the cross-browser issues sorted out now, at least to the point where looking at it in IE doesn't make it look stupid... (5mins)
2. Update record of market survey results. (10mins)
3. Updating competitor analysis. I need to go back and check that I'm comparing apples and apples - I have a nasty feeling that the figures I've just put in for the new competition don't include all the values I've included for the other comparisons - so the rankings I've just plotted are crap! Also put this on the backburner - other things to do first. (1hr 10mins)
4. Send follow up email on enquiry whether we need professional indemnity insurance as well. There has been no response as yet. (10mins)
5. Investigate back end for CRM v3 - looks like this is locked in now! I have a very simple proof of concept version of the first form accessible - not nearly right, but present. I have also got a working version of one of the examples, which gives me most of the structural elements that I need to get a prototype happening. This includes 5 mins at about 12.15am when I worked out what the final issue was. (As well as lots of time spent on the internet working out what all the errors meant and how to fix them - the examples were written with version 3.0 present and I am using 3.4 - they've made a few changes along the way...). There are still a couple of issues to resolve - the example always opens in edit mode and I can't see why at the moment and there are still a couple of warnings about features that are going to be removed in future versions - need to work out what the new process is before I work up my prototype - but it's looking good, which is wonderful! (7hrs 55mins)
6. Site visit to new customer - she seems happy with the plan. (1hr 20mins)
7. Record the outcome of the site visit. (15mins)

So the main really good thing about today is that we seem to have locked down the new platform for the CRM solution. Obviously, there are still a couple of small questions, but it looks as if it's all going to work now! So now I can concentrate on starting the actual conversion of the software, which is great!