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Rebrandable Software Difficult?

by Kurt
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I have a question...I want to have a WIN desktop program created and I want to have a URL/image or two to be customized for each customer.


Generally speaking, how difficult would it be to make it so I can customize a couple of links/URLs in the GUI and then compile the program each time it's customized?


Note that I don't have any programming experience or tools so it needs to be easy for a non-programmer to modify and compile.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joe Ray
    Can you post a little bit more details? It's difficult to give you a meaningful answer without more info.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Beroff
    I'd steer away from re-compiling the program every time, Kurt; it could turn into a nightmare.

    At the point where the software authenticates that a given user is paid up, etc., send (as data) the custom portions from your server to their client. Done.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kurt
      Originally Posted by David Beroff View Post

      I'd steer away from re-compiling the program every time, Kurt; it could turn into a nightmare.

      At the point where the software authenticates that a given user is paid up, etc., send (as data) the custom portions from your server to their client. Done.
      Thanks Dave...


      How would you go about this then...You have 2 versions of a software, Lite and Full. On the Lite version you want to be able to customize it so the upgrade link uses a customized affiliate link so the folks that give away the Lite version get paid an affiliate commission if people buy the Full version using their Lite version?
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      • Profile picture of the author David Beroff
        Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

        Thanks Dave...


        How would you go about this then...You have 2 versions of a software, Lite and Full. On the Lite version you want to be able to customize it so the upgrade link uses a customized affiliate link so the folks that give away the Lite version get paid an affiliate commission if people buy the Full version using their Lite version?
        Again, that's part of your licensing authentication. You'd manage the participation level on the server, allowing you to upgrade, downgrade, or shut the troublemakers off entirely.

        Have people hand out their affiliate links to your software download page. This way, you're managing who referred whom on your side, where you have far more control. That's when you record (in your database) who the referrer is, assign an X-day cookie, and so on.

        Sure, people will still try to cheat by handing out the actual software, but when the recipient connects, it'll get treated as a fresh install, without any affiliate attribution, and thus, not benefiting anyone but you. You could even tell them this.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Whisonant
    If it's just simple text like you mentioned you can have the software program read in a text file with the data. Then to brand the GUI all you need to do is edit the text file.

    If you need more control over who can edit the file you can always just encode it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kurt
      Originally Posted by Rob Whisonant View Post

      If it's just simple text like you mentioned you can have the software program read in a text file with the data. Then to brand the GUI all you need to do is edit the text file.

      If you need more control over who can edit the file you can always just encode it.
      This sounds like the best idea, just have the file external to the compiled files...thanks Rob.
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