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QuickBooks and SugarCRM? Absolutely!

Posted by on October 8, 2012
As a small business owner dealing with many different products and sellers, having a trustworthy accounting tool is a must. Not only must it be trustworthy, but it must be as easy to use as possible and as easy to integrate with our current processes as possible. I've got plenty of other things to do, after all. Quickbooks is the most popular small business tool out there and does a fine job with the "easy to use" need. When it comes to integration this is where SugarCRM - QuickBooks Integration comes in.

AjaxUI Fails When Accessing a Module's Detail View

Posted by on October 5, 2012
Recently while working on a client issue, I ran across a problem that kept occurring when trying to access a Contact's detail view. It would only fail when the page was being loaded with AjaxUI. Learn more about how I got around the issue and found the proper solution.

SugarGini - Oct 2012 - SugarCRM AotM

Posted by on October 2, 2012
SugarGini - Power of SugarCRM in Gmail is the October 2012 SugarCRM App of the Month. SugarGini gives you the power of SugarCRM within your Gmail. It enables you view any related Lead, Opportunity or Case and add Notes, Calls, schedule a meeting or edit the record within Gmail. It easily integrates with telephony API & Social Channels. Visit the SugarForge project: http://www.sugarforge.org/projects/sugargini/

Keep Your SugarCRM Data Clean with DeDupit

Posted by on October 1, 2012
One phrase you may hear in the CRM world is that your CRM system is only as good as the data that is housed by the system. If you have bad data, then you have bad reports. If you have bad reports, you're probably making bad decisions. One of the symptoms of a system with bad data is one that has duplicate data. Having duplicate data in your CRM system can cause a lot of confusion within your organization, as well as communicating inconsistent and duplicate information to your customers.

Organizing Files in a Module Zip

Posted by on September 27, 2012
Since a given module installation is defined by the manifest.php included in the zip it is basically up to each developer to decide how to package their module. This flexibility is great but can cause both confusion for new developers and for folks trying to understand what a module zip contains.