Using !Store

Someone who should be nameless suggested at the ROUGOL meeting this morning that I should write an idiots’ guide to using !Store for distributing your software.

My first stab is here

Comments please!

How about a section on how to update existing apps, with consideration of the differences between free and non-free.

It looks like the site has been made simpler in this respect…’cos the first time I tried I screwed it up and created a dupe app. 🥴

Good idea. I fell into the same trap.

It’s a pity you can’t check what’s on !Store via other OS,s

A bit too late, I suppose, but I’ve got two additional comments:
1. Leave out the pling (!) before an app name, as this will cause sorting issues.
2. Don’t tick ‘Source code’ in the Categories, as this will prevent your app from showing up in the complete list.

I forgot what ‘Source code’ is meant for, but certainly not for indicating that your app has the source code included.

Andrew Rawnsley mentioned to me that ‘Source code’ is meant for developers to upload source code without filling the default visible catalogue with lots of source entries.
If software is released under GPL then this is one way of making the source available, though I’ve also used it to make the source code for my Qoi2Spr applications available.

Chris, for uploading software instead of emailing R-Comp for a username and password, you need to sign up as a Supplier at http://www.plingstore.org.uk/exec/ps/register.aw (note: http not https!). There you choose a username and password and once you’ve filled in your details you will then be able to add your software. But the software wont be made available until R-Comp have authorised you as a Supplier.