Went into town to meet with Mike but the bank was closed. It was Juneteenth (federal holiday). I totally forgot about that. Mike and I will reschedule. I called and left him a voicemail and sent him a text message as well. 30 miles.

Meeting with Suzi and Sean over a GoToMeeting session. We were going over the adilas label builder. We have an existing piece but it needs some major upgrading. Here are some of my notes... It sounds like it's pretty painful from the user side.

- In the current label builder - on step 2... help show the width and height on the label drop-down. Also use smaller decimal.

- On step 4, the label is so small... they would love to see it bigger (zoom to scale)

- When editing, the top 5 fields need to be editable. These are the name of the field, the height, width, the _x and _y positions (where on the canvas the fields starts).

- Be able to see it while you are doing it, be able to save it while you are doing it. Currently, you have to make an edit, switch modes, then save it, then go back.

- When going from page to page, it isn't saving the new changes. You have to almost make a change, go save it, make a change, go save it. If you try to have it do too much at a time, it gets lost.

- She (Suzi) has to go back, go back, go back... very frustrating.

- She is recommending that people don't even use it. The current label creation tool is that bad. They (she and Sean) are building out the labels, showing the people, and not showing them the actual tool. They are taking on the hard part in order to save frustration.

- She has seen some demos that have really nice label building tools.

- I have a bunch of notes from past brainstorming sessions - dealing with wish lists for the adilas label builder. I also have some document on my local computer from some brainstorming sessions with Cory, talking about next steps on the label builder.

- She has also seen other tools that are really hard to work with for label building (other products). You really need a way to connect the database to the label builders.

- They are wanting full colors, static text, dynamic text, QR codes, barcodes, horizontal text, vertical text, graphics, data driven value, etc.

- Snap to grid... both yes and no options. Along with that... a nudge (using arrow keys) would be super helpful.

- Suzi was talking about how at another company, they used Adobe Illustrator (full on graphics program) to do super custom layouts.

- They need ability to do super small text (font size)

- They may even need round labels, not just square or rectangle labels.

- The current decimal level is way out there... like 10 or 20 decimal points. We just need to format things, for a visual for the end user.

- Some of our competition has some really fancy label builders. No idea on the price tag, but there are some sweet label builders out there.

- Not just simple labels... they are looking for super fancy labels... full color, full gloss, full layout options, etc.

- Suzi has a number of samples of fancy labels, if we need them as samples.

- Sean and Suzi were talking about the cost of labels - pros and cons of going with preprinted logos. It depends on what things change and how often you need the label options.

- Both Sean and Suzi have used it (the current label creation tool) but it is painful.

- The work has to stick... every time. It's way to fidgety.

- Be able to zoom in and out.

- Add a save button on the show grid layout step.

- They want to combine step 4 and 5 - do it all on one page.

- They want to be able to add a custom label size... be able to enter perfect width and height. Currently, you can pick from a bunch of single labels (presets) or a huge list of Avery sheet labels. They would like options to enter custom labels (sizes and dimensions).

- Be able to switch between inches and centimeters.

- Be able to align elements, copy elements, paste elements, etc. Easier for the end users.

- The barcode text needs to be able to scale (font size of the bars) - we need to be able to fit a 24 character barcode on a 2" label.

- Instruction and education (writing and on video) on where to access the labels - for each type - customers, invoices, PO's, and items.

- Be able to work easier with subs (parts) and sub packages (parent/child inventory).

Meeting with Bryan. Looking over the new code to plug in the main item flags for the auto number and grouping stuff. He is still working on some pagination stuff. We went over his questions and did a little bit of light tweaking to make things run a little bit smoother.

Working with Wayne - server-side tech support - checking into some random files on the data 0 box. Working with both Wayne and Alan and trying to check out logs and access points. A few different meetings over Google meet. Wayne decided to save a copy, then nuke the files, and then redeploy a new image. Eric joined and we talked about merchant processing, tips, and surcharges. Wayne and I were talking about upgrading security and updating Adobe ColdFusion to newer levels. No fun to be on a security call but it was good to touch base with some of the guys.

Meeting with Shannon and Abby. Going over what it takes to code things... small overview (5 languages - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe ColdFusion, and SQL for database interactions). Shannon bailed out to do some work on her own. Abby and I spent the rest of the time doing sub text and new icons in the presentation gallery. We made changes on 10 different pages in the presentation gallery. Pushed up files.

Meeting with Bryan. Going over the grouping and showing main line items with bold formatting. Light code review and gave him a couple more pages to look into. Getting closer.

Looking into a short MVP list for ship A. See element of time # 9934 in the shop for more details and a smaller list. Here is an abbreviated version...

- in-store credits - $10K

- coupons - internal and ecommerce - $15K

- adilas label builder - round 2 - $40K

- standardize merchant processing - $20K (in progress)

- revamp shopping cart - $40K (in progress)

- time and scheduling - vertical time view - internal and ecommerce ready - $40K

- discount engine - $20K (in progress)

- smart cart engine & logic - $30K

- rework sub inventory - $40K

- planning & flex - $30K

Domain name stuff. On with tech support. Trying to get the main contact email address changed for our domain names. The old contact email address is no longer used or accessible.

Meeting with Bryan. Going over some of his code for marking items as main items (bolding things in the cart based on groupings). I tried to point him to the main methods vs doing code internally for each quote and invoice style (different quote and invoice formats - printable, mini, pdf, etc.). He is going to work on things and then we'll get back together later today.