I think I’ve made around 5 abortive attempts to submit my app now, that’s no reflection on the quality of the app store or the submissions process but on where my brain has been focused. Purely on the development of the software and not the support structure that it might need. The latest hiccup came at the final stage which I didn’t realise you had to have prepared prior to approval. The optional web/support site that it asks for are probably not optional if you want people to trust the software and believe that it will be maintained. Cue scurrying off, finding a suitable domain that is free, registering it… and then going “Oh bollocks I don’t actually KNOW how to do this”. So around 5 days later I have a reasonable enough grasp of HTML and CSS to make a basic site and can get on with doing the bit I do understand, systems administration, software, configuration and maintenance.
I knew I was going to have to do that, I was just hoping to do it whilst apple do their approval thang.
So now we’re very close:
– Site content is written.
– Site is mostly configured.
– Email configured, and tested.
– Sitemap scripts sorted out.
All that is really left is:
– Gather 5 suitable iPad screenshots.
– Gather 5 suitable iPhone screenshots.
– Write a little support page, probably just formmail for now.
Ideally I also need to:
– Install blog, easy.
– Skin blog, err….
– Install forum, modified to allow .chefdoc. Probably easy.
– Write CV. Which I’m crap at.