We are happy to announce the SSL Support for Zoho Creator. This is one of the long pending feature requests in Creator. We are glad that we could give SSL support which will pave the way towards the Business Edition of Zoho Creator. As of now SSL Support will be free for Editing and Accessing your applications. In future, SSL support for accessing the application may come with a premium charge.

To access Zoho Creator with SSL support, point your browser to https://creator.zoho.com/ or use the “Secure” link found near the login box in http://creator.zoho.com .

The main feature of SSL support is that you can restrict the access of your applications only through https. When you enable this option for your application, http access to your application will not work and only https access will work. You can find this option in the Application Settings while Editing your application.

In the broader picture, we plan to extend SSL capabilities to all Zoho apps. Meanwhile, please try this new update and let us know your feedback.

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We need to do a maintenance for Zoho Creator. Hence service will not be available between August 25th 1:00 a.m P.D.T to 4:00 a.m P.D.T.
We regret for the inconvenience this may cause.

[Update] Due to unavoidable reasons, maintenance is extended to another one hour. Service will be available by 5:00 a.m P.D.T.

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[Update] : We have decided to postpone the update to this weekend since it will affect our regular users. Hence Zoho Creator service will not be available for a brief period from July 14th, 2007 at 01 AM PDT to July 14th at 02 AM PDT

We have scheduled an update for Zoho Creator. Hence Zoho Creator service will not be available for a brief period from July 9th 2007 20:30 hrs PDT to July 9th 2200 hrs PDT.

We regret for the inconvenience this may cause.

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We have scheduled an update for Zoho Creator. Hence Zoho Creator service will not be available from June 11th 2007 22:00 hrs PDT to June 12th 0600 hrs PDT.

We regret for the inconvenience this may cause.

[Update] : You can now access ZohoCreator. The update is over. We will be posting a separate blog on the updates. We once again apologize for the inconvenience caused. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

[Update] : Please see here for more information on the update.

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#10 How to send a mail when a record is submitted?

In the “Edit GUI” mode, click “Form Actions”.

Select “on success” and remove the comments. (/* and */)

Change the email ids and you will receive an email when a record is submitted. You can learn more about deluge’s “on success” here and here.

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#9 How to get a summary view of individual records?

In the list view, click on the icon of the respective records.

You will get a pop up screen showing all the details of the record.

You can also right click on the icon and copy the link provided and open in a new browser window. Each record has a permanent link and can be viewed in this wayalso .

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#8 How to get a print view of your data?

In the view, click, “More Actions”, click “Export Data”.

In the Export screen, Use the HTML link and PDF to get the respective formats and use it to print the data. The download will be either a list view or summary view based on the type of the view. If you had filtered your data, you get links for that too.

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#7 How to hide a tab to everyone including the owner?

In the Edit mode, click on Tab properties icon . Click on “Hide this tab”. In live mode, this tab will not be available to everyone including the owner. This will be useful if you want to use a tab as a scratch pad.

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#6 In how many ways, can one create an application?

There are many ways to create an application.

1. Entirely from scratch: If you are regular visitor to ZohoCreator and you know what is what about ZohoCreator, you can start with a blank application.

2. Pre-built Form and View: If you are a first time visitor and want to know the basics what ZohoCreator has got to offer.

3. From Templates : There are totally 11 templates for you to choose from. Choose this if you have no time to build from scratch and want to quickly have an application ready for you. More templates will be added in the coming days.

4. Paste your spreadsheet data : Just copy paste the data from your spreadsheet and get an application out of your data. ZohoCreator supports xls data, comma separated values(csv) and tab separated values(tsv). More..

5. Import your spreadsheet file : If you have multiple sheets in a single file, you need not go around copy pasting the data. Just import the file and all your sheets will be loaded. More…

6. Deluge Script : If you want to make your application powerful, choose this option. You can write deluge script, a natural online scripting language integrated in ZohoCreator which helps you to perform actions when a row is submitted or updated. Some of the actions include validating a form and sending an email. It also helps you to define complex formulae and filters.

7. Importing a Deluge Script file : Write a deluge script offline or download a public application script file using “Copy Application” link and import it here.

8. Copy a public application : Impressed at a public application? You want to have it with few modifications? Just follow the “Copy Application” link and you will get a clone of your favorite app.

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#5 How to share few tabs to some and the rest to others?

By default, all the tabs are accessible to everyone who visits your application. If you want to keep few tabs visible to you alone, few to your friends and the rest to everyone, it can be done very easily in one place.

Follow “Manage Users” link in the Edit GUI mode and add users in the “Users/Groups” tab. Then select “Sharing” tab and then select the user. Then select the tabs you want to give access in the right hand side.

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