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Photo of Adam Mosley

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Seeking Reliable Solution for Install in Kenya

I have a unique situation. We are planting a church in Kenya, where internet access pretty fast, but not terribly reliable. I would like to eventually implement Rock for kids check-in, but doing so would require either a full blown local server (which I really don't want to buy and maintain) or some ability to cache or clone the check-in module/database, capture the information locally, then sync at a later time. I recognize this is a development issue, but I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this. Could there be an app (perhaps an iOS or Android app) that would function for kids checkin offline, then sync data the next time there was an internet connection? 

Mailchimp has an excellent iPad app that does just this type of thing. Users can fill out a form, and their information is uploaded the next time the app connects to the internet. The difference, of course, is that a kids check-in app would need to have a copy of the database available offline, which it could query for exisiting families/kids.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Developers ready to accept the challenge? I'm all ears.

  • DJ Grick

    I am not in Kenya but this is something I would love to see. Our church's ISP often does network updates Sunday's between 10-12am assuming its one of the lowest traffic times of the week... Every few months we have a Sunday with out electronic check-in.

  • Photo of Frank Grand

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    Hey Adam,

    If you haven't already, I would definitely submit this as a feature request for the core team to look at.  You can do that at rockrms.com/ideas