December 2012

Improvements and New Features

• Booking System Improvements
  • Many recent features nominally available in Bookings and Groups configurations have now been implemented
  • Manage any services that have been created from Online Bookings and/or enquiries
  • Add  or delete services under the booking or enquiry
  • Edit any service including the management of the number of people using the service
  • Booking prices are now accurate upon booking update
  • A bug which was evident when confirming a booking under some circumstances is now fixed
  • All the services are now accurately priced when viewing in the services page
  • Email nofifications to both enquirer and website have now been activated
  • Some potential conflicts between different price settings and group and booking configurations have been resolved
  • The default page for the Booking Pane is now the booking details page
  • Future versions will allow user configuration of this value
  • Some small changes have been made to the Booing management interface to take away some unwanted useless information which can apply to other categories of services
  • Some small changes made to the Booking Resource management page to bring it into line with other management pages both procedurally and style wise
  • A couple of extra features will be added in the new year to complete this version of the system
• Improvements to Reports tools
  • When saving reports, some report formats also allow exporting the same report
  • So far the formats that are supported are:
    • Groups: Group Statistics (Summary and Detailed)
    • Groups: Individual Count
  • More formats will be added over time
• New Groups management now released on trial
  • Groups management now aligns with other content management
  • Now utilises Ajax processing for most actions
  • Category instances now accessed on demand which speeds up initial page opening times
  • Instances now utilise the Action Menu system (used in the Content Manager)
  • Speed for all processing has improved greatly
  • Easy navigation between elements
  • Less cluttered interface improves usability
  • Styling has been improved on a number of screens
  • New Icons have been implemented across all Action Menus
  • Click the Groups (New) to access
  • Current Groups system is still accessible
• Website Frameworks management goes to the next level
  • Improved Framework selection and identification
  • Select and manage multiple frameworks
  • Preview all available framework selections
  • Extensive use of on page Ajax processing
  • Switch between frameworks quickly and easily
  • Framework elements processing now vastly improved
  • Element and link processing fully Ajax for far greater processing speed
  • Each element is now processed separately
  • Building an element is now far more intuitive and user friendly
  • Each selection has a tailored build process
  • Build manual links within the element itself (was previously a separate process)
  • Select the target content from within the element
  • Edit the content target within the framework element itself (applies to articles and products)
  • New Framework builder works on Content Panels, Main Menu, and Column Content
• Improvements to Image Management
  • Album image listing now generated on demand via ajax processing
    • Means improved navigation between albums especially when managing albums themselves
  • Improved Album management
  • Access simple album link code on demand
  • Disabled image delete button has been enabled again
  • Albums can now be categorised
  • Create an album category on the fly
  • Manage any album category from within the Album management page
  • Improved rendering of Public Albums in the website gallery
  • Now view albums by Categories on the website itself
• Blog Navigation now enabled
  • Navigate bewteen single blog posts with a previous and next buttons
  • Buttons will only appear when there is previous and/or next content
  • Previous/Next links appear automatically when a the most recent blog post appears by itself in the Blog archive

November 2012

Improvements and New Features

• The new Mobile module is now available
  • The system uses the current website content to provide the mobile content
  • A number of built in widgets for an easy build
  • Easy contact and map systems
  • Link easily with social media
  • Fully touch enabled
  • quick and easy navigation system
  • Easily configurable top and bottom menus
  • Integrated fully with theme roller for easy styling
  • Built on the jquery mobile platform to be fully cross browser compliant
  • Move easily from mobile to desktop website quickly and easily
  • Please contact us if you wish to give it a try
• Social Links are now available for limited use
  • You can set up your social links to be reused by special widgets
  • Available now in the Website Frameworks
  • Available in Mobile
• E-Store Improvements
  • Direct Payment options and PayPal payments are now better integrated into one system
  • Layouts for different payment options has been improved to enable better styling of individual elements
  • A more consistent path is now in place to start the payemt process when not logged in/registered for either PayPal or Direct Payments
  • Membership discounts now work effectively for all forms of products.
  • Membership Discounts apply when Membership purchase has been placed in the current Shopping Basket
• Membership Purchase system improved
  • Membership purchases are now fully integrated with any live shopping bakset
  • When the Memebrship purchase is made, all discounts are applied on the first update after the placement of the membership in the basket

Bug Fixes

• Product Names with apostrophes were not being saved successfully into the shopping basket
  • This is a similar problem that has occurred with a number of queries as a result of the change in server 12 months ago - now fixed
• In some circumstances, the marking of a network membership as processed was being "unprocessed" without the administrators input
  • Whilst the problem could not be specifically identified, a change of code should prevent this from happening again

October 2012

Improvements and New Features

• Greater Integration of Individual values into Bulk Emails (html only)
  • A set of placeholders is now available to insert personalised information into bulk html emails
  • You can insert the following information into HTML emails wherever they are required according to your individual email design
    • Personal salutation
    • Login details
    • Group reference details
    • Join a Group link
    • Unsubscribe link
• Added configuration for Groups
  • You can now add a message and upload a file when entering a group
  • Useful for group instances eg Job Listings
  • Link to File upload and message appears in the management interface as well as being sent to website manager via email
• New Settings available for Invitations Group Category
  • All groups in this category become invitation lists
  • These lists when first saved do not save any Quantities for each record
    • Each record is saved as an Invite
    • Quantities and status are reset either manually or by one of the listings responding to a special link online
  • These links can be sent in individualised emails for recipients to respond and mark as attending or not
  • You can set the maximum number that are able to attend with each invitee
  • The status and number of attendees are adjusted as required when an invitee responds online
    • If a invitee responds negatively, it is marked as a No
    • This can also be done manually
• Website Frameworks now aligned for features
  • All frameworks can now select a range of feature widgets and configure them
  • This only applies to frameworks where feature widgets are available (most frameworks)
  • An added feature widget (Text beside images) is also now available

Bug Fixes

• Website description was not showing character count in the General Trader Settings as it should have - now fixed
• Systems administrators were not always seeing their full quota of networked websites - should now see all, all of the time
• Confusing terminology for the number of record returned as a sub menu in Main Menu Configuration - now clearly described what is returned
• Security hole in Articles editing where articles from other websites could be viewed in some circumstances - can now only edit the website's own articles
• Upgrading of website subscriptions was not working properly - the config file was not being updated when an upgrade took place - now works
• Saving/Updating Custom Contact forms would not process in some legitmate circumstances where an Email From field was not available
  • An Email From field needs to be available in most circumstances but not all - this has now been rectified
  • In some circumstances, not all selections were available when first saving the form fields even though they did appear when updating - now fixed

September 2012

New Features and Improvements

• Membership Benefits now integrated with the E-Store
  • The membership benefits system is now fully integrated with store pricing and price displays
  • Benefits can be a percentage of a product price or an absolute value
  • Discounts are currently taken off the current price
  • Future updates will check for specials and allow configuration on treatment of specials and membership benefits
  • When used with the membership system, website owners can now provide unlimited levels of benefits
  • With each membership level, benefits can be configured to apply to all or any products either globally, or by category or individually
  • To ensure that prices are always correct when a purchase is made, the shopping basket checks for prices each time the basket is opened or updated
• Graphic Templates Module now operating fully
  • Version 1 of the Graphic Templates module is now fully operational
  • This module allows web users to apply text and simple graphics to available E-Store products
  • Each Template can be configured in numerous ways to ensure a completely custom text or graphic can be added to products
  • A preview of the graphic is available in real time on the website and a PDF is created of the final product
  • The version allows website uploaded images and standard fonts to te used, but currently does not allow for user uploaded images (coming soon)
  • The module is currently ideal for makers of rubber stamps, and other promotional items where custom text is written on to a product
  • Custom Colour Options are attached to each product separately to allow for individualisation of each product and for accurate inventory management if required
• Duplicate Checking on Registration/Membership Page
  • When those in the membership system need to update or purchase membership, duplicate checks now take place
  • Users can either ignore possible duplicates or mark one to send login details to the email address listed
  • A minor bug in new record processing has been fixed - the thread of the process was partially lost when passwords were not entered correctly - now fixed
  • Processing for administrators is now also more robust
  • In certain circumstances, a "lost thread" message would appear after processing - the likelihood of this happening now has been markedly reduced
• New Javascript file
  • A lot of javascript functions have now been removed as online scripts and placed in a new external file
  • This should speed up page download times after the first page visit
  • This should also help with code maintenance
• New Delivery Zones available for E-Store
  • Now you can set delivery options based on Delivery Zones and the number and type of items in the Shopping Basket
  • You can configure the Delivery Zone feature to calculate delivery based on a number of variables:
    • Whether or not there are "large" and "small" items
    • If the Shopping Basket value reaches a certain limit
    • If the total Delivery Cost reaches a certain limit
    • If the total number of items in the basket (with a delivery cost) reaches up to 5 different plateaus, delivery can be discounted accordingly
  • All delivery costs are calculated according to a Base Value
  • You can setup unlimited number of Delivery Zones
    • Each Zone had a multiplier which affects the cost of delivery
    • You can differentiate delivery costs between large and small items across different delivery zones
  • Each Product also has a Delivery Multiplier so that different product attract different delivery rates
  • Delivery is recalculated each time something is added to the Basket or if the Basket is opened or updated
• Pagenames for Products now fully implemented (following an earlier limited release)
  • Names nearly every element of an E-Store
    • Products (page: products/)
    • Product Categories (page: catalogue-c/)
    • Product Sub Categories  (page: catalogue-sc/)
    • Brands (page: catalogue-b/)
    • Brand Categories (page: catalogue-bc/)
  • The Pagenames are auto-generated when used in the Frameworks manager
  • All Pagenames are checked for uniqueness before being saved
  • Pagenames must be alphanumeric only with at least one letter of the alphabet in the Pagename string (cannot be all numbers)
  • When an old address is used and a new Pagename address is available, the system will automatically redirect to the new URL
  • Search engines are given instructions that the change is permanent so that old URLs will eventually filter out of the system
  • If you have old URLs coded into articles and other manually generated links, it would be better if they could be changed, but it is not essential
  • It is possible to customise Product Pagenames as it is normally generated with the category name as well as the Product Pagename
    • Because the Category Pagename is not used for the database query, any relevant name could be used when manually coding page URLs
    • This may be used for SEO in some circumstances
    • Use this feature with caution as it may appear to search engines that you have duplicate content thus diluting the value of the page

Bug Fixes

• A couple more problems with saving fields with apostrophes in, were fixed
  • Questionnaire processing
  • Delivery Option processing
• Some improvements have been made to the following processes for increased efficiency and reliability
  • Shopping Basket calculations
  • Product Page rendering
  • Content Category Display
• Product Delete button was not working - now fixed
• Some aspects of user registration and login in Custom Contact Forms were not working fully
  • Registration was not successful in some circumstances
  • Login for existing registrants was not successful in some circumstances
  • Registration advice not was complete in some circumstances
  • Now all appears to be working fully

August 2012

Bug Fixes

• Deleted records were affecting the status of current records (including reports) where duplicates had previously existed - now fixed
• Some Smartspace account settings were inadvertently deleted causing problems for site account payments - now fixed
  • This was part of another problem where updating of the Smartspace Payment Settings record was being updated inadvertently, corrupting the record - also fixed
• Whilst Usernames and Passwords were checked for white space at the start and end of the text, they were not checked when updating passwords - now fixed
• Apostrophes were causing problems when updating and managing attached article pictures and also Group names - now fixed
  • Please note if this is causing problems in processing for you - changes in server a few months ago meant that many form  (~200) processes were updated but some were missed - please advise if you have noticed this problem in forms you have processed
• Since switching Mail Servers, there has been intermittent problems with sending of mail via the internal mail system (contact forms, sending receipts, etc) - new settings have solved these problems

New Features and Improvements

• Contact Forms Now Record Contact Details
  • Custom Contact Forms can be configured to align nominated fields  with Individual database records
  • When the Custom Contact form is processed, it searches the Smartspace database to find duplicate records
  • If none are found, the record is saved, otherwise a report on similar records is emailed to the contact target
• New Registration/Login widget attached to Custom Forms
  • The system can now also be configured to allow logging in or registering at the same time as filling out a form
  • The system presents different fields depending on your login status
  • If you are logged in, it gives you the chance to edit some basic details (name and email address)
  • If you are not logged in it gives you the chance to login whilst submitting the form or
  • Allows the visitor to register for the first time
  • At this stage it does not check for duplicate records if registering
  • It does check the visitors email address if logging in and re presents the form if it is empty or not valid
• Improvements in Framework System
  • The system has been reviewed to ensure duplicate records cannot be created for any one framework
  • All panels are now saved for each framework
  • Activate or otherwise during editing process
    • A new feature widget - Content Preview Description is now available
    • Uses images and the content description to render selected content from multiple categories
• Improvements to Travelscape Framework
  • Feature Panels can now be fully configured
  • 2 Feature Panels active
  • The first panel must use the Separated Content (from images) widget, but the second feature panel is fully configurable
• Change to Standard Reports page
  • Changes have been made to make Standard reports more usable, especially where the Membership Module is subscribed to
    • Standard reports, where traders have the Membership Module, now need to nominate the scope of the report
      • Complete Database
      • Members Only
    • This removes redundant selections that can easily confuse users
    • When Complete Database is selected, the Membership Filters and Button are removed
    • When Membership is selected, the General Database button is removed and the Membership filters and button is reinstated
    • This does not change the way the filters work
  • Change in default status of some filters
    • In Database Filters, the default for Customers/Participants status has been changed to All (from Active)
    • In Membership Filters,  the default for Payment Status has been changed to All (from Paid Up To Date)
    • These changes will help remove some confusion that occurs when processing common reports
    • They do not change the way the reports system works
• Improvements to the Smartspace Subscription/Accounts System
  • Now each module and the status of each module is recorded separately
  • Updating and renewing modules is now automated
  • Changes in modules and access from one subscription period to the next now takes place on the day of subscription renewal
  • Access to modules for advertised trial periods and for subscription periods is now automated
• Improvements to Individualised Bulk Emailer
  • The sending of bulk emails sometimes resulted in significant numbers or failed attempts to send emails -sometimes as high as 50% of the total
  • New scripts now have reduced the connection load on mail servers and resulted in near perfect results with failed attempts now very rare
  • Scripts have also been cleaned up and/or rewritten for more trouble free execution
  • New standard settings ensure that Gmail and Hotmail/Live connections are handled as required by their proprietary owners
  • Smartspace is still using PHPMailer (a third party script) for the actual mail server connection and sending of these emails
• New Support email address
  • Smartspace now has a dedicated support email address -  support @ smartspacehq.com (spaces inserted to prevent spam)

 

July 2012

Bug Fixes

New Features and Improvements

• Manual Links now can have a sprite
  • When adding an image to a manual link in the framework panel, you can now configure it to be a mouseover link
  • You must use the css file to style the link accordingly
• New mail server new operating smoothly
  • Our new mail server is now located at smartmailhq.com
  • It is also available at your webmail subdomain - ie: webmail.mywebsitedomain.com
  • View the secure webmail service at https://smartmailhq.com
  • Global address books now available with email accounts
  • Connect to the server using either POP3 or IMAP protocol
  • Connect securely if required
  • Spam Checker and Virus Checker
    • Quarantining SPAMs into MySQL database, release or delete them with iRedAdmin-Pro.
    • SPF (Sender Policy Framework) Validation support.
    • DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) signing and verification support.
    • Greylisting support.
    • Whitelist support. Based on IP address, sender address, DNS name.
    • Blacklist support. Based on IP address, sender address, DNS name, HELO.
    • HELO Randomization Prevention (HRP) support.
    • Spamtrap support.
    • SpamAssassin integration.
    • ClamAV integration for anti-virus, auto-update virus database.
  • Added features inside Roundcube Webmail - new Smartmail skin
  • Mark mail you identify as spam to help the system learn
  • Create and manage multiple identities
  • Manage passwords
  • Create your own filters to reply and/or bounce email
  • Space allowed for all accounts has been doubled
• New Secure FTP Server for Graphic Designers
  • New vsftp server to force secure connections for all ftp connections
  • Smartspace can provide access as required for Graphic Designers and their clients

June 2012

Bug Fixes

• Communication password field was a plain text field - now changed to a password field
• A couple of links from within the questionnaire creation system have been amended
• When viewing Service Rules in the Database Manager, confusingly, a number of content categories were visible, now only Service Rules are visible
• Another three frameworks have had the new page image structure changed for more flexible rendering of page images in different situations
  • One Space
  • Bright Cross
  • PicInfo
• Posts in content categories that are ordered by numbers had unnumbered posts appearing in the archive - this does now NOT happen
• The field which stored options for surveys/questionnaires (drop down lists or radio buttons) was configured incorrectly and only stored numbers (id's) up to 127 - now accepts much bigger numbers so it saves options as expected
• Where multiple questionnaires were available in the Database Manager, if both were not started it would display incorrectly - now displays as expected
• Multiple records were sometimes created when creating memberships
  • In certain circumstances extra files would be created
  • Other records would be also converted to the wrong dates
  • Extra checking is now in place to ensure that this cannot happen
• Html files could not be uploaded though the file manager - they can now be uploaded
• In networked systems a network message should be shown if a local message is not present - this now happens
• Membership details were mistakenly appearing on the home page in membership only systems - now appearing in the Membership tab only

Improved Features

• Pagename for Products is now ready and will be activated at the end of June 2012
  • Works for products, brands and product categories
  • Automatically redirects pages to a new address if available (for search engines)
• Some more improvements to  Colour Options for Products.
  • Better inventory handling for Colour Options
  • Products cannot be sold unless stock is in place
  • Custom text is now available out of stock items in simple inventory (not yet working for all Colour Options)
• Other Improvements in Products and Payment Settings
  • Fields for Product and Payment settings have been improved
  • Inventory now resides Product settings
  • Text for titles in product previews is now in Product Settings
  • You can now customise your preview text for Products - show a specified amount of text
  • The Payment Settings configuration file has been made lighter and more efficient
• Full Online membership Sales and member registration
  • Full registration  update procedure for current members
  • Includes incorporation of custom questionnaires
  • Works with networked systems for clubs and associations
  • Can be used with links (from emails etc) or by link from Membership info page
  • Establishes available membership options and fully shows status
  • Users can now Pay online
  • Streamlined payment process for administrators
  • Works fully for new members
  • Allows paperless  registration and new registrations
  • Administrators can now add service rules through the database manager
• Improvements to Reports and Filters
  • Active in database filters is now shown permanently to avoid confusion on report status
  • Now filter on either Registration date or Last Update date
  • Membership status filters now clearer and more flexible
  • Filter now on both Paid status and Date of Membership
• Extra checking for Bulk Emails
  • Passwords now will not be sent if problems arise in saving those values into the database
  • Extra forms of sent status now activated to show passwords not sent and other undefined database problems
  • When requeueing, now three forms of status will be requeued, the two above along with those not able to be sent
  • Now more secure with user input preventing any possibility of injection attacks
  • Subject field has been increased to 100 characters
• Better Attached Image Selections for Content
  • An extra Slideshow format has been added to content - attached images - Numbered Slideshow
  • Now make default selections for Slideshow/Attached image format, size, behavior in the Content Category configuration
  • Once the Image Format and Expansion selections have been made in the Category, there is no need to reselect in the Article if you wish to retain these selections
• New Public Image Gallery
  • A list of thumbnail images now opens (using in page processing) to a navigable gallery
  • First image is the one that is selected
  • Has a gallery controller to navigate
  • General improvements to code for more consistent rendering of all galleries through all Frameworks
• New Panel widgets for Frameworks
  • You can now select a menu in Blog Style (linked by month-year) for content categories
  • Add a Custom Content Form to your website in the Frameworks Manager
  • Auto create custom links to Groups listings and categories

May 2012

Bug Fixes

• Top and Tail Framework should have defaulted to the category images before defaulting to the home page images when showing top and tail images - now it does
• Content Page image in Big Ideas framework did not always appear as expected - now fixed
• Simple report of current members under the Global heading was not working - fixed
• Link to edit specific individual membership for Membership Report only opened onto the Individual Summary page - now opens to edit window
• "Processing" feature for memberships in the Membership Summary report now works
• The Opening Hours message was not being saved correctly when editing Opening Hours
• The Bookings Menu in the bookings record interface was misbehaving - refresh your bookings page to enable the new settings to ensure it works as expected
• The correct Service instances were not being shown in the Bookings pane - now fixed
• The Cancel Booking and Booking No Show links in the booking menu were not recording accurately - they now work
• Recent changes in saving individuals into  groups caused the Individual Id of the person not to be saved in some circumstances. This caused a problem when reporting - now fixed
• The Groups report page had an extra element that could cause some problems when generating a report. Element has been removed and page is now  valid code

Improved Features

• The Booking Reports page now offers greater report formats and other filters
  • Now report on individual books over a defined time period and show total hours booked
  • Filter reports to show bookings in each available resource separately
  • Bookings interface more user friendly with format selection now done with radio buttons instead of multiple form buttons
• Four additional Report formats are now available in the Group Reports area
  • Report on the combined statistics of individuals for Group involvement during selected instances
  • Report on the individual details of Group involvement during selected instances
  • Print these reports to screen or save them for export in .csv files

March-April 2012

New and Improved Features

• E-Store Module
  • Product Colours have been implemented which allows a greater configuration of colours attached to products
    • Colour Lists can now be saved which allows adding one colour list to multiple products
    • Unlimited variations of colour can be saved especially where colours have textures or patterns attached
    • A color image can be attached to a colour for display along with the product
    • This image is shown in place of the colour when viewed with the product to allow textures and patterns to be shown
    • In the products area, a further image can be attached to a colour so that the image is viewed when the colour is clicked
  • The behavior of the Shopping Basket is configurable in the way that colours are selected
    • This includes simply clicking on a colour to select the product colour you want purchased
    • When a colour is selected a check is made on the sizes/styles available for that colour
    • Checks include whether or not there is enough inventory to cover the sale
    • A further check is made when the products are being added, just in case a multiple product purchase is more than  is available in inventory
    • Only the amount available will be added to the Shopping Basket when inventory does not meet demand
    • Styles and sizes can also be combined with colours to create a Colour/Style/Size matrix - now called Colour Options
  • Inventory can now be attached to each Colour Option and is adjusted on the sale of a product
    • If Colour Options are created, it automatically discontinues the use of the current simple inventory which is still available if options are not created
    • The trigger for this change is the selection of a Colour List in the Product setup.
    • This also disables styles and sizes - If a Colour List is attached to a Product, Colour Options must be attached to any styles/sizes available
  • Colours will always combine with every size and style and cannot be deleted, only disabled, if not required
    • Colours can be shown as clickable colour swatches when show with products
• Groups Module
  • The Groups module can now handle a range of Group Profiles so that with each Group Category selected, the profile of the category determines the behavior of the system when it comes to Instances and Groups
  • At present, the system will now handles
    • Competitions
    • Events
    • Services
    • Job Listings
    • Business Profiles
    • More information soon
• Graphic Templates Module - New!
  • The development of the new Graphic Template module is almost completed
  • This system works with the new Colour Options system to enable users to add their own graphics and lettering to products available for sale
  • More to come soon!
• Custom Contact Forms
  • Create virtually any type of Contact Form and place them on your website
  • Create an unlimited number of Contact Forms
  • Select from three form layouts
  • Customise the send button with text or an image
  • Customise the target email on each form
  • Customise the presend and successful send messages
  • Include a Spam Fighter field if required
  • Decide what type of fields the form will generate (coming soon)
  • Align form fields with registration fields (coming soon)
  • Link directly to a custom form (coming soon)
  • All processing is done in page using AJAX
  • Embed any form or forms in a contents page with the Custom Code

Bug Fixes

• When no PayPal header image was available in the Payment Settings, a text header was being sent causing havoc with the PayPal system (there is a bug in their system as well)
  • The code has now been fixed to prevent this from happening
• The Shopping Basket was changing owner if website management did any work to someone's Shopping Basket
  • Now, the basket remains in the hands of the original owner if the website owner has the manage the Basket for any reason
• When transferring a transaction to PayPal, the system would sometimes take some time to transfer.
  • Now a message appears to advise customers that the transfer is taking place and to wait.

February 2012

New and Improved Features

• Groups Module
  • Networked groups (eg sporting associations and their clubs) now have more power to create instances (usually events)
    • Network leader can now enable network members to create instances of their own in the leaders group category
      • Typically this would mean clubs could add events to a federation's competition calendar
      • The Network member decides when to submit the instance
      • The network leader then approves the instance at which point it is distributed to others in the network
      • All network members can then add groups to the instance, submit them and pay for them
      • The creator of the instance within the network is responsible for the management of the event, in the same way the network leader managers their events
    • Network entry accounts for these transactions have also been improved
      • A separate account is now created for each instance entry
      • There is now no chance of accounts being combined when payment either had been late in arriving or marked as being paid
• Bulk Image Upload - Graphic Designers
  • The image upload tool now provides more guidance for sourcing directories
  • The tool now allows first level account from the root of the designer's main directory
  • Better error handling has been implemented

Bug Fixes

• Custom Information (questionnaire/surveys) links were not all accurate - fixed
• Not all links carried the Trader ID  which means session could be lost in some circumstances -now all do
• Improved navigation between questionnaire elements for easier development/management
• Pages could lose their website ID in rare circumstances when saving Custom Information - ID now retained
• Issues with extremely large Combined Groups processing forms due to security settings
  • Setting have been adjusted to allow for large forms but to maintain security

 

January 2012

Bug Fixes

• Membership option pricing was not automatically getting correct prices in membership signup process - fixed
• Price management - Carry Price Forward button now added to the top of the form to avoid confusion of needing to change form to proceed
• Pagination of long lists of images in Albums now working as expected on consecutive pages (previous/next links)
• When booking settings did not exist, it was causing a fatal error in some websites which do not have a the bookings module (in rare instances) - fixed
• The send login feature (in the individual rego form and staff area was sometimes being rejected by the mail server - now seems to be working ok
• There were some problems with the website registration. Should now be working fully
• Apostrophes were causing problems in saving customer notes - now fixed
• More apostrophe problems when first saving content posts (was ok on update) - now fixed
• Overlay window was not opening when viewing website subscriptions - now working
• Changes of primary clubs for networked systems was not being recorded correctly when they held a network membership - now fixed

These are the changes and development schedule for Smartspace for 2012. Find the development schedule at the bottom of the page.

Find links to past years changes in the menu to the left.

2012 Developments

* Work started

** Work substantially completed

Prioritised Updates

• Product Module
  • Add url pagenames for products, brands and categories
  • AJAX management for Brands
• Groups
  • Improved accounting for team entry fees for groups module in networks
  • Networked nominations
  • Nominated managers for group category instances (networks)
  • Action menu for Instances and groups
  • Clear groups display of unused group categories *
  • Finalise Bookings management for groups **
  • Review group behaviour depending on Group Category
• Server
  • Transfer mailserver to new server
• Website Signup
  • Complete auto server configuration
  • Restyle pages *
  • Review module configuration **
  • Improve usability for graphic designers *
• General
  • Finalise new styling for all backend management pages**
  • Individual Registration duplicate checking for all registration types
  • More configuration options for Payment Settings
  • Finalise AJAX management for Website Frameworks
  • Improved module management for website subscriptions
  • Complete relevant help files for each page **

Other Improvements - Important But Not Essential

• Help Files
  • Introduce Help Search
  • Categorise help files
  • Restyle help pages
• Membership
  • Record and display breaks in networked memberships

Future Major Module and System Improvements

• Develop Accommodation module
• Complete development of service and support system *
• Development more tools for graphic designers
  • Record time and actions for each website
  • Website planning tools
• Finalise Newsletter module *
• Finalise Promotions management module
• Imporvements to Colours in the shopping Basket