This is a quick note. Broadfast Email Newsletter followed the autoresponder and also has an update using SwiftMailer. This means no more PEAR library will be required to send SMTP mails and now Sendmail is also available.
Another new in the version is subscribers search and sort and unicode support.
We had some customers complaining that PEAR was hard to set up or was unavailable in their hosts. So here is the answer, no more need of PEAR! The latest version of the php auto responder uses the best mail sending library out there – SwiftMailer. This leads to the following new features:
- Sendmail and SMTP email sending. Now it’s easy to choose between three protocols – PHP Mail, Sendmail and SMTP without the need to install anything else on your server.
- Attachments. Although we had a way to include files through “Files and Links” menu, looks like most users prefer to directly attach files to their emails. Well, this is now possible.
Another important addition is the registration API which allows advanced users to program user registrations through some other software. This can be very useful if you have existing membership system, blog or forum.
The price remains $37 for this version, but you should expect an increase soon, so it’s better to order now.
Your event calendar software now has an extended version called Eventy Plus. Instead of upgrading the original calendar and raising its price I decided to split it in two versions. Many customers like the calendar as is and there is no point in overloading it with features they don’t need. I know there are others however who need the few features of Eventy Plus:
If you want to see other features, let me know! Feel free to comment on the prices as well.
A.M.Y. is our new ad management software for small to medium publishers. The software automates selling and maintaining advertising banners, text links and rich HTML ads for web publishers. There are detailed reports for both admin and advertisers, different types of ads, campaigns, pricing zones, plans etc.
We have started the product with a price of $29 as it’s still in beta stage. Once I get the first feedback from customers and add the most demanded extra features, the price will probably be raised to $39.
You can check out the demo and let me know what you think. Any feedback is highly appreciated.
The latest version of the PHP Autoresponder is available. Besides some nice UI updates, the most important new feature is the ability to assign one autoresponder to several mailing lists. This will give you more flexibility for your email marketing campaigns.
Normally I don’t ask people for testimonials neither I did it this time. I consider my customer service very good, but I know I sometimes answer the support requests as a typical geek. So it always surprises me nicely when customer say such a nice thing.
Mike Moyer is using the software for his Trade Show Samurai site in a live environment so this has been a great test for me as well. He even discovered a bug which is useful for everyone who will buy the autoresponder.
Thanks Mike, and wish you success with your project.
This is just a quick update about the latest version of our php mass mailer. After I got several requests for SMTP in the autoresponder and added that it resulted in more satisfied customers. So I decided to do it for Broadfast as well. And here is the new version – with SMTP support and bounced back tracking.
The price is now $17 – I believe it’s a fair price for the software.
There were some requests to make our exam testing software work with images, so here it is: in the latest version there is a “Image Gallery” popup which allows you to upload unlimited number of images. Under each uploaded image the HTML code that can be used for exam questions, answers and grades is displayed. You can copy this code anywhere to create content with pictures.
The other interesting new feature is the ability to add open end questions. I had to think some time how to solve these, because the initial idea of this software is to calculate grade based on the user’s answers. Apparently this functionality is not required by everyone but I still wanted to allow calculating grade for open end questions. So here is what i came up with.
These questions will only optionally have answers. You can add unlimited number of answers to those questions and the system will not show them to the exam taker. Instead of that it will compare the freely entered text, case insensitively, to every answer. If answer is matched (assuming you have answers), the system will assign the points you have given to that answer. Simple and very efficient.
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