WebCards News and Updates

Latest WebCards Version 2 Updates

Lots of updates are happening with WebCards version 2 and I just wanted to keep everybody informed of what’s going on. We also have a new WebCards newsletter going out, so make sure you signup for all the latest information and updates.

You can always check out the latest updates at the development demo.

Firstly, the sending routines have been seriously overhauled. Parsing a message and sending a card is now faster, more accurate and more reliable. Send a card from the demonstration and you will see that you message will be properly parsed and smileys work now too.

Gravatar support has been added. When a user receives a WebCard from you, your Gravatar will be added to the card so they can see who sent it.

An account settings and history section has been added to the members section. You can see cards that you have sent, cards send to you and cards that are pending to be sent in the future. The does away with having to request a pickup be sent to you by email if you lose it. Just login to your account and you can see all the cards that have been sent to you that are still active. You can also change your timezone settings, your password and look at your PayPal payment history.

We have also created a new WebCards Newsletter so you can be kept up to date with the latest announcements. You won’t receive emails everyday, we promise. Use this link to signup.

Keep your feedback coming about the new version of WebCards, it really helps us to know how the new features are being received.

Looking Towards WebCards Version 2

The current version of WebCards is definitely starting to show its age. It is still a strong piece of software that can stand up with best, but it definitely needs some work doing. That is why we are looking towards the version 2 release of WebCards.

You can see it in action over at the demonstration site and some of the new features are clear to see. You need to register an account to send WebCards now but registration is very quick and easy. The demonstration also supports PayPal payments, but there is no need to pay to use the demonstration.

Let’s take a look at the new features of the latest version of WebCards.

• Membership support
• PayPal support including instant, automatic confirmation
• Bulk image Uploads
• Infinite subcategories and the ability to add a single image to multiple categories
• Rich text editor for creating more powerful messages

These are a few of the more significant features of WebCards 2. There are of course many, many smaller new features, bug fixes and security improvements.

We invite you to test this early version of WebCards 2 at the demonstration site. You can leave feedback at the special forum for version 2 feedback. It is the first category listed at the forums. Please feel free to leave any comments there.

Support Forum Back Online

I had to close the support forum for a few days while I cleaned up some of the spam.

I apologise to anybody who saw some of the horrible stuff that was posted, I will try to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Unfortunately, I have now had to now enable to registrations and CAPTCHA to try and avoid the problem happening again.

Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.