Version 2.2 was a bit of a low key release and as such many people did not take the opportunity to upgrade. So here is a summary of the latest features from the last two versions:

• Full and complete support for stamps
• Audio manager
• Add poems to inspire your users
• Custom fields
• CSV import of user contacts
• Option to change order of categories
• Text version of html emails automatically generated
• Added configurable cookie domain for more reliability
• Add category cache
• Numerous bug fixes

The latest release is available in your Member Centre. If you are holding off extending your subscription now is the time to extend it.

If you are not currently a WebCards member please subscribe today for an instant download.

If you have any problems feel free to post in our forum or submit a support request.

To iron out any last minute bugs I am looking for a few people to test it before it is offically released.

If you are interested please email me at chris.charlton@gmail.com

There have been many improvements in this release. Here are some of the highlights:

• Display images from child categories. This prevents parent categories showing as empty when the child categories are full of images. It is a setting that can be turned on or off.
• Added free text upload – good for YouTube videos and other embedded media. One of the problems with Webcards 2.0 was that it used file extensions to determine how to display a file. If you added a file without an extension such as a YouTube video, Webcards didn’t know what to do with it. Now you have a the option of a free text upload. Simply paste the embedded html into the box and away you go!
• Added reCAPTCHA system. This has been requested for a long time and is now available in Webcards. You can choose to show a CAPTCHA to everybody, just guests or you can turn it off all together.
• WebCards is now fully brandable. You can now choose to remove all traces of the word “WebCard” from your system and fully rebrand it to whatever you want. Instead of receiving a “WebCard”, your users can now receive a “Chuck’s bodacious e-card” or whatever you wish to call them.

There are also quite a few bug fixes and feature enhancements. Most notably:

• Fixed many SQL errors and general bugs
• More generous login attempts for your users before they are frozen out for 10 minutes
• Safer renaming of uploaded images to prevent file upload attacks
• Manually typing pickup code now works properly with friendly URLs
• Added more robust filtering of user input to prevent XSS problems
• email is checked for being banned when a user registers

WebCards is the best value e-card software available today. It is robust, powerful and great value. $50 will get your 6 months unlimited updates and support. Customers with valid subscriptions can download WebCards today from our Secure Members Area.

If you are not a member please proceed to our order area to purchase WebCards today. It will be available for immediate download when your payment has cleared.

You can now login and access your download and support area via SSL. Just visit https://www.mywebcards.net/members/ and all your information will be kept securely.

We have also made some changes to our support ticket system and fixed a few bugs. If you still have any problems with it, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

photo credit: BlakJakDavy

Using the great bulk upload feature, it took just a few minutes to add all these images.

So try out our demo version of WebCards today.

WebCards is no longer free, but it comes at an excellent price with amazing support and 6 months unlimited updates.
No other e-card software offers you so many great features at such a small price. We are certain that you will be totally happy with your purchase of WebCards.

WebCards comes with a great feature set which includes

• Support for member accounts
• Option to charge users for sending cards with PayPal support
• Search engine friendly URLs
• Bulk Image Uploader
• Ability to add images to multiple categories and support for infinite subcategories
• Advanced options and bandwidth-saving settings
• Automatic thumbnail generation
• Ability to both upload and link images
• Robust ban settings – ban by email address or IP address – also includes IP search tools
• Template manager

You can also take a look at our full Feature Tour to see a lot, lot more.

If you have any questions please feel free to reply to this post or post a message to our brand new Support Forum.

Enjoy the new release!

You can download the package from the Sourceforge download page.

If you already have WebCards 1.3 installed, you only need to upload the file source/ad_login.php. If you are unsure, feel free to upload all the files. But please ensure you do not overwrite config.php.

If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to post a reply to this post until we get our forum software sorted out.

The beta will be valid for 30 days and all you need to do is install it, test it as much as you can and then let us know how you got on with it. If you are interested in being a beta testers, please email beta@mywebcards.net to express your interest.

Every beta tester will get a very special treat, but I am going to keep what it is secret for a while. In return for this treat, all you have to do is promise to give some feedback.
Remember, just email beta@mywebcards.net to express your interest.

Did you know that members of our mailing list got this announcement last week? If you want to get updates before anybody else, just sign up for our list at the left hand side of any page. If you replied to the announcement from the mailing list and haven’t heard back from me, please contact me again. My spam filter deleted a lot of the replies.

I know from the number of emails I have been receiving that people really like having the forum. I have worked hard to delete all the spam posts and update the phpBB security settings.

From now on, all users will have to manually verify their email addresses and their first three posts will have to be manually authorised by an administrator.

I hope that will be enough to stop the spam bots, but we will see.

I will look into a more robust forum solution that will stop spammers, but if anybody has any ideas let me know.

You can email me chris.charlton[at]gmail.com if you need any support.