We added a few new features to the site yesterday. In our last shareholder conference call we announced that we’d be moving to smaller releases and this is the first release in this new format. Smaller releases allow us to get features out quickly without having to wait until a large release is complete.
The main addition in this current release is the ability to receive an offline notification text message. This feature will definitely enhance the user’s ability to quickly be informed if someone on the eDoorways site has selected them to join in a conversation. This is a feature we feel will be very attractive to small business owners who are too busy to be tied to their computer and email.
In addition to the text message notifications, if you receive an offline notification for a chat request, the chat will be listed in your conversations window when you log in. This addition will make it even easier to connect with the person requesting your expertise or services.
The setting to select text messaging for offline notification is located on the Account Settings page. You can now select more than one delivery method for your offline notifications, allowing you to have multiple delivery methods if you desire. For example you could opt to have email and text notification, or even Twitter notification as well. As always, every user has the option to opt out of offline notifications all together.
There are two situations where you will receive an offline notification. The first would be if a user does a search and they select to chat with you. If you are logged in, the chat will pop up in your conversations panel and if you’re offline, a chat request notification will be sent to you. The second way to receive an offline notification is if you’ve been engaged in a conversation and logged off while leaving it open in your conversations panel. If someone adds a comment to the conversation while you’re offline, you’ll receive an offline notification.
One other noticeable change to the site is the addition of time stamps to the chat entries giving a good context to the conversation and how long it’s been since the last comment.
The rest of the changes are behind the scenes bug fixes. We’ve also done some work to give us better monitoring of the activity and behaviors on the site giving us the ability to better support our users.
We’re still working on our Q2 milestones and you’ll see more of these small releases as we move toward our goals.
September 16, 2011 at 5:48 pm |
Stephanie, have you been keeping up with our posts here? We post here weekly. Also, there are detailed financial and status reports available at http://www.pinksheets.com. If that’s not sufficient, we will be glad to speak with you and answer any questions you may have. You can reach Gary Kimmons at gkimmons@edoorwaysintl.com.