Preparation work carried out ready for upgrade of our database servers, should produce faster loading times and additional security.

Updated code throughout ready for the new MySQL upgrade from version 5 to 8

Added Purchase Order field to the invoices.

Fixed a few annoying bugs, if you find any of these pesky creatures please let me know

Updated the digital download features allowing easier management of downloadable digital assets

It is now possible to select multiple files when using the Add Addiitonal Images/Files option rather than selecting and adding one at a time.

Undo Feature added storing deleted and updated content which can be updated

Added Mailing List Data to Dashboard stats

Working on new methods to send email newsletters ready for the Christmas rush, get in touch if you would like a newsletter designed and sent out in time for Christmas

Added some new status settings for orders of Gift Cards and digital download products

Added order checklist and dispatch form for using to pack the order ready for shipping

Added some new Exporting facilities allowing data to be exported, for record keeping, backup, and transferred to other platforms etc.

Adding automated backup and monthly stats emailer to the server jobs rather than being part of visitors ensures this is automatically carried out twice a week without impacting visitors

Added Export and Import for Digital Download Products

Fixing some persistent bugs in the CMS code and making it more secure.

Changed the name of attributes to Options and added a feature to allow dragging and dropping the order of items

Now discount codes can be assigned to specific products giving customers discounts only for a particular item that is on offer

Preparing to Upgrade CMS to PHP Version 8

Quickly add new attributes or upgrade/alternate versions and assign them to a product

Attributes are now assigned per product allowing easy creation and assignment to every product

Updates to the benchmark system sending warning emails if the website loads slowly

Quickly backup the database before any work commences so we can revert if any problems arise

Added a new section for How to Guides...  Showing step by step on how to do the most common functions within the CMS

Added feature to create thumbnails for every image within a folder and store them in the thumbnails folder

Complete backup of all pages to HTML ready for offline or database errors

Tidying up and bug fixing

Updated display properties of your customers, adding new features and fixing bugs.

Enhancements and added features to the Quiz, Survey and Question Editor now allows multiple templates and answers can be shown or hidden until the end, emails sent with CSV data for import into any spreadsheet.

Enhanced the Question Editor to manage Questions, Surveys and now Quizzes

Making it easier and faster to find pages without Meta Data and edit the details ensuring SEO work is working on each page

Created a new Front End management tool for those customers who do not want to login to the full backend CMS.

Send emails to customers who added items to their basket, registered but did not pirchase, allowing them to continue the process.  Also create and send a discount voucher to convince them to purchase.. 

Now products can be duplicated making it easy to create new products based on existing products.

When updating Content Names the system now updates the Meta Name URL link keeping all the meta data connected to the right piece of content

along with the stock update I have now added a quick update for the List price and RRP of products from the list of products

Added a visual representation of what the search engine results would look like when SEO details are updated

If a cart contains a Gift Card that was not created then admin can now click a link to create the gift card.

As well as next and previous buttons it is now possible to put the page number of a product and it jumps straight to that product item

Added new editor for attribute creation for ecommerce product

Sort the dashboard to show the details in the order that they are important to you.

I have opened a simple shop to show an example of what is possible, whether you are selling physical or digital products and services.

Send an abandoned cart email to customers to remind them what they were purchasing.

Enhanced digital download system allowing digital products to be sold from our simple ecommerce system.

Allows Web services to send using your external email services such as Gmail or Outlook or others, making it less likely to being blocked or bounced.

Major Email Overhaul preventing emails being rejected or bounced

Some new features to make viewing and editing the content easier.

Enhancements to the Variable Editor making it easier to edit variables quickly including copying all variables from a content item and pasting all variables directly into another product.

CSV and XML export enhancements

Live data feed added to dashboard charts

Added ability to sort the dashboard layout and save for each individual user and the Default settings.

I am working on a new control panel to bring it up to date and work more efficiently on our new servers.  The old CMS will continue to work until we have upgraded and transferred all older sites across to our new servers.  Please let me know if you would like to trial the new CMS and I can set it up on your account first.

You can now select to show a specific category within the e-Commerce editor, drop down appears next to the number of items to show section at top, select a category and only that set of products will be seen.

We have developed a new Contact Manager that allows quick and easy responses to your customers.  They fill in your contact form, an email is sent to you and an optional SMS direct to your mobile phone, click a simple link to respond to the email using set responses.  The customer receives your response email and can even set a date with a calendar entry if required.  If you are interested in this feature please let us know.

Welcome to the new Monthly Stats.  We are not really sure if anyone is really paying attention to our weekly stats, we have re-engineered them so they look much better, in our opinion, and will only be sending them monthly.  This means that at the beginning of each month the stats will be sent out for the previous month, this should make things easier to analyse and understand what is happening with your website.  Your stats should come through between the 2nd and 10th of each month depending on your particular backup settings.  Let us know what you think.

Allow your customers to build a wish list and send it to their friends and family, reminding them of what they wanted to buy.  Need this added to your website then contact us and we will make it happen for you.

Update of our Product Editor allows importing of new Products to an editing area, allowing the products to be worked on prior to making them live.  Archiving of Products allows older/discontinued products to be archived but remain on the system for reference within the shipping management tool.  Archived Products and New Products are not available to the general visitors on the site and will not be shown within the shop front.  Method of use would be 1.  Import new Products 2.  Edit New Products 3.  Move old products across to Archive 4.  Move New Products to Active list.

We are working on adding a new Ratings and Review System on to our eCommerce platform, along with a much anticipated Related Products for those products you need to sell alongside other products as well as for up-selling.  If you are interested please contact David or Christina now to install these great new features and schedule the work.

David is now a Google Approved Photographer and able to add your business premises to the Google Street View service, allowing your customers to go inside your business and look around while online using their browser.  Book your free assessment now.

Hope you all like the new Login Page which now makes it easier to contact us at DRA, as well as getting a reminder of your password if you happen to forget it.  Please let us know if you experience any issues.

We are working on a new feature to allow multi-languages to be used.  Several options will be available ranging from simply enabling the multi-lingual system ready for the translations up to the complete package including translating the site.  Whether you want to translate the content or just the navigation we will be able to handle all aspects of a multi-lingual site design.  Ask for a quote now based on your requirements.

The file browser and media centre now handles multiple uploads.  You may now select multiple files using SHIFT + Select or drag and highlight using your mouse.  Please be patient with the uploader as dealing with multiple files can increase the time the server does not respond.  Please do not refresh or move away from the page until the uploads are complete.  We will be adding some visual progress bars eventually.

For those clients using our Blog system we have added a new way of turning comments on and off. 

You may now, with one click, turn comments off throughout your entire site or for individual posts. 

In your new improved CMS you will notice in the Blog posts content that there is a new icon showing Comments On or Comments Off.  One click is enough.  Site wide comments can be switched off using the drop down menu at top right, and selecting Comments Off. 

Again any feedback, good or bad, is appreciated.

We are currently upgrading our CMS to version 4.0 with the main aim to make it easier to use and cleaner in style.

Hopefully we will be rolling this out over the next few weeks, although we will continue to work on it over the next few months.

Another option that we are trying hard to complete is a WYSIWYG editor for bloggers, this will allow a Microsoft Word style editor allowing you to see what will be displayed on the blog.  This editor will most likely be installed at a small charge to cover our development costs but this charge will depend on how many of you would like the editor in the first instance.  If you are interested in this editor please contact us.

New buttons available on news editor as well as blog editor;

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More text to separate text, place a [---] code in your main text and when the system displays shortened versions this will be the cutoff point or also known as introduction text.