Posts Tagged ‘fixes’

New Version of SkaDate Dating Software is Here!

Monday, March 18th, 2013

SkaDate MasterDear friends,

We are very happy to share with you the excellent news about the release of a brand new version of SkaDate Dating Software! Yes, you read that right; after collecting user-feedback and analyzing latest market trends for months, we are finally rolling out the long-awaited next iteration of our acclaimed product. We hope you are just as excited as we are!

Meet SkaDate Master

We went with Master as the moniker, since we believe this version of SkaDate dating script is truly a Master solution to start online dating site or business. To date, this is the most complete SkaDate build we ever released, packing several dozen features under the hood – more than any other solution on the market.

We’ve polished up the software back-end to make it easier to operate, added a few exciting user-requested features to remain an industry trendsetter, and most importantly, we’ve optimized the script performance, making it the fastest SkaDate yet. Let’s look into the new package in more detail.

SkaDate Master Optimization Boost

As market leaders we simply couldn’t overlook such an important factor for running a dating site as software performance. After all, the recent industry boom resulted in fast growth of most dating sites, some boasting thousands and even millions of active users.

SkaDate Master Performance BoostTo make sure all SkaDate-powered sites, both content-heavy and just beginning, operate as smoothly as possible, we have made an extra effort optimizing software requests, which resulted in over 50% performance boost.

On top of that, we have integrated CloudFlare services, which ensure that sites remain online even during downtime, and enjoy additional acceleration in site loading due to implementation of cloud-share technologies.

SkaDate Master Additional Security and Spam Protection

The integration of CloudFlare also allowed us to significantly increase site protection.  We, however, did not stop there and introduced additional tools to counteract the ever-growing number of Spam requests dogging popular websites.

SkaDate Master Site Security

The software now allows site owners to block entire countries based on IP, or enable black list IP blocking system from StopForumSpam – a platform created specifically to collect malicious IPs all across internet, so that individual admins don’t have to spend hours moderating their websites.

SkaDate Master New Major Features

SkaDate Master Google Maps IntegrationWhile we are quite proud about the new Optimization and Site Protection  features, we know the most excitement comes from the shiny new toys we give to site runners and their members. Behold:

  • Google Maps Integration

You can now add additional visual representation of all online members on the site, as well as display distance between given users in the profile view;

  • Google+ Inviter

We have supplemented our present Facebook Inviter with Google+ to make it easier than ever to invite even more friends to join your growing dating sites;

  • Completeness Bar

Give your site users more visual reference when they change their profiles. The components shows how complete the profile is with a percentage value and a graphic gauge;

  • Drag-and-Drop for Navigation and Profile Fields

The work with Navigation and Profile Fields has been made much easier and user-friendly with an intuitive Drag-and-Drop system;

SkaDate Master Drag-and-Drop

  • Slideshow

As requested, this feature gives any site even more visual flare, with a custom slideshow on the Index Page. Just add your pictures and move the component to the appropriate page position;

SkaDate Master Slideshow

  • WYSIWYG Editor for Custom Pages and Blogs

This is another much-requested feature that substantially improves the work with Blogs and Custom Pages by introducing a professional WYSIWYG Editor;

SkaDate Master Blogs

  • Integration of 2checkout.com

We have added another alternative Payment Gateway to our extensive collection, to allow even more business growth opportunities and flexibility for doing eCommerce.

  • Site Structure Overhaul

Understandably, it was becoming easy to get lost within the Admin Area as we continuously added more user-requested features to SkaDate. Fear not, we have rearranged some of the items inside the system to improve the intuitive work approach.

SkaDate Master Other Feature Improvements

  • New option allows to disable interactions between members of the same gender;
  • Site language can now be auto-selected for specific countries;
  • Classifieds have been enhanced with a new search option;
  • Albums can now be made password-protected;
  • New option allows to add custom affiliate banners;
  • Most displayed error messages were overhauled for better understanding;
  • Searching the site now displays the total number of found results;
  • All external links now have a no-follow attribute;
  • New option allows to test third-party SMTP setup before sending mail;
  • Myriad of other minor improvements and bug fixes;

Visit this page for a full list of all SkaDate Master features.

SkaDate Master New Free Theme

No SkaDate Release is complete without a new template. This time our Design Department came up with a bright and shiny traditional dating theme in Gold 2.  Combining best elements of our past efforts, Gold 2 is already our favorite and is a benchmark for SkaDate professional templates for years to come. Be the first to try it on!

SkaDate Master Free Theme

SkaDate Master Conclusion

SkaDate Master is the ultimate build of SkaDate, and the natural progression in our effort of producing best dating software tools on the market. SkaDate Master can be used by both, beginning startupers with ambition to conquer online dating industry, and seasoned companies  with vast experience in the area of online business.

To see SkaDate Master in action, please visit our Demo Page. Don’t forget to check out our portfolio featuring real examples of active dating sites running on SkaDate. If you are the current owner of a previous SkaDate build, please contact our Support Service for the Update Instructions. Otherwise, get in touch with SkaDate Pre-Sales Team to ask any additional questions or to purchase SkaDate Master now.

SkaDate Dating Software New Build: SkaDate 9.2

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

SkaDate Dating Software New Build: SkaDate 9.2Ladies and gentlemen,

We are happy to report about the release of the latest build of SkaDate Dating Software. We’ve been attentively listening to you since the last update and filled this version with as many user-requested features as possible.

Thanks to you the award-winning SkaDate dating script continues to mature, and is now truly one of the best dating site making tools on the market. Check out the full list of all the new features, themes, and bug fixes in SkaDate 9.2.

  • New Theme: Ardent

Following numerous requests we have created a new and exiting free template for the use with adult-oriented online dating sites: Ardent. Colors and images used in the theme will emphasize playful, but sensual mood of the website. Try our demo to see the template in action.

  • Affiliate Banners

New option to add affiliate banners and their HTML codes to the affiliate section;

  • Social Media Integration

The ability to share content via social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+);

  • Facebook Referrals Tracking

The system now counts users invited via Facebook;

  • Sign-in Redirect

New option to add redirect destination after user signs-in;

  • Select All

New option ‘Select All’ in Search Form;

  • Profile View Navigation

Previous and Next navigation options for viewing user profiles;

  • Review Profile Highlights

Edited profile fields are now highlighted during approval process;

  • Limited Profile View

The number of daily profile views can now be limited depending on memberships;

  • Comments Refresh

Automatic refreshing of comments for user content;

  • Hot List Admin Control

Admins now have the ability to add profiles to the Hot List through the Admin Area;

  • View More

A ‘See Older’ option for viewing latest activity and newsfeed;

  • Gift Avatar

User avatar is now displayed along the sent gift, in addition to the user name;

  • Password Protected Video

User added video content can no be password protected;

  • Badwords Expanded

Badwords filter now tracks the internal mailing system and content descriptions;

  • Splash Screen

New customizable Splash Screen;

  • Moneybookers (re-branded recently as Skrill)

The new integrated payment system;

  • Minor bug fixes and general improvements

All SkaDate clients can download the update from their Customer Areas, or contact our Support Team in case there are any questions.

New and potential customers can try SkaDate Demo, place an order, or get in touch with our Sales Operators.

SkaDate Dating Software Updates To Version 9.0.2555

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

SkaDate Dating Software Updates To Version 9.2The latest iteration of the SkaDate Dating Software, SkaDate 9, has become our most successful release ever, proving popular for both, customers and industry specialists alike. This, however, does not mean there were no room for improvement!

With this said we are proud to give you the next build of our award-winning solution, which further enhances functionality of the SkaDate dating script, and fixes several minor bugs. Here is what’s new:

  • Virtual Gifts can now be sent right from Profile Lists;
  • Added member thumbnails to Shoutbox;
  • Added ability to extend Coupon Code duration;
  • Adding embedded video no longer blocks other elements on the page;
  • ‘Who Viewed Me’ now also counts views in Mobile Versions;
  • Fixed minor bugs in Speed Dating Bookmarked Profiles;
  • Fixed Unsubscribe bug on the profile page;
  • Coincidentally deleting member profile while in Referrals Section is no longer possible;
  • Mobile Version now always uses the URL specified in mconfig.php;
  • Optimized SQL queries;
  • Increased software efficiency;
  • Fixed other minor bugs;

While you are enjoying the new SkaDate build, we will continue improving it further, to make sure you have the best tools available for building a perfect online dating site.

All SkaDate clients can download the update from their Customer Areas, or contact our Support Team in case there are any questions.

New and potential customers can check out SkaDate Demo to see all the features in actions, or place an order for a copy of the software with our Sales Operators.

New Build of SkaDate Dating Script: 8.2140

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

We have released a new build of SkaDate Dating Software8.2140

It features minor fixes and usability improvements.

Here is what you will find in SkaDate 8.2140:

  • Tips on payment providers setup in the Admin Panel

To make the process of payment providers activation easier for you, we have added links to the corresponding sections of online Admin Panel manual for each of the payment gateways. So if you want to setup PayPal, but don’t feel like leaving the Admin Panel to look for instructions, just click on the question icon against the payment provider’s title, and follow the detailed configuration guide.

  • Optional ‘Location’ matching field for Speed Dating events

Base Speed Dating matching fields are age, sex, location. If you don’t have that many members in your community yet, but still want each of the Speed Dating event participants to find a match to talk to – ease the matching criteria by disabling the ‘location’ field. This will let the system find more Speed Dating matches for each user.

  • Advance Speed Dating event notification

For your members not to miss the Speed Dating event they have signed up to, and be online on the site at the appropriate time -  the system is configured to send out automatic reminders about the upcoming event 24 hours before it takes place.

  • DreamDate template improvements

A few more improvements to fonts, and component names of the so-loved-by-customers DreamDate template.

  • Unsubscribed profile details

Before, if your site member decided to unsubscribe his profile, you received a notification that someone has left your site, which didn’t contain any of the member’s personal details. So you could only guess who quited using your site, and why. Having received multiple requests from our customers to make the ‘Unsubscribe notification’ more informative , we have added more details to it by including the member’s username and email.

  • Possibility to access site Admin Panel via SkaDate Mobile Edition.

Now not only site members can experience all benefits of mobile online dating, but also site owners can access the Administration Panel and make necessary settings right from their mobile device.

  • Updated database of IP range for geo-targeted ads

To always keep the IP range database up-to-date, thus making your geo-targeted ad campaign as efficient as possible, we are updating it with every new software build.

You can download the new SkaDate Dating Software build and update manuals for free in your Customer Area.

SkaDate 7.5.1933: Minor Fixes

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

We have released another build of SkaDate Dating Software – 7.5.1933. It doesn’t include new features, and is aimed at eliminating all those little imperfections that caused you and your members any inconveniences while using the site.

Find the list of fixes and improvements below:

  • Possibility for members to turn off/on the Friend Request notifications.

Surely not everyone wants to receive Friend Request notifications to their email addresses. For different reasons. We feel obliged to give your site members the right to choose.

  • Ajax Chat and IM query optimization.

We have slightly increased the intervals between Ajax Chat and IM queries to ease your server load.

  • Ajax Chat and IM smile set fix.

We have put the smile set in order. Now it looks just the way it should :)

  • Adjustments for IE 8.

A few more improvements to make SkaDate Dating Script performance flawless in Internet Explorer 8.

  • Possibility for members to prolong their paid membership type before the expiration date.

If your site member wants to take care of prolonging his paid membership before it expires, he can easily do that in advance.

  • DreamDate template improvements.

We have made our beautiful template even better by adding an inventory line, language selection box for members, a few keys and components.

  • Deleted Members thumbnail fix.

If your members happen to look through their mailbox conversation with a deleted member, they will now see a special ‘Deleted Member’ icon instead of just nothing (in Frefox) or a not-so-attractive red cross (in Internet Explorer)

  • MailBox: New Message notification fix.

If a member’s message gets caught by a spam-filter, the intended receipient will not see a notification about it on the site. We thnk this will help the users avoid confusion.

  • ‘Virtual Gifts’ component on the Profile View page improvement.

If your site users want to keep their virtual gifts to themselves, they can easily remove the ‘Virtual Gifts’ component from the Profile View page.

  • Video Upload: configuration of the max_filesize fix.

Before, if you changed the maximum allowed file size for uploaded videos, the system could still not allow you to uoload the desired video, because cache did not clear automatically. Now it does after every max_filesize customization, so you will face no more throubles with this.

  • RSS cache lifetime fix.

Checks and renews the third-party RSS feeds on a constant basis, thus keeping your content fresh and up-to-date.

  • Search by miles from a certain city/zip fix.

Your members can search by miles from zip with no more issues.

  • Photo view comments fix.

A member can now view the comments to his photos even if they are password-protected or ‘friends only’. We find that more than reasonable.

  • Latest Activity component improvements.

Your latest activity will now display friendly URLs if you choose to enable them on your site.

  • OpenInviter optimization.

We have taken over all the issues with inviting friends from Yahoo!.

  • Sitemap optimization.

Now your site will become even more SEO-friendly, because your sitemap finally can include friendly URLs.

  • Mouse cursor over the Facebook button fix.

That is just to show your site members that the Facebook invite button is actually clickable. The mouse cursor will indicate that.

  • Status line fix.

We totally think that every member has a right to leave his status line empty.

We can’t call this build feature-oriented. But it still contributes to making SkaDate Dating Software more stable, robust and user-friendly.

We hope you enjoy using our platform!