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This product update features some very exciting applications and enhancements added to the IGLOO online community suite.

IGLOO is pleased to announce the following product applications and enhancements:

  • Mobile Client
  • Widgets - Private Beta
  • Wiki - Public Beta
  • Broadcast Enhancements
  • Feedback
  • Email Enabled Forums - Private Beta
  • Meta Tags

Upgrade and Release Details

1. Mobile Client

With the recently announced BlackBerry Client, community members can now access and contribute content to their online communities not only from a standard web browser, but also from their BlackBerry Smartphone.

In this first release, members are able read blog articles, browse [...] read more »

Elizabeth Hanson

Profiles, Auto Subscribe, Broadcasts & Beta Wiki

by Elizabeth Hanson - 7 months ago

Below is a description of enhancements made to the IGLOO online community suite.

We're pleased to announce the following product enhancements:

  • Profile Updates
  • Auto Subscribe (New Feature!)
  • Broadcasts—Coming Soon
  • Wiki—Beta Program Only

Upgrade and Release Details

1. Profile Updates

We've made some significant improvements to your profile options, including the addition of new fields, new functionality and newly exposed data. You can now use profiles to:

  • Share your personal links
  • Display your contacts (Note: randomly displays up to 6 contact photos and names)
  • List your Instant Message accounts (Skype, [...] read more »

    Elizabeth Hanson

    Blogs, Subscriptions, User Bar and RSS Enhancements

    by Elizabeth Hanson - 8 months ago

    Below is a description of enhancements added to the IGLOO online community suite.

    We're pleased to announce the following product enhancements:

    • Blogs
    • Subscriptions
    • User Bar
    • RSS

    Upgrade and Release Details

    1. Blogs: For usability and clarity we have repositioned Blogs as "Channels". This change in terminology will affect related actions, including the following:

    • Starting a blog is now "Add Channel"
    • Adding an article to the selected channel remains "Add Article"

    2. Subscriptions: Now display a summary in the email notification to provide more detailed information about the article, document or item subscribed to. [...] read more »

    Below is a description of new features, functionality, and upgrades that have been added to the IGLOO online community suite during the fourth quarter of 2008.

    We're excited to introduce this quarter's latest and greatest product upgrades for IGLOO's online community suite. Key highlights include:

    • Wiki (Alpha Phase only)
    • Messaging
    • Profile
    • Online Editor

     Upgrade and Release Details

    1. Alpha Wiki

    We're pleased to announce the IGLOO Wiki - in Alpha release only.  The Alpha Wiki will be launched to a select control group. Stay tuned for Beta release sometime in 2009!

    2. Introducing... Messaging!

    Messaging has joined the IGLOO suite [...] read more »

    Elizabeth Hanson

    Sept. 2008 - Editor Updates

    by Elizabeth Hanson - 11 months ago

    We've made some exciting new upgrades to our WYSIWYG Editor including preview and borders. Check them out below...

    WYSIWYG Upgrades

    Div tags and cell boarders: The Editor Toolbar has a new action which allows you to toggle between visual aids. The new icon is located to the left of the HTML icon and is set to active by default.

    Toggling this tool will expose all div and cell borders used in the HTML code. If there are div or table cells in the editable content area, they will display as faint dotted lines (see below).

    Preview button: We've added a Preview button to the bottom right corner of the editor.


    The preview displays not only the editable content but the other content on the page as well (see below).


    Elizabeth Hanson

    August 2008 - Control Panel & Multiple Views

    by Elizabeth Hanson - 11 months ago

    This release included some minor updates to the Control Panel making it easier to use as well as adding more views for the user.

    This release contained some minor updates to our Web2.0 platform which include:

  • The Control Panel homepage has been renamed to Console.
  • The Editor now presents a border option when editing inline. This will help web publishers to visually see where tags start and stop.
  • You can now select from three settings for the display of your Member Directory including:
    1.  Default
    2. Detailed and
    3. All Thumbs.
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    An extra view has been added to Gallery/Album area. Members can now select to view gallery images with additional data (such as rating) or to [...] read more »

    Elizabeth Hanson

    July 2008 - Rating, Audio Player

    by Elizabeth Hanson - 12 months ago

    Below is a description of new features, functionality, and upgrades that have been added to the IGLOO online community suite during the third quarter of 2008.

    We're excited to introduce this quarter's latest and greatest product upgrades for IGLOO's online community suite. Key highlights include:

    • My Dashboard area including new contacts list and "Twitter-like" user status.
    • Rating
    • Audio Player
    • Inline Renames

    New Feature Details

    1. MyDashboard (formerly myIGLOO)


    To bring the profile information into a community context, we've updated "myIGLOO" to "My Dashboard". This change will keep your profile experience coherent and ensure [...] read more »

    Elizabeth Hanson

    June 2008 - Community Pulse & Embed

    by Elizabeth Hanson - 14 months ago

    Below is the growing list of new features, functionality, and upgrades that have been added to IGLOO during the second quarter of 2008:

    Keep Your Finger on Your Community's Pulse...


    We’re excited to introduce this quarter's latest and greatest product upgrades and releases for IGLOO's online community suite.

    1. Community "Pulse"

    Pulse is a new feature that displays the ‘pulse' or most recent items added to your community, including:

    • Forums
    • Gallery Images
    • Blog Articles
    • Documents

    What's New displays the item added and the most recent contributors, making it simple and straightforward for community members and managers to view the latest items added to your community.

    A community's default home [...] read more »

    Pam Martin

    Q1 2008 - Product Update Overview

    by Pam Martin - 15 months ago

    Below is the growing list of new features, functionality, and upgrades that have been added to the IGLOO network during the first quarter of 2008:

    Application Updates:

    • Broadcasts - announcements were transformed to a blog application, giving communities more freedom in broadcasting community and individual messaging
    • All core applications (Workarea, Calendar, Forums, Member Directory and Gallery) received style and functionality upgrades that brought each of them more into the web 2.0 methodology

    Web Addresses:

    • Domains have been sub-domained to give customers a more varied choice for their community web address

    Community Browsing

    Contextual Breadcrumbs - were added to the event calendar to aid users in browsing and searching [...] read more »

    Google Analytics shows you how people found your site, how they explored it, and how you can enhance their visitor experience. Improve your website return on investment, increase conversions, and make more money on the web.

    One of the many things Google Analytics can report on what browser and operating systems are most popular. Check out our results!

    Below is a sample report that Google Analytics  can provide for your community. 

    This report is based on our own www.igloosoftware.com:

    PC 85% vs MAC 14%

    IE 55%
    Firefox 36%
    Safari 10%
    Opera 1%

    PC:
    IE 55% (IE7 @ 60%; IE6 @ 38%)
    Firefox 30%

    MAC:
    Safari 21%
    Firefox 5%

    Want to set up Google Analytics for your site?
    If you don't already have a Google Analytics account go to Google Analytics Installation Guide and follow their 10 step process.
    From the IGLOO control panel click Google Analytics and enter your tracking code.


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