New technical release of AppShore
Today, we are releasing an update of the AppShore offering. As usual, this is a (mostly) transparent operation. Here the major new technical features:
- A new image field type that can will be used as a standard and custom field.
- IP access control to increase the security of your account
- Improved dashboard with a simplified settings and more dashlets
- Charts in Forecasts, this is still quite modest, more will come later
- AppShore API, check the documentation at http://www.appshore.com/?&op=developers.base.start
2 topics need your special attention:
New standard field Avatar in Contacts and Leads:Existing customers will need to do few manipulations if they want to see the new fields Avatar in Contacts and Leads. During the update, our routine do not modify the forms because we want to avoid to break any customization made. So if you want to have these fields visible here what to do:
- Go to Administration > Customization > Applications and select Contacts in the first drop down list and View mode in the second list
- Here you have 2 options:
- if your form is the original one (not modified by you) then click restore to update it to the default layout.
- If your form has been customized, then click on the Avatar field (on the right panel), drag it where you want in the form then save the form.
- Repeat the operation for each form where you want to see the avatar (results, edit, ...)
- Repeat the operation for Leads.
The field type Image can also be used as a custom field. One or many can be added to your forms.
Improved dashboard:The dashboard has been simplified in its layout and settings. Now we have only 2 columns of equal width, managing different sizes was quite a nightmare and didn't bring much. All the dashlets (boxes) are selected from two drop down lists (one per column) and removed by clicking on a cross on the top right. The layout can be personalized by dragging and dropping the dashlets with the mouse. We will add more dashlets shortly and we expect to offer customizable dashlets in few months. Let us know if you have some ideas of the subject.During the upgrade, we weren't able to keep the layout so you will have to rebuild your own set of dashlets. Don't forget to add the two new dashlets called AppShore Blog and AppShore on Twitter. They will keep you informed on the AppShore offering. If you experience issues with this upgrade or the new features, do not hesitate to contact the Technical Support at support@appshore.com.
