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January 15, 2007

Version 3.0: Major Overhaul

DJEP Version 3.0 is finally here!

Hundreds of hours have gone into the redesign of Version 3.0. The entire application got a new color scheme and navigation structure.

In the process of redesigning the application, everything is now organized in a much more logical manner. Everything should be easier to find.

In addition, several bugs have been squashed, user interface quirks resolved, and new functionality has been added.

The major new functionality added to the system was Scheduled Emails, the ability to automatically send emails based on several criteria.

Enjoy the new DJEP!

January 25, 2007

Version 3.1: DJ Website Tools

On December 20th, 2006, there was an upgrade to the suite of DJ Website Tools. These tools are totally customizable to match the look and feel of your current website. The previous suite of website tools included: Client Logon, Check Availability, Request Information Form, Music Database, Guest Request System, and Event Calendar. The new tools include:

Payment
Gateway


Live Demo

Contact Us
Form


Live Demo



See the Website Tools in action...

Changelog

Website Tools
The administrative interface for the Website Tools has been totally reworked. There are now left navigation links for each tool. On each tool page there is a button to Preview the tool, Get Direct Link, and Get Web Page Code. The settings pages themselves were cleaned up.

Payment Gateway Website Tool

Up until now, the payment gateway was only available to clients who had already logged in. There is now a brand new website tool so you can put a payment gateway right on your website.

Contact Us Website Tool

This is 100% brand new! In addition to the Request Information form, there is now a Contact Us form available. You can use this form to avoid putting your email address on your website. You can even add up to five custom questions to the contact form.

Availability Upgrades

There is now a separate Edit Availability settings pages and Specific Date Availablity Page. The settings page allows you to enter the maximum number of events per day and to select blacked out days of the week. The specific date availability page allows you to pick specific dates or date ranges to black out.

Knowledgebase

There is a new support avenue called the Knowledgebase. It is a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) system that allows you to ask questions and will be the foundation of the DJEP help system.

Forum Upgrade

This forum has been upgraded to the latest release. There are several bugfixes and a few improvements.

February 2, 2007

Version 3.2

Initial 3.2 Release
Release Date: January 10th, 2007

The latest release of the DJ Event Planner software includes:

* Addition of birthday fields
* Event Helper - macros to save time
* Music Database Location Finder
* Employee ability to change password
* Numerous UI improvements
* More flexible Music Database system
* Dashboard Popups

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March 18, 2007

Version 3.4 Released

Version 3.4 was released on Sunday, March 18th.

Numerous design changes were made to the DJ Website Tools. Changes were made to: Payment Gateway, Contact Us Form, Guest Request System, Music Database, Client Payment Page. For the DJEP back-end, changes were made to the timeline configuration, planning form configuration, and a several other functions.

Several usability features were added, like populating the city and state field when the zip code is entered on the add/edit event form, and pre-filling some of the payment fields.

The coolest new feature is the integration of the music features with iTunes. A "listen" link is placed next to each song. When a client clicks on this link, the iTunes application on their computer will automatically be launched. A search for the song title and artist will automatically be performed and they can preview and even purchase the song.

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April 29, 2007

Version 3.5: Additional Planning Forms, Group Calendaring, and Internationalization


Today marks the official release of Version 3.5 of the DJ Event Planner software. The biggest change is the introduction of additional planning forms for clients. These additional planning forms can be used for things like expanded introductions, trivia questionaires, love story forms, or anything else you can come up with.

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May 21, 2007

Version 3.6 is Released

The latest update for DJ Event Planner has now been released: Version 3.6. There have been addition internationalization features added, including the ability to switch between 3 currency symbols (dollar/euro/pound), and customization of address fields specifically for users in the United Kingdom. To help keep track of incoming leads, the inbox now displays tracking icons for leads that you have responded to and added to the system. You can now assign up to 5 employees per event and a few options have been added for employees.

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July 16, 2007

DJEP Releases Version 3.7

Today marks the latest release of the DJEP software. The biggest new feature is Evaluation Forms for your clients. There are also 16 new features, including document sharing, customized autoresponders, auto-filled timelines, and event profitability reports. The internationalization of DJEP continues, with adjustments made for foreign currency amounts, dates, and times.

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November 25, 2007

DJEP Version 3.8 Released

The latest version of DJ Event Planner has just been released. Several major new features were introduced, including an all-new Equipment management and assignment system. You can now assign specific pieces of equipment to Systems or manage them as stand-alone items. This is especially useful for Multi-Ops, but can be helpful to Single-Ops when providing extra equipment for an event. You can now schedule appointment reminder emails to be sent out to clients, reminding them of upcoming meetings. There are also new daily administrative and employee notifications for appointments. 20 small features upgrades have also been introduced.

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April 7, 2008

Version 4.1 is Released

2 New Website Tools, 9 New Features, and 25 Upgrades

The latest version of DJ Event Planner has now been officially released.

Version 4.1 sees the introduction of two new website tools: Employee Check Availability and Evaluation Form Results. With the new Employee Check Availability your website visitors will be able to check the availability of a specific employee for a a specific date. One possible use for this is to have pictures of each of your employees on your website. Underneath each picture you could be a link to check their availability. You can also allow your website visitors to select from a list of your active employees and check for specific date availability.

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May 18, 2008

Version 3.3

New Features
* Vendor links. You can now attach vendors to events. You can send them emails with dynamically generated templates/planning forms.
* Vendor email tracking. Emails that you send to vendors are now tracked.
* Email Attachment Preview/Edit. You can now preview an attachment from the compose email form. More importantly, you can edit the attachment before you send it out. VERY COOL NEW ADDITION
* Sent messages now keeps track of HTML Message attachments that you send out. This is very helpful for keeping track of your communication with clients. For example: you can see the exact copy of the contract that you sent a client.
* Client Changelog: a memo field has been added to the client information record to keep track of changes that are made by them. So far, what it keeps track of is changes (by the client) to their Contact Information via the client portal. This is useful in the incredibly unlikely and rare instance of a client trying to sabotage their own contact information.
* Ability to determine who is able to log on based on the status of their event.
* Field Replacements: company: name, contact, address, city, state, zipcode, telephone, email, and website were added
* Field Replacement: hours_of_service - an integer value the represents the number of hours difference between the start time and the end time of the event
* Email Templates: Not Available, Booking Confirmation, Post Event Thank You, Employee Notification, Inquiry Follow Up, Event Planner Account, Invoice, Initial Inqury...were all added. They get added once to your email template list.

Upgrades
* The bookedby_name field was added to list of exportable data fields. Due to programming limitations, the sort and filter cannot be applied to exports of this field.
* Several small design improvements/fixes were made for the Client portal. The code was optimized for faster loading and display.
* Company/Employee notification emails of Client actions have been vastly improved. Every email now contains information about the client/event and some details about the change/message.
* There is now an option to display the events the a specific addon is assigned to
* There is now an option to display the events the a specific packages are assigned to
* Second address line added to request information form
* Added employee home telephone to list of replacements supported
* Replacements for initial contact date, contract sent date, due date, and date booked are now available in the following formats: short, medium, and long
* In the past when a client with multiple events logged on, they would be presented with a list of dates that they could click on. Now, besides just the date, the name of the package is also displayed. This is helpful if you are selling them two packages or if for example they booked your DJ services, but not your video services.
* The booking helper options now include the ability to set the initial contact date, contract sent date, contract due date, and date booked to the current date or a date (up to 30 days) into the future.

Changes
* The title on the client event planning form "Planning Form:" has been changed. Now just appears.
* Event Planning Forms: for radio button question, a default answer is no longer mandated when the form is first displayed.
* The employee email list that appears when you click the employees button from the compose email has changed. Instead of displaying the email addresses of all of the employees, it only displays the email addresses of those employees that have not been disabled.
* Initial DJEP registration now requires the user to enter their first name and last name. This was implemented so that an employee with that name is automatically added when the account is generated.


DB Changes
* Added changelog field to client table
* Added contacts_events_linker table
* Added add email_sent_to_contacts table
* Added email_attachment_text and email_attachment_name to email message details table
* Added admin_email_templates

Notifications
Addition of email templates

Bugs
* Event Planner updates by clients were not sending email notifications for all changes
* Fixed a few miscellaneous bugs and did a great deal of code refactoring

June 23, 2008

Version 4.2 Release Notes

DJ Event Planner has now officially released Version 4.2 of the web's premiere special event management software.

Significant upgrades were made to the Venue, Employee, and Equipment sections, inlcuding the addition of many new information fields. There are also several new user-interface improvements that will make the application behave more like a desktop application.

Leading the list of new functionality for multi-op companies is the addition of employee activity tracking reports. You can now see exactly what your employees have been doing on the DJEP system.

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December 21, 2008

Version 4.3 Released

DJ Event Planner has now officially released Version 4.3 of the web's premiere special event management software.

Significant upgrades were make to the Venue, Employee, and Equipment sections, inlcuding the addition of many new information fields. There are also several new user-interface improvements that will make the application behave more like a desktop application.

To help keep your PDA/Desktop calendar synchronized with your DJEP account, there is a new iCalendar feature.

Leading the list of new functionality for multi-op companies is the addition of employee activity tracking reports. You can now see exactly what your employees have been doing on the DJEP system. Other employee enhancements include an employee confirmation system and the ability to control how far in advance employees can see events assigned to them.


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February 7, 2011

Version 5.4: Minor Updates



We just returned from the Mobile Beat DJ Convention in Las Vegas and decided to update the software for our new users and everyone else. We added several settings and features that we though would be an intelligent choice to add to the dj software. The features that we added all resulted from posts on the wishlist section of the support forum. Here is a list of the updates:


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