Archive for October, 2009

simplecontactform.com is now live!

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

I’m pleased to announce that this site is now live! It’s been a while since simpleContact Pro 2.0 was released, so I’ll use this opportunity to talk about what’s been going on. I also want to spotlight two major additions to this site.

I had two main reasons for “soft” launching Pro. I wanted to determine that I had a commercially viable product before I invested the time to produce a suitable website for it. I’m thrilled to say that in the months following Pro’s release it proved not only that, but the feedback from users has been overwhelmingly positive. I’ll be adding a dedicated buzz page to this site soon.

I also wanted to make sure that I wasn’t launching a half-baked website. I spent a period of time just supporting users, answering questions by email and on the forum and that has informed this website. Online documentation is in place and the forum already has a useful collection of posts. There is a rough edge or two (the apps will adopt the new colour scheme for starters), but the site is good enough to go live, so it is.

Live demo

I have added a live demo to the site. You can now try before you buy with an example of a form powered by Pro and an admin panel that you can freely browse. This should help to answer many questions that you might have about the application and its interface.

Developer license

In response to user demand I have also added a “developer” license option to the buy page. If you are a web designer this is a money saver. Instead of purchasing multiple single-domain licenses you can choose this option and install Pro on as many of your websites as you want. Not only that, but all future updates will be free to you.

I’ve got many ideas for how to improve this website and its products. I hope you like it!

simpleContact reaches 200 votes on PHP Resource Index

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Returning from a recent holiday I’ve found that simpleContact has reached and passed 200 votes on the PHP Resource Index, a popular script directory.

At the time of writing, it has 203 votes with an average score of 9.38 / 10. Only one product in the same category has more votes.

I have you in my sights :)

Seriously though, I’d like to take a moment to thank the early adopters. The official launch of this website is coming (very) soon but I’ve already had a great response from users. I’ve had some valuable feedback and I’m looking forward to making this product better and better for everyone that uses it.