Friday, June 25, 2010

Timeframes

Hey all,

We are really delighted with how things have been going behind the scenes, we have made some fantastic progress with the Ratings Machine V2 and also some major new System Builder upgrades.

I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know some approximate timeframes for stuff actually going live.

Firstly in order to meet some commitments made to a few members we will be introducing some new categories to the Builder, this will happen hopefully this Sunday/Monday, certainly before the end of June.

In early July we shall be introducing a test format of the Ratings Machine V2, i will write more at the time but the idea is to get as much feedback as possible and see if anyone can break it.

In mid-July we will be implementing some major improvements to the System Builder including the introduction of some much sought after categories we have been gathering data on for some time. Additionally some layout improvements will be made as an optional new face for the builder. I say optional because we will not remove the screens as they are now, instead having a user specified choice.

The reason for this is because many new people simply cant comprehend how to build a system and we therefore must cater for their needs and introduce an easier layout helping them build simple systems. What can be done with the System Builder is astonishing yet the vast majority do not understand or fulfill its potential - it is our responsibility to try and change that.

The Ratings Machine V2 shall not go live till we and you are completely happy with it, however it is aimed we shall do so around the 18th July.

In amongst all this we have lots of new content and improvements to other tools plus the roll out of another new section/tool, i dont have definite timeframes but im confident most of it shall be on by end of August.

From August we have plans to introduce much needed structure to the load times to the site, this is hopefully going to include an early load with advance cards for the following day, an update once all results are in and then a refresh before racing commences each day to include updated going, odds etc.

Further developments are also in progress but i shall write about them in my next blog. Please do keep getting in touch with me and thanks for all your support.

Chris