Onwards & Upwards

Hello,

The site continues to progress and you may have noticed the addition of a horse notes section. This allows you to store your comments on horses and access them at any time. Right now this is limited to viewing the horse record, however it will be expanded so they appear in other areas. This is a very important addition as its another step towards offering members a complete management service for their horse racing studies.

We will be putting quite a few more improvements on consistently over the next couple of weeks. The System Builder is going to be upgraded again soon and our works behind the scenes in this respect are advancing at a pleasing rate. We have had much feedback in this area and as ive mentioned previously, tutorials, help and an easier interface are commonly requested by newer members. All of these issues are key in our plans.

In terms of new tools, i have gone past the stage of announcing dates as quite simply i cant guarantee when they will be ready, however we grow closer on many each day.

The affiliate scheme we set up is very much in its infancy and we do need to add banners etc to help people who join and wish to advertise the site. Nonetheless if you have a website, blog or whatever i would urge you to join up and help HorseRaceBase continue to attract new members (as well as earn yourself something in the process). Its been shown the most effective method is text links anyway.

The improvements/upgrades list continues to grow and grow, thanks to the excellent feedback we receive. Members should feel very proud of this as each little (or big) addition you see to the site is only possible thanks to members donations and feedback. So i urge again, whatever you have to say, even if its criticism or seems unrealistic, let us know. We record everything and our aim is to achieve all at some point. In this regard, please note we reply to all emails and should you not receive a reply, check your junk mail folders. Additionally if a comment in the suggestion box (feedback form) requires a reply - we do send an email.

I shall write again soon. Thanks for your fantastic ongoing support, we are going in the right direction.

Chris

Update

Hello

The site is progressing nicely. We have many more improvements being finalised. It is our intention to do a lot of work to the help and examples, plus layout in certain areas to continue the project focusing on being more user friendly.

Additionally we will be introducing some features with people physically using the tools to help assist people unsure of putting the tools to good use.

If you have a website, blog or whatever you can help us and earn some money for your efforts by joining our affiliate scheme.

The ratings machine v2 is now in full flow and we will be introducing some more example sets soon, the current example set has flaws when applied in certain scenarios and is literally an example set created to explain the workings. The big advantage of the new set-up is its far easier to make changes and upgrade where needed. Keep checking back as you will note new options becoming available and these may prove beneficial to you.

Please do continue to offer your feedback, many thanks for your support.

Will post again soon

Chris

RMv2 Launch, Loyalty Scheme & More

Hello.

Over the next week we will see the launch of the RMv2 plus some more tidy ups and the start properly of the loyalty scheme.

There will hopefully be no major headaches but we will be keeping the existing ratings machine (now to be referred to as the old one) running for a period of time until members are happy enough with the switch over.

The RMv2 when launched will have full features ready to go such as ratings on one page etc plus downloads. Additionally there will be some new areas not currently available on the old ratings machine.

Your feedback will be invaluable during this period so keep it coming.

Another change will be the removal of the existing My Homepage - this has become outdated and basically useless as many parts of it no longer function as areas have been upgraded, it will be replaced with a members home area with links to all areas available to them as still many members dont seem to realise all the functions and facilities on offer to them as part of being a donator (our fault).

A large part of the work that will be done this week is to try and introduce a more user-friendly feel to the site, this will be followed up on consistently in November and we have projects planned for the System Builder also.

Also we have done some work on improving the look of the site to new visitors and this will be added too - this is to try and get better conversions, improve search engine ranking and generally create a better impression. At the moment a new user is faced with too many links stating 'donators feature' or whatever and not enough info on all thats available.

We have three new tools also approaching completion plus some massive additions to the System Builder being finalised, so its an exciting time for us all - this is only possible with members support, both through donations and feedback, so thank you. We do need to get more people on board but have had some good ideas and are working with some good people to hopefully improve significantly in this respect.

I shall post again soon. We are getting there.

Chris