Patch Day 1/30/2010! Woot!

I apologize, it's been a while since I have last updated the site. Been so busy with school, family and life ; ).

Beta has been going great, been logging all those wonderful errors and been spending the last week fixing all I could get to.

So for those that like lists, here ya go!


New Features

*Added a new weight loss ticker skin - Tropical Beach - Thank you Emily!

*New "Email Friend Feature"
-This link can be found in the upper right hand corner of the navigation bar labeled "Send To Friend"
-If you like the site, please share it with your friends!

Fixes

*Changed a few things around on the home page, still looks a little too messy, will get it right one day.

*Rewrote some of the back end code, should see a performance boost for older, more data intense accounts.

*Current Weight in 'Diet Settings' now reflects proper usage

*Numerous formatting issues

*If you get an error when inputting an exercise or food, you will now be properly notified and not kept in the dark.

*You can now visit the Support Group Join/Create page without being kicked for not being logged in (for those un-registered curious types)

*Work Groups are now Support Groups, which sounds MUCH better
-Please update your favorites link

*Visiting the Weight Loss Ticker page and selecting 'Customize' will now function properly and send you to the right place

*I had to sit down and talk with FireFox explaining that it's ok if there are double spaces in food/exercise names and not freak out
-You should not get errors adding foods and exercises anymore. Just love those browser compatibility issues.

*And many many many little tweaks here and there.

Known Issues
*There are issues with older browsers crashing when trying to register (I'm looking at you IE6!)
-We are looking into this now. It is very intermittent problem and very hard to reproduce. In the mean time, please upgrade your browsers!

New Weight Loss Free Tool Section

We are adding tools that you can use in your own websites or personal blogs.

Free Food Search:

Powered By: MatthewsCalorieCounter.com - Free Calorie Counter

Your Profile Page is changing!

We have added Profile Pictures and Screen Names. This is in preparation of our next big update, Personal Blog Pages!

In the next coming updates, your current Profile will be merged into a Blog page, which will be set to Private, Friends Only or Public. Blog pages will display your Screen Name, Profile Image, A little bit about you and of course your diet blog. People can visit your blog page, leave comments or read your latest thoughts. Your Blog page will be separate from your Journal page. Your Journal will always be kept private and for your eyes only.

This next addition will allow people to feel more part of a community, and be able to take part in that community.

Coming Soon!

Lots of updates coming up!!

Busy is an understatement. There has been a lot of activity behind the scenes here at Matthews Calorie Counter.

We have given the Registration Page a facelift. Should make for an easier registration process. We have tweaked alot of the site, brought the Site Tour up to date and added a few more articles.

We have added something called Work Groups, and Weight Loss Tickers. Expect full blogs about those later. Our Team is finishing up the last few tid bits of the Weight Lost Ticker Builder system. Should go live soon!

-Gizmo

The much needed, much asked for editing function is here! Maybe you had a rough day, or maybe you just could not get to the computer, whatever the case you can now add or edit Foods, Exercises and Journal entries to days you may have missed.

The new Edit function is available on the main Food Calorie Counter, Exercise Log and Daily Journal Pages.

We have also updated the look of our Diet History page for you Fire Fox users, which should make it a little easier on the eyes.

Lots of bug fixes on the back end. If you have a suggestion, or comment
please feel free to leave a comment, let us know how we can give you a better user experience!

And finally, our engineers are hard at work on the “Calorie Counter Work Group” function, which should go live soon!

-Gizmo

Matthews Calorie Counter Blog

Hi, my name is Gizmo. I am the lead engineer for the site Matthews Calorie Counter, and one of my duties is to keep you up to date with the latest and greatest from our site.

We currently have a Simple Beta Update Blog on the Home Page, but will soon be moving that functionality to this blog.

Having a blog will allow us to share more information about new features, changes and better interact with the Matthews Calorie Counter community. Having a blog will also allow us to feature different aspects of the site that you may not know about.

Stay Tuned!

-Gizmo