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Export Excel files

05 07 2015, Michiel van Vlaardingen in FlexLists

We've improved FlexLists export abilities. First of all we've given you more options when exporting CSV files.  Furthermore you are now also able to export Excel (xlsx) files.

 We are planning to improve our import options as well.

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Brand New Observu Coming

17 03 2011, Michiel van Vlaardingen in Observu
Since the start of 2011 we have been working on a new version of Observu.  Contrary to the current version it will be a paid service. We made this decision because we were unable to provide the service level we desired and required without charging you.

The new Observu will combine website monitoring from multiple servers with on-server monitoring using a collection agent that keeps track of your server health.  Furthermore Observu will provide API access for you to input additional measurements and extract custom reports. All of this will be combined with the best reporting and notifications we can imagine.

You can read up on our progress on the Observu Blog. I highly recommend getting on the mailinglist if you want to be in our beta program as soon as it launches.

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Print Details

14 12 2010, Michiel van Vlaardingen in FlexLists

We have added a small, but requested feature to FlexLists:  you can now print individual entries as well:  click  an item in the list, at the bottom of the details listing a 'Print Item' button will appear.

Furthermore we fixed a small access bug. In some cases, users with a READ_ADD key were also able to edit entries, by doubleclicking a row. We have now secured FlexLists against this.

For those interested in more advanced search queries, we've added a section to our FAQ:

Can I search specific fields?

Yes you can by using "column name":"your keyword" as a query.

Furthermore you can combine parts of queries using AND and/or OR. e.g.:
status:Busy OR status:"Not started"
you can also exclude certain parts e.g.
-status:Done
for columns with spaces in them you need to put quotes around the name e.g.
"assigned to":Michiel AND -status:Done

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Save Your Queries

13 07 2010, Michiel van Vlaardingen in FlexLists

This new feature has been on our todo list for quite some time:  storable search queries.      If you do a search now,  you can click 'Save Query As...'  to store your currrent query as a View.  You can either store it just for yourself  or (if you have adequate permissions)  for all list users.

Some examples of queries to store (on a todo style list):

• -status:Done archived:0     (Todo items)
• status:Busy ( All active items)

This new feature is combined with a small layout change, hopefully adressing two important issues:

• Users unable to find their archived items
• New users unable to find out how to add items to an existing list

 

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Organize Your Albums

13 07 2010, Michiel van Vlaardingen in PicturePush

Some of our PicturePush users had problems organizing their albums properly.  Therefore we introduce:  Album Groups.      

 

To add albums to a group,  you can click the 'edit' icon next to an album and then choose 'Add to Group'.  This will open a dialog to choose the group name (or an existing group)  Grouped albums will show under a seperate group header on your gallery index.

 

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Brand New Server

11 03 2010, Michiel van Vlaardingen in PicturePush

We moved PicturePush to a brand new server, which should be faster and physically closer to the servers that serve the images,  Unfortunately this move did cause a disruption in our service yesterday evening/night.   Everything is up and running now, so if you still notice anything strange please let us know.

For those interested:  it has both solid state drives for the database and normal disks for temporary image storage  and 12 GB of ram.  The CPU is a lot faster than the one on the old server, so resizing images and  recoding videos should be quicker as well.

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05 10 2009: Update your Status
01 10 2009: Have More Fun In A Group
16 09 2009: Projects on the road again
08 09 2009: Moving to S3
31 03 2009: More Filtering Options
23 02 2009: Safety First: Daily backup
07 02 2009: 20.000 PicturePush signups!
30 01 2008: New Upload Page
28 01 2009: Protect your images
24 01 2009: Updates for PicturePush
28 10 2008: Customize FlexLists web export layout
20 08 2008: PicturePush Milestone
04 08 2008: Timezone detection
21 07 2008: Change of plans
07 07 2008: Photo Printing
27 06 2008: Changing the locks
20 06 2008: Account Limits
04 06 2008: Archives
02 06 2008: Top request: password protected albums
01 06 2008: Pretend to be a new user time after time
01 06 2008: Downtime expected for FlexLists
09 05 2008: FlexLists Update
07 05 2008: Towards BloxDB
04 03 2008: Really beta software
01 03 2008: Spin Faster
01 03 2008: Clone Your Lists
14 02 2008: Delete Comments
30 01 2008: Progress
28 01 2008: VoteLists cleaned
04 01 2008: Growing pains
11 12 2007: Guest Passes
05-12-2007: Advertising
22 11 2007: What's Next?
16 11 2007: Unexpected downtime :(
27 10 2007: New Skins
23 10 2007: Windows Hosting
18 10 2007: More Support
12 10 2007: More Cleaning
11 10 2007: Time to clean up
09 09 2007: Start Your Own PicturePush?
27 09 2007: Track your Changes
26 09 2007: Attention to Teamspinner
18 09 2007: Fresh Design
20 07 2007: Xinu tool
16 07 2007: Screen Space
13 07 2007: Did it make you angry?
06 07 2007: Tag everything
05 07 2007: Win a Canon Digital Photo Camera
13 06 2007: PicturePush Uploader Beta
22 05 2007: Photo and Video Categories
05 05 2007: Do YOU get FlexLists?
30 04 2007: Better FlexLists Lists
26 04 2007: Redesign : part 1
19 04 2007: PicturePush Milestone: 41148
18 04 2007: Comming Soon: PicturePush Upload Tool
30 03 2007: Structuring CSS Files
23 03 2007: Unexpected Downtime
16 03 2007: User Interface Tuning
13 03 2007: Book Suggestions
12 03 2007: Improved PicturePush Search
12 03 2007: Sharing VoteLists
09 03 2007: VoteLists again
09 03 2007: How does a nerd promote a cool, feature rich, non marketed website?
08 03 2007: PicturePush Milestone
01 03 2007: Something Extra
24 02 2007: Doubles
22 02 2007: Expected downtime
17 02 2007: Remove the Ads
16 02 2007: Comments
16 02 2007: Broken Special Characters
31 01 2007: Oh no... forgotten...
30 01 2007: My case for using plain PHP
25 01 2007: Pictures first
21 01 2007: WebDAV support
29 12 2006: Speeding up PicturePush
25 12 2006: List the lists
24 12 2006: FlexLists updates
20 12 2006: Effective website monitoring
09 12 2006: Consyn Form validation
22 08 2006: Small Annoyances
18 08 2006: Simple Project Management with FlexLists
17 08 2006: Moving pictures
07 08 2006: More on PicturePush
31 07 2006: Adding AJAX with the Consyn Framework
24 07 2006: Improving PicturePush
13 07 2006: What has been keeping us busy?
02 06 2006: We are still moving
05 04 2006: Tight schedules
30 03 2006: No specs?
27 03 2006: Moving Labs starring E-lab and 2Vi

 

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