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  Michael Youngblood

  February 18th, 2011 at 12:51 pm

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  Thank you Mason. I am still not on the purchased mailing list. Can you please hit me up, I can’t wait to check out the new version.

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  Craig Allen

  March 18th, 2011 at 3:29 pm

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  How do you update from version 1.1?

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  Jamie Pelaez

  March 28th, 2011 at 2:41 pm

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  We purchased this last Friday to use as a client portal. We have several suggestions we hope will be considered for the near future to really optimize the site!

  Portfolio:

  * Enable meta data, such as type of project and keywords.
  * Have a search box just for the portfolio page.
  * Enable where the client can click on a project type just to see those items e.g. logos or maybe have the main portfolio page have the same layout as now but be categorized already.
  * Enable where comments can be turned off and on.
  * Be able to click and drag the portfolio pieces into the order desired to be able to change positions easier, than having to change their publish date.
  * On the individual pieces ‘full description page’ would love is we could enable the sidebar since the page is not utilizing it’s full space and aligned to the left, I think this would be great to add a contact form or other info. Making this a widgeted area just for the full description pages would be awesome to keep the sidebar different than the pages sidebar.

  Invoices & Proposals:

  * Include for the company and the client the phone number and email info rather than just the company name and address.

  Contact Page:

  * Have a different widgeted sidebar than using the pages one. For instance someone might want to have their contact form on their blog sidebar too, but this would also show up on their contact page, which looks off having double forms.

  Company Info:

  * Allow more than one profile for businesses that have two locations and might want to use one vs. another depending on the locale of the client.

  * Have a second logo field for the invoices and proposals. I know the system automatically creates a smaller version and one can manually go change this if they know how to, however some using this might not know how to. I found our particular logo we needed to add our green background (because our letters are white/light silver) to make it pop against the invoice/proposal background. Also the the auto resize by the system was a tad pixelated.

  Make it easier to customize and brand:

  * Provide PSD files or make each element where one could use a color wheel/dropper to choose the color. This might not be a big deal to those that have not already established their logo design and brand colors, but for those that have either one of these would be especially great to make it easier to change the colors.

  Other suggestions:

  * A module like CollabPress or better yet ActiveCollab2 (just learned about them from your advertisement) where one can manage projects, files, milestones, progression, discussions, calendars and allow certain users/cleints to be able to view, edit, etc.

  * A support ticket module.

  The above improvements would take the Client Machine to the next level and help small businesses, entrepreneurs and freelancers alike. Of course we could get other plugins, etc to do similar things. However, as we all know, many plugins do not always play nice with each other. Plus it would be nice to have these already integrated so the whole client portal aspect works together smoothly.

  I would of course be willing to pay more and I am sure others would be as well for this increased functionality.

  Thank you for your time and consideration!

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