Friday, October 27, 2006

Free iAuto Trial!

We're announcing the Free iAuto Trial program. Those interested in trying iAuto before purchasing can request access to their personal copy of iAuto on our server to test all the exciting features of iAuto.

We will install a default copy of iAuto on our server and you will have access to it for 15 days.

The difference between the live demo and a personal copy of iAuto is that you can modify your personal copy any way you like it. You'll have access to the admin area, you'll be able to modify templates to fit your banners or visual design enhancements. You'll be able to see how Smarty tags work, add iAuto modules and functions, customize the look and feel of featured ads, add Flash to the default template, manage input, display and search forms to set custom data fields, translate iAuto template into your own language and much, much more...

To request your free trial installation of iAuto, please contact our Support Dept at support@iautosoftware.com. For any pre-sale questions, feature explanations, etc. please contact our Sales Dept at sales@iautosoftware.com.

Monday, October 09, 2006

The Halloween Sale!!!

Following a very successful v3.0 introductory sale, and having a few potential clients that have missed the sale, we've decided to give our fans and potential customers a Halloween present.

Here it is. Anyone who buys iAuto Standard or iAuto Special edition between 10 Oct and 1 Nov, is eligible for a hefty 20% discount off any purchase over $150. That includes our iAuto Standard Edition, and, of course, our iAuto Special Edition! Yes, iAuto Special Edition will cost $175.20 until 1 Nov 06, and iAuto Standard Edition will cost only $415.20. We just love giving away presents to our potential clients!

And here's a Halloween present for our current clients. Anyone who purchased an iAuto Special Edition is now eligible for FREE LIFETIME UPGRADES! Please contact our Sales Dept for additional information.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

The Unprecedented iAuto Offer

We've been working on the new release of iAuto too hard and too long, and it seems that some damage has occurred with our brain cells. How do we know that? The answer is simple:

Who else in a sane frame of mind would offer a 30% discount on every copy of iAuto Standard or Special for the next three days, starting from 5 October 2006 and ending midnight 8 October 2006????

Yes, during the three-day period between 05 and 08 Oct 06, iAuto Standard Edition v.3.0 will cost $363, and iAuto Special Edition v.3.0 - ONLY $ 153!!!

We are dedicating this October Madness event to the new release of iAuto, and we hope that you are quick and wise enough to jump on this opportunity!!!!

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

iAuto v.3.0 Is Released

Finally! It's been a challenging week for our team, but we are at the end of the release process now, prepping up for the work ahead on the new release of iAuto.

We have managed to develop and include every functionality we have originally planned to include into the release. It took a reasonably big planning, implementation and testing effort on our developer's team to come up with an extremely useful upgrade of our system, Smarty (tm)-based template management system. We realized that our existing template system was very unflexible and not very usable as far as changes and modifications to templates are concerned.

This new template management system allowed us to optimize the code while integrating it with the classifieds engine, and gave a number of new opportunities to iAuto users, including:

* the ability to easily alter the look and feel of the website
* a tool to create localized versions of the software
* the ability to easily integrate classifieds engine's functionality into the existing websites
* familiarity with Smarty templates saves time and effort for web designers in modding templates for iAuto

We've introduced a number of other changes as well, including a new WYSIWYG editor to replace the old one that didn't perform very well, and streamlined the publications section turning it into a useful . The full list of new and existing features can be found on our Features page.

Our work with our existing customers and our potential customers on adding and implementing features requested has been extremely useful. Special thanks to Mr. Joe Martin from http://www.xtremeautotrader.com/ for his highly valuable comments, suggestions and recommendations that helped make our product better. Particularly, the entry batch processing functionality and mods to the way features are shown have been implemented based on his request.

Also, we've received a number of useful comments and feedback via our web site, and all the requested features are carefully identified, evaluated, prioritized and planned to be included in the future major and minor releases of the software.

To order your copy of iAuto v.3.0 Standard ($519) or Special ($219) Edition today, please visit our Order page at http://www.iautosoftware.com/order.html.

For iAuto Standard Edition owners, upgrading is extremely easy. Please contact our Sales Dept at sales@iautosoftware.com, and we will email you the download link. For iAuto Special Edition owners, upgrading is very easy and it costs only $49.95. Here's what you need to do. To order your copy of iAuto v.3.0 Special Edition today, please follow the link below:

Order iAuto v.3.0 SE Upgrade

In any event, we've already updated our demo with the new version, and you can check it out from our Demo page.

Look forward to your comments, suggestions, ideas and feedback

Monday, September 18, 2006

New iAuto release, v.3.0, is coming soon

We are progressing towards the end of the current product development cycle and are expecting to issue a final release of our new version, v. 3.0, at or around Monday 25 Sept.

We are going to make an announcement on our website and we will send the new release announcements to those who have previously inquired about the new release. The new version is going to have a new Smarty template system that will allow users to modify the look of the website much quicker and easier, as well as provide greater flexibility in terms of applying own or custom design templates to the actual software.

Of course, many bugs and minor system improvements accumulated since the last version's release have also been included in the software, improving the overall stability of the system.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

iAuto Product Updates

It's been a while since we last posted into this blog, although there has definitely been a lot to write about.

First, we've added a few great functions into the software code. For instance, we enabled batch processing of ads/listings by the admin, changed the visual appearance of listing details and options and implemented the long-requested presentation of the listing options. Now, the system just lists options instead of giving an annoying "yes/no" status for each option.

Second, we've fixed some English language issues, i.e. capitalizations, certain system messages, etc. We'll continue on with this work and will have many, if not all, those errors fixed in the new release.

We've done some other changes and if any of our current buyers eligible for upgrade are interested in obtaining a copy of the software with the new functionality, please contact our Sales Dept.

v.3.0 Update

It seems that in order for us to preserve the quality of the product development process outputs, we need to push back the release date from 6 Sep '06 to 25 Sep '06.

Even though we do not like these developments, we feel that compromising the quality to meet the deadline is not an option. Based on the XP philosophy we're implementing now for the development process, the quality must not be sacrificed, and reduced functionality and timeline extensions are the only viable alternatives our team has.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

New Minor Release Available

We are proudly announcing that a minor release of iAuto, iAuto 2.0.5, is now available. We added a couple of new features such as improved search result display and several visual ehnancement and minor features that improve the overall functionality of the software. Any of our current clients that require the update please contact our Sales Dept.

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Future Membership Plans

We've had a meeting to discuss the future of the membership plan system to be implemented in the upcoming releases. We've reviewed the membership plan options and variations that are requested by our current and potential clients.

The new functionality will give the webmasters additional flexibility as far as making money off the vehicle classifieds websites generated by iAuto.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

iAuto uses Smarty

The next release of iAuto, scheduled for September '06, will present a totally refactored version of iAuto software. The software will have a new template system based on the Smarty "template/presentation framework" (quoted from here), which will allow users to easily change the look and feel of the software, incorporate their own templates and integrate the software into the existing websites.

Just as a reminder, all buyers of iAuto Standard Edition are eligible for free lifetime upgrades of the product, so make sure you visit our blog and website for news and status updates of the product development process. All buyers of iAuto Special Edition will be able to purchase an upgrade to the new version for only $49.95.

Monday, July 31, 2006

The iAuto Blog created!

After little deliberation, we decided to go ahead and create a product blog where we're going to cover the process of turning iAuto into the best vehicle classifieds software money can buy. All the relevant information on our product can be found on our website, http://www.iautosoftware.com/.