IndexU Support

The install guide for WPDirectory Pro is now available!

You can view the guide online or download a copy in PDF format.

All guides and manuals can be found here

I am sure many of you have heard of the phrase “software as a service”.

A few weeks ago I drafted the requirements and specifications to have Nicecoder start offering IndexU as a service. At this time it’s just in the beginning stages, but the outcome looks promising.

What it entails is that a user will be able to go to a web page, sign up for either the full version or the free version of IndexU, enter some details, and start running IndexU without having to do anything of the tedious work such as installing, setting permissions or having to worry about hosting.

The free version will be supported by advertising on each and every page and will use a subdomain.

If you choose to move from the free version to the paid version, you can take your template with you so you don’t lose any changes you have made.

The paid version will not require a license to be purchased, it will only require a single monthly fee and can use a subdomain or your own domain. No pricing has been determind at this point.

To begin with, we will be offering the free version so we can use that to test everything. Once I am satisfied that platform is working properly then we will add the full version.

The free hosted version script may even be offered for sale! That is something I have considered but have not discussed with anyone else yet (mostly because we don’t have a product yet and I want to see the results).

So keep watching for IndexU as a service, I’m quite excited about it.

May was a very active month for us here at Nicecoder. IndexU is undergoing a huge bugfix workout and we released WPDirectory Pro version 1.2.

IndexU has had it’s ups and downs lately but for the past month we have been in bugfix mode and have almost every single reported bug fixed. Look for a new release within the next two weeks.

I’ve personally tested the latest version and am unable to find any issues with it. I invite everyone to have a look at our project tools and to report any bugs that you have found there. The project tools can be found at http://www.nicecoder.com/community/project.php

For those of you that are not aware of what WPDirectory Pro is, it is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to have a fully functioning directory. It looks similar to IndexU but does not have all of the same functionality.

WPDirectory Pro costs $39 and can be purchased on the nicecoder site at http://nicecoder.com/order/browse_products.php?category_id=16

You can view a live demo of WPDirectory Pro at http://www.wpdirectorypro.com

And to get things going a little, here’s a coupon code for 15% off the purchase of WPDirectory Pro. The coupon code is “wpdirpro” (without the quotes) and is good for 15% off the purchase price. The coupon expires on June 15 2009.

May also saw one of our programmers, Fahrul, leave for personal purposes. We wish him the best of luck in the future.

The Nicecoder Team
Bruce (co-owner/support)
John (co-owner)
Dody (co-owner)