We are excited to release a complete mobile version of Christian Connection, which has been designed to work with the most popular smart phones.
In particular, we have tested this on iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. We will be making ongoing improvements to the mobile views but you can start using them today.
To try out the site on your phone, simply launch your browser on your mobile phone and logon to www.christianconnection.com.au.
You can find the login link at the bottom of the homepage.
This week we released a few more changes to the mailbox. We’ve been listening to your feedback and conducting Beta tests behind the scenes and we’re now ready to release the updated design into the wild.
We’ve been hearing that since the changes to the mailbox last month, people feel their mailbox is overrun with waves. Last month we added the ability to reply to a wave with a message, direct from the Inbox. However this made waves more prominent than conversations. The changes have 3 benefits:
We have removed much of the visual noise on the Inbox and Conversation views, so you can focus more on reading your messages. We have replaced the ‘bubble’ design on the Inbox with a cleaner, simplified layout. Similarly, the Conversation view has been simplified; in particular the ‘Sent’ and ‘Read’ dates have been removed at first glance. Simply move your mouse over the message to reveal these dates.
We continue to look at ways to improve members experience on the site and we have a few more ideas, which we’re currently exploring.
We have been making some important upgrades to the Christian Connection website, in particular to the mailbox. We had to take the site offline last night, but were down for a little longer than expected. We apologise for the inconvenience this may have caused you. We’ve been working to get things back to normal today.
There were a few problems with the upgrade but everything is now working and you should be able to access your mail. Some members may have seen duplicate waves or waves they sent appearing in their inbox. All these issues are now fixed.
Some members received email or SMS notifications for old messages. This was a mistake and we’re really sorry for the confusion.
Why the changes?
One of the most frequent things we hear from members is their frustration in not receiving a response from waves and emails. It is now possible to reply to a wave from your inbox; this should encourage more people to respond to messages. The number of unread messages now includes waves that haven’t been responded to.
You can read more about the changes to the mailbox here
We have some other changes to the mailbox in the pipeline and today’s relaunch will help set the direction for the future.
Here are some of the things we’ve been working on this week:
Additions and improvements made this week:
Here are some of the fixes we’ve made:
925 emails sent this week
1,200 waves sent this week
202 new photos uploaded this week
151 new members joined this week
Additions and improvements:
672 emails sent this week
912 waves sent this week
128 new photos uploaded this week
80 new members joined this week
Additions and improvements:
Fixes:
915 emails sent this week
1506 waves sent this week
98 new photos uploaded this week
109 new members joined this week
Additions and improvements:
Fixes:
1811 emails sent this week
1820 waves sent this week
297 new photos uploaded this week
153 new members joined this week
We officially relaunched the Christian Connection site this week and we’re pleased to say that overall it went very smoothly. We responded as quickly as possible to some of the bugs that cropped up.
Here’s a summary of some of the changes we’ve made this week:
Site Activity for this week
1136 emails sent this week
1105 waves sent this week
333 new photos uploaded this week
104 new members joined this week
We hope everyone is enjoying the new and improved site. Feedback is always welcome!