Just wanted to make a quick post to let everyone know we are under a hurricane watch here in Wilmington. This means hurricane conditions are possible within 36 hours. Expect delays in support ticket response time over the weekend and possibly into next week.

We are safe and well prepared for the storm. Here’s a link to our local news covering the storm:

http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=8701080

**Update**

The storm came and went without any power loss or damage. All systems are up and running!

We are pleased to announce the release of our latest product, m3|Spy! It is built on our new m3 Framework and allows you to track visitors to your web site in real-time.

Every visit is logged and recorded, allowing you to scroll through past visits from the same user. Find out where users arrive and leave your site, and then use this data to improve the chances they will decide to stay and purchase. Track visitors on any page - website, order form or support desk. Real-time monitor to see people as they navigate the site.

m3|Spy also has a powerful reporting system. Designed to improve your conversion ratio, Spy contains a variety of different reports to help you fine-tune your site which will drive more sales and profits. Reports range from the popular referrals to the most common entry and exit points.

Read more about m3|Spy here:

http://solidphp.com/products/m3spy/index.php

I’ve created a new video tutorial on how to install m3 applications like m3|KB. All m3 software uses the same installer so I figured this would be a good place to start. This video is the first in a series of tutorials we plan to release for m3 and all SolidPHP products. What tutorials do you think would be useful for future videos?

Click here to view the tutorial.

As mentioned in our newsletter earlier this month the price of PHPAudit will be increasing from 1st June 2008.

This is part of our effort to standardise pricing across both PHPAudit and Iono, following our acquisition of the latter late last year. Changes were made to Iono previously in January and so these tweaks will bring PHPAudit into line with the pricing model going forward. This near-parity of pricing between PHPAudit and Iono allows our customers to choose the most suitable product based on features rather than price.

From 1^st June 2008, PHPAudit pricing will be as follows:
PHPAudit 250: $99.99 inc. 12 months of support & updates ($75 renewal fee for a further year)
PHPAudit 1000: $225 inc. 12 months of support & updates ($100 renewal fee for a further year)
PHPAudit 2500: $350 inc. 12 months of support & updates ($150 renewal fee for a further year)

The renewal pricing for our PHPAudit Unlimited customers will follow that of PHPAudit 2500, and so increases to $150 per year.

Complete parity of pricing is expected to be achieved towards the end of the year, following the necessary technical changes to both PHPAudit and Iono to support this.

Existing customers nearing the limit of their current license should consider upgrading prior to 1st June to beat the price rise. Equally existing PHPAudit Lite users and prospective customers may wish to purchase either a PHPAudit 1000 or PHPAudit 2500 license to future-proof themselves and avoid the price increase.

We are pleased to announce our newest product, m3|KB. After having gone through an extensive private beta testing period we feel the software is stable and ready for public distribution. This release makes m3|KB the first product built on our m3 framework. m3|KB is the spiritual successor to our older knowledge base software, Helpexec.

m3|KB hits the road running with all of the standard features you would expect in a knowledge base application and many more that you wouldn’t. Thanks to the m3 framework we have full support for localization, skin based templates, multiple front end profiles (w/ full source code) and many other modern features.

It has taken considerable time and effort to finally get to this point and with m3 we’ve adopted a new approach of doing things right from the start. Hopefully the effort put into development will be clear from the advanced features, smooth interface and documentation from the start.

PHPAudit and Iono have filled part of the ‘????’ gap for several years, handling the invoicing and provision of your products. SolidPHP is proud to announce a new component for businesses to take advantage of.

Online fraud is a huge problem for all successful retailers, and that’s why we’re releasing our m3|Verify order and card verification service.

A fully automated service, m3|Verify captures a users details during checkout and using proprietary algorithms produces an ‘Order Score’. This rates the order based on the likelihood for fraud, and also provides detailed information so that all decisions can be reviewed. Using this information, you can decide whether to process the order, ask for further information, or reject the transaction. This can be used to reduce and eliminate chargeback’s and their associated fees, and confirm the people you are dealing with are who they say they are.

Currently compatible with PHPAudit (iono compatibility will be released with v2.7.0), the online API based service can easily be integrated with most billing systems. You also have the option of using our virtual terminal, which allows you to manually submit details and get an on the spot score returned.

Our flat rate pricing starts at just $7 per month – see our m3|Verify site for details. Reduce your ???? uncertainty and increase your profits today.