I’ve been working hard on completing the new version of WorkMelon, and I’m pretty excited about how it is turning out. I recorded a quick video tour of the new app so that you can see how things are changing. The biggest thing you’ll probably notice is the layout. I’ve built it so that WorkMelon will be easily useable from a desktop, tablet, or smartphone.
I’ll keep you posted as we get closer to rolling this out.
Sorry I’ve been silent as of late. I’ll do my best to keep you apprised of what’s going on with WorkMelon from here on out.
Anyway, the big news is that I’m working on a major overhaul of the system. I’m streamlining and revamping the interface so that WorkMelon will be easily usable on a Computer, smartphone, or tablet.
For businesses where you pay hourly wages, the way WorkMelon totals hours is being simplified tremendously.
There are also going to be some backend changes that will help me roll out future improvement much more easily. You won’t notice this much, except the app should run a hair faster.
However, you’ll still have all of the functionality that you now have, as well as a couple groovy new things here and there.
Testing screenshots and more info to come.
I know I’ve been silent around here for a bit, but I have been working on a few bugfixes recently. I know I should have been writing this down the whole time, but here’s what I remember doing.
Thanks to Zac & others who have been patient working with me on these. If anybody finds anything else, let me know.
My boss told be the other day that he wished that WorkMelon had a way to show the work order history of one of the apartments we manage. Well, someday I may build in a way to run a pdf report, but for now there is already a way to get see any location’s past work orders.
To see a location’s history, you need to use the search function.
On the search page just make sure you check the location box.
Then just start typing the name of the location, then choose the one you want.
When you click “search work orders” the search results show all the work orders for that location.
You can drill down the list further by checking one or more of the other search criteria boxes.
Now it is possible for any manager to export your work order data.
Just log in to your account, then click the “site settings” button.
Down at the bottom of the site settings page is the data export section. You can choose to download your entire work order history, or you can just get the open work orders.
The downloaded file is in .csv format, so you should be able to open it up in any spreadsheet program and check it out.
I just tweaked the way the messaging system works, so that you don’t have anywhere near as many pop up dialogs. You can still see the system messages, but they’ll automatically disappear after a few seconds, and you can still work while they’re visible.
The very best online work order software in the world (IMHO) just got a little bit better. I just added and tested a new feature to WorkMelon: the ability to automatically send an assignee an email.
When you check the “Email to Assignee” box (see picture below), an email containing the information of a work order is sent to the assignee’s email address.
And as with the rest of WorkMelon, the emailed work order is as simple and functional as possible. It looks something like this:
bob,
You have received a new work order on 10/27/2010.
Location: Secret Bunker
Description: Wash the cat.
Nobody else wants to do it.
You can use the big clippers.You can view this work order online by logging into your account at http://www.workmelon.com/app/900109167/
This email was automatically generated by WorkMelon.com. If you do not wish to receive these work orders via email, please contact your manager.
And there you have it.
If you’ve been waiting to try out WorkMelon, then wait no longer. WorkMelon is now live and ready for sign ups. So go check out the best work order software in the world.
As I was cleaning up code last week I introduced a nasty bug that crippled WorkMelon for users of every single browser except Chrome.
I still have no idea why Chrome kept working. Or rather, I have no idea why Chrome was the only browser to withstand the teeny bug that crawled in.
Oh, well.
It’s all fixed up now and I’m even a little happier with everything as while I was tracking down the bug, I cleaned up a bunch of other code. I did some quick tests in Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Safari just to make sure I didn’t screw anything else up.
That being said, I’m going to switch the main page over today and open up WorkMelon for signups. There are sure to be changes as we move along, but all in all, I’m pretty excited about it all.
I’ve been having a time getting the video tour recorded. I spent several hours trying to get my old, awesome usb microphone to work. Alas, no joy.
So I went back to the closet o’ supplies and dug around until I found a different solution. It all seems to be working well, so it looks like by the end of this week I should be able to unveil the new WorkMelon sight and enable signups.