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November 02, 2008

Wiki Refresh

Earlier you may have noted one of my posts with a teaser image with a new wiki theme, well that one on hold since the website got re-designed - it's purdy right? So here is the new wiki theme, matching the homepage and utilizing our same navigation structure. It's being heavily worked on so, expect to see a live demo preview around the end of November. Please share your comments and suggestions.



Ryan P. Boyle
Customer Service Lead
http://accord5.com


   

Click here to download:
Wiki_Refresh.zip (614 KB)

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October 11, 2008

'Twas the night before relaunch

I was inspired to write this on Thursday evening before our relaunch on Friday.


'Twas the night before relaunch,
and in his abode,
sat Aaron with his laptop,
scanning through code.

"I've made it my mission
To erase every quirk!"
In the footer I spot one,
"Crap, this link doesn't work!"

"I've had it with testing!
My brain is like soup!
I'll leave the rest up to
Our prerelease group!"

Then later that evening
The job was completed,
And into a long slumber
Aaron happily retreated.

On Friday, with haste,
He pressed Command+R
"Merry relaunch to all...
Now I'm off to the bar."


*...sigh*

Aaron

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September 20, 2008

Some changes

Hello everyone,

We've got some exciting projects in the pipeline here at ACCORD5. In order to make sure these projects launch in a timely fashion, we've had to shift our resources around a bit; so we're making a couple of changes to our product lineup. We are no longer selling the Lucidity skin series for Invision Power Board or displaying the Lucidity skin series for Trellis Desk on our site.

Rest assured, Lucidity for IP.Board will be back once IP.Board 3 is released to the public, and Lucidity for TD will go on sale once we release Trellis Desk 2. And as promised, upgrades to Lucidity for compatibility with IP.Board 3 will be free.

Thanks for understanding!


Aaron

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September 17, 2008

Showing off the Trellis Desk 2.0 ACP

In case you haven't caught drift over on the company forums, we've just unveiled the new look of the Trellis Desk 2.0 ACP:

http://www.accord5.com/two/

Stay tuned to the company blog for more about the new ACP design.


Aaron

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September 12, 2008

Staying awake

I am working hard on the new Trellis Desk 2.0 ACP design, at times when I should probably be sleeping instead. Luckily, I am kept awake during the day by Bon Appetit's kick-ass french vanilla cappuccinos. Thanks, Google!

Attached photo: Crappy teaser of the 2.0 design, with my beloved in the foreground.


Aaron

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September 07, 2008

Going PHP 5

Trellis Desk will be going PHP 5 only for v2.0.  We will be taking advantage of the offerings PHP 5 has over PHP 4.  If you are a Trellis Desk user and your host hasn't upgraded to PHP 5, which was first released back in 2004, get on them about it!

DJ Tarazona

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August 31, 2008

v2.0 Coming Along

Hey guys!

Just a little teaser of Trellis Desk v2.0...

http://www.sogonphp.com/movies/trellis/acp_reorder_priorities.mov

I tried to convert the movie to the proper format for Posterous, but the quality looked horrible.  I'll figure it out later.  And yes... that's custom priorities for tickets you are seeing. :)

More to come!

DJ Tarazona

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August 25, 2008

Future Documentation Updates?

I'm compiling a list of revisions for the Documentation area and would like some of our customer input so the team here can improve it! The first thing I am doing is "skinning" it so it fits in with the rest of Accord5 so the styles flow. Below is a teaser, of what I am beginning to work on:

As you can see the background is no longer white, and there is a white / gray gradient that is present underneath the title pages. Aside from the other small changes that you will see, the most important part is the actual content of the docs.

Not sure its applicable to do a survey yet, but for now if you could answer a few questions for us:
  • How often do you check / look at the documentation area?
  • Do you find the material in the documentation area helpful?
  • Would you like to see more video tutorials, diagrams, screen shots, or text based tutorials? If a combination, what type?
  • What material or aspect of Trellis Desk do you feel is lacking and / or missing from the documentation?

On top of those few questions, any errors or issues you have with the docs site please let me know!

Ryan P. Boyle
Customer Service Lead
http://accord5.com


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August 18, 2008

Welcome to our new blog

Hey everyone!

Welcome to our new company blog. Our old blog basically withered away due to neglect, so we've decided to try it again. We're taking a very laid-back, informal approach this time around; Posterous was selected as our platform of choice because posting to our blog is now as simple as firing off an email -- incredibly quick and easy -- so hopefully we'll update it frequently!

With our new blog, it is our intent to keep you informed on all things ACCORD5. We hope that you consider our posts to be insightful, educational, and fun.

See you around!

Aaron

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