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In the past few weeks, we've established an integration partnership with Perfect Places.

Our integration partnership will allow you to keep your Perfect Places calendar seamlessly up-to-date without lifting a finger!

As you create bookings or block-off time, our system will communicate with Perfect Places, sending them the information they need to change the availability that shows on your Perfect Places listing.

At the moment, we're finishing all the necessary pieces to make this work. Our release estimate for this feature is about 4 weeks.

(In the meantime, if you don't have a Perfect Places listing, run over there and get one. They've got great prices.)

Last night, we released an update that changed the login, register and reset-password pages; and fixed several minor bugs.

Changes to the Login, Register, Reset Stuff

Besides tweaking the design on the login pages to match previous updates, the login pages now uses a uniform login process that combines the application and website.

To simplify, after the next release (0.7.3) users will have one login that controls both their owner account and community account. They will no longer be separate entities. For example, if you've already signed in to the forum to leave a comment, you will be able to move right into your owner area without having to go through a second login area.

The previous Forgot Password page has been replaced by a new Reset Password page that emails you a reset link. This is a safer and easier way to reset your password because it means that if someone else triggers a reset on your password, on purpose or by accident, you don't have to go through the bother of having to correct it.

Links Fixed

The Terms of Service, shown on the new user registration page, had some links pointing off to Never Never Land. Those have been fixed.

"Waiting" Image Fixed for Chrome and Safari

When you click to save something in OwnerRez, you may have noticed a blue and white image that displays while the application is processing. Or maybe you didn't notice because you were using Chrome or Safari. There was a bug preventing Chrome and Safari users from seeing the image that has now been fixed.

Happy New Years to all our beta users!  (And anyone else passing by.)

Excitement is in the air.  Over the past few months, we've been getting OwnerRez into a position where we can work on and release several of the new features that our beta users have asked for.  Up until now, we've been working on nuances in the core quote and booking engine, tightening up the workflow and doing loads of testing.  Those items have been fully hammered down, and now we're on to the new stuff.

Our list of new features and enhancements is quite large, over 150, and our beta users have provided a few more on top of that.

As the new year emerges, we're working hard on the list.  Here are some of the top features in the queue right now:

• Third-party calendar integration
• New calendar views and filters including a master overlay for the bookings area
• More payment options including only taking cash and checks or processing credit cards offline
• Seasonal rates, discounts and more configuration options for the rate engine
• Integration with accounting software including QuickBooks Online

New features for a new year!

This morning, we released an update that fixed minor bugs and made enhancements to the user interface. None of the updates were critical. Among them were the following:

Spelling Errors

Several pages in the properties area contained misspelled words. For instance, in the email settings tab, the booking confirmation page had a title with the word "Confirmaton" that was corrected to "Confirmation".

Custom Paragraphs Not Showing Up On Email

For some users, the custom paragraphs for the booking confirmation email were not showing up on the actual email sent to the guest. The paragraphs would display properly in the user interface and in the preview mode but not in the actual email that was delivered to the guest.

Failed Payments and Security Deposits Attempted Multiple Times

Scheduled payments and security deposits are only supposed to be collected one time, whether they succeed or fail. Previously, if the collection succeeded, which is what happens most of the time, the collection never tries again. However, if the collection fails, certain internal errors were causing the scheduled payment or security deposit to be attempted again the following day - which, of course, would simply fail again. These errors were found and corrected. Now, if the scheduled payment or security deposit fails to be collected, it will not try again.

Occasional Errors On Date And Charges Tabs

In the bookings area, some users would occasionally see errors if they clicked on the Date or Charges tab for a booking.

All of these errors, and others, have been fully fixed and tested. The version number for this update is 0.7.1.

The OwnerRez Blog is live!

We've just released the new website. With it comes a new blog and forums area so our customers can get more visibility into the features we're working on. Please click around and let us know what you think.

Those of you that have had questions, comments and feedback on the application - it's time to let loose. Register for a forum account, and let us have it. We value every bit of feedback you have. We've already gotten loads of feedback by email so we'll enter that into the forums so others can review it.

The support/docs area is still not finished. We're integrating that directly into the application so it needs a little more work. We want to make sure that that's solid before pushing out a first release.

Use the RSS buttons over on the right (or on the bottom of every page) to stay up on our feeds. And make sure to sign up for newsletters. Those will be going out twice per month.

More soon to come. Thanks again to all our early testers!