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RealTimeDesigner Development Timeline

2013 2nd Half

October

OPENCART - major new integration to shopping cart platform
JAVASCRIPT code examples for FOOTER - floating toolbar, button changes, etc.
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM image integration
3D Modeling in all but Internet Explorer
Parametric Design Interface - create templates on the fly with text strings, clipart names and x-y coordinates

September

Major upgrade to vector generation recoloring
Fotolia API live
Grid option to have it on by default

August

Interpolated option added for add-ons pricing
Bridges to Opencart and Shopify

July

New RTD website launched
Javascript functions added for precise element positioning of interface elements
Shipping and Finishing folders added to order processing

2013 1st Half

June

Silent order option created for interfacing with other applications using API

May

Added Payment links for Credit Cards in Monthly RTD billing
Clipart Search Log Added to Admin Panel

April

Grid Layer moved forward
Live Pricing added to Designer
Vegas ISA was a Success

March

New Rotation Tool launched
Vertical Text Tool added
Clipart Agreement with ChalkArtStudio

February

Takedown Policy posted on Clipart Pages
Clip Art thumbnails override
Color Names added to wordpress

January

Always Show Element Icons added to Configure Generator
WordPress 2.0 Plugin released with [shortcodes]
Flat Rate shipping options - up to 5 thresholds
Template Option added to force all colors to change together
Clip art Filtering for templates
SPECIALCODEs to recolor templates upon loading
Force Proportional Aspect Ratio for templates
Elavon/Virtual Merchant payment gateway launched
Separate layers can be generated for PDF output

2012 2nd Half

December

Template option for global color change added
Added Color filtering by colorsource value for each element or template
SSL Added to admin login
RGB/CMYK issue for Clip arts Fixed
Allow ONLY custom Clip arts in a product
Special codes to alter templates added
Clip art filtering allows clip art to be limited in templates based on keywords

November

Step & Repeat tool for banners, etc
Mass file upload of special codes with auto expire - Living Social/Groupon
Cross linking between styles and stores added
Fixed size option for user uploads added
Shirts demo site online using color source filtering
BG & FG images now support vectors for Registration Marks and Cut Lines
Color filtering based on Color Source added
Hanes, Gildan, Jerzees, Fruit of the Loom, and Anvil catalogs redone
Disable Text Personalization option added for admin template creation
Yes/No Radio added for Sales Tax Exempt

October

Individual parts of bitmaps now downloadable
Admin tools in Designer moved to top of screen
Thank You Pages added for individual stores
Template Cloning from Admin to sites in BETA
Wordpress Template Navigation added to Plugin
SGIA Las Vegas - October 18-20
ISA Show announced - Las Vegas, April 2013

September

Spanish Version Launched
Low Resolution file included in Vector Output
New Navigation in Clipart
Revised Border Tool
Toggle for Auto-Prefill of Order Fields
Wordpress Plugin Released
Toggle added for Auto-prefill Of Order Fields

August

Orders Trend Graph added
QR Code Generator announced
PROPERTIES popup positioned under ELEMENT - design window left intact

July

Textures applied to colors
API enhancements for CMS integration

2012 1st Half

June

Vacations, Concerts, Trade Show Planning

May

Grid line color and style controls added
Fixed Size Cliparts Resize optional
Products can now be assigned to Stores
Clipart Browser has entirely new look
Proportional and Fixed Size Cliparts now active
Dedicated Server added for database

April

Added [MATRIX] live pricing to short description of RTD Catalog
Catalog navigation improved with [SPECIAL CODES] and ability to turn off blank designer
Added ability to do mass pricing updates
Sign Shop in a Box made live - standard sign products catalog

March

Added deselect by clicking anywhere in design window
WOW! ISA 2012 Orlando was a huge success
Forum Newsfeed added to Admin Panel at login
Browser/Access Trends w/ Bar Charts added
Multi Stores Added
Now Upload - Download Styles as an entire Group
Cart Module can now be embedded into external pages
Updated default styles, catalog CSS, designer CSS

February

HIDDEN PRODUCTS - are now labeled as such when viewing catalog in admin mode
Single Color clipart modified to remove color pick step
Design window expanded to allow images to be moved beyond edges
RTD Manual moved to WIKI for easier searching, linking and updating
RTD Timeline Started
Clipart Zoom on Hover added
FEDEX live shipping revised to new API

January

API Added to RTD - Very Powerful!
1,000 Corporate Logos Added
Cliparts Exceeds 10,000
Keywords added to all cliparts
Any - All - Exact added to clipart search
New wizard to create products
RTD Links & Builders added to easily generate specific links
Added Touch Devices support including Apple
Text Personalization (names & numbers) added
Auto Update of TEXT while typing (2 sec delay)

2011

December

Clipart Recolor Tool expanded point & click

October

500th RTD company is put online
RTD is a big hit at SGIA New Orleans

August

Limited background colors and “BACKGROUND COLOR based” pricing released
Proportional Text Alignment added
Force TEXT to CAPS added

2010

April

RTD Users conference ORLANDO at ISA tradeshow 2010

2008

September

RTD is shown at NMB Sign Show in Indianapolis

June

RTD Catalog is released

March

RTD is at ISA Orlando

February

100th RTD user is launched

January

RealTimeDesigner is introduced at PPAI Las Vegas Trade Show

2007

May

RealTimeDesigner is officially launched

2006

April

First beta tester on board - thanks Steve!

March

TNG project is officially named RealTimeDesigner

February

Alex begins work on TNG - the next generation online design tool

January

Mark & Alex launch LogoGenerator.com - template based online logo design tool

2001

May

Alex Launches charas-project.net - a fully online-based Charasets Generator for RPG game developers

2000

June

Design Online Tool Launched on MagneticSigns.com

1997

February