We're still going strong

It has been a while since I've had a chance to post to the blog. Most of the development for gitdressed is done by college students and when final exams roll around we have very little time to devote to gitdressed.

Now that exams are over though, we should be able to redevote our entire work day to working on gitdressed. This means that you can expect some new and exciting features in the coming weeks.

Regards,
Adam Haney
Chief Developer

And The Winner Is...

The upload/tag image contest has drawn to a close. Over 600 image were uploaded over the week (about 10 images per users). These uploads/tags give us vital information about the way users are using the site which should allow us to implement more features that utilize more intelligent algorithms which should make the site easier and better to use.

We have a few more new features in the works that should launch in the next few weeks so look for new and exciting things on the site. Until then have a great week.

Regards,
Adam

two things

First,
You can now 'git' your images from Facebook. Using this new feature uploading images into your closet should be much easier. This new feature grabs all of the images from your Facebook account (note this only works for albums that you have uploaded not for albums you've been tagged in). This new feature can be found in the 'Upload Images' area under the 'Upload Images from Facebook tab'.

Second,
Beginning March 1st gitdressed.com will be holding a contest. We have noticed that many users are signing up for gitdressed but not uploading pictures or tagging garments. To entice users to upload more images we are going to give a $25 gift card to the user who has the most garments tagged (images uploaded and tagged) by the end of the week (Midnight Friday CST). The winner picks which designer/clothing merchant they would like the gift card for.

Update: There was a slight problem with the script that supports facebook upload, it's fixed now and facebook upload should be 100%.

So Start Uploading!

Regards,
Adam

Take a survey

I've added a new fun feature this week, surveys. Every day there will be a new question related to either fashion or lifestyle. I think it will be interesting to see how fashion minded individuals (or organization minded individuals) think about various topics. This information will also help in the future as we move towards more new and exciting features that include customized content tailored to your taste.

I'm also happy to say that we've completely recovered from our power outage earlier this week and that everything on the site is 100% operational.

This week I've also been laying the groundwork for a few new exciting features. The framework for the site and back end (the part you don't see) has been exhaustively reworked over the last few weeks. This is paving the way for several new fun features that I hope to bring to users in the coming weeks. See you next Tuesday.

Regards,
Adam

If it's not one thing it's another

It's been a frustrating week for gitdressed. The power went out at our data center and we were down for most of yesterday evening. Because the servers were shut down so abruptly there is also a possibility of data corruption (I'm still checking some scripts that are behaving strangely so it is possible that there are bugs on the site). I'm very sorry about the loss of power and the downtime I hope that we can have everything operating smoothly by the end of the day.

During this whole fiasco I also added the weekly updates, there aren't too many exciting things although I believe a few minor changes in the way that users change and retrieve passwords should make everyone's life (mine and yours) just a little bit easier.


Regards,
Adam

Gifts from Development Tuesday

I am really excited about the new features this week. I because of the size of this weeks updates I was unable to do much last Tuesday meaning that this weeks new features are the culmination of 2 weeks worth of work. The changes include everything Suitcases (a new way to organize your clothes), To a new look and feel for the website (more round and shiny things), To code changes on the server side (things that won't affect you but will make my life much easier).

What Are Suitcases?
Suitcases are (like they sound) a way for you to take clothes with you. With suitcases you can create lists of clothes for specific purposes. They should make packing for things like vacation or business trips much easier to plan for, but they have many more uses. You can use suitcases to organize groups of clothes to give away or groups of clothes that are for a specific purpose (a suitcase of just seasonal attire). I have a few more cool things in the works for suitcases that I hope to launch next week.

The rest of the features are hardly worth mentioning individually, but I believe that collectively should make your experience more enjoyable.

Regards,
Adam

Dev Tuesday Updates

There are only a few small updates this week although there are some major features in the works. I've been sick and in the process of moving back to school and thus unable to dedicate very much time to writing more code.

All of the features that I am currently working on come directly from user requests. If there is ANYTHING you would like to see changed or made better please email me at adam@gitdressed.com. I love making this site better but I only know what you want if you tell me.

I hope to be able to launch several new features next tuesday, until then enjoy gitdressed and keep the requests coming.

Regards,
Adam