The New Whole Woman Website Continues to Progress
March 9, 2010 8:41 PM (GMT -7)
Progress, progress...
Much of the artwork is done for Whole Woman 2.0. Still some video work to do. We will be doing some voiceover work this coming weekend.
The forum platform has been upgraded and we're working on conversion to the new platform. Blog posts are being moved to a new platform as well. I'm working frantically on new content for the site.
We are working with a global content distribution network (CDN for the techies) to deliver video streams. So those of you not in the US should get fast video delivery. Video will be set up in a variety of qualities and the system will automatically send you the level of quality your internet connection can handle.
Our plan is to produce much more video in the coming year and we needed a solid platform to make it available to all our wonderful women around the world in the highest quality possible.
Our current target is March 22nd for the official opening. There may be a delay, but we think that's pretty firm. Once the site is up, there will be ongoing development that we think you'll find exciting.
Thanks again for your patience during this busy time and many thanks to our wonderful moderators who have been taking the new members by the hand and helping them out while the new forum is under construction!
More news soon...
February 26, 2010 4:16 PM (GMT -7)
Another milestone reached! The new Whole Woman Store is up!
When we were hacked and our existing store (for which we own the software and ran it on our server) was compromised, it took the developers four days to get around to helping us solve the problem. Whole Woman is a small, family business and four days of lost revenue hurt.
We had gone from a hosted store (with a monthly fee) to our own software as a cost saving measure, but without good support, this turned out to be a false economy.
We did finally get the store back up, but made the commitment to migrate back to a hosted platform as quickly as possible.
Our new store is hosted by Volusion, an industry leader and it will give you an easy and secure check out experience, and give us better reporting to be sure we always have inventory on hand. It is also fully PCI compliant, which is the mandatory set of guidelines required by credit card companies to protect your credit card information.
If you are nervous about buying things online with your credit card, click here to read my article on why using your credit card online is safer than at your local restaurant.
Thanks again for your patience during this transition. We are working hard to get the New Whole Woman site up as quickly as possible.
February 21, 2010 7:12 PM (GMT -7)
Progress has been slowed this week with Lanny struggling with a persistent and very uncomfortable sore throat. However, projects are moving forward on a variety of fronts. Due to some technical difficulties with the forum, it will likely be up a the end of the week. It will be a different platform than the previous one with a somewhat different look and feel, but it will be a more robust platform and offer some features we have wanted.
We will open up the forum as soon as it is complete in order to keep the conversations going. Meanwhile if anything is urgent, contact the moderators in the box to the right. Note that if you have already entered your information once, you'll get an error message. If you haven't heard back from the moderators, be patient, they are pretty busy at the moment.
Thanks for checking back and we'll continue to keep you posted.
February 13, 2010 10:40 PM MST (GMT -7)
If you have been coming to wholewoman.com regularly, you know that we suffered a hacker attack that seriously compromised hundreds of files on the site.
Once we got over the shock, we realized it was a great opportunity to update the site which we have been wanting (and needing) to do for some time. We're excited about the new Whole Woman site and hope you will be too.
So while we are very sorry the forum and site have been down for so long already, please be patient with us because it will take another couple of weeks to bring it back up. We're shooting for the 1st of March, but there is much yet to do.
Remember, the Whole Woman Store is alive and well. Just click on the link.
Any questions on orders should go to our fulfillment and customer service center at 1-505-314-1455.
Check back and we'll keep you posted!
Thanks and best wishes,
Whole Woman Inc.