Unscheduled downtime

Due to updates on our servers we had some unscheduled downtime yesterday, lasting several hours. We apologize for the inconvenience may have caused for people.

What happened?

Following is a short explanation of events as they happened. Our awesome server hosts, Mediatemple, had scheduled maintenance on our servers today that was to last about 15-20 minutes. Unfortunately, when the server rebooted it did not come back online as expected. It took some time before we realized that something was wrong since we thought that the downtime was due to the maintenance. After about an hour we started investigating and spent about two hours trying to get the server back online. Finally Mediatemples support people came to the rescue and helped us figure out the problem and get the server back to normal.

Again, we apologize for the inconvenience may have caused for people.

New customisation features

Wouldn't it be nice if you could add your own logo and colors to your account. Ah – now you finally can. When logged into you account go to "Account -> Appearance" to access the new controls (Note: only administrators have access to these settings).

To accommodate this new feature we also had to make a few design changes, amongst them - a new login screen. But if you have a keen eye, you'll be able to spot lots of little visual improvements.

Maintenance completed

A scheduled database maintenance Sunday December 12th 2010 was completed successfully. All databases was migrated to adhere with the new upcoming features.

Flatplan gets reviewed

Flatplan is an interesting new application that makes it easier for editorial staffers and designers to communicate get on the same page about publication layouts and design.

Read the entire review at Appvita

The strong collaboration features of the app allows you to work with your team on multiple flatplans. You can set a deadline for each Flatplan into Basecamp, and add comments to each page within a flatplan. This make it very useful for companies with a regular publication cycles and deal with quick timelines.

Read the entire review at makeuseof.com

Scheduled maintenance completed

The scheduled server maintenance Friday August 13th 2010 was completed successfully.