Shoutbox

Hello All!

I wanted to take a moment to update everyone on the current status of the WLMStatus Premium service and some of its new features.  WLMStatus Premium was launched in March of 2008 to add some exclusive features and allow for 100% uptime of the service by using a server dedicated to paying customers.

As the months progressed, we've been adding features exclusively to WLMStatus Premium and building a great relationship with existing customers of the premium service.  In fact, many of those changes and features came directly from existing customers.  For example, users told us the 1-2 day wait time for account setup and account setup failure rate was simply unacceptable.  We recoded much of the WLMStatus Premium code to automate account setup, as it is now, and implement PayPal into our setup procedure.  We now have a 99% success rate in New Account Setups, and most accounts are setup with in 3 minutes of purchasing the activation code.

Another great example of how well we listen to users is our Mobile Website.  This was requested several times and was added in the release of WLMStatus Premium 1.1, and is accessible from any web-enabled cell phone, including Apple's iPhone.

Thats a little bit of history for you.  Now, for the NEW STUFF .  WLMStatus Premium just launched a few new features in conjunction with the launch of WLMStatus 1.20.  We enhanced our TEXT/XML API for Web Developers so you can now more easily grab your online status, nickname, personal message AND music.  This is something we worked for a while on...I've used this API myself to develop a presence widget for my blog.  This blog widget is under development still and will eventually be released to our Premium Customers.

Another new feature we launched is CUSTOM IMAGES using Windows Live Messenger 2009 and Messenger Plus! Live 4.80.  As Messenger Plus! Live 4.80 is not yet released, functionality is currently limited to colorization...however, as soon as Messenger Plus! Live 4.80 is released you can also use the scenes part of that.  We may choose to enhance this feature in the future.  You can begin immediatly using this style if you're a premium customer by choosing image style #65.

Last but not least, WLMStatus Premium now continues to function in the event of a main server failure or downtime.  This helps us build on our promise to keep WLMStatus Premium online for our paying customers.  This functionality is available immediately by upgrading to 1.20.

I will leave you with this statement.  We've added a lot to our Premium-Enhanced script, but this is just the beginning.  We want to make WLMStatus Premium truely the best available premium Windows Live Messenger addon for displaying your display pic and status.  Josh Atkins and mynetx work hard with me week after week to ensure that we're adding what you're requesting and we think you deserve that level of commitment.

If you have any concerns, problems, or suggestions, please feel free to private message me or email dane@wlmspremium.net.

Dane