ApartmentAdda Blog

Dear Adda Users,

We wish you a very happy and prosperous 2010.

Here are the new features that are available in your Adda now.

Single Sign-on

If you are a multiple home owner, you may be familiar with this: If you are registered and approved in multiple Addas, you can login once ( single sign-on) and  easily switch between the multiple Addas to which you belong. You used the Adda List drop down box below the Logout Button. However when you login, you will be logged in automatically to the first Adda you had registered in.

Not anymore.

Now you have a setting in My Profile page to select the “default Adda” you want to be logged in first. Later you can switch between the Addas from the DropDown.

Masking Names

You already have the ability to mask your phone numbers and email address. Starting today, you can mask your name also. Once you opt for this setting, your name will not show up on search, nor on the resident’s directory. However if you make any forum posts, notice etc – your name will be displayed.

Please note that the administrators of your Adda will have access to all the masked details ( name, email, phone ).

Advance Realtime Notification Settings

Earlier there was only one “Realtime Notification” checkbox in My Profile page that controlled the alerts for new forum posts, polls, notices or new file uploads.

Now we have separated the Realtime Notification option of Forum from the rest. This means that now you can choose to be instantly notified when a new poll or a notice is created but not get instant notifications when forum discussion happens. Please go to the My Profile page to update your notification settings.

Enjoy!
ApartmentAdda Team

Dear Users,

We have upgraded the Adda Forums and Notice Board . Here are the list of changes :

1. Introducing Forum Topic Number

Every forum topic that was created, or you will be creating henceforth will get a unique topic number. The emails you will receive will all carry this unique number. When you reply to the forum emails, Adda mail server will use this unique topic number to match your post to the right topic.

This has other advantages – just by seeing the topic number you will know how new or old a topic is.

Note : During this transition, when you reply to an old email it will get assigned a new topic number – so a few threads might split – inform us and we will join them. This will not happen if you reply directly on the Forum after logging into ApartmentAdda.

2. Introducing reply-to sender option

For users  who are used to google-groups, we are introducing a feature where the reply-to will have the sender’s email address instead of your group’s email address. This will enable one-to-one conversation where required. You can send a request to ApartmentAdda support to enable this feature for your Adda.

3.  Breadcrumbs and Message Numbers

We have introduced breadcrumbs for easy navigation of the forum topics and posts. Also each post now carries the ordering number – like how you receive in the email.

4. Participation poll in Notice Board

For an event, like New Year party, when you create a notice you can enable a Participation Poll right on the Event notice. A resident can now RSVP saying how many are attending from their flat – so you can have a quick count of attendees for effective planning.

5. Comments in Notice Board

Now you can add your comments to a Notice. This will send an email notification to the Notice owner. You can also opt to “Watch this notice”, so any comments posted on the notice will send you an email alert as well.

Cheers!
ApartmentAdda Team