Since the Last Update Again no new features in Jan but lots of improvements and bug fixes and work to get everything up and running on the new R4 server. We expect to have the first sites running on this in February. Improvements Deals Emailed deals can now be cc’ed to publisher reps and have … Read More
Author: Warwick Schaffer
System Updates 1 Dec 2019 to 1 Jan 2020
Since the Last Update December was quiet month for feature rollout due the Christmas change freeze. Plenty was going on in the background that you will hear about in the next post, a lot of bug fixing and work on upgrading to a new operating system. New Features Improvements Deals Improve the deals page load … Read More
System Updates 1 Nov to 1 Dec 2019
Since the Last Update At this time of year we focus in stability, removal of anything that can cause load spikes and small improvement and bug fixes. We found that may bots were ‘parsing’ sites so we have been putting in system to alert us to this activity and blocking the bots doing this. It … Read More
System Updates 1 Oct to 1 Nov 2019
Since the Last Update A very long list of improvements and new features released last month in particular a new group website to give groups a central site that is able to represent all stock in all stores. A new SMS bulk messaging system was added to inwards goods and the group deal system and … Read More
System Updates 1 Sep to 1 Oct 2019
Since the Last Update System speed has continued to improve through September as optimisations are rolled out. The system now runs faster than it ever has and further improvements are in the pipeline. We were also able to roll out the following new features and improvements. New Features A unique code generator for load stock. … Read More
System Updates 1 Aug to 1 Sep 2019
Since the Last Update August has seen a continuation of efforts to improve speed in slow parts of the system and upgrade infrastructure. We also rolled out two big new features and a number of improvement New Features Consignment billing from pos Consignment billing is now also available through accounts payable. When you sell a … Read More
System Updates 1 July to 1 Aug 2019
Since the Last Update July has seen a continuation of efforts to improve speed in slow parts of the system. Improved monitoring has enabled us to better isolate the slow queries are. The areas we are working on are, customer order search, load stock, currently on order and account balance calculations. The other big thing … Read More
System Updates 1 June to 1 July 2019
Since the Last Update June has been dominated by effots to increase speed and to deal with load that turned out to be due to a flood of stock update requests from the POS. Despite this we were still able to roll out a customer merge feature, an ex gst invoice option and added author … Read More
Server Scaling: Vertical vs Horizontal Scaling – An Overview
The concern most frequently voiced by Circle users is how the system will cope as the community grows. Through server scaling we can ensure the speed and reliability of the programme when the user load increases. Read on to find out how.
Budget Your Bookstore The Barefoot Investor Way | CirclePOS
Budgeting for Bookstores, the Barefoot Investor Way Scott Pape, author of the best-selling financial advice book The Barefoot Investor, urges readers to divide their income into 60 per cent ‘safety’, 20 per cent ‘saving’, and 20 percent ‘splurge’. In other words – to set up their buckets.