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Release History

2/1/2009

• Added Google Checkout and Authorize.net support for payment surveys.
• Pay by Check option for payment surveys.
• Updated templates to use new payment options.
• New option to show quantity remaining for inventory items.
• Piping can now pipe a result's reference number.

12/7/2008

• Specify a local timezone to apply to all displayed dates and times.
• Admin Item setting to create "for internal use only" items.
• New embeddable chart for each individual item's results.
• Basic inventory management.
• Piping feature now allows piping of a default value for unanswered questions.
• "Secure Survey" setting to require a survey to enforce security requirements.
• Optionally encrypt results for text field items.
• Results for Hidden Field items are now editable.

10/18/2008

• Introducing the BigSurveys API.
• Access your results in a well-defined XML format.
• Allows for your own custom applications to interface with your survey results.

9/18/2008

• Default values can be set for all text and multiple choice items.
• Set a min/max number of selectable choices for check box items.
• Require only a subset of choices for Ranking items to be ranked.
• Create multiple Success Pages for a single survey.
• Updated interface for Success Pages and Results Views pages.
• New Quantity List order form item.

8/1/2008

• Drag and Drop functionality added to Edit Area.
• Updated item setting pages.
• Ability to change the type of an item.
• Ability to edit a block of selected of items.
• Skip/Branch settings added to each item's edit page.
• Support for all common world languages through the UTF-8 character set.
• Download all survey attachments in a single ZIP file.
• New templates for the 2008 United States Presidential Race.

4/7/2008

• Site-wide interface redesigned and overhauled.
• Improved site layout and menu system features increased usability.
• Home page shows expanded information and provides quick access to any survey.
• Reports page gives detailed survey statistics and charts.
• Configure page controls most survey settings in one place.
• Account Status page provides a central location to view account and per-survey limits.
• Publish page makes it easier to view and share your surveys and results.
• Attachments page allows you to upload any file to use with your BigSurveys account.
• Optionally delete only a subset of your results based on their submission time.
• New Captcha survey item to combat survey spam.

12/10/2007

• New Piping feature allows you to insert results as text into another item.
• Skip/Branch feature enhanced to give more control over survey logic.
• Multiple custom Results Views can now be created and used.
• New Embedding options for Surveys and Results.
• Validation for responses to Short Answer items.
• PayPal subscriptions/recurring payments.

12/10/2007

• New Piping feature allows you to insert results as text into another item.
• Skip/Branch feature enhanced to give more control over survey logic.
• Multiple custom Results Views can now be created and used.
• New Embedding options for Surveys and Results.
• Validation for responses to Short Answer items.
• PayPal subscriptions/recurring payments.

9/10/2007

• New calendar, address block, and credit card block items for surveys.
• New RSS/Atom Feed for survey results.
• Secure email and email friendly HTML options added.
• New result table format.
• New error message presentation on surveys.
• Look & Feel now extends to all pages including: Survey Login, Results Login, Public Results, Survey Closings.

5/11/2007

• Modernized look & feel of surveys.
• Form SPAM protection - Security features to prevent robots from completing surveys.
• Updated survey templates.
• Many minor bug fixes including fixes for Internet Explorer 7.

10/23/2006

• Added "previous" button to multi-page surveys.
• New link-generator for the Publish/HTML Links.
• New Progress bar for multi-page surveys.
• Fresh presentation.

8/15/2006

• Over 100 templates added. Choose from these templates when creating your survey.
• Improved edit area makes it easier for users to create and change surveys.
• Integrated attachments allow your users to upload files, separate from the survey submission.

4/10/2006

• New embedded survey feature allows users to integrate surveys directly into existing websites.
• Improved survey Look & Feel to provide intelligent color suggestions and easier to customize styles.
• Additional download option, to create a tab delimited file for Excel.

1/9/2006

• Cross-Tabulation Reports: Graphically compare two survey questions such as income vs. gender.
• Integrated image upload when editing the survey; add an image while editing your survey.
• Tighter fit on a survey when more than one question appears on a line.

11/28/2005

• New pie and horizontal bar graphing capabilities are available from the "Item Detail Summary" section.
• New site layout places a better focus on all content.
• Access printable billing receipts through your "My Account->Billing History" menu.

11/1/2005

• Functional enhancements have been implemented to avoid "This Page Has Expired" errors in Internet Explorer
• The drop-down menu system is now functional within our edit area.
• Users are able to search and edit through surveys that are closed.
• Improved question positioning of radio button and check box questions, making the fields appear closer to each other.

9/15/2005

• Survey Scheduling Options: You now have the ability to establish a start date, end date, and maximum number of results stored per survey. You can open and close your survey with this new automation.
• Survey Login Account Uploads: Create user accounts for your survey in bulk by uploading a list of username/password combinations.
• Email Routing: Route the email result of the survey based on users' answers.
• Improved Survey Security: A new feature allows you to prevent certain computer names or IP addresses from submitting your survey.
• Anonymous Responses: By default, BigSurveys will record a user's IP address for your records. You can prevent BigSurveys from recording the identifying information in your results.
• Delete Images: Delete images you have uploaded and no longer need

8/8/2005

• PayPal integration was added for Professional level members. This is available from the "My Survey->PayPal" menu option. This allows order surveys to collect billing information and accept payments online.
• Improved menu operation to highlight features that do not appear on the main Welcome screen.

6/23/2005

• The Look And Feel of surveys can be customized throughout. Advanced customization by CSS users can be achieved through the "My Survey->Survey Profile" menu.
• Minor tweaks to the editing area, fixing a bug that made drop-down lists appear incorrectly when special characters were used.

4/1/2005

• Added new Printable Report feature, which displays all survey results specially formatted for printing. This report displays one question per page, with all associated answers.
• Added feature, "Look and Feel" to phase out the old Color/Font/Background configuration. Surveys now support style sheets and matching left-aligned questions.
• Minor interface changes.

2/9/2005

• Added option to view single result in text format, for each printing.
• Minor bug fixes.

1/1/2005

• Improved performance, allowing for faster page response times.
• New internal site layout designed to help new users.
• Added feature, "Send Survey to Other Account" designed to help users share surveys between multiple accounts.

8/9/2004

• Enhanced security throughout the site. When you login using the Secure Login, all areas with the exception of the Edit Survey area will be presented securely using SSL. Previously, it was only possible to view the Results securely.
• A new link has been added to the My Surveys area called Make Session Secure. If you click this link, your session will be switched to using secure SSL.
• Many minor bug fixes were implemented.

6/1/2004

• Email delivery has been changed in an effort to reduce the chance of an email being mistakenly filtered by ISPs / Corporate networks
• All passwords are now entered in protected fields and are not viewable in plain text
• Minor bug fixes

3/15/2004

• All of the BigSurveys.com servers are operating out of our new location at Equinix (http://www.equinix.com). We have spared no expense with our new data center location. Equinix IBX is possibly the best data center in the World.

1/15/2004

• Block operations during edit - copy/delete/move sections of your survey
• Improved HTML email
• Minor bug fixes
• Numerous hardware/software upgrades in server farm

12/13/2003

• Order Survey Enhancemnts including fill-in-the-blank options
• Share your result data with others via a password protected link
• Auto-Responder enhancements that enable data to be piped into an email message
• Significant hardware/software upgrades in our datacenter

9/13/2003

• Order survey totaling including the ability to compute tax and handling charges
• Optionally pass a hidden value into a survey via the survey URL
• Randomize question responses to eliminate order bias on surveys

8/17/2003

• Optionally allow users to establish username/password accounts to access/update their survey results
• Customize error message text and button text (great for non-English surveys)
• Improved multiple page survey and attachment handling

5/21/2003

• HTML Email capabilities including auto-responder and emailed results
• Option to immediately purchase result submission/storage capacity above account limitations
• Upgrades between service levels can now be done immediately
• One year of billing history is now available in My Account section
• Drop Down boxes no longer include numbering for new drop downs created

4/29/2003

• "Traffic Analysis Report. Gain valuable insight into who is using your survey. Detailed reports include: # of hits, # of unique users, average time spent per user, originating country, state/city breakdown if from United States, browser version used, operating system, etc. See the Sample"

3/31/2003

• New download options to retrieve data in CSV (comma delimited format) including email notification that download is complete
• Added password field
• Added hidden field
• "Added Ranking Item Type (rank items in order 1,2,3,4, etc.)"
• Added Summation Item Type (assign values to items totaling to a number you choose)
• Added Multiple Scale Radio Button Item Type
• Added Multiple Scale Check Box Item Type
• Improved email detail

9/25/2002

• New look and feel for entire site
• Major hardware/software upgrades that more than double capacity
• Many minor bug fixes including more descriptive error messages

3/2/2002

• New options to make it easier to publish/distribute surveys
• "Surveys can now be "closed" to prevent further submissions"
• "After successful completion of a survey, a user can be re-directed to a non-BigSurveys.com URL"
• All levels of users can now re-locate their surveys to a file on another server
• Almost all advertising banners have been removed
• New survey creation has been streamlined

9/1/2001

• Multiple Page Surveys. Surveys can now be split into multiple pages.
• Skip/Branching Logic. Skip to a page or set of pages based on a user's response.
• Billing system updates including monthly emailed receipts
• Major hardware/software upgrades. We are presently running at less than 10% utilization of our resources during peak usage periods
• New pricing and service levels for all account types.

5/30/2001

• "We now accept Discover Card in addition to Visa, Master Card and American Express for credit card payments"
• "Four new item types have been added. These are "grid" item types that allow grids/matrix input type questions. See grid example."
• Numerous enhancements to make the site easier to use including improved messages and help text

3/24/2001

• We now accept American Express in addition to Visa and Master Card for credit card payments
• Pop-up informational(help) windows can now be added for every survey item. This enables detailed instructions to be added without making a survey unnecessarily hard to read. A icon is placed next to the item and when clicked opens up a pop-up window with your informational text.
• The width in columns can now be specified for radio/check item types presented in a grid. This means you control how many columns wide the grid is that displays possible choices.
• Additional server capacity and load-balancing added

2/23/2001

• "Improved account management including credit card update, yearly renewal, service changes, account cancellation"

1/31/2001

• Improved result searching
• Enhancements to support Netscape 6
• Enhancements to attachments/file upload
• Improved results section
• Asterisks can now be used to indicate required items
• "Minor bug fixes, navigation changes, performance upgrades"
• "A separate dedicated server is now setup for high volume survey customers generating > 50,000 responses a day"
• Partnership with email mailing service gives us the capability to email up to 5 million surveys an hour. We do not support SPAM or UCE.

11/18/2000

• Introduced new account pricing options to accommodate businesses receiving thousands of survey submissions a day.
• "Added a "Deluxe" service level to accommodate users who do not need all of the features of a professional level account."

11/2/2000

• "Daily Email Summary. Optionally, have an email sent every day to one or more email addresses stating the number of responses a particular survey has received in the last 24 hours."
• Mass Email. Send an email message to all of the people who have submitted a given survey. This feature requires that you ask every user for their email address as well as receive permission to send them email. We provide the features to do this.
• Email Field Constraints. You can now choose the fields that will be included when survey results are emailed. This is useful for excluding certain information from being emailed such as credit card information.
• "Email Result Links. Links are now included with emailed survey results that enable you to view a given survey submission in "survey context" (your survey is displayed with the results filled in). There is a secure link as well as a standard link. For complex fsurveys, this makes viewing the survey submission much easier."

8/31/2000

• "Auto-Responder. Optionally, an email response can now be sent automatically to the person that completes your survey. You have control over the title of the email, the email content, and the email address from which it appears the email was sent. The "Email Address" item type is used to configure this feature."
• Links to uploaded attachments are now included with email results.
• Table Results have been enhanced to have a cleaner appearance when answers are very long or question text is very long.

8/13/2000

• "Increased server capacity by 8 fold. Honoring our commitment to remain one of the fastest sites on the Internet and to offer the highest level of service possible, we have significantly increased our server capacity. Our goal is to remain under 30% utilization during peak traffic periods."

7/19/2000

• Email Item Type. This special item makes survey result emails sent to you appear as though they were sent by the person filling out your survey. This enables you to reply directly to the person who completed your survey.
• "Text field formatting. The results for the text field item type can now be formatted as text, link, or email. This enables types of link and html to be "clicked" on when viewing results to either open the link or your mail client to send a message."
• "Survey Information Enhancements. Code to produce HTML links to surveys, as well as results, is now displayed in a separate window making it easy to cut and paste into existing web pages."

5/23/2000

• Link Item Type. Add HTML links to your surveys without knowing HTML
• Image Item Type. Add Images to your survey without knowing HTML.
• Text Areas now automatically wrap in most browsers

5/2/2000

• Search Results. Searches can involve one or more fields using either AND or OR logic to constrain the search.
• Public View Constraints. You can now choose the fields that will be displayed to the general public when sharing results.
• Public Table View. Links are now provided so that either the Result Summary Table (grid) or the Result Summary (graphs) can be displayed to the general public.
• "Question Positioning. Questions can now be positioned above, to the right, and to the left of the answer field."
• "Other Question Type. Optionally, an "OTHER" choice can now be defined for both Radio Buttons and Check Box question types."
• Font Size and Face. Font size and face (type) can now be specified for your survey. Choose your own font type or choose from one of the many pre-defined font faces we have listed.
• Improved Uploads. The process for uploading both images and data has been simplified.
• Download Delimiter. You can now specify the delimiter used to separate columns for downloaded data. Features have also been added to make working with large result sets (>1000) easier.

2/15/2000

• "Attachments. Any type of file may be attached and included as a part of a survey's result set. All users receive 1 MB of space to hold attachments. Additional space can be purchased. After logging in, go to My Account for details."
• "Color Control. A 216 color pallet has been added to control background, text, link, active link, and visited link colors."
• "Color Headers. A new item type, Segment Header, has been added. This item type allows you to create colorful headers or text descriptions without having any knowledge of HTML."

2/4/2000

• "New result option "Summary Table" provides a more condensed view of results. This format can also be downloaded."
• There is no longer a limitation of 20 choices for radio button and check box questions.
• "If you choose to make survey results public, the URL to access the public results is now provided in the Survey Information page."
• Many cosmetic changes have been made to maximize the amount of information that can be viewed at any one time.

10/24/1999

• "Added "Copy Item" so that existing survey items can be copied."
• A new survey item has been added which allows you to have users' input into a survey mailed to them. The user provides their email address and the results of their survey submission are mailed to them.
• "Added "Optional Identifier" to each survey item type. For users who choose to take advantage of HTML formatting in their questions, this "Identifier" makes the presentation within BigSurveys.com cleaner."
• Further streamlined the survey building process.
• Standardized a process and pricing for custom survey development. Custom Development

10/4/1999

• Changed the look and feel to ease navigation. Eliminated almost all images to speed page download times.

8/29/1999

• MS FrontPage backgrounds are now available to all users
• Multiple Result Delete - Using check boxes indicate which results should be deleted in one operation
• Move Up / Move Down - change the ordering of already created survey items
• Survey Copy - copy an existing survey
• Success HTML Page - optionally provide your own HTML to be displayed after a survey is successfully submitted

8/15/1999

• Secure Login and Secure Results viewing
• Cookie support is no longer required for survey creation
• Cosmetic changes aimed at users with small monitors

6/18/1999

• "Upgraded our server and networking infrastructure. The new server is 5-10 times faster than the old server resulting in sub-second response times for almost all requests. The networking infrastructure is now comprised of redundant UUNet, MCI, and GTE International OC-12 lines."

3/22/1999

• Added Password Protected Survey Option. Professional users can now optionally password protect access to their surveys.
• Performance enhancements to survey building process
• Bug fixes

2/26/1999

• Added Partnership Program. Sites can now partner with BigSurveys.com and have their ad banners shown for free.
• Showcase - see how others are taking advantage of the site.
• Cosmetic changes aimed at making the site easier to use and understand.
• Changes to boost performance and add better error tracking.

2/15/1999

• Third-Party Update - Optionally allow users of your survey to update survey results.
• Upload Data - data can now be uploaded into existing surveys. (Professional option)
• Re-locate Surveys - optionally move surveys created using BigSurveys.com to another server. (Professional option)

2/7/99 Version 1.0

• Thawte Digital Certificate for secure surveys (SSL)
• Image Upload - store your images on BigSurveys.com
• "Two service levels are now offered, Introductory (free) and Professional."
• CyberCash credit card order processing
• Account Status - level of service and next billing date if applicable.
• Enhanced Result Table.
• Other minor fixes and enhancements

1/24/99 Version 0.99

• Result Sorting - sort any result column ascending or descending
• Controls to assist with viewing large numbers of results (>100)
• Survey Results can now be mailed to multiple email addresses
• Enhancements targeted at Internet Explorer Users
• Graphics / Navigation changes
• Other minor fixes and enhancements

1/11/99 Version 0.98

• Performance enhancements and minor bug fixes.

12/03/98 Version 0.97

• Option to prevent a user survey filling out a survey more than once (multiple submissions)
• Duplicate survey submissions are no longer accepted.
• Survey results can be updated or deleted by survey owner.
• Date and time of survey submission/update is now stored.
• Host address of person submitting a survey is now stored and is displayed along with survey results.

11/25/98 Version 0.96

• Backgrounds can now be easily incorporated into surveys. FrontPage 98 backgrounds can be used directly from FromSite.com.
• Ability to incorporate <HEADER> and <BODY> tag attributes for advanced users.
• Display options for required survey items.
• Faster inserting / updating of survey items.
• Improved navigation.

11/01/98 Version 0.95

• "After successful alpha testing, we have moved to beta test phase. Part of this phase is allowing new users to begin using the service while additional features are added."