Hi guys,

I'm currently reviewing the SkaDate software prior to purchase.

I just wanted to see whether there are many users who have customised the base product much and what their experiences of this are as there are some changes I would need to make on the script.

For example, the profile editing lets users add their own html however for me it should also have a toggle option that provides a GUI field so that users can just copy and paste straight from other websites, or edit directly within the field (as with this field in this forum). Clearly not everyone understands html but most people know how to use an editor.

Anyone tried this sort of thing (or maybe there's an option i've not yet seen)?

Looking forward to hopefully becoming an active member of the boards.

regards
Marcus

Thanks - I'll work out how to do this when I purchase.

One thing that is critical is the "Match" functionality - I've tested on the demo site and can't seem to get it working. Could anyone confirm that this definately works please?

many thanks

No due in New Revision(today) brusselsshrek....

Welcome on Board Baxter.... Skadate is a great and consistently developing software. I own this software for a year now and i can tell you its wonderful.

Happy to have you here,

Kind Regards,
Easton Olliviere

This software company (for all the bitching I do about it's bugs, response times, customer service etc... ) is actually going to meet a lot of your needs Baxter I have no doubt.  These folks have designed and updated the software better and better each time! With our feed back they've done an amazing job of reading our posts on here and listening to our desires and incorporating them into the most current updates... in fact you're right... your time is great! We decided to BUY the software to self-host but the software company can also host it for you.   If this company keeps on track by incorporating our needs (their clients) I think eventually SkaDate will be a TOP RATED social networking / online dating / etc software company. 

LOL... yes Paul, I am... even literally at times  !! <G>  But anyone who reads the majority of my posts on here would think quite the opposite I'm sure.

For my site I did a small amount of customisation of the layouts - enough to make a huge difference to the visual impact to users, but not enough to cost me an arm and a leg.  I too got a quote for a new layout ($2500) which, while it may be valid for a completely new layout, was at least 10 times what I was really wanting to pay.

Soooo....I started with one of the existing layouts - the rather sexual "Rosen Red" layout - and made a few very minor changes to create what I think is a very different "look".  I removed the naked lady propped up at the side (my HTML/php was enough to do this) - not that I have anything against naked ladies you understand (!), but for my site I'm after a more "boy/girl next-door" image.  I paid (using http://elance.com) to have a designer do a new front page (out with a photo of an almost naked couple having serious snogging, and in with a photo of a suave looking fully-clothed couple), paid for someone else to put my logo everywhere, and that was about it.  All for a very small amount.

So, my recommendation would be: carefully choose which existing template is closest to what you want, and get someone to make small changes with big impact.

Hope this helps.

I am new to this site and have a new site that has been up for about 1 month. I agree, finding the right objects to change can be time consuming and very hard. I FTP'd every file from the server to my extra hard drive and then started looking at most of the code. It is very time consuming. I wish SKADate would have created a manual that explained what each object does. I have made many changes to their code but it took a while to find the code.