Hello all,

SkaDate Team is glad to present a new SkaDate dating software build – 7.5.1550.

It comes with new features, usability enhancements and minor bug fixes. This is what you will find in SkaDate 7.5.1550:

• Improved User Points system

• New Latest Activity items

• Official safari support

• Integration of Honesty Online background check service

• Possibility to disable the ‘Latest Activity’ feature in the Admin Panel

• Possibilitiy to add emoticons to the status line on the Memberhome page

• Possibility for Site Administrator to set the number of profiles displayed in the ‘Friends List’

• Usability improvements

Learn more about the new SkaDate dating script build, check the Live Demo and ask your questions from our pre-sales operators 24/7 at www.SkaDate.com.

Best regards,
SkaDate Team

Today we are happy to inform all SkaDate community members that SkaDate dating and community software has taken its place among iDate 2010 Awards Finalists in the ‘Best Dating Software Provider’ nomination. We wouldn’t be able to make it without your help and support. And we would like to thank each and every one of your for contributing into our success! The nomination winners will be announced at the iDate Awards ceremony on January 28, 2010 in Miami Beach during the Internet Dating Conference, where SkaDate Dating Software Company will be represented by the CEO Emil Sarnogoev.

Keep your fingers crossed for us, and thank you for being a great support!

Best regards,
SkaDate Team

Greetings to all the blog readers and Skalfa news followers!

We have something new for you today. From now on you will be able to read about SkaDate Dating Software news and updates at the new SkaDate blog.

We will continue informing you about all important events, provide useful information on site promotion and maintenance, and keep you updated on SkaDate dating and community software news.

Feel free to check out the new blog, read about the latest SkaDate software release, post comments and share your opinion, which has always been important to us.

Kind regards,

SkaDate Team

OK, you’ve heard this phrase already at least once. But now we really mean it. We are preparing the new software platform OpenWack as WackWall underlying technology. We are in the phase of finishing planned feature set and starting alpha-testing. Given the simplicity and robustness of the new platform we will deploy the live open beta-testing some time later this month.

First of all we will launch the new platform on Xitti.com – the adult division of WackWall and migrate adult social networks there. This is the plan for this month. The second stage will be deploying on WackWall.com – this will come later.

Yes, we had to decide where to compromise. As one of our customers rightfully suggested we will start with minimum working new platform and iterate quickly to iron out bugs and to extend functionality – all according to your feedback. Exciting times are coming for WackWall and we can’t wait to show you around. Just a little bit more time!

You can track OpenWack progress on the blog and on Twitter.

Cross your fingers and wait to see some fresh stuff to impress your users!

Greetings everybody!

Finally, we have crossed the finish line of the WIN SkaDate Contest.

First of all, we would like to thank you all for taking part in the competition. Your comments and positive feedback have been a great encourage for us to provide even better service, and keep improving SkaDate software to meet all your needs.

Now it’s time to announce the contest results, and the fact that this event has coincided with Skalfa eCommerce Birthday (we are 5 today!) makes the moment even more festive.

Here come the winners.

3d place and SkaDate Mobile Edition goes to Lawrence and his comment:
Skadate helped me very quickly build a great website and it saved me the huge effort of building a site on my own from scratch. Now my site has over 13,000 members in just over one year – http://BrainiacDating.com.

When I started I had no idea how to build a dating site, but the skadate support was very helpful to get my site up and running.

Sure there are several other dating site software packages out there, but skadate’s php code and database are efficiently designed, so that with only some basic knowledge of php – you can easily modify it yourself, or if necessary it relatively inexpensive to outsource small enhancements.

2nd place is taken by John, who gets SkaDate Software License:
Yuch! vs Yum! Let me explain….

After wasting time installing & running on Ning (yuch!) and Boonex (yuch!) as well as testing the online demos of many other software vendors and service providers, I settled on JomSocial for my Joomla-powered site.

But there’s a problem now: it has limited features, which now means I am integrating several other extensions with their own set of hacks & additions that I’ll probably have to repeat when JomSocial release a newer version. (yuch!)

So I would *only* migrate to SkaDate (yum!) because it *flexibly* (creative!) and *logically* (time-saving!) integrates video, photos, templates, search, admin panel and user news/updates (to name just a few).

So after all, it seems like site publishers invest well in SkaDate – I really look forward to using it to bring health-minded people together!

And the 1st place winner is Sibel, who gets SkaDate Software License along with SkaDate Mobile Edition:
Hi,
Me and my partner we discovered Skadate 1 year ago and we are very happy with it…since then!!! We wanted to find the right software, the right server, the best provider and wanted to create a dating site that works 24/7!!! There are many dating site providers out there… After researching for 3 month and trying out many site-demos, we felt like Skadate covered what we were looking for!!!

This is our dating-site and we wanted to have control!
We wanted the site “to look” professional and inviting to our customer…and at the same time we wanted to have easy access to the control panel. We have a bi-lingual customer and it was very easy to translate text to the second language. And we like the easy payment option with PayPal or any creditcard company, when customers wanna sign up as Gold Members…

Our site is fast, secure and we have a good overview on everything. Anyone at any age can use the site. Buttons & pages are easy to access and clear to understand. If my customers are happy, I am happy!!!

With the help and support from Skadate we were able to change many things on our site. We worked very close with their tech-support and designers to re-design the look, the colors, the text and the layout at very affordable price rates. We also made changes to the admin panel. Sometimes I spend 10hours a day in the admin panel! It’s easy to work with and I get the job done.

The Skadate team is very nice and always there when you need them. They are a great help, explain or fix things very fast.

I am overall a very happy customer and I would highly recommend Skadate for all your datingsite-needs…

Our Congratulations to the contest winners!

Although winners are only three, we appreciate the contribution of all participants. This is why each of you will get a personal coupon code with a discount for purchasing SkaDate community and dating script.

Your feedback is a great motivation for us to keep working on the software quality. Thank you guys for building the great community of SkaDate users!

Best regards,
SkaDate Team

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This is that time of the year again. On the first day of winter we celebrate the birthday of Skalfa eCommerce. Today we hit the 5 year milestone.

Let me go a little personal here. When 5 years ago I announced starting a new company I was not nearly confident it’s going to shoot. We needed to start from scratch after the first year so we were a software product company without a product. Hell, that was tough but that was the time we again proved the simple truth – gather talents and build something people want. That worked. Any piece of software can be built if you have capable people on your tank and some passionate customers to start with. Some people were very early to grasp values we were aiming at.

Now SkaDate is one of the most recognizable names in the online dating software world. We never aimed at “growing big” but grew 5 times in staff – by customer need.

Thank you all for supporting us all these years. By using our products and telling us where we need to improve you’ve been pushing us forward. A lot of your ideas are surprising and encouraging. Every time we raise another big project on SkaDate I feel excited about how people use our software. I hope to enjoy it years and years on. The upcoming year is going to be revolutionary for our company with the launch of new open source and SaaS products in our core competence marketplace. Watch our progress, we want to share that with you.

Happy Birthday Skalfa!

Thank you for taking a few minutes to support SkaDate in the iDate 2010 – Internet Dating Industry Awards Nomination.

Below are the steps you’ll need to take to cast your vote for us:

1. Follow the link http://www.internetdatingconference.com/vote-miami-2010.php

2. Scroll down a little bit to the ‘Best Dating Software Provider‘ nomination, and click on a radio button against SkaDate.com

3. Now scroll to the bottom of the page, and fill-in the blank fields with your name, company name and e-mail. To confirm you are not a robot type the letters and numbers you see on the captcha (secure image), and don’t forget to tick off the “Terms and Conditions” checkbox

4. Click the ‘Submit’ button

That’s it!

Your vote has moved SkaDate one step toward winning the nomination. We appreciate your contribution!

Best regards,
SkaDate Team

Happy Thanksgiving to all our customers!

You’ve been a fantastic crowd all these years. Thanks to your demand and feedback we’ve developed military discipline when serving you. Thanks to your patience we’ve been able to polish our shortcomings and actually improve all across our bottom line. Thanks to your insight we’ve created a marvelous product. Thanks to your ideas we’ve been able to take part in raising the best dating and community sites on the Internet.

All Skalfa employees in the USA, Czech Republic, Kyrgyz Republic and Russia want to wish you happy Thanksgiving, terrific Christmas shopping season, and new successful endeavors in the upcoming year.

Thank you guys.

Emil Sarnogoev
CEO
Skalfa eCommerce

Looks like there is a chance to start your own Facebook while sitting on a favorite chair

SkaDate Dating and Community Software Company is glad to invite those of you who believe our product is a key to success to take part in a competition – WIN SkaDate.

We give everyone a chance to get a SkaDate license along with Mobile Edition for free. All you need to do is tell us why you think SkaDate is the perfect solution for your online community business. Tell us what features, characteristics and special qualities make SkaDate the best dating script and community software for you.

If SkaDate software has already helped you build a community site of your dream – you are also welcome to share your success story, as you have an opportunity to win another license for implementing one more great web site idea.

Post your comments about SkaDate here and you may win SkaDate license with the Mobile Edition.

There are going to be three prize positions in the contest:

1st place winner will get a free SkaDate Community Software package and SkaDate Mobile Edition ($500 value)
2nd place winner will get a free SkaDate Software package ($350 value)
3d place winner’s prize is SkaDate Mobile Edition ($150 value)

This is how we are going to process your feedback and choose the winners:

The contest will last from November 4, 2009 to December 1, 2009. This is when you are welcome to post your comments about SkaDate community and dating script, and vote for the ones you find worth winning. We will take into account all your support votes and choose the comments we like the most to announce the contest results on December 1, 2009.

Get a chance to build your own community site for free – WIN (Why I Need) SkaDate!

Good Luck!
SkaDate Team

Update: SkaDate Team would like to thank you for your activity in posting all that positive feedback. We have decided to make a small surprise for all of you taking part in this contest even if you do not win a prize position. What kind of surprise it’ going to be will be revealed on December 1, 2009 – the day we announce the contest results. Carry on!

The good news to share today is that the next great event in Online Dating Industry is coming up. The iDate 2010 Awards will take place on January 28, 2010 in Miami during the Internet Dating Conference, where the CEO of Skalfa eCommerce Emil Sarnogoev will participate to answer your questions and tell more about SkaDate Dating and Community Software. This is when the best dating sites and dating software companies will be chosen from candidates in 11 industry-related categories.

Most important is that your votes of support can help a company meriting nomination be included in the list of finalists, and get the position it deserves.

If you find SkaDate Dating Software Company worthy of election in the ‘Best Dating Software Provider’ category – nominate it now at http://www.InternetDatingConference.com/nominations-miami-2010.php and leave your votes for it from November 22, 2009 to January 7, 2010.

We appreciate your support and contribution in helping SkaDate Company get rewarded according to the merits in providing professional and reliable community software and dating script.

Best regards,

SkaDate Team

Image source: http://www.internetdatingconference.com

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