Back from a few days in Nashville / good progress on 5.25

I have been encouraging Beth to attend some type of conference for women in ministry, so she decided to attend the National Women in Ministry Association conference in Nashville this past week. So, we headed down to Nashville for the conference on Wednesday.

The conference was at the Gaylord Palms Opryland Resort (how's that for a short name!) and it was a beautiful place. While she was getting filled with great ideas and motivation for ministry, I was enjoying the very nice facilities, and getting a little programming in as well.

We both had a great time and headed back home Friday evening, getting back around 11:30.

I've had several great conversations via e-mail with Donor Manager users who have had some really great suggestions for future version. So far, the Pack and Go has received very positive feedback.

I must say some kind words about the people who help me with the program. I have been greatly encouraged by the many folks who contribute little bits of code, expertise in areas where I am clueless, and those who just drop short notes of encouragement.

I put a statistical tracker on the web site about 10 days ago (the same day I released the 5.24 update) and have been amazed at the traffic the site is getting. Far more than I had anticipated. I'm actively working on putting in a robust discussion board (the wonderful php based phpBB) to replace the rinky-dink one that is currently there. We'll probably move the whole web site to another hosting service soon (not that our current host hasn't done a great job, though) just to take advantage of some of the better deals out there in hosting. I'll wait to install the new board until then.