We have been working on a new version of iMap that is about to be released. There are a bunch of new features and enhanced ones that all need to be tested. If anyone wants to test drive these new features and help us finish them off, then feel free to contact us at the following email address: beta@guimkie.com.
Major changes to iMap 2.7 include:
- iMap is project-based. You can now create a project for each site you have in iWeb.
- You can now verify either by uploading the HTML file or adding a meta-tag.
- Meta-Tags are being added 2x as fast with less errors.
- iMap has been localized into German. Anyone interested in localizing iMap then please contact us at the above email address.
We are expecting to push this update out to everyone by October 19th.
I have just released an update for iMap. It includes the following changes:
- “Create” button now works by hitting “Enter.”
- Addition of meta-tags occasionally failed with Google Verification files. This has now been fixed..
- Corrected “Help” menu items to include new video tutorials.
- Enhanced speed connections with MobileMe/.Mac.
If you have problems updating, let me know. Keep in mind it’s always best to run the latest version of iMap.
If you watched the tutorial on how to use iMap, then you’ll probably going to like this.
This is the second part to the tutorial. It explains how to use iMap in conjunction with the Google Webmaster Tools: how to get a Google Webmaster Tools project, how to verify your site and add a sitemap. All this will ultimately help you to show up on Google.
If you haven’t watched the first tutorial just yet, then go ahead and do that first.
Continue reading ‘iMap and the Google Webmaster Tools’
This is a video tutorial that will show you how to use iMap. It will make you familiar with the basic features and how to get everything working perfectly. The tutorial will cover how to create a sitemap, add Meta-Tags and even show you how to ping Google.
If you want to learn how to create a verification file for the Google Webmaster Tools and use the Tools, then take a look at the second part of this tutorial.
Continue reading ‘Tutorial: How to use iMap’
In the previous version (2.5) of iMap I had put together a brief help book. The help book covered quick solutions to some of the errors that iMap might throw at you. It turned out that the help book was a very good idea. I had basically gotten no mails regarding iMap errors in the past week. Makes me feel a bit alone – but I guess this is how it works when you have a help book.
So over the last week, I have enhanced this help book to be way better. Now it not only includes solutions to errors – but whole articles and a documentation as well. The amounts that I have written are just vast compared to the previous one.
Some say lot’s of documentation is a sign of a not-working or hard-to-understand application. Though, I don’t think iMap is hard-to-use at all; on the contrary it has just two buttons and several textfields. 
I don’t know how this new help book will help or just confuse, so I need some help myself. I am looking for some beta-testers who simply look at the book and read through it. Besides receiving spelling and grammatical errors, I hope to get some tips on the actual content and structure as well.
If you are interested, then let me know by sending me a mail from the contact page.
The new help book will go into iMap version 2.6. Here are basic other improvements for the 2.6 version that we are implementing:
- Buttons and textfields get enabled/disabled during runtime. For example, if a person wants to create a sitemap, the fields will only become editable if he checkmarks the option below. Same goes for hitting the “Create” button. That “Create” button will only be enabled if the user has chosen his site successfully already.
- MobileMe and .Mac switch will be more apparent. Fields and labels will change from “.Mac” to “MobileMe.”
- Improved label descriptions
- Slightly less cluttered main window interface
If you have any other ideas that can give last minute improvements to iMap, then let me know.
By my plans, iMap 2.6 is the last release of any 2.X iMap. This will also mark the end of Tiger compatible iMaps.
iMap 3.0 will be Leopard only. The 3.0 version will see a major change in the interface and licensing. The interface will be tabbed like Coda (or Safaris preference panes) and much more organized and easier to use. The licensing will also change. Currently, iMap is being sold as a download with no sorts of license numbers or registration framework. I originally favored that method – but by now, we have started to convert the new iMap to be license based as it is much more secure and easier to handle.
One last major change, is the name of iMap 3.0. iMap gets confused with IMAP servers way to often; bad for us. Thus, we are thinking of a new name. If you have any ideas for new names, let us know about that as well. Thanks!
Believe it or not, iMap 2.6 and 3.0 will kick ass!