Ok before I start this, please note, I have the greatest respect for Dan and his product, and he has been very fair in any dealings I have had with him.
........... but as time goes on the more and more I am beginning to feel that Etano was released way too early, it still isn't a finished product. The custom jobs I have had done were mainly getting features done that are stock standard features on most dating software, and were standard features on DSB. Things such as Admin being notified when a new member joins(fairly critical if you ask me) a popup on the header when someone has new mail(which has now disappeared since the last update), plus other minor stuff I can't even remember as its been so long now. The only feature I had customised that I feel shouldnt be stock standard was getting flashchat integrated into etano, I feel thats fair enough.
Now I remember manually doing one of the updates and it took me hours and I didnt do it right and in the end I had to pay Dan to fix it. Gee Maverick if it takes someone with your skills and efficiency 2 hrs per update, it will take me at least double that and I would probably stuff it up, so, what is my ONLY choice, but to pay Dan to do it.
To me that means the price of Etano isn't $180 its $180 plus custom jobs to get it to an acceptable level to operate efficiently, plus I will have to pay Dan everytime a update happens as I have had custom jobs done, that were not really custom jobs, they were adding features that should of been there from the start.
Now I findout that if I do not update to 1.18 my site can be hacked, due to some sort of security flaw in the software. So I HAVE TO update, and I will have to pay Dan to do it, as I do not have the skills to do it. Most software updates automatically.
I don't want to sound like a whinging whining unappreciative tosser, but I really think ETANO was released before it was finished, and I have to pay for it, and will have to keep on paying everytime there is an update. I am not aware of any other software that works like that.
Am I the only person who feels like this? OR Is it because I am not as skilled as many of the other Etano webmasters and I am ignorant as to what is required to run a dating site?
