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Tattoo Management Studio Express Edition v1.2 is approaching fast, and with it comes many changes. One of the biggest changes is our upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2. Depending on when you first installed the software, your experience will be different. And in some cases, may require a manual upgrade of SQL Server. We are going to be contacting those users one-by-one assisting them with this to make sure they get all the benefits of the new version. Though this may take us a little time to complete.

So, let’s get to it.

First and foremost, before you update to v1.2 TAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR DATABASE! As always, the installer will ask you if you’d like to do this before the install, so make sure you say yes. Save the backup onto your desktop or some other safe location.

Next, as was the case when you first installed Tattoo Management Studio, there are more prerequisites that need to be downloaded and installed. This will happen automatically in the installer, just like before. These new prerequisites will help propel us forward with new features and technologies coming in later versions.

If you downloaded and installed Tattoo Management Studio Express Edition BEFORE July 13th, 2010, SQL Server 2008 R2 will be installed as part of these prerequisites. Users that have installed AFTER July 13th will need to perform an optional (but recommended) upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2. As mentioned, we will assist these customers personally. We will also post those upgrade instructions here on the blog.

If SQL Server 2008 R2 was installed automatically, you will need to restore the database you previously made a copy of. Again, don’t worry, we will get with all of you to do this process, just outlining it here for those who want to attempt this upgrade themselves.

Finally, for customers connecting to the server from other computers, these workstations will need to be reconfigured through the same easy wizard that you previously used.

After this, Tattoo Management Studio Express Edition v1.2 will be installed and ready to go. Now, the big question. Why the hell did we do this? There are a few reasons, all of which revolve around our ability to quickly deliver new features & products to our customers. This was no accident, and has been very carefully architected over the last several months.

We appreciate your patience with this process and know that these changes are a necessary part of our ability to continue grow Tattoo Management Studio into the best tattoo shop management software available.

Remember to check out the blog on Credit Card Processing in v1.2.

As we’re getting closer to v1.2, our biggest release yet containing over 20 new features, we wanted to start showing off some previews of what we’ve done. First up, Appointment Icons & Customer Information.

First, in the screenshot, notice the customer’s name, “Tattoo” is the subject, and the name is being pulled in from the customer field if it’s been filled out.

Next, notice the new icons. These indicate if a text message and/or e-mail reminder will be sent, as well as if a deposit has been paid. Pretty cool!

We can’t give you an expected release date on v1.2 but we’re still aiming for “Summer 2010.” We’re very excited about this new release and can’t wait to get it into your shops!

We’ve just finished adding the one ounce Muted Earth Tones and Zombie Colors items to the Eternal Tattoo Supply catalog! Some images are missing. Once we have all images, the two ounce and four ounce bottles will be published as well.

Not a Tattoo Management Studio Express Edition user? Learn more about our downloadable catalogs.

As we get closer to the release of the Credit Card Processing Add-In for Tattoo Management Studio Express Edition, we wanted to quickly outline how you can expect it to work, and what you need to do.

We have negotiated a special credit card processing program for our customers with North American Bancard, a leader in the credit card processing industry who specializes in the tattoo industry. As our processing partner, NAB will provide all of REV23 Development LLC’s existing as well as future customers with the most competitive processing rates in the industry as well as personalized customer service and a dedicated sales representative, who understands the importance of price and service.

What you need to do:

1. Visit REV23 NABand fill out your information, or call with the reference number provided there to get your new merchant account.
2. When you install the Credit Card Processing Add-In, you will step through an easy to understand wizard to setup your account with Tattoo Management Studio Express Edition.
3. If you have multiple workstations, you will be prompted to save a file at the end of the wizard. You will need to import this configuration file into each install of Tattoo Management Studio Express Edition. (Don’t worry, we’ll provide instructions for that as well!)
4. Make sure you get the Driver’s License/Credit Card Reader if you haven’t already done so.

Things to remember:

1. Our current customers, and new customers who purchase Tattoo Management Studio Express Edition before August 30th, 2010 will receive the Credit Card Processing Add-In for free!
2. Orders placed after August 30th, 2010 can have the Credit Card Processing Add-In added to their software for a one time cost of $250.00. This price includes a Driver’s License/Credit Card Scanner!

We are greatly looking forward to the release of the Credit Card Processing Add-In! Our team has been hard at work to deliver this feature to you, and once complete, we will move forward with new features and technologies!

REV23 Development

Our Downloadable Catalog Service will be up and down intermittently over the next few days while we prepare the system for additional features and vendors.

Thank you for your patience, and thank you for choosing REV23 Development and Tattoo Management Studio!

In How To: Creating simple reports in Tattoo Management Studio Express Edition we showed you how to create a simple report showing your customers names & e-mail addresses as a list. The report is useful, but it could still use some work. For example, we should sort the list by the customer’s name, and only display customers that actually have an e-mail address.

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A question about the report designer came in recently, and we thought it would be a good first topic for the blog here.

The report was simple: how to pull a list of customers with their e-mail addresses. We’ll duplicate this report here.

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REV23 Development will be at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth October 1-3, 2010 in booth #1138! We’ll be giving away free copies of Tattoo Management Studio, answering questions and have some great sales, so be sure to stop by!

Welcome to the blog at mytattoostudio.com! This blog will discuss mostly Tattoo Management Studio by REV23 Development, as well as some general tattooing content.