The Live Help Server Software has been updated to v3.30  This new release is a major upgrade that supports the upcoming Live Help Messenger Desktop 3.0 application.  In addition, the current Live Help Messenger Windows application 2.95 is supported for compatibility. 

Upgrade instructions are shown below if you are running the Live Help Server Software v3.28.  Any Live Help Server Software installations below v3.28 will need to complete a re-installation using an empty MySQL database.

	Backup your current /livehelp directory
	Upload the v3.30 /livehelp directory excluding the /livehelp/include/database.php file
	Sign-in to the Live Help Messenger Windows application
	When you sign-in, an automatic transparent upgrade will occur
	Sign-out of the Live Help Messenger Windows application
	Delete the /livehelp/install/ directory
	Upgrade completed

The Live Help Messenger Desktop 3.0 application will be made available within the next week or so – please upgrade to this latest Server Software release so that you are ready for the new Windows application release.  Also, feel free to email or chat via. Live Help if you have any trouble upgrading or re-installing the Live Help Server Software.

We would also like to briefly draw your attention to a Global Warming initiative from Sydney, Australia. Earth Hour is turning into a global movement at 8PM on March 29^th 2008.  Checkout the video below:

The Live Help Messenger Desktop Beta Refresh is now available and will be sent via. email to customers over the new few days and weekend.  If you wish to receive the beta refresh release you will need to place another request via. email and the release will be sent to you ASAP.  See below for Live Help Skype callback support:

In addition to this we have improved the Chat Window within the beta release, as shown below.  You can now easily view the site visitor details for each chatting visitor.

We thank you for your patience while these emails are sent out.  Please provide as much beta feedback as possible, even if you think the issue has already been reported.  This will assist with the final release and launch – thank you for beta testing!

Also, checkout our recently launched Live Help Hosted Service.  If you don’t have PHP and MySQL available on your web server or require managed Live Help then our Live Help Hosted Solution is for you. Our managed Live Help service is ideal for customers that do not wish to spend time installing and maintaining a Live Help solution.

We are pleased to announce the launch our Live Help Messenger Hosted service.  The Live Help Hosted service is a completely managed Live Help solution - simply sign-up, add some HTML code to your web pages and then start chatting with your site visitors.

Once you sign-up for your Live Help subscription, your account will be setup and deployed within 24 hours. All accounts include a complimentary 7 day trial period – you can easily cancel your PayPal subscription within the first 7 days if you are not completely satisfied with the service.

	Basic	Standard	Professional	Enterprise
# Operator Accounts	1	2	5	10 *
# Departments	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Customize Logo / Settings
Unlimited Live Help Chats
Lifetime Upgrades
Technical Support
Support Multiple Domains
Customize Language Pack
Fully Customize Layout
SSL Support #
Remove Copyright Line / Link
Price US$:	$20/month	$35/month	$75/month	$100/month
*Additional Accounts US$10 #SSL Support Available mid-March 2008

Our Live Help Hosted solution is managed within a state-of-the-art data center located in Fort Worth, Texas and offers 100% network uptime. This allows you to concentrate on running your business rather than managing the infrastructure of a Live Help solution. Our hosted Live Help service is available in several monthly packages shown above.

The Live Help Messenger Desktop v3.0 Beta will be made available later today (Nov. 1)  Initially the beta release will only be available via. email - feel free send us an email (with your customer details) and the release will sent out to you via. email.

The Skype integration callback feature will not be made available until the Beta 2 Refresh in two weeks (depending on feedback and bug reports).  You will however be able to test our VoIP callback feature using a VoIP Server (e.g. Asterisk / FreePBX) and your SIP 2.0 compatible devices.

 We would like to thank all our customers for supporting our Live Help software.

It has been quite awhile since our last company blog post, we do however have some good news to share. The Live Help Messenger Desktop v3.0 Beta release will be made available on November 1st 2007. We do apologise for the delay in the beta release, however we do now have a firm release date available. For those that have been anticipating the beta release we have further information regarding new features below.

The above screenshot illustrates the new account management interface within the Live Help Messenger Desktop application. Operators are sorted by their current status, i.e. Online, Offline, Be Right Back and Away. New features include the ability to search operator details and allow Full Administrators to change another operator’s status mode.

Live Help Messenger Desktop 3.0 Beta Features

A summary of the new features for the upcoming Live Help Messenger v3.0 Beta release is detailed below. The v3.0 is a major step forward in our Live Help Messenger road map and will also allow us to extend the reporting / statistical features within further releases beyond v3.0.

The following list details the major new features within the Live Help Messenger Desktop v3.0 Beta.  These features are not quite the full feature list that we had planned for the 3.0 release and several major features have been moved to following releases.

	New Improved Interface
	Tabbed Chat Windows
	Spell Checking
	Telephone Callback
	SIP 2.0 Compliant VoIP Hardware Support
	Skype Integration
	RSS Support
	Improved Popup Alerts
	Operator Inline Image Support
	Improved Popup Alerts
	Search Features (Accounts & Site Visitors)
	Google™ Analytics Campaign Detection
	Improved Windows Vista™ Support

Requirements: Windows XP or Windows Vista. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (included within Windows Vista) will be required on Windows XP machines. The beta release will only be made available to existing customers.  Earlier releases of Windows such as Windows 98 and 2000 will not be supported.

We have also been working on our first localisation project with Live Help. We are currently localising our Live Help product web site into Japanese – followed by Japanese Live Help language pack files and release. Feel free to browse the web site at http://livehelp.stardevelop.jp Please note: Japanese translation is still in progress so please excuse any minor errors.