Speaking of Clover.

GH 2.0 Development Update

We’ve been getting a bunch of emails/phone calls/blog comments/tweets about when all the new features with Greenhouse 2.0 will be released to you all… Every answer you’ve received in this process has probably been annoyingly vague.

Ben and I thought it would be good to spend a couple minutes explaining our process, timeline and roll-out process in a short video. Although not eloquent, hopefully it answers some of your outstanding questions.

If you want to follow our development of Greenhouse 2.0, check out our development page.

Peace-

21 Comments

Brian Smith said on November 2nd, 2009:

I like the idea of getting some stuff out of the door now. I’ve personally been waiting for PodCasting for many months now. The whole feature list looks really great. But, give me what you’ve got as soon as you’ve got it.

Thanks,
Brian

Anthony Bliss said on November 2nd, 2009:

Thanks for the update, guys! We appreciate your dedication to quality and the fact that you respect what we enough to help us present ourselves as best we can. Truly can’t wait for 2.0!

Brett said on November 2nd, 2009:

I greatly appreciate your commitment to quality especially knowing that your concern is how we’re (the churches and clients you’re helping) perceived and not simply how you’re perceived. VERY excited about 2.0 but worth the wait!!

Jo Jo said on November 2nd, 2009:

I am very much agree with what you guys saying. Release a good product rather than a fast and “bugs” product. It will decrease the user frustration as well as you guys work load. Way to go Clover 2.0. Blessing!

matt said on November 3rd, 2009:

SWEET! super excited. Great work guys. thank you for your 3am late nights.

Kristinia Palmer said on November 3rd, 2009:

I am really exicted about the 2.0 coming out. Are there any calendar changes happening as well?? I really love our website but really hate the calendar features. Like when you duplicate an event and want to change something for that event you would have to go change all the duplicated dates seperatly. That wastes so much time. Also when you add an event and you already have another event on the same day but different times and the new event’s time is for 9am and the existing one is 10am. The 9am one comes aftet the 10am. Arghhhh. Love Clover not the Clover Calendar. Just some food for thought. Thanks !!

Wes said on November 3rd, 2009:

@Kristinia The new calendar is going to be super intuitive and will fix both of those issues that you’ve been having. Thanks for the feedback… we are anxious to get this stuff out for you guys, stay posted!

Jonathandavidk said on November 3rd, 2009:

I want the new features but I’m so happy with the cloversite over our old site that I’m ok with you guys taking the time you need. Thanks for an awesome product.

Jimmy Rourk said on November 3rd, 2009:

you guys rock!

Kev said on November 3rd, 2009:

Let me encourage you and say that all of the anticipation is because you have a high standard of excellence. That’s why we joined you in the first place! Thanks for paying attention to every detail. Its worth the wait to me. Make it something that you will be proud to release. Keep up the good work (but get some sleep!).

kyle hildebrand said on November 4th, 2009:

Thank you guys for striving for excellence in this. So often we in ministry would rather just get it now, rather than get it right…and in doing so we short change the effectiveness we have in reaching people for God. You guys are great examples of doing God’s work with excellence. Take the time you need gents!

Wes said on November 4th, 2009:

@Everyone Thanks guys for your feedback and for understanding our passion for improvement. Its good to know that we got people with our same principles… very much appreciated.

Karen said on November 6th, 2009:

Soooooo glad you guys don’t want t be Microsoft! : )

JB3 said on November 10th, 2009:

yeah yeah !!!!!

Tim said on November 19th, 2009:

Hey guys I just watched this update vid. I love the fact that you are trying to di it right the “first time” rather than programming over and over. From doing a little dibbling with flash and all that goes with it, kudos, for all the hard work!

Dirk said on November 19th, 2009:

I’m about to sign us up for a site with Clover, and this video makes me feel even that more sure about it. There’s a saying that slow is smooth, and smooth is fast. Something simple and bulletproof is much better than fancy and full of bugs. (Microsoft, are you listening?) I appreciate and respect your desire to do this well. As a soon-to-be customer, thanks for taking the time you need for quality and reliability.

TimC said on December 1st, 2009:

I love Clover’s design, but I can’t pull the trigger yet for one big reason:

No blogging tool.

I would love to see Clover incorporate the option for a “blogging” page in addition to the other options for page layouts.

Wes said on December 2nd, 2009:

@TimC We’re all for new ideas and tools and it is encouraging to get this level of feedback from you. It’s what keeps the web world innovative. But with new tools being created daily, there is a growing responsibility of the website owner to determine what it is that their website was created for, and simply do that thing well. We want Clover to be awesome at what we created it for. That’s our heart.

Again, thanks for your feedback.

JB3 said on January 4th, 2010:

OH YEAH BABY It’s 2010 and the update is in the wind. rock on clover

Matt said on January 21st, 2010:

Love Clover. One of my favorite things was all the resources you guys have pointed me too to use until 2.0 comes out. Podcasting tools, form tools, etc. You don’t leave customers hanging. My only complaint is that Late April of 2010 is not the begining of the year:) It was around may when we first bout the clover site and your first goal was by the end of the 2009. So it’s about a year later. Still appreciate your commitment to excellence. Honestly would rather have that than a product that doesn’t work right or reflects bad on our church.

Ben said on January 21st, 2010:

@Matt – yeah, you’re right. None of us were expecting it to take so long, and I’m sorry for that. I just posted a longer response about this: http://www.speakingofclover.com/2010/01/official-launch-date/