Well, it’s the end of the year now, and what a great year it’s been!
Before getting into the software updates we made this month, I wanted to let you know that Ronnie Currey is our new Director of Member Services / Editor. He’s responsible for the newsletter and the blog, and making sure they’re meeting the needs of our readers and members. So if you have any comments or feedback, please send us an e-mail, and let Ronnie know your thoughts.
And here are the updates we made to the Music Teacher’s Helper code this month.
- Updated email templates so they will send with less style information that can confuse some email program (such as Outlook 2007). Also removed extra spaces that were sometimes appearing at the top.
- When reconciling group events, the Lesson Cost will now be blank by default (so that every student will be charged their normal amount), unless you choose to override the cost and charge everyone the same amount.
- Fixed bug in Earnings Report where running the report for an individual family wasn’t showing the correct name of the family in the report.
We hope you enjoy these new improvements. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know.
Thank you!
About the Author
Brandon Pearce is a piano teacher, choral director, computer programmer, and entrepreneur from Murray, Utah, and is also the creator of Music Teacher's Helper.
As his teaching studio grew, he found it increasingly difficult to keep track of how much each student owed. Having recently received a B.S. in Computer Science from Weber State University, he decided to write a web-based computer program to manage billing and scheduling in his studio. Realizing that he wasn't alone in his studio management frustrations, he soon made the service available to other teachers. And they loved it! Since 2003, several additional programmers, and thousands of teachers from around the world have participated in creating the world-class studio management software you know today as Music Teacher's Helper.
Brandon currently spends his time managing and improving Music Teacher's Helper, traveling with his family, and writing hymn arrangements for piano. He is also the assistant director of the Oratorio Society of Utah, a 90+ year old choral organization that performs Handle's Messiah each year, as well as other choral masterworks.
Happy 2009
by Robert — Sun Jan 4, 2009 @ 8:30 pm