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We are extremely proud to announce the launch of our new CannyBill.com re-design. The site was built in HTML 5 and CSS 3 by author and speaker Andy Clarke with the copy by renowned writer Relly Annett-Baker.

The entire re-design process has been very well documented on Andy’s blog with 12 articles written from the research involved to browser testing.

A full recap on the re-design process can be found below:

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1308

CannyBill redesign goes live

It seems like months ago (it was) when I handed over my design templates for the redesign of CannyBill.  Since then, the canny chaps have been working hard to implement the design and Relly Annett-Baker has been working her strange magic on their copy. Yesterday the new CannyBill site went live.

CannyBill’s previous home page

It was a pleasure to work with a team of smart people who really get it. They encouraged me to push the design as far as I needed and went with me in using HTML5 and CSS3 extensively. As client‘s go, they are also some of the bravest in allowing their design process to be open to the public.

With the site live, I thought it time to recap all of the entries that made up that open design process.

CannyBill open redesign project

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1190

While open to the public redesign projects have lately been popularised by Mark Boulton Design’s work for Drupal and by Happy Cog‘s work for Mozilla, it’s rare to find a commercial company involved in an open project.

CannyBill redesign peer research

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1193

I have to confess that when I’m designing, I often don’t take too much notice of a company’s peers or competitors.

CannyBill design process, package contents

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1202

Liked most of my projects these days, I’m designing the next iteration of CannyBill‘s front of house site in a browser rather than making static visuals of page layouts. I know I’m in danger of sounding like a broken record, but I genuinely do find the process to be faster and better at scoping ideas and demonstrating them to clients. So I thought I’d share the start of this process and the files that I use.

Designing the CannyBill home page

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1203

After two weeks on the CannyBill redesign project (one of which I spent traveling to Chicago for An Event Apart), it time for deep breaths as I talk about my design of the home page for the new CannyBill front of house site and ask for your thoughts and suggestions.

Relly Annett-Baker guests on And All That Malarkey.

Bribes, ripped trousers and writing copy for CannyBill

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1204

Write now, I’m cooking with Chef-O-Matic

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1207

A fascinating look at Relly Annett-Baker‘s process of writing copy for CannyBill and finding its voice.

Prices and plans design patterns

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1209

When is it the right thing to do not to attempt to reinvent a well established, tried and tested design pattern or convention. This question has come up while I have been designing the CannyBill prices and plans page.

A top down look at the CannyBill redesign

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1210

With the first phase of the CannyBill redesign process drawing to a close, I would like to say a huge thank-you to the CannyBill team for encouraging a public, open design process and to everyone who has commented and tweeted their helpful suggestions.

CannyBill redesign browser testing screenshots

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andallthatmalarkey/sets/72157622528064392/

A complete set of browser screenshots on Flickr.

What does browser testing mean today?

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1214

Before we send over our design files to the chaps at CannyBill, first a run through of the browsers that we have tested in the new design and some musings about what browser testing actually means today, in the face of an ever more diversified browser and device landscape.

CannyBill makes Monday morning admin easier

Relly Annett-Baker on first draft copy for CannyBill.

http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/s/1220

The redesigned CannyBill home page

Head over to CannyBill to see the final result for yourself and of course, your comments are still welcome.

The past year has been very busy for us at Dpivision with the launch of a new version of Tradingeye and also our brand new invoicing and billing solution www.cannybill.com.

We wanted to say thank you to everyone for their support and offer all our Tradingeye & Dpivision customers a 20% discount when you signup to CannyBill on the lifetime of your plan.

CannyBill is a complete invoicing, billing and web hosting automation system – it sounds complicated, but really it couldn’t be simpler. We use it on www.tradingeye.com to sell all our products and services!

http://www.cannybill.com/tour_orderforms.php

Yes you got it, when you receive an invoice from us, whether it’s from an order via our site or some customization or design work we do for you, it’s from CannyBill!

CannyBill streamlines the whole modern process ‘admin’ side of things; from tracking invoices and taking payments, managing subscription-based services to selling domain names, web hosting accounts and SSL Certificates all via web based order forms.

CannyBill will cut hours of tedious, repetitive toil from your working week – leaving you to do what you do best!

It’s taken one and a half years of planning, preparation and of course hard work, but it’s finally here. We hope you enjoy our new product, and we trust it really will streamline your working day.

Here is a break down of the paid plans below:

Basic – (10 customers) – £4.99 – 20% = £4.00 per month
Small Business (50 customers) – £12.99 – 20% = £10.40 per month
Professional (500 customers) – £19.99 – 20% = £16 per month
Small Business (2000 customers) – £29.99 – 20% = £24 per month

To upgrade simply signup to CannyBill http://www.cannybill.com/pricing.php then login to your admin account and go to the settings tab -> my account -> and half way down the page you will see the option to upgrade. When you do so, simply enter the promotion code below.

Discount code: Please email wladimir@tradingeye.com for your discount code.

As always we’re here to help so let us know if you have any questions.

The team at dpivision.com Ltd

By Chris Bowler editor @WebAppStorm on December 6th.

There are some applications that focus on thing and one thing only. Then there are others that focus on a few items, giving you the ability to manage multiple facets of your business in one tool.

CannyBill fits into the latter category. And we’re giving away three memberships today.

About CannyBill

If you’re unfamiliar with the service, CannyBill is focused on automating your invoicing and billing. With the app, you can allow customers to pay for your products online with a credit card. And you can even sell SSL Certificates and Domain registrations.

Even further, CannyBill makes it easy to set up order forms to sell your products and services to customers. Add in the robust API and integration with industry mainstays like Basecamp, Campaign Monitor and Quickbooks, and you’ve got a full featured business tool.

How to Enter

We’re going to award three contestants today. To get a copy, leave a comment on WebAppStorm and mention your business. What kind of product or service do you offer and how will this tool help you? The winners will be announced at the end of the day!

http://web.appstorm.net/general/giveaway/christmas-giveaway-day-6-cannybill/

We are pleased to announce a new FreshBooks import tool for www.cannybill.com. Simply export your customers and transactions from FreshBooks then import them into CannyBill in a few easy steps.

Login to FreshBooks -> My Account -> Import/Export

From this page download your Clients CSV and Invoices CSV.

Once the above 2 CSV’s have been downloaded and saved, login to your CannyBill admin -> Settings -> Plugin Modules -> Data Management (Import/Export)

From this page select the FreshBooks CSV from the Import Customers and Import Transaction screens and hit the import button. That’s it, you’re all done!

Web designers from across the globe flocked to Newcastle to pick up tonnes of top tips from internet boff Andy Clarke.

Internationally-renowned designer and author Andy, of Stuff and Nonsense, took a trip to toon to host a one-day workshop on advanced CSS styling last month.

And we were on hand to make sure the day was rounded off in style when CannyBill sponsored an evening socialising soiree.

A total of 27 companies, from as far afield as America, Canada and Hungary, attended the masterclass at the Copthorne Hotel to get to grips on pioneering CSS techniques, developed by Andy.

In the evening, the guests were treated to a bit of warm Geordie hospitality at the recently revamped Salsa Club, giving everyone the chance to unwind, exchange ideas and digest the day over a few beers and nachos, courtesy of us.

Check out pictures of the night at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpivision/sets/72157622613902331/