Latest iPool Features
The World's leading software for online music promotion and digital
B2B music distribution is now even better and more user friendly.
Now you can work even more conveniently and more easily.
(This page describes only the latest features. If you want to see a
description of all the features of iPool, click here)
Features Since September 2010
In this new version of iPool you will discover many new and well-thought-out features that are especially useful in perfecting the way you prepare and distribute your newsletters.
E-Mails with Graphic Elements
Quickly and easily send attractive newsletters to your media and business partners.
From now on you can use iPool to integrate graphic elements, such as logos, cover artwork, headlines and key facts, in your newsletters. Here’s the best part: Normally, designing a professional HTML newsletter that is compatible with all major e-mail programs is the sort of highly time-consuming task that takes days for even the savviest web designer to get done. Now iPool does all this work for you, given that the newsletter layout has been thoroughly tested using all the major e-mail programs. You can be absolutely certain that your newsletter will look perfect every time your recipients open it.
Duplicate E-Mail Templates
Effortlessly duplicate existing e-mail templates.
This feature is especially useful for creating a new e-mail template on the basis of an existing template. All you do is first duplicate an existing e-mail template and then simply edit the copied version.
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Preview Function for Sending E-Mails
See how your newsletter will look to your recipients before you do a mailing.
iPool already replaces placeholders such as #artist#, #title# and others with the actual values or appropriate sample values.
Other Improvements
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From now on, your releases are preset to be displayed sorted by release date. This makes it easier than ever for you as the administrator to control the order of the displayed releases.
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Now you can simply drag and drop your audio files into the iPool Watermark Container to prepare them for watermark-protected delivery.
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And, we have again improved iPool’s stability and speed.
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Features Since March 2010
Automatic ID3 Tags for MP3 Files
Make it easier for your recipients to organize their music collections.
iPool now automatically integrates all the important meta data of a track as an ID3 tag into each downloaded MP3 file. With no additional effort, each MP3 file now contains all relevant meta data, such as the artist, title, cover image, ISRC and much more. This new feature lets your media and business partners organize and find your music in the media player much more quickly. Additionally, your MP3s will be shown using their cover images in many media players, Windows Explorer and the Mac OS X Finder. Another benefit: You can save a lot of valuable time now that you do not have to go through the effort of creating ID3 tags yourself.
Enhanced Protection against Hacker Attacks
No need to worry.
iPool has always offered you a high degree of security. Now this new version protects your data even more effectively thanks to these two additional security features:
- iPool now actively defends against brute force attacks. A brute force attack is a malicious attempt by someone using a computer program to gain access to your iPool by trying thousands of different user names and passwords. iPool now recognizes these attacks and automatically and immediately blocks the attacker’s IP address for a given period of time.
- The login reminder now checks requests to ensure that they originate from a real person. iPool successfully wards off automated requests from computer programs.
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Import and Export Releases
Seamlessly integrate iPool into your existing IT infrastructure.
Are you managing your music catalog in some different software? A new and ingenious import function now gives you a means of rapidly and directly importing your existing music catalog into iPool. In the process, iPool imports audio files, cover images and all meta data in iPool XML standard.
Or you can simply manage your music catalog efficiently in iPool. And should you want to use your iPool data in other programs, you can now export individual releases or even your entire music catalog in iPool XML standard any time you like.
Other Improvements
- You recipients can now preview releases with multiple tracks with just one click of the mouse.
- Starting now, iPool can also generate preview tracks in full length.
- Recipients can directly change their password any time they choose and without you as administrator having to confirm this update.
- Stylish icons are now used in the system overview to show the monthly traffic, watermark allowance and how much storage space is currently being used.
- Now it is easier for your media and business partners to find and understand the automatic podcast download function. We have given the menu item a new name and moved it to a more prominent position.
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Features Since October 2009
Enable Additional Download Attempts
Now you can easily authorize and enable additional download attempts.
You can restrict the number of download attempts per track and recipient as needed. In this case, a recipient will be unable to download a track an unlimited number of times, but instead only as often as you specify. Once a recipient has used up all his download attempts for a given track, then it will not be possible to make further downloads of that track until you take further action. Starting right now you can authorize and enable additional download attempts for specific users and tracks as needed.
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Administration Log
Make teamwork even easier.
iPool now maintains a record of all changes made by content and system administrators. You will be able to view these changes in the Administration Log. This feature will help you understand and track not only which data your colleagues changed in your iPool, but also when they did it. |
Features Since July 2009
Export Download Logs
Starting now you can export the download log as a CSV file so that you can conveniently use it in different software.
You can use this feature to export the entire download log. Additionally, you can also export the download log for a specific release.
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Even More Information in the Download Log
The download log now gives you even more information about your iPool downloads.
It includes the added columns ”Company Name”, ”Last Name” and ”First Name”. You can also specify the columns that content administrators are allowed to see in the download log. System administrators may view all columns at all times.
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