Friday, August 10, 2012

billfaster has a new look!

billfaster has introduced a new streamlined look to make it easier to access any function you need.

All the menu options are on the left hand side of the page, and remain there at all times, and can be navigated by just clicking on your selection.
This means you no longer need to "Close" these pages. Just click the next area you wish to go to.
Below is a "before" and "after" image.



Navigation Changes:
* Customer Orders, Estimates, Recurring Invoices (which were on the Invoicing menu of the old system) is now directly under the MONEY IN menu on the left hand side of your screen.
* Cash Sales is now on the Other Income option under the MONEY IN menu on the left hand side of your screen.
*Bank Transfers  (which was on the Cash Sales menu of the old system)  is now under the ACCOUNTING menu on the left hand side of your screen.
* Supplier Orders, Estimates, Recurring Bills (which were on the Bills menu of the old system) is now directly under the MONEY OUT menu on the left hand side of your screen.
* Contacts, Time Tracking & Items can all be found in the new ADMINISTRATION menu on the left hand side of your screen.

Most screens operate as before, but there are some additional features, that should help you better organize your work.

For example: The Invoice Entry Screen (also known as the New Invoice screen), now shares the screen with the Invoice List. This way you never leave the Invoice Entry Screen, whenever you save a NEW Invoice it appears on the listing below yet still allows you to enter more invoices without any additional clicks.

Customer Invoice Screen

This 'entry and listing screen' feature is evident throughout the system.

Also, note the BLUE UPWARD ARROW (see Customer Invoice Screen image above) , allows you to move the listing into Full Screen Mode.
Clicking a Blue Downward Arrow returns the entry screen.

Listings image

Clicking the check-box option found on the lists, allows you to DELETE or ARCHIVE those entries.(see listings image)

The Expenses and Other Income (Cash Sales) screens give you the option to link a supplier (vendor) or customer account to business expenses and cash sales respectively. (see expense screen image below)

Expenses Screen
The Payments Screen has a new field 'Enter Amount Paid', allowing for quick payment entry.
Payments Screen
Also, credit notes and payments on account can be allocated to existing outstanding invoices.

These are just some of the main user interface changes that we have made. New features will be discussed in our billfaster newsletter.