Today we rolled out a small patch that corrected some issues in the parent section that was preventing Safari Browser users from using the Chore Chart manager. After selecting the child who you wanted to create a Chore Chart for, the browser would basically do 'nothing' when you clicked the button to add more Chores to the Chore Chart. If you loaded the page in Internet Explorer or FireFox, the page would behave correctly, and the Chore Options panel would come up allowing you to assign a point value to the Chore and assign a schedule to the Chore.
There are a few 'known bugs' within Safari, and unfortunately this page was falling victim to it. Any web-programmer will whine and moan (like I am about to do) about how difficult it can be to develop web-applications that behave consistently in all browsers. Honestly, it's gotten *much* better over the years, but it's still a constant battle. Anyway, I created a new user interface for the Chore Options panel, one that won't croak in Safari, and it seems to be working well. People who have been using the Chore Chart Manager for a while will immediately notice that we are no longer using the 'modal panels' to set the Chore Options.
I am leaving the option open, however, to re-implementing the pop-up options panels if I can get something going that is a little more reliable in all the major browsers. For now this will do though.
Sneak Peak On Upcoming Features
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Import Chore List from other child: You can create a chore chart for one child and copy it over to your other children
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My Page Overhaul: The kids "My Page" section is going to get an overhaul to include a lot of the "Coming Soon" features that have yet to be coded (Message Board, photo gallery etc). We will also implement some security features so that parents can restrict who can visit the pages.