We've been busy working behind the scenes on a huge amount of updates to the site. The biggest of these updates is the way account balances are calculated. Previously, account balances were stored separately in the database which could cause some issues with the correct balances being shown on the site. To remedy this, we've gone back and updated and re-coded a lot of the site so the balances are calculated on demand each time the page is loaded. This means that at any given time, the balances that appear on the site are the correct balances based on the transactions you've added. We've created a separate blog post that covers some FAQ's about this new update. That blog post can be found here: https://www.clearcheckbook.com/blog/miscellaneous/account-balances-update-faqs.

In addition to that giant overhaul, we've also gone back and worked on optimizing the server interaction behind each page to dramatically cut down on the number of database queries which directly affects the load time of each page. For example, on the Dashboard page alone, we cut the number of database queries to 1/4 what they previously were.

We also made a few smaller updates such as being able to jive a transaction through the Edit Transaction form. There were also a few small bugs we addressed while going through all of these updates.

On top of all that, we've also added a new tool to the site. We have been getting requests for a Money Lending Tracker for a while now and finally built one. The new Money Lending Tracker can be found by clicking on Tools and then Money Lending Tracker. This new tool lets you track who owes you money as well as who you have borrowed money from. There is an associated gadget with this tool that can be added to your Dashboard.

We hope you find these latest updates and features useful! We are always looking for feedback and suggestions for future improvements to the site as well. If you have an idea for a new feature, tool or update to the site, please use the Contact Us form at the bottom right side of the page and let us know!

We've released an update to the Mac OSX widget that fixes some compatibility issues with the way we're now storing passwords on the server. You can download the update by clicking here: https://www.clearcheckbook.com/downloads/ClearCheckbook_v2.1.0.dmg.

You can also find a link to the new file by clicking on the Tools navigation link and then click on the image of the Mac OSX Dashboard Widget.

Some users started mentioning they couldn't reach ClearCheckbook.com for a couple hours today. The server was running just fine and we weren't having any issues connecting to the site. Well, it appears GoDaddy (our domain registrar) was having some DNS issues today which was causing some people to have trouble accessing the site.

More information about the GoDaddy DNS issues can be found here: http://mashable.com/2012/09/10/godaddy-down/

We're sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We're happy to release a new feature today that allows you to re-arrange the columns and fields when displaying transactions on the Transaction Register and Search result pages. Now you have full control over how your transactions are displayed by giving you the ability to select where the fields appear.

You can find these settings by clicking on the new "Column Arrangement" icon on the right side of the transaction column headers on the Transaction Register and Search result pages or by clicking on Settings at the top right side of the page then click on "Re-Arrange Transaction Columns."

On this page you can use the drop down lists to select which transaction fields you want to appear in each position. Once you save these settings all of your transactions will be displayed that way on the Transaction Register and Search results pages.

This feature is available to all members who have upgraded to the Premium Membership.

We just released a new feature for the Import tool that gives you the option to have us automatically categorize your imported transactions. This tool uses both your past transaction history plus any additional associations you want to manually add.

This new feature will help speed up the importing process by saving you the time of having to manually categorize your common transactions. You can access the automatic categorization management page by clicking on Settings at the top right side of the page, then click on Auto-Categorized Imported Transactions.

If you have any feedback or suggestions for future updates to the tool, please let us know!