AbleDating is one of the very few fully ajax-based dating products available in the market. Of Russian origin, with a small American presence, it’s supported by Russian freelance programmers. AbleDating offers numerous features. Multiple payment options are also supported by AbleDating including PayPal, WorldPay, GoldPay, 2CO, NetBilling and PaySystems. Overall, one can assume that AbleDating is a good dating script that can help you get your dating website up and running, promptly and without any hassles. But is that really the case? Read on to find out.
One feature offered by AbleDating that stands out is its “3D City Second Life Virtual World” which allows customers to click into a completely different fantasy world, occupied by other visitors of the site. This feature allows all of these visitors to in turn interact with one another. Another new feature offered by AbleDating is the MySpace+Flash profile editor which allows members to simply draw their way towards editing their respective profiles, instead of doing any complex coding. Other features include Video Chat, YouTube-like video sharing, Flash chat with multiple rooms, various Flash games, recorded greetings, feature-rich photo album, love calculators, and more. Unfortunately the software itself is quite buggy and sooner or later all of its users run into issues. Perhaps it would be better if company focused its attention on fixing bugs than throwing piles of not functioning features.
Administration panel of AbleDating looks like it was developed in the 90s by high school students. Navigation menus are placed throughout the control panel without any structure whatsoever. Absolute no error checking whatsoever so even slight tampering with the URL causes a problem. If such a small thing as URL validation is not done, I’d hate to say how unsecure the whole script really is. Not much to say about the front-end either as it’s not any better than their control panel.
AbleDating offers several template designs, each of which is completely unique. AbleDating claims that all these templates are customizable. The reality of this is totally opposite though. If you would like to customize any part of the template, prepare for a challenge because that’s what it takes to make changes.
Considering poor coding of the script it’s not that easy, to say the least, to customize it. Software files have no organization whatsoever. In other words you’ll be stuck with what you bought without any possibility of customizations.
Their technical support seems to be quite quick to answer questions via email. That is presales support. If you have a question after you have purchased the software, prepare for a long wait. If you have a problem with the software or ran into a bug, brace yourself as you’re on your own.
AbleDating offers differential pricing with varied licensing options. Single domain license will cost you $597, or if you would like to have a unique design $697. Unique template design is supposedly made by the company however I highly doubt you will get a truly unique template for only a $100. Other licenses are also available for people who want to install AbleDating on more than one domain.
AbleDating is an oasis in the desert. It looks great from the distance but once you come closer and do a little research, your hopes will fade away quickly. Buggy features and non-existent post-sales support with a high price tag on the software. And on top of all that, developers of AbleDating run several of their own dating sites which means they are your direct competition. As a final warning I should point out that there are many fake reviews about AbleDating on the internet left by its developers and staff. Something to watch out for if you would like to research this further.
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