PopCard 3.0 Brings iCards to the Masses

1188 Pixaria Software announces the release of PopCard 3.0, a free to use, PHP script that gives website owners an easy way to add Apple 'iCards' style electronic greetings cards to their sites. With the recent demise of Apple's .Mac iCards website as the company completes its transition to MobileMe, PopCard 3.0 represents a great alternative for anyone looking to set up a similar service for visitors to their own site.

What makes PopCard different from the wealth of other free and commercial electronic greeting card scripts is that with PopCard, the recipient isn't required to visit the website from which the card was originally sent. Instead, the image and the sender's personalised message arrive in the recipient's e-mail inbox as a beautifully rendered JPEG image attachment, resulting in more personal and user friendly message.

As well as providing a simple interface to pick from a selection of pre-defined images, PopCard can also be configured to securely use any JPEG image that can be accessed over the web. This makes it a snap to integrate with existing photo galleries such as Pixaria, Coppermine, Gallery 2 or even Flickr.

PopCard 3.0 is a complete rewrite of the original script (first released in 2004) and brings major performance and security enhancements, full Unicode support and greatly improved e-mail client support including all the major webmail services.

PopCard is available as a free download from the Pixaria Software website and support is provided via the Pixaria user forums.

PopCard 3.0:
http://popcard.me

PopCard Info: h
ttp://www.pixaria.com/popcard/

Download PopCard:
http://www.pixaria.com/resources/data/PopCard-3.0.0.zip



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Personally, I enjoy using Steve Dekorte’s PostCard, a Mac application which combines the simplicity of Apple’s iCards with the flexibility and creativity of more sophisticated software. My friends and loved ones love my PostCard mailings as much as they did receiving Apple iCards.

But PostCard is Mac-only. When Apple shut down iCards, it left Windows and Linux users, as well as Mac users shackled to Windows PCs at work, completely out in the cold. This is where PopCard.me comes in handy. 

1. PopCard.me’s cards are the most Apple-like I’ve seen online.  The JPEG’s in the email. The cards are sized exactly the same as iCards were.

2. Tastefully designed website.

3. No bug-eyed advertisements on the website or in the email.

3. More fonts, beautifully anti-aliased

4.  Unobstrusive postmark.

5.  Jamie Longstaff/Pixaria does not collect personal information.

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