List of standard features included with OPTIMAL
| Tracker Module | - Tracks scheduled parenting time and actual time
- Automatically detects and flags denied visitation
- Automatically detects and flags partial visitation
- Automatically counts and displays overnights
- Time-stamped for use in court
- Records and tracks the following events and information:
- Visit Date
- Parent or Guardian present
- Visit type (Regular, Late, Missed, Supervise, Phone, 1st Refusal, Denied, Other, plus 2 Custom labels)
- Visit location (Home, Vacation, Park, School, Doctor, Restaurant, Other, plus 2 Custom labels)
- Scheduled Start time
- Scheduled Stop time
- Scheduled Hours
- Actual Start time
- Actual Stop time
- Actual Hours
- Non-Parental time
- Children's mood (arriving)
- Children's mood (departing)
- Other people present (family, friends, etc)
- Mileage
- Expense items
- Expense amount
- Children present (tracks up to 4 children)
- General Remarks (free form text notes #1)
- Activities Record (free form text notes #2)
- Current day's entry displayed on Homepage
- Pop-up Mini-Calendar to help schedule time
- Update and Edit screen allows unlimited editing or revising of information
- Integrated Spell-Check for both the 'General Remarks' and 'Activities Record' text
- Day and Date display
- Selectable icon flags for: 'Alerts', 'Special Note', 'Health Issues', 'Phone Calls', 'Home', 'Financial', 'Okay', 'Trouble', 'Other', 'Reminder', 'Meeting', and 'Birthday'
- Automatically marks date ranges
- Monthly statistical summary
- Search feature- find a specific entry in a note or remark field
- Imports the SPARC Parenting Time Tracker spreadsheet!
| | Calendar Module | - View events month-by-month
- Attach multiple notes to any calendar day
- Marked days are highlighted- see your schedule at a glance
- Easy entry of repeating events:
- Repeat events every X number of days
- Repeat events every X number of weeks
- Repeat events every X number of months
- Repeat events only on weekdays
- Repeat events on the '3rd Tuesday' of any month (for example)
- Repeat events on 'first' and 'last' named days of the month
- Repeat events on a specific day of any month, i.e the 21st day
- Repeat events once per year (birthdays, anniversaries, etc)
- Configurable termination date for repeating events
- Current day highlighted separately
- Integrated Spell-Check
- Pop-up Mini-Calendars are linked to the main calendar
- Guest feature allows viewing (but not altering) the calendar
- Guest feature is configurable by you- turn it on or off as desired
- Leave email or www links for guests in your calendar
- Send your Guest link to someone directly from the calendar
- View any month, convenient for working out advance scheduling
- Calendar is printable- print it out and give copies to your kids
| | Private Message Center | - Secure communication center
- Exchange unlimited messages with guests you authorize
- Optional password protection
- Enable/Disable message center
- Optional notification of new messages:
- Send new message alerts to/from your kids, attorney, etc
- Send new message alerts to any email address
- Send new message alerts to your text-messaging phone
- Send new message alerts to your ICQ account
- Integrated Spell-Check for message text
- Delete messages whenever you want
- Saves copies of messages in Sent Mail folder
- Message Center status panel
- Time-stamped message entries
| | Private Journal | - Large, fully editable screen
- Clear, uncluttered display
- Journal is searchable by:
- Title field
- Keywords field
- Journal field
- Integrated Spell-Check for Journal text
- Time-stamped entries
- Selectable icon flags for: 'Alerts', 'Special Note', 'Health Issues', 'Phone Calls', 'Home', 'Night', 'Okay', 'Trouble', 'Other', 'Reminder', 'Meeting', and 'Birthday'
| | Contacts / Address Book | - Fully editable, change any field as needed
- Clear, uncluttered display
- Each contact has the following fields:
- First name
- Last name
- Middle Initial
- Home phone
- Work phone
- Cell phone
- FAX
- Pager
- Email address (1)
- Email address (2)
- Address
- City
- State
- ZIP
- URL or homepage
- Notes / Comments (free form text notes)
- Integrated Spell-Check for Notes / Comments
| | Tasks & Notes Module | - Add tasks and notes as needed
- Task Priority icon display (Low, Medium, High)
- Task Priority display on Homepage
- Set Task or Note details (free form text notes)
- Integrated Spell-Check
- Set display title
- Set time and date
- Set Priority
- Search tasks- find a specific task or note easily
- Task and Note date confirmation dialog
- Integrated calendar display
| | Print & Export Module | - Print by month and year
- Print icon flags option
- Color or 'printer-friendly' black and white mode
- Print flush right option
- Pages formatted for standard 8.5" x 11.0" paper
- Add your own title or text to printouts
- Export Tracker data to Excel spreadsheet format
- Export Address Book to Excel spreadsheet format
- Export Tasks & Notes to Excel spreadsheet format
| | Statistics Module | - Yearly summary of events and parenting time
- Individual tracking of:
- Scheduled Time
- Actual Time
- Time Difference
- Visit type (Regular, Denied, Late, Missed)
- Overnights
- Mileage
- Expenses
- Monthly Jump-To links
- Configurable full-color graphs:
- Parenting Time by Month (bar graph)
- Denied Visits by Month (bar graph)
- Overnights by Month (bar graph)
- Days Per Month with Contact (bar graph)
- Yearly Parenting Time Distribution (pie graph)
- Monthly Percentage of Contact (bar graph)
- Expenses by Month (bar graph)
- Mileage by Month (bar graph)
- Graph configuration options:
- Graph size
- Graph colors
- Graph bar shadow on/off
- Value display on/off
- 3-D or flat pie graph display
| | Personal Settings Module | - Parent first name
- Parent last name
- Children's name (track up to 4 children)
- Home phone
- Work phone
- Address
- City
- State
- ZIP code
- Mileage Rate
- Custom Labels- 2 for 'Visit Type', 2 for 'Location'
- Change password online
- Set Guest Calendar to 'Public', 'Private', or 'Public with password'
- Enable/disable Private Message Center
- Enable/disable new message notification to email, phone, or ICQ
- Set Calendar title
| | Homepage Display | - Integrated calendar display
- Current day's Parenting Log link
- Current day's Task & Note(s) display
- Task and Note priority display
- Status display for Calendar, Private Message Center, and Email Alerts
| | Online Help System | - Detailed online help for each section of the Tracker
- Example 'How To' sections for common tasks
- FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Section
| | Miscellaneous | - Encrypted password storage
- Strong, cookie-based page authentication
- Color-coded controls and information displays
- Secure mySQL database backend
- Secure logout
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