title: "v1.0 — Official Launch" description: "Release notes for the official launch of GoWeBa v1.0: features, improvements, and what's new." lastUpdated: "2025-05-07" author: "GoWeBa — Product Team"
GoWeBa v1.0 — Official Launch
🎉 Welcome to the first official release of GoWeBa! Here's everything included in this foundational version of our intelligent CRM for SMBs and self-employed professionals in Quebec.
📅 Launch date: May 2025
🏷️ Version: 1.0.0
🟢 Status: Current version
✨ New Features
👥 Contact Management
- Create and import contacts — Add manually or import via CSV/Excel
- Rich contact cards — Complete information with notes, tags, and history
- Segmentation — Classify by categories, tags, and custom filters
- Advanced search — Quick search by name, email, company, or tag
- Interaction history — Full tracking of all interactions with each contact
📊 Sales Pipeline
- Kanban view — Visual drag & drop pipeline with customizable columns
- Configurable stages — Define your own sales stages to match your process
- Amount tracking — Estimated value and close probability per opportunity
- Filters and sorting — Filter by stage, amount, creation date, or priority
✅ Tasks & Reminders
- Task management — Create, assign, and track tasks
- Automatic reminders — Notifications for follow-ups and deadlines
- Contact linking — Link tasks to contacts or opportunities
- Calendar view — Visualize your tasks and follow-ups in an integrated calendar
🌐 Corporate Website (goweba.com)
- Home page — Product presentation and value proposition
- Feature pages — Detailed view of each CRM module
- Pricing — Transparent plans and pricing
- Knowledge Center — Complete documentation and user guides
- Multilingual — Available in French, English, and Spanish
🏠 Knowledge Center Architecture
The Knowledge Center v1.0 includes:
| Section | Categories | Pages | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting Started | 2 | 4 | GoWeBa overview and first steps |
| CRM Fundamentals | 2 | 7 | Contact and pipeline management |
| Marketing & Automation | 2 | 5 | Campaigns and automations |
| Reports & Analytics | 2 | 4 | Dashboards and metrics |
| Integrations & API | 2 | 5 | Connectors and REST API |
| Marketing Library | 2 | 5 | Brand resources and case studies |
| Total | 12 | 30 |
🔐 Security & Compliance
- Secure authentication — Login system with encrypted passwords
- Role management — Differentiated access levels (administrator, user)
- Data encryption — All sensitive data encrypted at rest and in transit
- Automatic backups — Regular database backups
- PIPEDA compliance — Compliant with Canadian personal information protection laws
🛠️ Technical Improvements
- Performance — Optimized load times (< 2 seconds for most pages)
- Responsive — Interface adapted for desktop, tablet, and mobile
- Accessibility — WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance
- SEO — Search engine optimization with dynamic metadata
🐛 Known Issues
| Issue | Severity | Status | Workaround |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSV import with special characters | 🟡 Minor | Fix in progress | Use UTF-8 encoding |
| Occasional mobile notification delay | 🟡 Minor | Investigating | Refresh the page |
🚀 What's Next
Here's what's planned for upcoming releases:
- v1.1 — Analytics dashboard improvements and custom reports
- v1.2 — Email integrations (Gmail, Outlook) and calendar sync
- v1.3 — Progressive mobile app (PWA)
- v2.0 — Built-in AI assistant and advanced automations
💡 Have a suggestion? Contact us at support@goweba.com to share your improvement ideas!
🙏 Acknowledgments
Thank you to all our beta testers and early users who helped shape GoWeBa v1.0. Your feedback is invaluable and helps us build the best CRM for Quebec entrepreneurs.
— The GoWeBa Team 💚