In late 2007, LOIS came out with the new Modify Date Filter which allows you to filter a building or a site from your view of LOIS according to a timeframe. To use this feature, follow the steps below...

1. Log in to LOIS.
2. Click on the User Settings tab.
3. Click on the Overview drop-down list box and choose Filters. A window of options will open.
4. You may filter out buildings that have not been modified within 3, 6, 9 or even 12 months. These filters will only affect your view of LOIS. Forward WI is filtering buildings that have not been modified within 12 months.

You may have noticed the appearance of colored pin points in your admin screen. These points have been added by LOIS as a way of warning you about details that may be missing regarding localities and listings. Each point has a different meaning. When you mouseover a point, a pop-up message will appear. See a list of descriptions below.

• Yellow Pin Point - Not modified in 10 months
• Red Pin Point - Not modified in 12 months
• Purple Pin Point - No images Attached
• Orange Pin Point - Printable Flyer Fields Incomplete
• Blue Pin Point - Advanced Search Fields Incomplete

• The Document Center/Image Gallery - Coming this week, an area for attachments will be set up in each main admin screen, which will allow you to attach certain documents (up to 3MB) such as PDFs (realtor brochures), Excel files and Word documents. The Gallery will be located in the drop-down menu in each record.
• Excel Import Feature - Users (administrators) will be able to import data from Excel into LOIS. A drag- and- drop feature will allow you to match fields in Excel with fields in LOIS. A new completion date has been set for March 1st.
• Image Section Map - LOIS will soon be adding a new map option in all sections which will essentially place a map in the 4th image position.
• Web Trends Report - LOIS will be contracting with a 3rd party to build a component to display the number of visits and hits that each administrator's link registers. This feature will be built into each administrator's view. A completion date is yet to be determined.

Other new enhancements coming soon are the Change Password Option and Screen Resolution Upgrade. LOIS will soon be reorganized to fit inside an 800 x 600 window. This new feature will also include the ability for you to customize your view by changing the colors of the tabs across the top of your screen.

What's on the horizon? A new look and feel of the presentation landing page will offer a more user- friendly environment for anyone viewing LOIS online! Updates on this exciting new project will posted as time goes on. The Advisory Council will guide in the decision-making progress.

We'd like to welcome three new people as LOIS administratorfs. Jane Koepke, from the Lincoln County Economic Development Corporation, Laurie Dehlinger from the Portage County Business Council and Cindy Champeau from the Fox Cities Chamber. Welcome!

Forward Wisconsin would also like to welcome one of its newest LOIS administrators, the Town of Dekorra.

The Town of Dekorra is located about 30 minutes north of Madison in western Columbia County. It is bounded on the west by the Wisconsin River and Lake Wisconsin. Three major traffic corridors run through the Town, Interstate 39/90/94, US Highway 51 and the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad tracks. Its main access is right off of I39/90/94 by the Highway CS interchange, which is the Town's main business development area.