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Posted by: SirAndy Jul 12 2004, 03:36 PM

the new Classifieds are up & running, please check it out and give me some beer, err, feedback i mean ...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=SF&f=25

there's also a post on the bottom of the forum that gives you a link to the old classifieds,
they will be active for a while, until people have moved their stuff over to the new pages ...

Andy

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 12 2004, 03:43 PM

OK, rule number 1 (hey Andrew )

because we now have "for sale" and "want to buy" in a single forum,
PLEASE
put either "FS" or "WTB" in the title so people know what you're up to ...

Andy

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 12 2004, 03:57 PM

no sir ...

Posted by: spare time toys Jul 12 2004, 03:58 PM

Looks GOOD

Posted by: anthony Jul 12 2004, 04:17 PM

Is email notification gone?

Posted by: Lawrence Jul 12 2004, 04:19 PM

You'll need to subscribe to notification for that particular category (forum) like you do in the regular forums.

Not interested in someone selling their snowblower, or race parts, or whatever... don't subscribe to that forum, and keep your mailbox clutter-free.

-Rusty

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 12 2004, 04:29 PM

no.

as rusty said, you can "subscribe" to a complete forum and/or a single thread within a forum.

Andy

Posted by: anthony Jul 12 2004, 04:33 PM

Are there any other controls other than clicking on subscribe/unsubscribe? Am I going to get an email every time there is a new post or every time there is a new thread?

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 12 2004, 04:39 PM

if you subscribe to a forum, you will get a email every time someone posts a new thread.
if you subscribe to a thread, you will get a email every time someone posts a new reply.

so, if you want to watch a certain forum, let's say "914 Memorabilia FS/Wanted", you subscribe to that forum and you get an email every time a new item is listed.

if you are a seller and you posted an AD you can subscribe to your own AD and you'll get an email every time someone posts a reply to your AD.

is that good enough for 'ya?
Andy

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 12 2004, 04:42 PM

it's all here:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=14229&st=0#entry189208

Posted by: nebreitling Jul 12 2004, 05:59 PM

awesome, i think this will be a lot better.

thanks, guys

Posted by: boxstr Jul 12 2004, 06:34 PM

I notice that you eliminated the "recently added" button.
Whats up.
CCL

Posted by: VegasRacer Jul 12 2004, 08:51 PM

That was how I kept up to date on the ads.
Everytime I visited the Club site I would check on new ads.
Now I have to go to all the different categories where I could get all the new stuff in one place before.

Any chance "New Listings" can be an option in the new format?

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 13 2004, 12:09 AM

yupp, i can add that, like, let's say the last 50 of all classifieds forums in one list ...

Andy

Posted by: seanery Jul 14 2004, 05:15 PM

I really think this new setup is gonna improve visibility and ease administration of your ads. What else is cool is you can see how many hits your ad is getting. You couldn't do that with the old setup.

Good Job Rusty & SirAndy.

Posted by: BIGKAT_83 Jul 15 2004, 12:58 PM

I like the NEW ads alot better than the old. Easier to keep up with. Going to be selling alot of stuff in the future...............



Bob

Posted by: Mike D. Jul 17 2004, 02:44 AM

I also liked the new ads being on top in the old classified. And the pic notification, The old ads told you if there was a pic of the car or part etc. can we have that in the new classifieds?

-Mike D.

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 17 2004, 12:35 PM

they are ordered by date right now, newest ads on top.

as for the pics, that's something i have to look into ...
Andy

Posted by: Eric_Shea Jul 18 2004, 12:07 PM

I found the "Moderation" button/drop down at the bottom of my posts today. This might be helpful to others:

In order to keep our classified section "Clean" please use the "moderation" drop down at the bottom of your post to "DELETE" it once you've sold the item or it becomes no longer available.

Posted by: rhodyguy Jul 18 2004, 02:28 PM

what's the big secret about prices? please include them in your ads. think about including your zip code and the approximate weight for big items. make it easier on yourself so you don't have to answer "how much to ship to...". the rate tables are available at all of the major shippers.

kevin

Posted by: dmenche914 Jul 19 2004, 11:29 AM

Two suggestions with the new ads.

1. Have seperate sections for the for sale, and wanted catagories. This will help speed up searches for parts, or cars based on what you want, to sell or buy.

2. Provide more "topic discription" space, so one can read a bit more of the ad prior to opening the ad post. As it was before, one could scan the ads quickly, and often read most of the ad (or at least find the price, discription, and location) without having to open the ad.
This would narrow down the ads that are interesting to me, allowing me to open only them, without hunting thru each ad to find out what is for sale, price, location etc...

As it is now, if a sell (or buyer) of many parts makes a post, only a very brief discription will fit on the topic line for all to see, unless that post is opened. It takes longer to view the classifieds this way having to open each one, to get anything more than a brief discription.

Hope this is helpful input.

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 20 2004, 05:31 PM

i'll move it into the classifieds forum. i need the posts as a reminder for things to do ...

Andy