eBid Version 3

[gazza]

Just to let you know where we've been lateley..

We have been working towards launching a new look eBid for the past 3 months. Things are nearing an end now and we hope to launch during early February.

The site has undergone a complete redesign, based around a red theme. Many new functions have been added and others simplified.


Gazza

[gazza]

The changes in v3 are large in number and look, there are many behind the scenes changes we have made to make the site faster and more stable, but here are some of the changes you will be seeing when we launch...

The changes we have made are quite large in number and design... Here are the main points..

Some of the version 3 changes :

FRONTPAGE
*Redesigned frontpage
*Frontpage now shows auction categories (as before) but also wanted categories with links to wanted listings and eBid Store categories with links to eBid Store listings including small logos.
*Recent auction, search and category history lists now in dropdown boxes
*Seller Spotlight, one lucky seller will be on the frontpage each time the page is recreated

STARTING AUCTIONS
*Item Specifics added to many categories, dvd, digital cameras, pda.
*Search for products to sell by barcode, ISBN, Title, Director etc
*Show in second category option added to "Extras"

EBID STORES
*Now able to browse all stores with descriptions, logos etc
*Store categories can now be split into subcategories
*Stores can now be upgraded to featured status
*More than one store per user

MYEBID
*added "After Auction Log" (AAL) to manage after auction sales and purchases with more precision, built into this is payment reminders, general question asking and answering, posting notification, invoice viewing, NPB management
*my Gallery Image search by title
*my Feedback pages split into 4 , My FB, Add FB, Request FB, View What You've Said
*Request feedback buttons to select all for "all N", "all S" and "all R"
*my Money view invoices and payment status
*My Defaults upgraded to allow more than one "set" of defaults
*added "My Notices" to allow for notices to be posted to all your auctions with holiday notices etc
*My Marketing, purchse email space, category sponsorship and upgrade your eBid store
*My Closed Auctions and My Current Auctions split into "My Selling" and "My Buying" sections
*Upgraded closed auction listings for clarity and defining detail
*Buddy Points, view previous buddy auction results
*Closed auction review pages redesign including AAL

SEARCH RESULTS & CATEGORY BROWSING PAGES
*Default search results will show keyword1 AND keyword2 instead of keyword1 OR keyword2
*Complete page redesign
*Result row redesign
*New filtering system to allow for price filtering and country location filtering

INDIVIDUAL AUCTION PAGES
*Complete redesign

CLOSED AUCTION PAGES
*Complete redesign and navigation
*Repost form now located on separate page to simplify the page

[gazza]

We are in the final testing stages of our new site and have pencilled in a beta launch for next Friday at 11pm GMT. We will be down for around an hour while it all happens.

We will undoubtably run into some problems that our weeks of testing haven't thrown up and will appreciate everyone's help with bugs once we are live.

Thanks for your patience everyone.
Gazza

[gazza]

Many thanks for all the input and help in debugging v3 so far. We will be uploading more new additions in the next beta version of v3 including

*Barcode/isbn pre-filled information for dvds, cds, books and video games. This has involved a complete re-write of our auction posting process and has taken substantially longer than we first anticipated
*My Notices

We anticipate the next code update to take place on 7th July at 2am and for v3 to be out of beta by 1st August.

Gazza

[gazza]

I know, I know... We're late again...! Could get technical but I won't.. Looking at the end of this week now.

This is big upgrade for us even though you won't see alot of change on the surface. Once it's up we will be able to focus our resources away and onto other much needed updates and improvements to the site..

Thanks again for waiting.
Gazza

[gazza]

The latest updates are now all done, we will be updating during the next low period between after friday midnight.

We have added a new WYSIWYG editor that is alot better than the last one... lets you use your back button again!!

HH reserves will be going up to £10 at this time although the pricing system will be the same, we will change to the early bird system very soon. Feedback i sset to +3 required for HH and 60Min

We'll also be slimming the databases down to speed things up, they are BIG at the moment and starting to slow things down.

Gazza