SNOWEST FORUMS: All new SWAPMEET section.

christopher · Oct 10, 2009

SnoWest Forum Members:

For the last several weeks we have been working on a new module to completely overhaul and upgrade the SnoWest Forums. I am happy to announce that this new part of SnoWest is now ready for public testing.

If you will look on your main menu bar, you will find a new listing "Swapmeet". When you click on this 6 new options will appear.

Main Page
List All Ads
Place an Ad
Search Ads
My Watch List
Subscriptions
My Ads

From now till Friday October 16th the SwapMeet will be in TESTING MODE. That means you welcome and invited to place TEST ADS in the forum to learn how the system works and help us debug the new software. If all goes well, On Friday the 16th ALL ADS WILL BE DELETED and the system will go live. When that happens we will begin a gradual phase out of the old Swapmeet forum over the course of a few weeks.

So, I invite you to go take a look at the newest section of SnoWest, and then to come back to this tread and post your comments.

If you find something that doesn't work properly, Please Report It.

If you have a constructive suggestion of how we might make it work better, Please Post it. Our goal is to create a more dynamic and useful Swapmeet section for all our SnoWest Members.

=====

The feature lists below are detailed but not completely comprehensive. Some features exist that are not mentioned here.

Classified Ad Templates

Categories can use provided templates for Classifieds For Sale, Wanted.
New templates easily added
Additional custom fields per category
Extensive customization of categories for look and feel

User Features

NEW! Sellers can place classified ads for fixed prices or with optional eBay style bidding enabled
Sellers can upload several photos to display with each classified ad
Sellers can set an expiration date for each ad
SOLD IT! and RELIST IT! options to disable/re-enable ads
NEW! User feedback system to provide ratings and feedback for buyers and sellers
Contact seller page allows buyers to contact sellers without revealing seller email address
Search by keyword

Registration System Features

Integrates with third-party forums; including vB2, vB3, UBB Threads, phpBB2, InvisionBoard, Nuke/PostNuke, DCFroums+, SMF, Ikon and PhotoPost/ReviewPost
Supports user groups and admin editing of user groups to enable specific permissions for different users
User profiles
Encrypted passwords
Supports COPPA (can be disabled)
Auto verify user email address
Admin editing of user levels and profiles
Ban users
Allow/disallow new user registrations.
Allow users to change passwords.
An automated "I Forgot my password" feature.

Other Features

MySQL database driven
Can integrate with vbPortal
Multi-language support via template files. English provided.
ZLIB compression support to speed page loading, reduce bandwidth
Option to require users be registered to view ads
UBB/VB Code (linkify, bold, etc) for ad descriptions
Traffic tested on sites with over 3M monthly page views
Dynamic titles for pages to improve search engine indexing
Help system. Popup windows with help topics.
Configurable date formats and time offsets per user
GD2 support for image resizing, watermarks and on-the-fly watermarks (or use ImageMagick for all but on-the-fly)
ImageMagick support for image resizing and watermarks (or use GD2)
Supports JPG, GIF, PNG, and TIF file formats for ad images when using ImageMagick, or JPG, GIF and PNG formats when using GD2
Automatic thumbnail creation of ad images
Thumbnail display pages show details for each ad such as number of views and date posted.
Product images stored on disk in a directory rather than in the database, which allows them to be cached by browsers, saving bandwidth.
Number of ads limited only by your server's diskspace (for images) and MySQL's record limits
IP caching
prevents multiple views in a configurable timeframe
Known to work on RaQ 3/4 systems

MN_Nole · Oct 10, 2009

emails

How come PM's from the admin get sent to my email but not when PM's from members that I have contacted and look for response don't.

I appreciate all the work you have done to and for the forums, but I hope this is something you can fix. I just dislike updates to my mobile that say you have a PM when its only a admin notification for changes to the 4m.
Thanks.

LiveAlaska · Oct 11, 2009

MN_Nole said:
How come PM's from the admin get sent to my email but not when PM's from members that I have contacted and look for response don't.

I appreciate all the work you have done to and for the forums, but I hope this is something you can fix. I just dislike updates to my mobile that say you have a PM when its only a admin notification for changes to the 4m.
Thanks.

in forum options under usercp, there is an option to select email notification of pm's from peeps:beer;

KSH · Oct 11, 2009

Nice update for swapmeet

Now the little things,

Dial-up beware? If they load all the possible pics.

Listing a ad, I would make it 4 steps by categorizing it in a step. then itemize.
I see a lot of newbs putting parts in the sled listings, I almost didn't scroll down.

Shipping, You have to list a price or it posts NONE, for most of the stuff sold here we either list it shipping included or depends on your location.

Shipping, a section for if your willing to ship to Canada or US or to Foreign soil .

You can only ad a Photo Bucket pic in the description?

Location Required, nice addition, but I can put timbuktoo in there and it accepts it.

Buy it now/pay now, automatically put quantity at 6

Item description default is Excellent?

KSH

nickels · Oct 11, 2009

Where you can list the condition of the item. I would like to see brand new as an option.

CROW · Oct 11, 2009

IMO if I wanted to buy and sell on ebay, then I would. The swapmeet didn't need a complete overhaul, just a little tweak here and there.

Xrider · Oct 11, 2009

Why don't you enable the search feature to query on a 3 digit number?

the fix-it guy · Oct 11, 2009

Tried listing a wanted to buy item, would not let me past the 2nd stage, the drop box was empty with no options. since i could not make a selection it kept looping back.

mrfixit · Oct 11, 2009

On the length of time remove the " no expiration " . It should be a 30 day max. add only. If people don't sell it in 30 days they can always use the relist option.

FirstPlaceParts · Oct 11, 2009

Listing

I went to list an item as a business and I would not let me past the 2nd step, the drop down is empty.

Thanks
Mark

HUNDO · Oct 11, 2009

The rating system will be very nice as long as it cannot be abused like rep...

KillSwitchHitter said:
Location Required, nice addition, but I can put timbuktoo in there and it accepts it.
[/COLOR]

KSH
[/COLOR][/COLOR]

Maybe people will think you mis-spelled and are really located in Timbuktu in Mali, Africa

69charged · Oct 11, 2009

everything worked good for me. the only thing that i see is that i looked at other ads with pics and you cant get them very big to see a sled up close.
clarence

wrench2race · Oct 11, 2009

new swap meet

PLEASE!!!!..DO NOT turn swap meet into an ebay style auction. That is a radical change to us people who are just ordinary snowmobilers.

:

Nubulin · Oct 11, 2009

mrfixit said:
On the length of time remove the " no expiration " . It should be a 30 day max. add only. If people don't sell it in 30 days they can always use the relist option.

I TOTALLY AGREE on removing no expiration. We need to limit this. Maybe 45 to 60 days max.

I think this is a nice change albeit a bit rough around the edges compared to modern auction sites. The categories will need some work. adding a listing and using the drop down is goig to result in a lot of stuff in the wrong place. The old swap sucked huge, so this is already a lot better.

I would like to see brand specific parts. I have no interrest in Polaris, ski-doo, and Yamaha parts. The sellers are going to get better exposure by being more specific on brand/model and than by being more specific on actual part type. If you have an M series, you might buy extra parts you are not specifically looking for but happened upon in the swap, but not if it is for a different brand/model.

We for sure need to allow classified type ads, or auctions.

geetz-123 · Oct 11, 2009

Ebay Vs Snowest Forum How will the fee structure compare?

Love the concept.........Paypal offers great security.........But esculating fees for both Ebay and Paypal will be a deterent or a advantage to Snowest Swapmeet...........hopefully your fee structure will be competitive and stable.......You could give Ebay a run for their money........Nice Job keep on improving........Really enjoy the privilege of using Snowest......Thankyou!! Gary

Steve D · Oct 11, 2009

I like the potential here.

I can see the "no expiration" ads being good for advertisers to the site. Free ads ought to have an expiration of say 90 days.
Quantity option seems useless?
The text editor for the item description (TinyMCE) in default form like that is a huge mess of buttons. Most of which aren't needed. I'd suggest making it as close to the normal forum layout as possible, just to keep things simple.

BIGGDAWG · Oct 11, 2009

KillSwitchHitter said:
Nice update for swapmeet

Now the little things,

Dial-up beware? If they load all the possible pics.

Listing a ad, I would make it 4 steps by categorizing it in a step. then itemize.
I see a lot of newbs putting parts in the sled listings, I almost didn't scroll down.

Shipping, You have to list a price or it posts NONE, for most of the stuff sold here we either list it shipping included or depends on your location.

Shipping, a section for if your willing to ship to Canada or US or to Foreign soil .

You can only ad a Photo Bucket pic in the description?

Location Required, nice addition, but I can put timbuktoo in there and it accepts it.

Buy it now/pay now, automatically put quantity at 6

Item description default is Excellent?

KSH

i agree with all this especially the shipping has to be an option for calculation or contact for shipping.

BIGGDAWG · Oct 11, 2009

Steve D said:
I like the potential here.

I can see the "no expiration" ads being good for advertisers to the site. Free ads ought to have an expiration of say 90 days.

Quantity option seems useless?

The text editor for the item description (TinyMCE) in default form like that is a huge mess of buttons. Most of which aren't needed. I'd suggest making it as close to the normal forum layout as possible, just to keep things simple.

i second all of this also

Abominable · Oct 11, 2009

I don't see any way to edit an ad I placed, am I just overlooking it?

KSH · Oct 11, 2009

Abominable said:
I don't see any way to edit an ad I placed, am I just overlooking it?

Open ad then it's product options

SNOWEST FORUMS: All new SWAPMEET section.

Well-known member

ACCOUNT CLOSED

Well-known member

Steering Wheel Holder

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

SnoWest Paid Sponsor

Well-known member

Member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Steering Wheel Holder

Similar threads