Minor Fixes and List Sorting

27Aug08

Found and corrected a bug in the search results page where the pager at the bottom uses the incorrect set of links. The site doesn’t have a lot of data right now that’s why it didn’t get spotted.
Other than the bug fix, a sorter drop down list has been added to the catalog and search [...]

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Tags: bugfix, list sort, new feature

Bump Your Old Items Up!

26Aug08

Just rolled out a new feature that lets item owners “bump” their items up to make them visible on the front page of the website again.
Compared to other implementations from other classifieds websites, our approach discourages item owners from spamming their item’s inquiry board with *bump* or *up* messages. Doing those things won’t bubble up [...]

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Tags: item bump, item up, new feature, upperz

Image Attachments and New Categories

23Aug08

Out of the list of requested features that we got from veteran sellers of other gadget trading community sites, two of the most requested – and we think are big wins – are:

Image Attachments
Additional Categories

When posting an item, we’re now letting you attach up to 4 images for your item. For now, we’re limiting the [...]

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Tags: categories, image upload, updates

Cloud Computing for Web Startups

20Aug08

Years ago, online storage, CPU time and bandwidth are usually the top three things that stop would-be web entrepreneurs from launching their online projects. Not unless they have enough capital to fund these expensive requirements. As years went by, hardware got cheaper and so did the cost of bandwidth. Now, big and new companies setup free services that let you offload some of the bandwidth and computing power your website needs to them. I think they call this cloud computing – using the internet as your infrastructure and as your OS.

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Tags: bandwidth, cloud computing, hosted services, start up, web2.0

ComputersMuna.com Soft Launch

20Aug08

Last night, we just finished setting up the system completely. All the necessary features for a classifieds website are working (hopefully). All we need now is some PR goodness and I think we’re set.
Here’s a rundown list of features that ComputersMuna.com has:

Add, Edit, Remove, Activate, Deactivate items in your inventory
Items added stay online for 14 [...]

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