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August 2008 - Security Functions - In order
to keep up with the growing technologies, we will be spending many
programming hours this month and next month upgrading the security of our code/databases. No noticeable changes in appearance of your sites may be
noticed, but new security measures will be in place to better protect your site and our software against malicious intents.
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We have found a stable, effective alternative for the rotator script for
our Banners/Ad Zones plugin which will eliminate the issues with the clicking
sound in IE permanently as well as the browsers History being filled up with
each rotation (also an IE quirk).
The
downside for this new banner rotator script is all the clients who have chosen
to customize the Banners template in the Visual Settings --> Edit HTML
section will be adversely effected - Primarily, this is limited to those who
have changed their codes to display double images of the top/bottom banner
rotators. Applying a script to auto correct these customizations was not
possible. Anyone who has opted to customize their site in this manner
must follow
the simple instructions we have provided below or your
banner scripts will break when the new system is completely deployed (August 21st).
How the
system is currently working: We are keeping the old banner system working along
side the new one for the until Aug 21st, without modifying the banner template. This will give
the Admins who are using a customized banner template time to transition to the
new system rather than having it break immediately upon deployment of the new
system.
If you HAVE
NOT made any changes to your banners template and only one banner appears in the
top and bottom rotators you do not need to take any action and your
templates as well as all ad zone codes throughout your site will automatically be updated on Aug.21st to the new
system.
First, here is the code for people who HAVE NOT customized their banner templates
but want to try the new system this week (remember this is optional - if you do
not update your code manually, your site will remain on the old system for the
next week and will be updated automatically after that
time).
Here's the
code for "normal" single-banner folks:
<div
id="csys_ad_{$location}" style="width: 468px;
height: 70px"></div>
<script language="javascript"
type="text/javascript">
init_csys_ad('csys_ad_{$location}','{$location}');
</script>
That's
all you need. You can tweak the "width: ...px; height: ...px" part as needed to
customize the width/height of the banner region.
OK, so now
you want two banners? The code below if provided for those who have customized
their banners for double banners. You can do something like this to get the
banners to appear side-by-side:
<table
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="50%" align="center"><div id="csys_ad_{$location}_left"
style="width: 468px; height: 70px"></div></td>
<td
width="50%" align="center"><div id="csys_ad_{$location}_right"
style="width: 468px; height:
70px"></div></td>
</tr>
</table>
<script
language="javascript"
type="text/javascript">
init_csys_ad('csys_ad_{$location}_left','{$location}');
init_csys_ad('csys_ad_{$location}_right','{$location}');
</script>
Please keep
in mind, any changes made
to the Visual Settings --> Edit HTML section are not supported by our staff.
If you have banners displaying side by side, this is a customization that was
made to your Visual Settings --> Edit HTML section after your site was
originally constructed. If you still wish double banners and cannot get them to
display correctly according to our instructions above, you can open a help desk
ticket and request this customization be applied for you. A fee for
administrative time may apply.
We have
also made a few layout changes to both the user and admin Banner areas to help
clean it up and make it a bit more intuitive for users to add their banner
images. These same tab style additions will be implemented throughout all areas
of the control panel over the next several months in order to keep a clean,
consistent look to your sites administration.
July 2008 - Real Estate: Listings list page to be restructured so that it's a bit clearer, presents more relevant information, and looks a bit
nicer.
Interactive Map feature: All of the listings in the category will be plotted on an interactive Google
Map. Once the Google Map is displayed, you can click on any of the red markers
and the listing information will pop up in a bubble (the same info that's
displayed in the listings list). This also includes a link to view the full
listing, just like you'd have in the listings list.
Listing details page:
Spiffying up the layout a bit to make it cleaner and easier to read.
Also adding a tabset at the bottom to keep things neat and tidy. By
default it will show the Photos tab, but you can also select
Map/Satellite, which shows a satellite map of the area, as well as Get
Directions, Refer a Friend, and E-mail seller, each of which will be
moved into a tab instead of having it on a separate page.
User listings page: It
automatically inherits the new listings list format, and to that we'll
be adding a color-coded status text, as well as edit and delete links.
New renewal links will be placed for expired listings.
Admin listings page: Basically the same changes as the user listings page.
Real estate admin settings page:
New option here which allows the admin to prevent users from creating
listings. This hides the real estate icon and blocks access to the
plugin for users if this option is enabled. This makes our software
more friendly for Realtors which allows their listings to be
exclusively placed on the site and no one else can list.
Google Maps API key setting: Google Maps API requires that each domain have its own API key. It's free and
very easy to get your own key (just visit http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html,
tick the box, and enter your web site URL, and it spits out a key for your
domain). All Admins will need to do
that, copy the key, and paste it into their settings (also available under the General Settings icon) in
the "Google Maps API Key" field) in order to enable the fancy new mapping
features. If this is not done, the "Interactive Map" feature (which plots
multiple listings on the map) will not show up, and the "Map/Satellite" tab will
only show a simplified Google Map. Visual settings fonts and colors page:
New "Headings" style which controls the appearance of the headings on
the listings list and listings details pages (currently will only
support real estate plugin, but other plugins will be adapting this
feature as well as other aspects in the near future). Allows you
greater control of the listings pages color scheme and style to make it
better fit the overall look of your personal sites. User MLS Import option: This is only
enabled for accounts who have paid for Unlimited listings. If they do not
already have an Unlimited Listings option enabled, the tab instead reads
'Purchase Unlimited listings'. Please see the Real Estate
chapter of our online guide for details about this new feature and its
limitations.
May 2008 - Forum Enhancements:
Replaced the new thread and reply text links with buttons to help them stand out
more.
Display the New Post buttons if the user is not logged in and when clicked, it
will ask them to please login first to create a new post.
Added a 'subscribe to this thread' option to allow for email notifications when new posts to the thread are added.
- New Themes:
Several new themes from which you can choose for your site with a
fresh, modern look. See a few examples below. These layouts offered in
several color schemes.
April 2008 - New NEWSLETTER Themes: A couple fresh looks for your newsletter plugin! Also the source code for the newsletter theme is available as a courtesy for advanced Admin's with HTML experience and who are confident of their skills to modify the existing code without error. Changes to this area are not supported by our staff, so please take care when editing.
 New Hosting cPanel Theme: The x3 theme is the new front end look to cPanel 11, which we are now running on
all our servers. The x3 theme is a complete and total redesign,
including new features, a new look, and a simple interface for new users. The creators of cPanel will be will be removing support for the old theme shortly.
If you encounter a "Getting Started Wizard", you can click the [No, I'm
fine thanks] button to dismiss it and also click the "Don't show this
again" to make it never come back.
If you have bookmarked any areas from the old cPanel theme, the links will no longer work. You will need to use www.yourdomain.com/cpanel in order to login and create new bookmarks with updated urls which use the new theme.
Also, please note that all sections of the cPanel each come with its own built in video tutorials. If you need help learning what a certain feature/function is for, simply view the tutorial to learn what that area is all about. However, not all cPanel features are supported on our servers, so some videos may be viewed for features we do not offer. Also, many cPanel features are for users with advanced knowledge and should not be used if you do not fully understand their function.
- New Themes:
Several new themes from which you can choose for your site with a
fresh, modern look. See a few examples below. These layouts offered in
several color schemes.
  March 2008 - New Themes:
Several new themes from which you can choose for your site with a fresh, modern look. See a few examples below. This layout offered in several color schemes. Get this theme customized with the color scheme of your
choice and any image you want - just $39. Open a help desk ticket for
details and to get yours customized today!
Polls: Display
message that vote has already been recorded, IP and date if user already voted
just like currently in the Photo Polls.
Polls: Record
Poll votes for admin to review just like currently in the Photo
Polls.
Who's Online: To be available in a
block.
Classifieds: Thumbnail image support added to
classifieds list page.
Newsletter: To be able to
customize to the subscription form page,
the submission confirmation page (below the current message which displays
there) as well as the activation success message after they have confirmed their
subscription via the email link.
Newsletter:
Ability to change the template for newsletter and a couple new newsletter
templates - trying to give this area a more polished appearance.
February 2008
- Addition of a new server: Many programming hours are used this month on the addition of another server for the system. Also many optimizations are being made to the core file system in order to speed the software performance and allow for greater stability and security.
- New Themes: Several new themes from which you can choose for your site - Web2.0 Style. See a few examples below. This layout offered in many different color schemes and styles. Get this theme customized with the color scheme of your choice and any image you want - just $39. Open a help desk ticket for details and to get yours customized today!
- New Themes: Several new themes from which you can choose for your site - Web2.0 Style. See a few examples below. This layout offered in many different color schemes. Get this theme customized with the color scheme of your choice and any image you want - just $39. Open a help desk ticket for details and to get yours customized today!
- Discontinuing tired, out-dated themes: Many of our older, un-used themes are being retired this month to make room for new, fresh. professional styles. Don't worry! If you are using a particular theme, it will not disappear! Only select unused, dusty themes are being removed.
January 2008
- New Themes: Several new themes from which you can choose for your site - Web2.0 Style. See a few examples below. This layout offered in several different color scheme. May require slimmer content placed in the center panel in order for template to fit comfortably in smaller monitor resolutions - this is due to the necessary padding required for a rounded block effect.
December 2007
- Auto Sales: Add field for website link
- CAPTCHA support to form plugin which admin's can enable on a 'per form' basis.
- Invoices: Allow the admin to edit an basic aspects invoice. Pretty much just to manipulate the prices and item description....
- Shopping Cart: The shopping cart to have an option for an item to be made inactive - when the seller has run out of stock.
- Newsletter:
Active accounts - divided into 15 per page.
Make a confirm warning when clicking the delete link for any contact before deleting.
Add a search function for admin so he can easily find a subscriber if needed.
Moved these options to the top of the page:
Add Newsletter Contact | Send Newsletter | Return
Added 'Archived Newsletters' link to the menu shown above:
Add Newsletter Contact | Send Newsletter | Archived Newsletters | Return
- Site Map plugin: Pretty plain right now - the pages have no hierarchy (eg: there is no such thing as "sub-pages") so we can't logically group them, nor do the individual pages have any kind of description associated with them, so we can't provide any information about each page. So essentially what you have is a big list of page titles. As always, we are willing to take improvement suggestions from admins, so perhaps over time this area can get ordered properly and allow admins to section them out easily.
November 2007
- Business Directory: Ability to limit the character allowed in the description field on a package level.
- Business Directory: Option to embed YouTube video in business listing.
- Business Directory: Ability to control the number of photos at the package level.
October 2007
- New Themes: 10 new themes from which you can choose for your site. See a few examples below. These themes use a very large background image on the whole page and the blocks and center panels can be set to transparent to allow the background to be viewed through them.
September 2007
- Security Functions - In order to keep up with the growing technologies, we will be spending many programming hours this month upgrading the security of our code / databases. No noticeable changes in appearance of your sites may be noticed, but new security measures will be in place.
- Invoices: Print this Invoice option for Users.
- Invoices: limit the admin Invoices list to 15 per page to allow for faster loading and easier viewing.
- Invoices: A search function on the admin side for invoices to allow for ease of locating a necessary invoice.
- System Log: A search function to allow for ease of locating a necessary log.
- Ad Zones: A way for admin's to add 'credits' to the ad zones for individual users. This is done under the User Profile (Users icon in Admin Control Panel).
- Ad Zones: Allow admin to specify price when creating ad zone. This saves a couple steps.
- Ad Zones: Description field added for use to better clarify for a user where the ad can be found on your site.
- Banners / Ad Zones: Cleaned up the Order Banner Credits section to assist in streamlining order placement.
- Business Card Billboard - How to make one!
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