New Classified Format !!!

[Stuart]

mrdemon said:

I have found an anoying bug


I don't use the "Browse makes and models" box as that just is anoying.

so at the top I use "Classifieds/Used cars/Audi/R8" to look for R8's

as an example once into R8's I some times loose the Audi Tag so have to all the way back to used cars and cannot get straight back into Audi.

Somewhere deep on the "things to do once we're live" list is "put a whacking great big button in so that you can start again if you get a bit lost"

[Switch]

Stuart said:

mrdemon said:

I have found an anoying bug


I don't use the "Browse makes and models" box as that just is anoying.

so at the top I use "Classifieds/Used cars/Audi/R8" to look for R8's

as an example once into R8's I some times loose the Audi Tag so have to all the way back to used cars and cannot get straight back into Audi.

Somewhere deep on the "things to do once we're live" list is "put a whacking great big button in so that you can start again if you get a bit lost"

Is that not what the Logo at the top does?

[mrdemon]

it's not about getting lost

it's about looking at a R8 model or a 911 model and not being able to get back into the list or make and you have to go all the way back to used cars then Audi then R8 again.

It's a bug because some times you can see the full path and go back 1 step, but some times you cannot.

[Stuart]

Switch said:

Is that not what the Logo at the top does?

Not explicity enough, no.

[Stuart]

mrdemon said:

it's not about getting lost

it's about looking at a R8 model or a 911 model and not being able to get back into the list or make and you have to go all the way back to used cars then Audi then R8 again.

It's a bug because some times you can see the full path and go back 1 step, but some times you cannot.

Yes, that's what I mean. The "breadcrumb path" isn't consistent or clear enough.

[MattDell]

mrdemon said:

as an example once into R8's I some times loose the Audi Tag so have to all the way back to used cars and cannot get straight back into Audi.

This is the bit you're talking about, right? You're saying sometimes Audi just isn't there? If that's the case could you link me to an ad that does this? Cheers.



-Matt

[miniman]

Odd little bug - MINI (i.e BMW Mini) seems to be treated in terms of sort order as an acronym - Mini Classic appears much further down the list of "M".

[bitwrx]

Stuart said:

bitwrx said:

Sorry to self-quote; thought it might help with context.

I just been on the new ad site to try and get some form of decent presentation back. I thought a foolproof way of viewing my old ad would be to type in the tinyurl I'd set up for it: www.tinyurl.com/miniforsale. The advert has been taken down, and a misleading message is displayed (saying I'm a dealer, and the stock is no longer available). I'm pretty annoyed about this because I have the link going into a few magazine ads this month.

When I went to update the text, I ended up being asked to pay a tenner for posting the ad. I would happily pay that, maybe more, for an advert that:

• Allowed me to use wiki-like formatting to enhance the presentation of the ad.
• Allowed me to link from the advert to a nice big gallery of pictures on my Picasa account.
• Had a URL that didn't change.

For me, all the features that made a PH ad better than any other ad site I know of, have been taken away. If anyone has knows where else I could post the ad that could get exposure to PH-type people, but has the features I've outlined above, I'm all ears. Shame the tedvertiser didn't work out.

You assume that all the HTML formatting makes a single jot of difference to people looking to buy your car, and we would contend that it doesn't. I'm not sure why you would try to login and go through all of this when you've already discovered that running html in copy isn't something we want in our ads, nor external links.

Both of those measures are purely to protect users from scam activity, and not punitive or aimed at antagonising you. However we aren't going to change this policy, so if this means that you decide not to advertise your car on PH, so be it.

Not even I would think that anything PH had done was to antagonise me...
Maybe I went over the top with the formatting on my original ad, but not even having bullet points? Surely there's nothing bad that can come of that?

I know links are generally undesirable in user-generated comment, but is there no way that some sites - like Picasa, Flickr etc - can be whitelisted to be linked from an ad? I for one would find it very useful. I know that the PH hamsters are much more numerous and better trained than they used to be, but you still don't want to overload them by serving a load of pictures you don't have to. Let the picture websites take the load...

PS - I will accept the new rules as a necessary evil when trying to get my car advertised to the right audience, but surely you can see it's a little galling to be charged a tenner for what I consider a lesser product than that which used to be available for free?

PPS - The old ad is probably a record in a database. The new ad is probably a record in a database. How much work would it have been/now be to link the two URLs?

[Stuart]

bitwrx said:

Not even I would think that anything PH had done was to antagonise me...
Maybe I went over the top with the formatting on my original ad, but not even having bullet points? Surely there's nothing bad that can come of that?

I know links are generally undesirable in user-generated comment, but is there no way that some sites - like Picasa, Flickr etc - can be whitelisted to be linked from an ad? I for one would find it very useful. I know that the PH hamsters are much more numerous and better trained than they used to be, but you still don't want to overload them by serving a load of pictures you don't have to. Let the picture websites take the load...

PS - I will accept the new rules as a necessary evil when trying to get my car advertised to the right audience, but surely you can see it's a little galling to be charged a tenner for what I consider a lesser product than that which used to be available for free?

PPS - The old ad is probably a record in a database. The new ad is probably a record in a database. How much work would it have been/now be to link the two URLs?

Thanks for the response.

We just don't think that pics embedded in body copy make for a nice experience. The new site gives you more images (12) at a bigger size, and we reckon that's enough to make the phone ring, which is really all that it needs to do.

Bullet points and limited formatting, yes perhaps we should look at that at some point in the future. Fair point.

Your old ad should have a link on it to the new site, if that's what you mean by the PPS?

[bitwrx]

Stuart said:

bitwrx said:

Not even I would think that anything PH had done was to antagonise me...
Maybe I went over the top with the formatting on my original ad, but not even having bullet points? Surely there's nothing bad that can come of that?

I know links are generally undesirable in user-generated comment, but is there no way that some sites - like Picasa, Flickr etc - can be whitelisted to be linked from an ad? I for one would find it very useful. I know that the PH hamsters are much more numerous and better trained than they used to be, but you still don't want to overload them by serving a load of pictures you don't have to. Let the picture websites take the load...

PS - I will accept the new rules as a necessary evil when trying to get my car advertised to the right audience, but surely you can see it's a little galling to be charged a tenner for what I consider a lesser product than that which used to be available for free?

PPS - The old ad is probably a record in a database. The new ad is probably a record in a database. How much work would it have been/now be to link the two URLs?

Thanks for the response.

We just don't think that pics embedded in body copy make for a nice experience. The new site gives you more images (12) at a bigger size, and we reckon that's enough to make the phone ring, which is really all that it needs to do.

Bullet points and limited formatting, yes perhaps we should look at that at some point in the future. Fair point.

Your old ad should have a link on it to the new site, if that's what you mean by the PPS?

Just came back to edit my post to say thanks, but you got here before me. The error message on the old ad has gone and my tinyurl is now working again. Yes that's what I meant by the PPS.

You're right about 12 being enough to make the phone ring. Look at it another way: on a site advertising niche cars, where people are deciding whether to travel potentially hundreds of miles to have a look, it might be desirable to have a load of detailed, hi-res pics showing every last detail before hopping in the car. The seller's word only goes so far.

Sorry if I put your back up yesterday. Snide comments about competitors aren't helpful. I was pretty hacked off about the old ad going dead... Smiling again now. Nearly.

[cuneus]

Bigger size - tick
Worse quality - tick



Pic on left from dealers site, right is PH new - image size same, file size identical

and yes the new PH is worse than old PH as well

[Stuart]

bitwrx said:

Smiling again now. Nearly.

That's good to hear

[Stuart]

cuneus said:

Bigger size - tick
Worse quality - tick



Pic on left from dealers site, right is PH new - image size same, file size identical

and yes the new PH is worse than old PH as well

Acknowledged, although I genuinely don't see it myself. I do however have crap eyes.

I think that Matt is looking at this. At least he acknowledged that it might need looking at elsewhere.

[carinaman]

Is it broken?

Everytime I click on an advert it gives me a serving suggestion of four other cars and gives me nothing about the car I am interested in.

Is it just me?

[Shaw Tarse]

carinaman said:

Is it broken?

Everytime I click on an advert it gives me a serving suggestion of four other cars and gives me nothing about the car I am interested in.

Is it just me?

Not just you http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Harvey Milne]

Something needs to be done about the image quality on the new Classified Format. The images are fuzzy and lacking detail compared with the quality on the old format. Please sort this out.

Does anyone else agree with me?

[miniman]

Harvey Milne said:

Something needs to be done about the image quality on the new Classified Format. The images are fuzzy and lacking detail compared with the quality on the old format. Please sort this out.

Does anyone else agree with me?

Very much so.

[Stuart]

Harvey Milne said:

Something needs to be done about the image quality on the new Classified Format. The images are fuzzy and lacking detail compared with the quality on the old format. Please sort this out.

Does anyone else agree with me?

It isn't something I can personally see, but you aren't the only one who has noted it and we do have it logged as a bug to be looked at.

[cuneus]

[RS500 Registrar]

Sadly i have now let all my trade adverts finish and will not be using this website anymore

I never thought i would say this but ebay is now the place to advertise

Pistonheads has taken away the ease of use for browsing and using it to advertise

The new system is far to complicated and the new look is no where near as nice as the old one

What a shame as i found it a great website to use or simply just browse for fun

Paul ( north yorkshire rs spares )