eBid Widgets

It’s useful to know if a site is being regularly updated and maintained, so I’ve done a quick round-up of all announced alterations (excluding the Ninja Lister which has it’s own list) and here’s the list for 2010:

BUGFIX - International shipping details missing from sale notification email

BUGFIX - Top buttons mis-directing on nl.ebid.net

BUGFIX - left and right cursor keys not working on pages with scrolling galleries

BUGFIX - some english spelling creeping into non-english sites

BUGFIX - edited shipping info was still showing cached results

BUGFIX - back link on editing error was changing radio button choices

BUGFIX - eBid Store description hitting character limit incorrectly

BUGFIX - search boxes on frontpage slides showing incorrect result pages

BUGFIX - password reminder page wrong layout

BUGFIX - some page titles irrelevant to content

BUGFIX - wrong text on eBid Store navigation boxes

BUGFIX - “General” folder name translated to all languages

BUGFIX - Blackball bid removal now resets BuyNow option also if applicable

BUGFIX - Missing shipping costs on some USPS invoices

BUGFIX - Missing BuyNow cost on repost form

BUGFIX - Bulk Edit - Min. Feedback to BuyNow not being changed

UPDATE - Lost passwords now reset not sent in plain text for better security

UPDATE - Auctions I’m Running and Auctions I Ran pages quantities not informative enough

UPDATE - Offer details added to My Subscription pages

UPDATE - Multiple bounces now required for new email request

NEW - dk.ebid.net updated to Danish

NEW - Ninja Lister v0.9 beta downloadable

BUGFIX - Green tick showing after editing quantities

UPDATE - Ninja Lister v0.91 beta downloadable

BUGFIX - Incorrect Seller+ costs showing on ZA site

BUGFIX - USPS Priorty Mail error when uploading using NL

UPDATE - Zip file photos uploaded in order of filename

UPDATE - Ninja Lister v0.93 beta downloadable

UPDATE - Ninja Lister v0.94 beta downloadable

UPDATE - Ninja Lister v0.95 beta downloadable

UPDATE - Ninja Lister v0.95.5 beta downloadable. Install whilst NL is not running.

UPDATE - Ninja Lister v0.95.7 beta downloadable.

BUGFIX - Problem with updating email address in My Personal Details

BUGFIX - LOgout message now shows on My Gallery Popup when listing and log out occurs

UPDATE - Start Bid and BuyNow prices added to Watch List emails

UPDATE - Added Fedex Shipping facilities to eBid Spreadsheet > US Shipping

BUGFIX - Auctions being edited to “Featured” being changed back too early

UDPATE - My Default sets sorted alphabetically in dropdowns

UPDATE - Added cnofirmation popups to individual Delete/Close links on Auctions Im Running page

UPDATE - Added “Condition” option to My Bulk Edit

UPDATE - Added SKU info on Auctions I Ran pages

UDPATE - Added confirmation popup on contact us form to stop bad email addresses coming to us and hence no way to reply to ticket

UPDATE - Australian Shipping Methods updated

UPDATE - Canadian Shipping Methods updated

UPDATE - eBid Store urls changes to http://store-title.ebid.net

UPDATE - Individual auction page URLs chagned to include keywords

UPDATE - Users with bad email addresses still receiving emails from meetup

UPDATE - Individual auction page META KEYWORDS changed to be more relevant

NEW - Added recent anwers to Q&A Duty section

UPDATE - SEO URL improvements for category browse pages

BUGFIX - My Bulk Edit wrong count showing in buckets

BUGFIX - My Fees text not visible on Invoice entry rows

BUGFIX - Tidied up some category names for SEO purposes

BUGFIX - Q&A Recent Answers not showing correctly

BUGFIX - Logout link not working correctly from some pages in IE8

UPDATE - Added explanation to Ninja Lister emails if user is not Seller+ Lifetime

UPDATE - Stopped Google uploads being marked as Adult if eBid Store has adult items in it

NEW - Added next page URL simplification for category pages

NEW - Added http://uk.ebid.net/sell/ http://uk.ebid.net/buy/ links

BUGFIX - Recent Answers list was still not 100%

BUGFIX - Export Listings function not working correctly in some cases

BUGFIX - US Calculated Shipping options not showing with cheapest first

BUGFIX - HTML tags appearing in RSS feeds

UPDATE - Message when banned from forums due to bouncing emails a little harsh

NEW - Added Print Invoice option to AAL

NEW - Launched our new search technology, shouldn’t be noticable to the human eye but loads changed behind the scenes

BUGFIX - Printable invoice showing incorrect shipping messages

BUGFIX - Cateory counts in eBid Stores showing as zero

BUGFIX - Genre and Format dropdowns not working for Pre-Filled Info > Books in some cases

BUGFIX - Few more discrepancies with our new search system, counts and missing items

UPDATE - Added auction count to user auctions results page

BUGFIX - Photos not being reposted correctly

BUGFIX - eBid Stores page showing “login now” message even when logged in

UPDATE - Added confrm message to Auctions I’m Running delete and close checkboxes

UPDATE - Increased maximum description length from 40k

BUGFIX - NL intl shipping not allowing more than one option

BUGFIX - IT intl shipping not allowing more than one option

BUGFIX - My Bulk Edit not adding all possible auction to bucket

BUGFIX - US Shipping calculator throwing up server errors on rare occasions

UPDATE - Added “All Folder” options to My Gallery for searching and sorting

BUGFIX - Some usernames missing Store tag

UPDATE - Multiple items auctions are no longer closed if auto-reposts remain and any purchases were made via BuyNow. Auto-reposts will be continued.

UPDATE - Slimmed down Printable Invoice to allow more rows per page

UPDATE - Made usernames clickable on Q&A responses

UPDATE - Added worldwide total count of individual auctions to www.ebid.net frontpage

UPDATE - Added links to auctions listed in successful bulk upload logs

UPDATE - Removed “Notes to Buyer” text on invoices if none present

UPDATE - Removed some english text still appearing on non-english sites

UPDATE - Allowed answers to be added directly to Q&A text area on auction page if only a single answer is due

BUGFIX - Shipping costs not changing on screen on invoices when dropdown box is changed

UPDATE - Added links to share auctions on FB, Twitter and Digg

UPDATE - Added option to update a Standard auction to Platinum to AAL Status message where relevant

UPDATE - Increased eBid Store count update frequency to 4hrs from 12hrs

BUGFIX - New Twitter buttons were causing security warnings on https pages

BUGFIX - eBid Spreadsheet upload showed temporary error after upload and before auction check sequence for large files

BUGFIX - Feedback Duty counts out of sync on rare occassions

BUGFIX - Some Platinum auctions were being limited to 1 photo

UPDATE - Removed loophole of downgradeable auctions after bids have been made

UPDATE - Added larger Pay Me buttons to invoices and moved nearer the top

UPDATE - Hid Pay Me buttons on invoices until they are available to be clicked to avoid confusion

UPDATE - Added check when adding feedback text that a radio button has not been left on “Do Not Add Feedback” by mistake

UDPATE - Added new clickable payment method buttons on auction pages

UPDATE - Removed “Mark As Shipped” from buyers AAL dropdown

UPDATE - If Buyer marks AAL as payment sent a half/half icon will show until sellers marks as payment received

UPDATE -Added buttons to Auction Status section instead of text links to pay

UPDATE - If user wishes to upgrade to SELLER+ LIFETIME and they have zero due because of accumulated payments then they were will be asked to verify card instead of being sent to PayPal

BUGFIX - Listing Similar a Platinum auction and changing to Standard still had BuyNow element remaining

BUGFIX - Users able to upgrade to SELLER+ LIFETIME for zero now send to credit/debit card form instead of PayPal

NEW - Added the first HTVs to Help section

BUGFIX - Removed message to add a BuyNow price when it is not possible to

UPDATE - Added “Reason” field to Blackball function

UPDATE - Removed pagination when not required

UPDATE - Added more Google Checkout user field checks when listing auction

UPDATE - Added category list to frontpage “Buy” link

BUGFIX - Previously large photos on frontpage carousel were clicking thru to a new page instead of simply scrolling to center

BUGFIX - Exporting failed auctions of NL uploads were causing server error

UPDATE - Ninja Lister available to all sellers

UPDATE - Added “no photo” icon to top left area of auction pages without photos instead of white blank space

UPDATE - “My eBid” header dropdown changed to text links

BUGFIX - newly created My Defaults were disappearing

UPDATE - All GOLD users upgraded for free to SELLER+ LIFETIME… Thankyou.

BUGFIX - My Defaults “Start” option not being remembered

UPDATE - Added Youtube video ID to exporting and bulk uploading

UPDATE - Added larger camera icon on showroom listings

UPDATE - Added empty username and password check to login form

UPDATE - Added check to NOT allow all uppercase usernames and eBid Store titles

UPDATE - Added check when deleting My Default sets

NEW - Added country flags to logos

NEW - Added continental sites to allow buyers to purchase from around the world

NEW - Added location/distance searching for US and UK

NEW - Upgraded all GOLD users to SELLER+

NEW - Countries where Calculated Shipping is available can choose where shipping should be calculated from in My Defaults

NEW - Added Search and Sort options to Auctions I Ran

BUFIX - Our forum software has been upgraded today to a current version that fixes some security flaws that we have been notified of. As you can see there are some drastic changes that we will fine tune in the coming days instead of keeping the forums offline for longer.

UPDATE - Forum Closing Auctions added Popular and New

UPDATE - New large photos will be 600x600 instead of 500x500

UPDATE - Sellers could not watch their own auctions

BUGFIX - Continents removed from Advanced Search

NEW - Webcam facility added to My All About Me

NEW - Ghost categories. Sometimes a category can be placed in more than one parent category. We can now add Ghost categories that will appear in the subcategory list of a parent it doesn’t belong to. Eg. Home > Pets > Horse Riding is a ghost pointing to the true category Sports > Horse Riding

UPDATE - Invoice re-sends now count towards the 2 payment reminders required

UPDATE - Most populated category automatically expanded in left column on search results page

UPDATE - “Other” subcategories moved to end of list

UPDATE - Users with incorrect clock settings on their computer should be able to login correctly now

UPDATE - Added shipping method to printed invoices

UPDATE - Category browse pages added vertical breadcrumb to left column

BUGFIX - Showroom view multiple pictures were upscaling small instead of showing medium size versions

BUGFIX - Some pages not showing user as logged in

BUGFIX - DE spreadsheet bulk upload not submitting every time

BUGFIX - Shipping destinations being forgotten on auction pages when refreshed

NEW - US located items uploaded to thefind.com

NEW - Added “Back to Search Results” link to each auction page

UPDATE - Category and subcategory browse pages can now be filtered without a keyword

UPDATE - Added My Watchlist - Auction Auto-Reposted to My Emails

UPDATE - My Invoices pay buttons moved to most recent row

UPDATE - My Invoices pay buttons not shown if under minimum amount £0.40 or equivalent in local currency

UPDATE - Added link from My Fees > My Statement > invoice entry row to My Fees > My eBid Invoices page

BUGFIX - Google Shopping links linking to random eBid country sites

BUGFIX - Removed Social network buttons from pages behind a My eBid login

BUGFIX - Edited eBid Store categories not showing in correct order

BUGFIX - Fedex package type not showing correctly when editing

BUGFIX - Social Network buttons missing from some pages when logged in

UPDATE - Added clearer messages for credit card errors

UPDATE - Added warning message to BuyNow button for users who have already purchased the item

UPDATE - Added requirement of at least one payment option per auction

UPDATE - Business address map not showing on All About Page

UPDATE - Added PayPal link to transaction details for AAL payment entries

UPDATE - Added currency conversions to AAL checkout forms

UPDATE - Added “Continue Shopping” links to BuyNow confirmation page

BUGFIX - Zip/post code box being populated on Advanced Search form incorrectly

UPDATE - Added daily currency exchange rate updates

UDPATE - My Fees > My Invoices simplified with more narration and links to paypal transactions

UPDATE - Items with Free Shipping will be shown as such on Google Shopping

UPDATE - Added facility to Delete All photos from a folder in My Gallery

UPDATE - Added checks for all uppercase eBid usersnames and eBid Store titles to allow for Google uploads to process

UPDATE - Added automatic daylight saving changes for all countries

BUGFIX - Sorting by price not showing in correct order when currency exchange required

BUGFIX - Country name showing in english on non-english registration pages

BUGFIX - Run Until Sold items were being missed out when closing out of date auctions

BUGFIX - Starting Bid field dupilcated on edit form

BUGFIX - Extra Category not showing correctly

BUGFIX - Shipping and Total amounts not showing correctly on PayPal and PPPay checkouts on continental sites

BUGFIX - “Log in for Status” link on auction pages not redirecting back to auction page

UPDATE - Run Until Sold items not being removed after 365 days

UPDATE - OFB and RUS items being removed after 365 days if seller has not logged in for lengthy period of time

BUGFIX - Added Folder filter to My Gallery overlay on listing form

UDPATE - Added Buddy Point balance to bid form on Buddy Auctions

UPDATE - Added link to all users auctions on “More by this Seller” module

UPDATE - Google Checkout payment failure now marks as unpaid in AAL

UPDATE - Adde “Save for Later” button to listing form to save auction data to My Defaults

BUGFIX - Shipping details when creating invoices for continental buyers

UPDATE - Removed eBid watermark from small and medium version of photos to improve visibility. Watermark remains on large photos.

BUGFIX - Switching to Gallery or Showroom view when a non a-z character is searched for shows zero results

BUGFIX - Close Auction search not working correctly in some advanced search forms

UPDATE - Pre filled information / barcode system incorporated into main form to promote it’s use more due to Google Shopping requirements

UPDATE - Added link to HTV page on each FAQ

UPDATE - Changed decimal point character and location of currency sign on some sites

UPDATE - Report Auctions options listed alphabetically

UPDATE - Improved help icon text for shipping options on listing form

UPDATE - Added more obvious links to shipping calculators

UPDATE - Added ISBN/UPC/EAN checks when listing

UDPATE - Added details of up to 100 auctions on mass closing/reposting email

UPDATE - Added Category & Store filters to “Auctions I Ran”

UPDATE - Disabled submit buttons on listing form once clicked to stop double submissions

UPDATE - Tidied up Showroom view gaps

UPDATE - Updated per row error messages for NL & Spreadsheet uploads

UPDATE - Added more inline checks when listing. eg. missing Gallery image, missing price etc

UPDATE - Changed submit button colours and moved Preview button to the right on listing form

BUGFIX - Auction counts showing incorrectly

BUGFIX - Auction ID searching in eBid Stores not working

BUGFIX - My Favourite Searches problems with quotes

BUGFIX - User told they were on hold if they validated account twice

BUGFIX - Hitting “Preview” on listing form too early causes shipping field errors

BUGFIX - Fixed another bug with category counts

NEW - Sitemaps for each eBid site uploaded to Google to enable more comprehensive standard search result spidering

BUGFIX - Javascript error appearing on www homepage

BUGFIX - Preview button on listing form causing JS error on rare occasions and nothing is submitted

BUGFIX - Main image not being uploaded to Google Shopping

BUGFIX - Asking for Price field when Closing auction via edit form

BUGFIX - Bulk Upload message asking to launch items when none have passed tests

BUGFIX - Bulk Edit replace form out of alignment

BUGFIX - eBid Fees Invoices showing as overdue too early

UPDATE - Increased site width for larger screens

UPDATE - Added Brand field to My Bulk Edit

UPDATE - Added SKU field to My Bulk Edit

UPDATE - Added SKU field to Auctions I’m Running search

UPDATE - Added SKU field to Auctions I Ran search

UPDATE - Added Title & Description to Auctions I’m Running search

UPDATE - Added Title & Description to Auctions I Ran search

UPDATE - Added facility to upload eBid Spreadsheets with images all within a zip file

UPDATE - Allowing special characters into passwords

NEW - Added eBid Hong Kong

UPDATE - Added US$ clairification on HK site

UPDATE - Enlarged top photos on wide site auction pages

BUGFIX - Fixed messages on zero result searches @ Auctions I’m Running

BUGFIX - Fixed IE7 Forum posting form page

BUGFIX - Auctions not being found by Bulk Edit search when ebid store category chosen

BUGFIX - Pre-filled info .. photos not being found correctly

BUGFIX - eBid Store category counts not correct in left column

BUGFIX - Error message simplified when session timeout occurs during bulk upload

BUGFIX - Changing zip code on invoice creation not changing shipping amounts

BUGFIX - Auction editor not changing on demand IE7 in edit mode

BUGFIX - Fixed width of Plain HTML Box in edit mode

BUGFIX - Data Transfer Error for Item with calculated domestic shipping and flat international

BUGFIX - Calculated shipping errors for sellers with long US zips

BUGFIX - Shipping data not being saved to My Defaults in some cases

BUGFIX - Calculated Shipping - FedEx packaging choice showing for 2 UPS options

BUGFIX - AAL icons showing incorrectly on Add Feedback page in some situations

BUGFIX - Multiple emails being sent for successful sales on some occassions

BUGFIX - Brand disappearing from relisting form

BUGFIX - Extra Category box causing error when editing auctions

BUGFIX - Close button wasn’t showing on edit form page when a BuyNow had taken place

UPDATE - Added “add” command to My Bulk Uploads

UPDATE - Added “overwrite” command to My Bulk Uploads

UPDATE - Added “close” command to My Bulk Uploads

UPDATE - Added “delete” command to My Bulk Uploads

UPDATE - UK items now uploaded to thefind.com

UPDATE - Added package weight to calculated shipping prices

UPDATE - My Auction Defaults titles used instead of dates

UPDATE - My Bulk Edit limited to 200k items per search

UPDATE - Added more checks to stop closed items getting stuck

UPDATE - eBid Spreadsheet & Ninja files with missing FedEx package types now defaulting to YOUR_PACKAGING instead of error message

UPDATE - Link added to buyers finalised invoice view to “Go Back and Edit Shipping”

UPDATE - Automatically showing calculated shipping on auction page without having to hit calculate

UPDATE - Added Feedback link tabs to feedback add confirmation page

UPDATE - Added Stage One (File Check) info to My Bulk Upload Launching pages

UPDATE - Updated sale notification email subjects

NEW - Added category choices and formatting options to My Notices

NEW - Added multiple item shipping costs for Calculated Domestic Shipping. Flat Rate coming soon.

NEW - Added multiple item shipping costs for Calculated International Shipping. Flat Rate coming soon.

BUGFIX - Quantity showing incorrectly on auction preview page

BUGFIX - Seller location showing by default on invoice create page instead of buyer

BUGFIX - Zip code box not showing on mulitple auction invoice if one or more auctions had calculated shipping

BUGFIX - Google Checkout missing shipping amounts in some situations

BUGFIX - Feedback could be duplicated in very rare situations

BUGFIX - Decimal quantities were being let through when buying

UPDATE - Added BuyNow and Bid boxes for Holiday auctions to make situation clearer

UPDATE - Allow bulk upload images produced by scripts eg. they don’t have .jpg or similar file extensions

UPDATE - Bulk upload rewritten to increase CHECK speed for items with remote images by 20x

UPDATE - Bulk upload rewritten to increase LAUNCH speed for items with remote images by 10x

UPDATE - Bulk upload of zips containing physical images sped up

UPDATE - Added text to My Gallery pages explaining the lifecycle of an uploaded photo

UPDATE - Tidied up some Bulk Upload error messages

UDPATE - New uploaded images will be hosted in the cloud to alleviate problem of low disk space on our hardware

BUGFIX - SELLER eBidders unable to list new auction on rare occasions

BUGFIX - Camera icon on Auctions I Ran list not showing image correctly

BUGFIX - Popular Auctions on frontpage could miss qualifying items