New Auction software - Please post comments / questions / problems here

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Think this is a vast improvement and even worked for me first time 

My only comment is the auction button colour, could be just my eyes but colour does not stand out..........could it be red? Nice and bright and of course the spelling 

great 

Yeap Steve changed it to burgundy  colour but we can change to another what do ya fink? yellow?
yes lol will get the spellking right lol steve's as bad as me at speelling 

I like red lol but yellow would also stand out 

[Tan]

We are working on the close of the auction system and will have a practice close on Sunday 8pm to match the countdown clock on the test suction running at the mo.

Gosh I's only a week on Sunday it starts 

You should see the ?220 worth item we have from the wonderful  Katkabin peeps    It's totally unique, one of it's kind, never to be made again and we got it for our auction 
Thanks Sally at KatKabin and her new rescue babes 

[Tan]

Gilly is the way it's brought into the forum ok do you fink?

At the mo it adds a post into the thread "new Auction Items (read only) topic for every new item added.
Each post under this will show the new item and a picture of it with a link to go to that item.

In your unread posts link - it will show the topic title ie "New Auction item (read only)" when a new item has been added so like the other threads you would need to click the link to see the new items listed in the posts under that thread.

What we are trying to do and it's not easy but will try is to have the name of the new item in the unread post link  so people can see what new items are put up without having to go into the thread to view the posts.
But as ya know to change a thread title you need to change the last post title and then the 1st post title to save the new title. we can do the last post one but looking into also then how to automatically changer the 1st one.

question is do you fink that having a thread with with same title with all the new auctions items in each post under that thread is good enough

or we need to get the thread changed with the auction item title in it.

ie
previous years we have each auction item in it's own thread  so when you looked in unread items the thread title would be there so you could see the name of the item in your unread link. This i fink gave a bit of advertising on the forum say if a catflap was listed then someone who maybe didn't go into the auction would see their unread link the actual name of the catflap!

[Tan]

Think this is a vast improvement and even worked for me first time 

My only comment is the auction button colour, could be just my eyes but colour does not stand out..........could it be red? Nice and bright and of course the spelling 

great 

Yeap Steve changed it to burgundy  colour but we can change to another what do ya fink? yellow?
yes lol will get the spellking right lol steve's as bad as me at speelling 

[Tan]

Am loving the new layout and bidding system though - love that you can click to see all of your bids and get a bid status.  So simple even I can use it... 

    great 

I am not sure it's a good idea to have a total of what your winning items are   

[Tan]

great work - the purple button says AUTION instead of AUCTION still!

lol forgot this one!  put on our list now

yas knows what i be likes foe speeelinnng!! 
 

[Tan]

Like the main page, much better and I've placed a bid and made a comment on an item and it's a lot better too.

Good job done.

Mary

Great thanks     

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Think this is a vast improvement and even worked for me first time 

My only comment is the auction button colour, could be just my eyes but colour does not stand out..........could it be red? Nice and bright and of course the spelling 

[Sue P (Paddysmum)]

Am loving the new layout and bidding system though - love that you can click to see all of your bids and get a bid status.  So simple even I can use it... 

[souffle]

great work - the purple button says AUTION instead of AUCTION still!

[maryas]

Like the main page, much better and I've placed a bid and made a comment on an item and it's a lot better too.

Good job done.

Mary

[Tan]

Update 2 Auction software changes done

Biggest change is the simpler Auction item page layout where you now have a redesigned page so comments are moved up the page to see easier and only one button to click to bid and if wanted to a comment.
The place bid button now will post your bid and the comment if you wrote one at the same time.  You can enter the bid only then click the place bid button
or enter a bid then post in the comments box and click place bid
(as a rule with all our auctions ya cant post a comment only without a bid  )

So to bid it's quicker:-
1 - click on the item on the main page
2- enter bid in the number box (and comment if you want in the text box)
3- click place bid button

Ok we have also adjusted with the wonderful following suggestions made 

1 Suggestion- Cant see new auction items in the main forum
- almost completed - Now we have a view only thread under the auction section of the forum called new Auction items which will post once when a new auction item is added in the auction software. There will be one post in that thread for each new item with a small picture and the title of the item only and a link to take you to that item's page in the auction.
These posts will be listed in your unread posts links at the top of the page, once read it will disappear from this list as usual like the other posts. (We are still working on changing the title to incl the new item title as well)

2 Suggestion- Make top menu Auction button different colour to stand out
- Fixed

3 Suggestion-  Cant bid on own items
- Fixed, you can now bid on your own item

4 Suggestion- Cant see which bid relates to which comment
- Fixed, Bided amount is now also in the comment post box. (We need to add pence amount -on our to do list ) You can also see a full list of bidding history by clicking on the no of bids text in the item page.

5 Suggestion- Staring price is not forced
- Fixed, Now you can force a starting price when adding an item, no bids under that price will be allowed.

6 Suggestion-  Search box cant search 3 letters
- Fixed, now you can enter 3 letters to higher to search.

7. We have also added in the My Bids tab a total of your winning bids at any time. So you can see the total as you bid and win or get outbid. This will help you keep an eye on ya spending

8 we have set a file size per picture to 350kb same as the forum so all pics need to be that or under . Sadly we do have to set a min file size due to space used on the server.


 Please could you again have a go at adding items and bidding  so we can make sure it's all working as it should for all browsers
Please note that old auction items added before the update will not be adjusted with all the updates as they have already been listed.

and post ere with any comments, not likes, likes any probs etc   all is gratefully received 

We do have a couple of things to change and that is to have the item title in the forum topic posts and to add pence on the comment section member bid amount  this effects view only .

Thanks everyone soooo much

 

[Tan]

I can bid now but the pics are missing!

yes we are still working on it today as the live server in USA is differnt to our home server we build the software on so we need to make the chages while on the live server.

Bear with us

will post here when version 2 is ready

[Rosella moggy]

I think Tan and Chappie are still playing with software 

[souffle]

I can bid now but the pics are missing!

[pappilon]

Its working, I can bid now

[Tan]

OK we have uploaded number 2 update of the software but we still need to adjust a few things (like pics etc) on the live server which we will do morrow and will let ya know after I have gone through it

xxxx

[Gail Bengal Slave]

Need to go find the test site and have a practise. Also need to get my items photographed 

[Sue P (Paddysmum)]

Tan   

[Tan]

Things are happening behind with the auction software, just had to take a break from it over the weekend as Steve has work for an office with their pc's which had to be done over the weekend so will get back to it in the week and upload the much improved software 

[Tan]

I have a new version of chrome on my new computer and I managed to bid on that but I can't bid on my old one. It just does nothing when I hit the bid button.
Managed to upload pics on the old one but not the new one!!! 
Is there a size limit on the pics you can upload?

It's down to the differnt versions of crome handling the Java script software language. We are adjusting

Browsers IE and Firefox  Verizons are handing the script better

Yes we have to set a pic size limit with so many pics that would be loaded because of our sever space
The max size for one pic at the mo is 800kb but you dint have to worry about the pixel size as that will be automatically adjusted to fit

Xx

[souffle]

I have a new version of chrome on my new computer and I managed to bid on that but I can't bid on my old one. It just does nothing when I hit the bid button.
Managed to upload pics on the old one but not the new one!!! 
Is there a size limit on the pics you can upload?

[Tan]

You late?  No idea what yer talking about 

You'll get an extra hour soon when we put the clocks back 

Mary

No picture  - one comment
Box of Black Magic - three comments ( was testing to see if you needed a certain amount of characters to be able to have the comment show)

Hmm seems ok

Did you do a bid then type in comments box then click quick bid button or place bid and comment button

The comments will only be posted /saved if you click the place bid & comment button

If you click the quick bid button only your bid will be saved

We did the extra quick bid button option so at the end of the auction it's quicker to get a bid in

I used the & comment button - can't see my comments in either Chrome or Waterfox, not so important in the greater scheme, but does detract from the fun element the auction usually has.

Hi hun
yes it is important to us if comments are not being posted.

Please could ya try again for me on that same Black magic item to bid and then pop text or a smiley in the comments box then click the "place bid and comment" button.  and then let me know what happens ie nothing-page stays the same no reload?, does it reload with your bid and no comment.?, does the page relaod with no bid, any error messages etc

Thanks so much 

Placed another bid with a smiley, page reloaded, but none of my comments showing. I can see 1 comment by CarolM and 2 by you. No error messages, pop ups etc.

What version of Crome  do ya have hun
And  waterfox

Waterfox 2.03
Chrome 32.02125.104.m

I will try and get Firefox downloaded and see if there is any difference on that

Ok thanks I use Firefox
Try also updating Crome as the latest one is 38.0.2

Sorry Tan is should have said 38.0.2  and have downloaded Firefox and that doesn't show my own comments either, but I can bid and it reloads the page with no error messages etc.

Can ya try and do a bid and comment on another item and click the "place bid and comment " button down the bottom.
If that doent work will get Steve to look into it further

Thanks so much hun xx

We have changed to only have one blue bid button on that page now and will load the new page asap.

[Jiji]

You late?  No idea what yer talking about 

You'll get an extra hour soon when we put the clocks back 

Mary

No picture  - one comment
Box of Black Magic - three comments ( was testing to see if you needed a certain amount of characters to be able to have the comment show)

Hmm seems ok

Did you do a bid then type in comments box then click quick bid button or place bid and comment button

The comments will only be posted /saved if you click the place bid & comment button

If you click the quick bid button only your bid will be saved

We did the extra quick bid button option so at the end of the auction it's quicker to get a bid in

I used the & comment button - can't see my comments in either Chrome or Waterfox, not so important in the greater scheme, but does detract from the fun element the auction usually has.

Hi hun
yes it is important to us if comments are not being posted.

Please could ya try again for me on that same Black magic item to bid and then pop text or a smiley in the comments box then click the "place bid and comment" button.  and then let me know what happens ie nothing-page stays the same no reload?, does it reload with your bid and no comment.?, does the page relaod with no bid, any error messages etc

Thanks so much 

Placed another bid with a smiley, page reloaded, but none of my comments showing. I can see 1 comment by CarolM and 2 by you. No error messages, pop ups etc.

What version of Crome  do ya have hun
And  waterfox

Waterfox 2.03
Chrome 32.02125.104.m

I will try and get Firefox downloaded and see if there is any difference on that

Ok thanks I use Firefox
Try also updating Crome as the latest one is 38.0.2

Sorry Tan is should have said 38.0.2  and have downloaded Firefox and that doesn't show my own comments either, but I can bid and it reloads the page with no error messages etc.

[Tan]

You late?  No idea what yer talking about 

You'll get an extra hour soon when we put the clocks back 

Mary

 
Late me late never   

[Tan]

You late?  No idea what yer talking about 

You'll get an extra hour soon when we put the clocks back 

Mary

No picture  - one comment
Box of Black Magic - three comments ( was testing to see if you needed a certain amount of characters to be able to have the comment show)

Hmm seems ok

Did you do a bid then type in comments box then click quick bid button or place bid and comment button

The comments will only be posted /saved if you click the place bid & comment button

If you click the quick bid button only your bid will be saved

We did the extra quick bid button option so at the end of the auction it's quicker to get a bid in

I used the & comment button - can't see my comments in either Chrome or Waterfox, not so important in the greater scheme, but does detract from the fun element the auction usually has.

Hi hun
yes it is important to us if comments are not being posted.

Please could ya try again for me on that same Black magic item to bid and then pop text or a smiley in the comments box then click the "place bid and comment" button.  and then let me know what happens ie nothing-page stays the same no reload?, does it reload with your bid and no comment.?, does the page relaod with no bid, any error messages etc

Thanks so much 

Placed another bid with a smiley, page reloaded, but none of my comments showing. I can see 1 comment by CarolM and 2 by you. No error messages, pop ups etc.

What version of Crome  do ya have hun
And  waterfox

Waterfox 2.03
Chrome 32.02125.104.m

I will try and get Firefox downloaded and see if there is any difference on that

Ok thanks I use Firefox
Try also updating Crome as the latest one is 38.0.2

[Jiji]

You late?  No idea what yer talking about 

You'll get an extra hour soon when we put the clocks back 

Mary

No picture  - one comment
Box of Black Magic - three comments ( was testing to see if you needed a certain amount of characters to be able to have the comment show)

Hmm seems ok

Did you do a bid then type in comments box then click quick bid button or place bid and comment button

The comments will only be posted /saved if you click the place bid & comment button

If you click the quick bid button only your bid will be saved

We did the extra quick bid button option so at the end of the auction it's quicker to get a bid in

I used the & comment button - can't see my comments in either Chrome or Waterfox, not so important in the greater scheme, but does detract from the fun element the auction usually has.

Hi hun
yes it is important to us if comments are not being posted.

Please could ya try again for me on that same Black magic item to bid and then pop text or a smiley in the comments box then click the "place bid and comment" button.  and then let me know what happens ie nothing-page stays the same no reload?, does it reload with your bid and no comment.?, does the page relaod with no bid, any error messages etc

Thanks so much 

Placed another bid with a smiley, page reloaded, but none of my comments showing. I can see 1 comment by CarolM and 2 by you. No error messages, pop ups etc.

What version of Crome  do ya have hun
And  waterfox

Waterfox 2.03
Chrome 32.02125.104.m

I will try and get Firefox downloaded and see if there is any difference on that

[Tan]

You late?  No idea what yer talking about 

You'll get an extra hour soon when we put the clocks back 

Mary

No picture  - one comment
Box of Black Magic - three comments ( was testing to see if you needed a certain amount of characters to be able to have the comment show)

Hmm seems ok

Did you do a bid then type in comments box then click quick bid button or place bid and comment button

The comments will only be posted /saved if you click the place bid & comment button

If you click the quick bid button only your bid will be saved

We did the extra quick bid button option so at the end of the auction it's quicker to get a bid in

I used the & comment button - can't see my comments in either Chrome or Waterfox, not so important in the greater scheme, but does detract from the fun element the auction usually has.

Hi hun
yes it is important to us if comments are not being posted.

Please could ya try again for me on that same Black magic item to bid and then pop text or a smiley in the comments box then click the "place bid and comment" button.  and then let me know what happens ie nothing-page stays the same no reload?, does it reload with your bid and no comment.?, does the page relaod with no bid, any error messages etc

Thanks so much 

Placed another bid with a smiley, page reloaded, but none of my comments showing. I can see 1 comment by CarolM and 2 by you. No error messages, pop ups etc.

What version of Crome  do ya have hun
And  waterfox

[maryas]

You late?  No idea what yer talking about 

You'll get an extra hour soon when we put the clocks back 

Mary

[Tan]

Hi hunnies

Please don't worry  it's why we are having you all test it with differnt browsers so we can fix it to make sure it can be used in all browsers.
So no one has to miss out

This is only the first test and trial of the software

We have already today changed the bid page so it looks more like the post page of the forum with only one button to enter the bid and easier to look at
We work on a copy on our own server then will upload the new improved to the live sight for you all to see when we have fini

Please don't think that this is it , we can change it to suit us and working in changes suggested now

Software mark 2 will be with ya asap sadly we can't work on it all the time as Steve has his own work and me has shop, family stuff.  I gotta get the shop Xmas stuff up yet lol I always late!!
 

[maryas]

Oh Pav I hope you can download a browser so you can have some fun in the auction. 

Mary

[Tan]

Yes I don't understand why crime works ok for some and others not ???

Lol Crome not crime 



Only fing I can think of is differnt versions ?

The latest we have tested and its 38.02

[Sue P (Paddysmum)]

    How odd - if I use IE then I can access it no bother.  Still not sure why version of Chrome we have.

[Tan]

How do you get the little picture to appear in your listing on the list of everything? Mine just shows a Purrs logo when everyone else has a little picture?

Hi hun
Go I to edit file and pictures and click on make primary picture to the right of your photo

Xx

The primary picture will be the big one displayed

X

[souffle]

How do you get the little picture to appear in your listing on the list of everything? Mine just shows a Purrs logo when everyone else has a little picture?

[Tan]

Hmmmm     I clicking the blue button "Add Bid" but nuffink happens.  Nuffink.   

Sue, same here . I tried the first day and couldn't place any bids. Pm'd Tan and app I need to add new browser which I tried but then got the message to say device not included! NOt a clue wot its talking about ?
I tried my old net book and all is fine but its just toooo slow, so I wont be doing any biding only auctioning few things.

Hi hun
We working in it  
It's why we needed it tested to fix any probs so this is not the final software

Really appreciate all ya help testin

Xxxxxxx

[pappilon]

Hmmmm     I clicking the blue button "Add Bid" but nuffink happens.  Nuffink.   

Sue, same here . I tried the first day and couldn't place any bids. Pm'd Tan and app I need to add new browser which I tried but then got the message to say device not included! NOt a clue wot its talking about ?
I tried my old net book and all is fine but its just toooo slow, so I wont be doing any biding only auctioning few things.

[Jiji]

No picture  - one comment
Box of Black Magic - three comments ( was testing to see if you needed a certain amount of characters to be able to have the comment show)

Hmm seems ok

Did you do a bid then type in comments box then click quick bid button or place bid and comment button

The comments will only be posted /saved if you click the place bid & comment button

If you click the quick bid button only your bid will be saved

We did the extra quick bid button option so at the end of the auction it's quicker to get a bid in

I used the & comment button - can't see my comments in either Chrome or Waterfox, not so important in the greater scheme, but does detract from the fun element the auction usually has.

Hi hun
yes it is important to us if comments are not being posted.

Please could ya try again for me on that same Black magic item to bid and then pop text or a smiley in the comments box then click the "place bid and comment" button.  and then let me know what happens ie nothing-page stays the same no reload?, does it reload with your bid and no comment.?, does the page relaod with no bid, any error messages etc

Thanks so much 

Placed another bid with a smiley, page reloaded, but none of my comments showing. I can see 1 comment by CarolM and 2 by you. No error messages, pop ups etc.

[Tan]

Tan, there's nowt I don't like about the new way, I was only joking about going back you silly sausage.

Mary 

  we might be if I ain't happy with it all 
 

[maryas]

Tan, there's nowt I don't like about the new way, I was only joking about going back you silly sausage.

Mary