- July 15, 09: Added new ad tracking table and code to better show which ads are most popular / viewed
- July 10, 09: Tweaked the login page to make it more obvious you need a free account to post
- May 07, 09: Fixed code in the ad editor to properly display uploaded image names and image captions
- May 07, 09: Fixed code in the ad editor to properly upload second image
- May 07, 09: Fixed code in the ad editor to remember your setting for "Display my phone number in ad"
- May 07, 09: Updated all website advertising pricing
- May 07, 09: Updated code in ad editor to display more on one screen (Tightened layout a bit)
- May 07, 09: Updated "Delete Ad" screen to ask if your item has been sold, rather than just deleting it from the site
- May 07, 09: Changed the headers (Banners, logos, buttons) for a wider screen "look"
- Apr 06, 09: Changed the "Post ad" tool so that if you indicate you wish your ad to appear in the printed newspaper, you must also give permission to print either your email address or phone number (No way for people to contact you, otherwise) - Just one more step ensuring your privacy is protected.
- Mar 27, 09: Improved an administrative application that makes it easier for us to pull ads from the website to publish in the newspaper. (Users should still pay attention to all the fields when entering ads, though, if they want the best possible ad printed in the paper)
- Mar 27, 09: Removed images from the server for all inactive and deleted ads to clean up server space.
- Mar 17, 09: Added the ability to post two images *AND* image captions to each ad - This is a result of a user request (See ? We do listen!) Originally, we were going to allow four images per ad, but the server load makes that unrealistic for now.
- Mar 14, 09: Got rid of the "Date posted" in the FAQ display and sorted the list alphabetically, by question
- Mar 13, 09: Updated the tables for the forums, which corrects the inability to post new topics since the last upgrade (Sorry 'bout that)
- Mar 11, 09: Added real-time stats to the top of the classifieds listing: Number of ads, ad views, users, items sold
- Mar 04, 09: Got rid of debug info from the Distribution page that I forgot to remove on launch
- Mar 04, 09: Edited a ton of ads for proper categories, spelling, etc. Tweaked a few ad titles.
- Mar 04, 09: Tweaked the ad display (pop up) so that HTML ads appear a little better
- Feb 27, 09: Added the Print Edition ad rates to our Advertising page
- Feb 26, 09: Upgraded the forums from PHPBB 3.0.2 to 3.0.4
- Feb 26, 09: Upgraded our database management software
- Feb 24, 09: Deleted a ton of members from the forums: All members were those with random keystrokes/gibberish as usernnames .
- Feb 17, 09: Changed the sold items so that the price shows SOLD! as well as the indicator before the item.
- Dec 12, 08: Updated the distribution locations page so that background colours alternated by city, instead of by location.
- Dec 11, 08: Created a new tool: In your user admin, you will now see a URL that you may paste in your websites, emails, newsletters or other forums that will show users only your ads posted on the Penny Pincher Newspaper site - Login to your user admin to check it out!
- Dec 03, 08: Added three new checkboxes in the ad admin ("Create new ad") - Allow ad to be printed in the newspaper, print my phone number and print my email address. "Allow ad to be printed in newspaper" defaults to YES, but "Print my phone number" and "Print my email address" defaults to NO. This does NOT apply to any contact information you may have put in the body of your ad; In other words, if you post an ad saying "Tractor tires for sale", keep the "Print ad in newspaper" and click on "Print my phone number", the newspaper will print the phone number stored in your user profile. Same thing with email address.
- Dec 03, 08: Formatted the dates in the FAQ section to be more human-readable
- Dec 02, 08: Updated user/ad admin so that ads older than 30 days show up as inactive (Previously, it was ads older than 10 days - this is in keeping with the previous site update that ads stay on the site for 30 days)
- Nov 28, 08: Added a "Back to classifieds" link to the top of the forums - Thanks to a user for this update!
- Nov 25, 08: Re-activated the Wishlist utility - People may once again post suggestions on how to improve the site!
- Nov 24, 08: Added new FAQ regarding ads for pyramid schemes and MLMs (They're not allowed)
- Nov 24, 08: Added "Upcoming promotional services" to the advertising page - also experimented with individual ad highlighting
- Nov 15, 08: Fixed an issue with the ad insertion/edit that wasn't translating line breaks properly - It works, now
(Thanks to a user pointing this out!) - Nov 14, 08: Created a newspaper distribution tool and link from the main nav bar to easily find where the Penny Pincher Newspaper may be picked up
- Nov 14, 08: Modified the time in which ads move from "current" to "inactive" from 10 days to 30 days
- Nov 14, 08: Fixed search box to properly search for keywords within ads (Searches both item names and descriptions)
- Nov 14, 08: Changed ads posted by PP Paper to display name of seller in main list. In ad pop-up, display name shows as "<Seller Name> (Posted by PP Paper)"
- Oct 29, 08: Tweaked the new ad posting screen for better layout
- Sep 29, 08: Fixed issue with ad pop-ups not having scroll bars or being resizeable (this was an MSIE issue only)
- Sep 21, 08: Rebuilt user.cgi - Now uses cookies - remembers your login
- Sep 21, 08: Changed "My Account" so "Refresh Ad" only shows up for ads eligible to be refreshed
- Sep 21, 08: Fixed the Calendar of events to display day positions correctly
- Sep 21, 08: Corrected a time of day issue to reflect daylight savings time (Manual edit - I'll have to remember to change it back in a month)
- Sep 21, 08: Improved the security of the ad posting/editing software: Should be impossible to edit an ad that's does not belong to the user currently logged in
- Sep 21, 08: Editing both ads and your own account code tweaked quite a bit (most of this is in the back-end, but it's more efficient and secure, now
- Sep 21, 08: Updated all code that submits to the database for much cleaner inserts (thanks to John Bokma from alt.www.webmasters for that!)
- Sep 15, 08: Thanks to the guys at TekSavvy, server is now backing up daily
By all means, should you have suggestions or wishlist items, please respond to this post - As many of you have seen already, many of the improvements and updates to PPN are directly because of user requests.
Remember that registering for an account for the PPN forums is free and we don't spam or sell your contact data ever
-Marc