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FurBuy Updates!
14 years ago
Okay, so, in the last few weeks we've gotten some new features up on the site!
Mass Mailing Improvements
As most of you know, we sent out a mass mailing a few weeks ago detailing the numbers for year end 2010 and some other useful information. There were also some ulterior motives for doing that, mainly identifying issues in the mass-mailer (which is why we hadn't used it in SO LONG) so we could correct them, but also in order to get a "bounce list" of addresses that were no longer working. We wrote a bounced mail handler that picks up all of the bounced mail we get back and invalidates any addresses with that e-mail address. What that means is that if both e-mail addresses on your account (or just the one if you only have one - get a second one in there for your security and convenience!) bounce, then your account will be DISABLED until you enter a valid e-mail address and validate it!
Validation is simple, just login to your account and go to your My Account - Prefs page and click the "Verify" link next to each of your addresses. You will get an e-mail within a few minutes with a link and a code, you can use either one to validate your address, and then your account will be instantly restored to normal status if that was the reason it was disabled. If you can't remember your login info and can't use the Password Mailer because your e-mail addresses are no longer valid, please Contact Us and we'll help you restore your account.
New Remote Site Linking System
So we've had the ability for users to add their remote site usernames for a while now. But our selection was a bit limited, and that's because the way we did it initially was... well, wrong. So I've gone back and completely rewritten that part of the system to us a MUCH faster and more efficient method, while also making it much more flexible and adaptive for adding new sites and updating existing ones. The result of which is that we now allow you to link to many more sites, including InkBunny, WikiFur, Twitter and Facebook (for more details on linking to Facebook, please see the Linking to Facebook FAQ at: http://www.furbuy.com/cgi/viewfaq.cgi?id=59).
We also want to know what OTHER sites you'd like to link your accounts to, or you might think other users would like to link to! If you have any ideas, feel free to comment here or Contact Us directly. =)
My Account - Selling: Hide Auctions
So a user-requested feature we've had on our list to do for some time now is finally completed! Sellers can now choose to Hide auctions in their My Account - Selling page that they no longer wish to see. And fear not if you hide one that you'd like to get back to, you can Unhide All Hidden Auctions if you change your mind or lose track of one of them. To hide an auction, simply select it using the checkbox on the right hand side, then click the "Hide Selected Auctions" button below.
My Account - Bidding: Hide Auctions
Just like above, we've added the same functionality to the Bidding page. Bidders can now hide auctions on the page that they are no longer interested in seeing, and restore the hidden ones just like on the Selling page.
We have of course also been working on a number of other small issues and bugfixes. We need YOUR FEEDBACK in order to continue fixing bugs and adding new features, so if you have anything at all to say, we're all ears. =)
Thanks again for supporting FurBuy!
Mass Mailing Improvements
As most of you know, we sent out a mass mailing a few weeks ago detailing the numbers for year end 2010 and some other useful information. There were also some ulterior motives for doing that, mainly identifying issues in the mass-mailer (which is why we hadn't used it in SO LONG) so we could correct them, but also in order to get a "bounce list" of addresses that were no longer working. We wrote a bounced mail handler that picks up all of the bounced mail we get back and invalidates any addresses with that e-mail address. What that means is that if both e-mail addresses on your account (or just the one if you only have one - get a second one in there for your security and convenience!) bounce, then your account will be DISABLED until you enter a valid e-mail address and validate it!
Validation is simple, just login to your account and go to your My Account - Prefs page and click the "Verify" link next to each of your addresses. You will get an e-mail within a few minutes with a link and a code, you can use either one to validate your address, and then your account will be instantly restored to normal status if that was the reason it was disabled. If you can't remember your login info and can't use the Password Mailer because your e-mail addresses are no longer valid, please Contact Us and we'll help you restore your account.
New Remote Site Linking System
So we've had the ability for users to add their remote site usernames for a while now. But our selection was a bit limited, and that's because the way we did it initially was... well, wrong. So I've gone back and completely rewritten that part of the system to us a MUCH faster and more efficient method, while also making it much more flexible and adaptive for adding new sites and updating existing ones. The result of which is that we now allow you to link to many more sites, including InkBunny, WikiFur, Twitter and Facebook (for more details on linking to Facebook, please see the Linking to Facebook FAQ at: http://www.furbuy.com/cgi/viewfaq.cgi?id=59).
We also want to know what OTHER sites you'd like to link your accounts to, or you might think other users would like to link to! If you have any ideas, feel free to comment here or Contact Us directly. =)
My Account - Selling: Hide Auctions
So a user-requested feature we've had on our list to do for some time now is finally completed! Sellers can now choose to Hide auctions in their My Account - Selling page that they no longer wish to see. And fear not if you hide one that you'd like to get back to, you can Unhide All Hidden Auctions if you change your mind or lose track of one of them. To hide an auction, simply select it using the checkbox on the right hand side, then click the "Hide Selected Auctions" button below.
My Account - Bidding: Hide Auctions
Just like above, we've added the same functionality to the Bidding page. Bidders can now hide auctions on the page that they are no longer interested in seeing, and restore the hidden ones just like on the Selling page.
We have of course also been working on a number of other small issues and bugfixes. We need YOUR FEEDBACK in order to continue fixing bugs and adding new features, so if you have anything at all to say, we're all ears. =)
Thanks again for supporting FurBuy!
when will they start up?