New Site User Customization Options

[Brad]

I asked this in the main thread for the new site design but I think it kind of got lost, so I thought I'd make a new thread for it. Right now I am working on the code for the user customization aspects of the new site. As of now, these are the types of things you will most likely be able to customize:

 

* how many deals shown (either a set number of deals or number of days worth) [home page only]

* categories of deals (include/exclude specific categories) [home page only]

* retailers of deals (include/exclude specific retailers) [home page only]

* include or exclude deals that involve mail-in rebates [home page only]

* theme for the site - new design, "classic" (current design), or "lite"

* manage your subscriptions to the "Daily Deal Update" and possible new deal alerts

* display or not display product images for each deal [entire site]

 

Most of these customizations will mainly apply to the home page because the majority of people coming to the site only look at the home page, unless they are searching for something specific, and in that case there will be better ways to do that as well. So with that being said...

 

Are there any other aspects of the site layout/design that you would like to be able to customize?

 

And I am still taking suggestions for any other features you'd like to see that are not related to the customization stuff, so you can use this thread or the other "main" thread for those as well. Let your voice be heard

[i-bystander]

Any word on GD for PPC? :)

[Brad]

Any word on GD for PPC? :)

Are you referring to a version of the forum for PPCs? Cause we already have a stripped down mobile version of the main site that works fine on most PDAs.

[i-bystander]

Yeah, sorry my bad - I was referring to the forum. Carry on... (unless that's part of your plans already). :)

[jamesave]

how about "searchable customization"

 

For example, I can search by "toys" or "Lego"

 

If I do "lego" then only the "lego" deal will be emailed/ listed out in the page.

 

This would be helpful for someone who is looking for, per say, "TOSHIBA LCD TV"

 

but not sure how feasible it is.

[Brad]

The customization stuff is working very well. It should really help those who don't want as many deals per page or who have slower connections.

 

Still taking suggestions though :)