News Dec 2009
Another very minor tweak, the right column (which was empty) is now gone, to give more screen space for the actual items. Hopefully this will be an improvement.
News Nov 2009
After no updates for a very long time, one minor change which should help a lot. The "Bought" items are now shown at the bottom of the list, by default. All the non-bought items are first (sorted by how much you want them), then Reserved, finally Bought.
My task here is to move stuff from the first list into the second list ... however, I'm just as likely to add items to the first list. Please please add other items I've not thought of to the first list, too. There's no such thing as finished software, after all.
The TODO list is in rough order of priority. The DONE list is in order of implementation (most recent at the bottom, in contravention of current trends). Some items have been shoved down to REJECTED for now.
There is now a FireFox plugin for this wishlist.
New, March 2007: If you right-click on an Image, and select "Add to Wishlist", then the image will be downloaded for you, along with the URL.
New, Jan 2009: RSS feeds are available. From the Search Page, select the RSS feed to get updates for that person.
TODO
- Make expiry date more prominent, especially if expired Marked in orange for now - need to block the 'Reserve' feature, maybe change the colour scheme? are too late after the event... better still, if it's not your wishlist, just redirect to the wishlist-owner's list of wishlists (search.php?name=fred - and implement that API)
- Update about.php - needs more info
- Hit Counter - per wishlist, and per item Search Engines will obfuscate this somewhat
- Multiple personal names for an entry (eg, wedding list)
- 26/04/2006: Started using dates in this list!
DONE
- Make it clear that any issues are with the 3rd party, not this site
- Maybe do a bookmarklet in case there's anyone out there who doesn't use FireFox (?!!).
- Sort by Price / Status / Desire
- Added Notes field
- Quotes, Euro symbols, etc, fixed.
- Added Currency option Please amend as appropriate.
- Added Desire option (1-5) ... This means that any existing items have Priority #1. Please amend as appropriate.
- Anonymity (already partially implemented - name/date is only shown to account holder)
- Added traffic lights for status
- Fixed 'desire' links (was reversed)
- Clickable Links (without frames for now)
- Currency defaults to £
- Anonymity (Keep buyer info a surprise until the wishlist end-date)
- Transfer items between lists
- Bug fixes - Desire, Notes, Currency are now populated for new items.
- Can now View and Edit security questions for a Wish List
- Avoided the Search issue for now by listing all wishlists. Link added to the index page.
- Combine filtering options (eg, by price and desire)
- Images Width 100 Pixels. 150Kb should be plenty.
- Check validity of provided links V. Basic - prepend http:// if not there
- Keep track of Thank-You notes sent
- When listing WishLists (for browsers or account-holders), show the end-date and number of items.
- Modify WishList (name, anon settings, etc) after creation
- Form to email the owner and ask for password hints moved to the bottom of the page (item.php)
- Display error if "Update Status" pressed but no valid security question answered
- Open/Edit should have a more useful name when it's not your wishlist Not sure a hand really signals 'reserve' - any ideas?
- List things I've bought/reserved (for registered users)
- Logging in returns you to the previous page
- Search for people
- 30-day Cookie option for logins
- 'Reserve' link not shown on item.php (you're already in the right place to reserve it!)
- Red traffic light now more prominent - it wasn't all that clear which light was lit.
- Images are now Links to the URL, if available.
- Bookmarklet or similar (XUL?) Basic FireFox plugin done.
- Shouldn't have to Select the security question to answer it
- Answers to security questions should be case insensitive
- Status dropdown should reflect the current status in item.php
- Added 'default list' option in view.php so that the plugin / bookmarklet knows which wishlist to add new items to.
- Don't show lists (except to owner) until Start Date nor after End Date
- account/view.php should change the bgcolor for inactive lists Moved into 3 different tables
- When viewing an item/wishlist, have a link to view other lists from the same person Restricted to active WishLists
- Account 'Settings' option to change name, password, etc.
- No longer have to re-enter security question simply because you didn't provide your name
- Tweaks to the Create and Edit WishList pages. Just adding notes for users.
- Fixed the mailto links so they work with standards-conformant software as well as Microsoft, ahem, attempts.
- Added HTML-Generation code so that people can publicise their WishLists.
- 26/04/2006: Started using dates in this list!
- 26/04/2006: "Back to WishList" changed to "Click here to return to the Wishlist"
- 26/04/2006: "Edit Wishlist" page now shows the URL of the WishList.
- 26/04/2006: Plugin version 0.3e released - opens WishList in new window, instead of replacing the current window, so that you can copy name, price, image, etc.
- 08/05/2006: Improved print CSS
- 08/05/2006: Added a "Change Status" link near the Status after focus-group testing (or at least, a short chat with my Mum!)
- 25/05/2006: Stop watching things if the WishList has ended, or it has been bought!
- 05/06/2006: Reset Password and/or Password Reminder Field
- 11/09/2006: JavaScript PopUp reminds friends to come back and mark the item as 'Bought' when they have bought the item, to avoid duplicates. Yes, ugh popups. But some ... let's say web-illiterate ... people have been using this service and buying stuff without marking it as bought.
- 10/07/2007: Added 'alerts' to allow one user to be notified when another user makes certain changes. (New WishList, new Item, etc)
REJECTED
- New or Used - eg, eBay okay? Can be done in the description - probably more polite than saying "Must be new"
- Clickable links to use frames which allow the user to return to the WishList item Why? It only provides branding, no real use. target=_blank is just as good
- Categories is this really useful?
- Version 0.3 of the Plugin allows the current page or a selected link to be added
- WishList should remain active for (1 week? User-Configurable?) after expiry date for any last-minute tweaks. (Always visible / editable by owner, of course) Why? It's visible to the owner; last-minute tweaks
- Circle of Friends TODO in v2.0
- Privacy levels - show items to everyone, just to loggedin users, just to friends? TODO in v2.0
- 26/04/2006: Started using dates in this list!
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