New look for the listings and ad pages!

srivanisri · Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 2

Hi,

i have been following gumtree for a few months now, and the now site looks good than before, the only thing you missed is the time field showing when the ad was placed, by this users will know what time of the day the ad is placed and they might get an idea if they can expect a reply or not, as i do not get replies for many. if the time is mentioned i would not expect a reply if it has been there for long. i think this should not be a big problem for u guys...

thanks

srikanth

paul55 · Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Posts: 1

No. Looks like the crappy craigslist. Did they buy it ? Cannot make specific searches like before. Unable to see at a glance what I have searched for. Crappy design. blue on white ???!!!! EEEK !! Ads ads ads. May go elsewhere like I am free to do .. byeeee

greglong555 · Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Posts: 1

Is your new look white pages with the wording?? to be honest it looks terrible! I havent been on gumtree for a while but it seems now that ebay own you, gumtree is just going down and down, mind you so is ebay!!! i believe the word to use is COMMERCIAL GREED!!!

purple52 · Gumtree Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 27

ouiser · Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Location: London

I'm using Mozilla Firefox as my browser on my Mac at home and although the London homepage looks as it should, as soon as I click on an ad link it takes me to a very basic HTML page, with black text and bright blue text links on a white page. Help me! It looks fine at work on a PC using Explorer. I didn't have this problem last week, it only kicked in this weekend. I thought it was something to do with my bandwidth (or something) but I see other people are experiencing the same thing.

purple52 · Gumtree Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 27

ouiser · Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Location: London

Thanks, purple52! Gumtree world is green again, yay!

stickytim · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

What did you do to the map view feature????
Who in your design team approved that????
Do you even bother to test? Actually, dont bother answering that one.

Viewing ads by location could be an incredibly usefull tool, but you have mangled the map page so that it only occupies the remaining % of screen hight after the pointless waste of space taken up by the logo ans search.
see this page: http://www.gumtree.com/cgi-bin/maps.pl?posting_cat=70

when viewed on a laptop with a 17" screen, the map portion is about 1"
how is that usefull?

why not include the logo, and search features in the left column along with teh ad list, and have the map the full screen height. and while youre at it make the left col hidable.

all of the following errors happen in firefox AND ie:

when you click on a ad on the map, the popup display isnt visible. it is hidden behind the previous div.
when you move the map to view the ad, you are unable to stop dragging the map.

when you try and click another ad it fails.
caused by:
a has no properties
Y(undefined)main.js (line 585)
hideposting(Object id=24925723 longitude=-0.135214 latitude=51.5432)maps2.js (line 789)
recalcvisible(-0.19620895385742188, -0.0171661376953125, 51.54516074932728, 51.57002805142711, 100)maps2.js (line 745)
loadchunktomap()maps2.js (line 316)
OnViewChange()maps2.js (line 130)
nk([])main.js (line 296)
L(Object U=Object ch=moveend ME=0 Aa=161)main.js (line 269)
l([Object U=Object ch=moveend ME=0 Aa=70, Object U=Object ch=moveend ME=0 Aa=74, Object U=Object ch=moveend ME=0 Aa=78, 3 more...], function())main.js (line 8
L(Object V=Object f=div#map Oa=[3] wc=(1043, 112) xp=div h=div, "moveend")main.js (line 269)
Og()main.js (line 641)
a((51.56608007464033, -0.10660171508789062) Hp=51.56608007464033 Gb=-0.10660171508789062)main.js (line 564)
Rz(((321, -275), (691, -104)) minY=-275 minX=321 maxY=-104 maxX=691)main.js (line 1432)
zq(undefined)main.js (line 1412)
dj(true)main.js (line 1411)
bt(function(), function(), undefined)main.js (line 1413)
Vn((51.5608, -0.114291) Hp=51.5608 Gb=-0.114291 x=-0.114291 y=51.5608, [Object contentElem=div], (328, 49) width=328 height=49 mF=px HD=px, Object)main.js (line 1381)
Nc([(327, 49) width=327 height=49 mF=px HD=px], (328, 49) width=328 height=49 mF=px HD=px)main.js (line 1379)
Yn()

install firebug and check it out yourselves.

your search feature is crap. why not enable users to search for multiple search terms. and if you already do, provide an explanation of how to use this feature. i have played around with no luck AND/OR would be very helpful.

you also have a feature where you can get email updates of new ad's, but you cant be emailed about a relavent search you have made. only things like new ad's in north london. i really dont want to know about ever ad in north london

only bottom 5% of logo is a link in firefox (see this page http://www.gumtree.com/london/20/24366520.html)

Coulrophobic · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 3

Berkshire is a large area and i can not find anything even remotely close to Berkshire in which to post or search?
whats up with that?
I was an avid user of CraigsList in the usa and had great success with it... was told by a friend in london that you would be as good..

but
NO BERKSHIRE representation at all?

why not just add a little Berkshire link in cities?

Thanks for reply in advance

purple52 · Gumtree Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 27

stickytim · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

First off, I should probably say that I probably did come off a bit heavy in that post. I'm lead Dev at a web applications development company, and badly made sites are a particular hatred of mine. I get really wound up knowing how easy it would be to fix most of the issues.
I even spent time editing your styles locally in firebug so I could use the site more easily.

purple52 · Gumtree Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 27

stickytim · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

I've pretty much had enough of this conversation mate. Be as flippant and defensive as you like.

You asked for feedback on your site, and I provided you with some very good feedback, on some serious functional and design errors.

The map bug I just reported exhibits the same behaviour that the bug I previously reported did. Weather you could repeat it or not. I have never known your map view to work correctly. Then again I don't visit your site all the time.

The good thing about boolean searches is that you don't HAVE to use them. simply include booleans or dont, it works either way.
I think you underestimate your users if you think they cannot understand boolean terms like AND and OR. Google and almost all other search engines provide this feature, and some simple explanations on how to use it, and it is very easy to implement. At least it should be. If you don't know how then google it.

The amount of users you have is irrelevant. They all use the same code and stored procs. you only have to change it once for all users.

1sapmate@gmail.com · Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 2

Hi

I had been observing lot of my adverts are being removed from listing without receiving any warning \message

Also other are being removed with with message that there is duplication where as there is no duplication of ad title or ad content

It seems some of my opponents are deliberatly doing this, I can even give you advert number which are removed like this

I'm unhappy with this and Gumtree is losing value

JM767 · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 1

I have relisted and paid an extra 20:00 pound to feature on the front page, but to no avail. Please will you also advise contact details, e-mail address or telephone number that I can contact Thanks

toddy · Joined: 15 Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Location: Gravesend, Kent.

toddy · Joined: 15 Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Location: Gravesend, Kent.

JollySteve · Joined: 15 Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Location: London

I put up some for sale Ads for a couple of phones which to the best of my knowledge did not violate any posting rules
and to my suprise, all the ads were taken down.
I've read the rules again and cant see anything I've done wrong.
I sent mail to Admin on friday (13/06) asking for the decision to be reviewed and my ads re-instated, still no reply.
Can someone pls tell me what is going on? Confused

Pls email me at Salezperson01@yahoo.co.uk

srivanisri · Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 2

purple52 · Gumtree Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 27

Hi stickytim,

If you reread my original reply, you'll see I acknowledged your points and said we intend to address them. What I disagree with is your analysis of the solutions.

I wanted to explain rather than ignore you, despite your tone, so I'm sorry that my response was not satisfactory for you. Thanks for the feedback anyway!

purple52 · Gumtree Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 27

purple52 · Gumtree Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 27

Morph44 · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1

Hi Guys,

I personally like the new layout. It's very useful not having to go back to the list of classifieds to remind yourself which town something is being listed in.

One suggestion I would make though, and forgive me if this is already possible, but I think it would be great if you could search the whole of gumtree for something. As I understand it you can search for an item within a city but there is no function that allows you to search for say a 'grand piano' and be shown results from every city. Could save people a lot of time?

cheers

1sapmate@gmail.com · Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 2

Hi

I had been observing lot of my adverts are being removed from listing without receiving any warning \ message

Also other are being removed with with message that there is duplication where as there is no duplication of ad title or ad content

It seems some of my opponents are deliberatly doing this, I can even give you advert number which are removed like this

I'm unhappy with this and Gumtree is losing value[/quote]

There is no response as of now . please check and correct this

goose · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: Feedback on the new design

Love the fact you have static maps in the ad - much better than clicking through.

Looks like some CSS problem (perhaps just for FF3 on Mac?) with the main green title bar?

(this is repeated below too...)

I'm not keen on the use of the multiple thick green bars - especially for contact details area - looks like another ad embedded in the posting. Odd.

CSS for the bottom search box is generally messed up slightly on wide screens - could easily be 1 line high but the elements are a bit all over the shop.

Um, that's it really. Better.