New look for the listings and ad pages!

twiggy · Last edited by twiggy on Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:18 am; edited 4 times in total

In case you haven't already noticed we have just introduced some changes to the listing pages and the ad pages themselves, including:

- a link on every page to the place where you can manage your own ads
- a link on every page to Help
- search options listed together on the left-hand side of the listings pages
- photos and maps displayed more prominently in the ads
- contact details for ads more clearly displayed
- the save ad option more visible on every page so that you can easily keep track of the ads that you are interested in

We hope that you like all of the changes and find they make the site even easier to use. As always we'd love to know what you think about the new look so feel free to let us know!

Twiggy

CAADHEAD · Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 1

Hi, I'm having trouble reposting my ads now as the new layout for some reason does not have the posting ref, can you help? Gerard

twiggy · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject:

We had a problem with posting reference numbers not showing up for users who have Internet Explorer v7. This has now been fixed. If you had IE7 then you should find it is fine now - let us know.

DaNg3r · Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 3

Ok im having trouble posting an add..i have tried last night and again today but nothing..i get the confirmation email but for some reason they never show on site why??

this isnt the first time this has happened and its starting to get very annoying and losing faith in the site and those who regulate the postings all together!!!

RueDeWakenin · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Woodley Reading

Not happy about the new layout - don't like it at all!!

twiggy · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:27 am Post subject:

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pete330 · Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1

Hi as user of many forums ect and i always think security is very important and one that stands out from the rest is not to give to much info out of where you live ect,so seeing the new google map with almost your exact location highlighted,i feel very tempted to delete my adds and stop using this service.

Say for example you had a 30k car for sale and someone not very honest could see ypour location and come round your street

Hope you can see my point here and concider removing this feature

sarit · Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 2

i'm not sure about the modernized gumtree. As since it has been revamped,.. all my postings over the months have gone, aswell, i put a post on last night, to find that it was'nt there today for some reason. Ok I understand maybe there are a few new rules. Why wasn't I even notified that my ad's would be removed?? And that these changes were going to be inforce?

Now i have just tried again a few hours ago, just waiting now for this posting to come up?...

Maybe there is a giant hick-up in the system?? what with all the changes,.. just hope u can iron these out. Gumtree is a fantastic site, it's the best I have come across in terms of a noticeboard that is accessable and free. Would be disappointed if u i had to look elsewhere.. Sad

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please don't make it too hard for the simple lay-wo/man to use!!

laurej76 · Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Milton Keynes

Hello,
would it be possible to create a 'Tution' section in Business services? I teach French and I think other tutors would appreciate a proper place to put their ads. Thanks a lot! and thanks for the great site too! Very Happy

Kassie · Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 17

All fair and dandy creating a new look, but how about improving your customer service and attitude. Craigs list looks like a bomb shelter compared to yours, but at least it does what it says on the tin and we get results.

luckyman · Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 21

Kassies, nicely put. i second ya

wolves · Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 7

Ooooh loving the new look to the site / pages.

d.smith · Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 3 Location: leeds

Hi I have posted my ads in every city to get the word out and see if we can get some help with trying to find homes for all the pets in pounds as they only get 7 days before they are put to sleep. But only one ad is showing up. I wrote on here on May 12, 2008 and I asked if it would be ok if I put our link on the ad and the_tidy_kiwi who is a moderator said it should be fine. I only want to try to get people involoved and aware of what is going on in pounds all over UK. Please can someone help me Question

Please email me at ukpetrescue08@yahoo.co.uk Crying or Very sad

the_tidy_kiwi · Gumtree Moderator Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 523

Niall72 · Joined: 20 May 2008 Posts: 1 Location: CORK

Hya,
I posted 9 ads last night, yet not one of them are showing up on the listed ads. I have reference numbers for them all. Why are they not there?? Thanks

Topkat · Joined: 20 May 2008 Posts: 2

The new resolution for photos is smaller, why? The photos come out really noisy too. If the photos weren't so messy, I wouldn't mind so much Sad

Shouldn't things improve rather than degrade? We have bigger monitors that can run at higher res these days, why make the res smaller and why are the photos so noisy?

E360 · Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 1

The resolution and quality of uploaded photos are now both noticibly worse than they were before. Even though the pictures look the same size they always display horribly, compared to before where they looked the same as the original uploaded file.

Fix it please! Mad

Quietzapple · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 23

AWFUL!!!!! Evil or Very Mad

As usual, a successful format that everyone likes has been changed just for the sake of it. Why!?

The ads used to really stand out and were in exactly the right resolution/boldness. The new thin resolution is actually painful to look at, and as for pushing the left hand margin all over to the right just to accomodate the search box.. DUH!! who thought of that!? The eyes then have to refocus/realign to read the ads. TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You had it exactly right before, why mess it up? Just leave it as it was.

(ever wondered why google have never changed their homepage?)

Quietzapple · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 23

And one other thing..

THe search result pages are now much too low, you just have a couple of ads showing then have to scroll down to see the rest..

Bad use of space, with nothing much at the top.

When you search for something, you want the results/ads to appear right there in front of you so you can see them and they are clickable .. not have to then scroll down to get them.

That's one of the golden rules of web design, minimise the amount of effort/clicks the user has to do.

C'mon Gumtree, you know this!

dereksims · Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 1

There seems to be a change on the site. I cannot 'post an ad' for a volunteer. Other categories are fine but the input screen does not come up for a volunteer post??
Derek

yanna · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 7 Location: horsham

CONGRATS ON A GREAT SITE WORKS GREAT FOR ME LAYOUT IS SO EASY TO READ ADVERTS AND TO SUBMIT ADS ONCE AGAIN CONGRATS Very Happy

Quietzapple · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 23

And while I'm at it..

The only advertisers who benefit from this revamp are the sponsored links at the top.. which are basically the only ones you can see on a small/laptop moniter.

They will see an increase in traffic from Gumtree, whilst the normal posters below will see a big decrease as you have to physically scroll down before you can see those free ads. Sad

(just trying to offer constructive feedback)

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

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