Phlist.com http://blog.phlist.com Official Phlist.com Blog Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:39:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en New Forums Section http://blog.phlist.com/2008/09/new-forums-section/ http://blog.phlist.com/2008/09/new-forums-section/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:39:45 +0000 admin http://blog.phlist.com/?p=53 Hi everyone,

We have a new forums section here.

Here you can post your questions, and suggestions. All reported bugs will also be logged and tracked here.
Site Usage

    Post your questions here if you have trouble navigating the site, or any problem posting ads in Phlist.com

Suggestions

    Place your suggestions here on how we could improve on Phlist.com.

Bug Reports

    If you find any bug on Phlist.com, please let us know by posting it here.

There’s also an Off Topic section where you can post (almost) about anything.

]]> http://blog.phlist.com/2008/09/new-forums-section/feed/ Phlist.com Blog Theme Changed http://blog.phlist.com/2008/08/phlistcom-blog-theme-changed/ http://blog.phlist.com/2008/08/phlistcom-blog-theme-changed/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:13:19 +0000 admin http://blog.phlist.com/?p=45 I’ve changed the theme on this blog to Silhouette.

Brian Gardner’s Silhouette

It’s a very nice, clean theme that matches the design of Phlist.com.

]]> http://blog.phlist.com/2008/08/phlistcom-blog-theme-changed/feed/ Lots of Changes and a New Rule http://blog.phlist.com/2008/08/lots-of-changes-and-a-new-rule/ http://blog.phlist.com/2008/08/lots-of-changes-and-a-new-rule/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:36:07 +0000 admin http://blog.phlist.com/?p=33 Hello everyone,

A lot has changed since the last post.  To enumerate the major changes, these are:

1) A new design template

2) Lots of bug fixes

3) Search Engine Optimization(SEO) of URLs

New Rule

We’ve been seeing a lot of ads advertising cellphones, LCD TVs, iPhones, etc. that are in different currencies.

Starting today those ads will be deleted and banned.  Only ads that are intended for the Philippines are allowed.  This is to improve the quality of posts in Phlist.com.

If you’re one of those people advertising these, sorry guys.  Do find another venue to post these items.

Have a nice day!

]]> http://blog.phlist.com/2008/08/lots-of-changes-and-a-new-rule/feed/ New Province(Location) Filter and Province Field for Ads http://blog.phlist.com/2008/04/new-provincelocation-filter-and-province-field-for-ads/ http://blog.phlist.com/2008/04/new-provincelocation-filter-and-province-field-for-ads/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:10:45 +0000 admin http://blog.phlist.com/?p=26 I’ve been burning the midnight oil for the last couple of weeks working to improve the functionality and usability of Phlist.com
Now, I’m happy to announce 2 major improvements:

First. Location (Province) Filter

I’ve always wanted this feature. Unfortunately, this isn’t included as a feature in the purchased classified ads software where Phlist.com is running on. This would make browsing for ads less obtrusive as only ads that belong to the selected province are displayed.

If you’re in Cebu and looking for a Car, normally you wouldn’t want to see ads posted in Manila, or any other location.

Or, if you’re in Bohol and looking for an Apartment, you would want to browse only Housing ads that are posted for Bohol.

To change your location filter, click the “Change” link on top.

The list of provinces will be displayed. Select the province you want to browse ads.
Clicking “Show ads in all provinces” will do exactly as it says. :)

Second. Added Province Field for Ads

I’ve been seeing a lot of members posting ads intended for a different province, other than the Province specified during user registration.
Examples: A member from Cebu is selling a condominium located in Manila.
Someone from Cavite is posting an ad for Batangas.

So, I decided to create a separate “Province” field for the Ads table.
When posting an ad, there is an additional “Province” field. This will be set to your home province as a default. You can change this to whatever province you want your new ads to belong.

If you have ads that doesn’t belong to the right “Province” right now, please update them.



That’s all for now. :)
Thank you for visiting Phlist.com!

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Fruits of boredom. :)

Unfortunately, I found out that being a Java/C developer doesn’t make me an automatic Web developer.

There were 2 versions that I coded from scratch but didn’t make the cut. Several months were spent on each version until I finally quit.

The 1st version is not too good. The 2nd version I like a lot, but figured out it would take forever to finish.

Here’s a screenshot of the 2nd prototype.

]]> http://blog.phlist.com/2008/03/phlistcom-history/feed/ Tabula Rasa http://blog.phlist.com/2008/03/tabula-rasa/ http://blog.phlist.com/2008/03/tabula-rasa/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:58:38 +0000 admin http://www.phlist.com/blog/?p=3

Finally, Phlist.com is up and running.

Borrowing the title from Lost’s pilot episode. Tabula Rasa means Blank State in Latin.

Phlist.com have to start from nothing. Hopefully by offering the best user experience to sellers and customers, we would see growth on the number of posts and visitors.

If you have any suggestion or comments, please let us know. We’ll be happy to hear from you.

Happy browsing and posting!

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