stuff about autopendium

OK. I’ll make this quick. We’ve just added a new feature to running reports. Instead of being restricted to plain old text, you can now format them and add links too:

We’re hoping this isn’t going to open the floodgates to spam, and if you see any using it for that purpose or anything else that’s inappropriate, just click on the “Report Abuse” link that’s on pretty much every page, and we’ll deal with it at once.

It’s been a month or so, since I last posted about improvements to Autopendium. However, that doesn’t mean we’ve been standing still, and there’s been a whole raft of minor improvements and new features. Here’s a rundown of them:

• Improved browsing of photos. Right since the early days of the site, you’ve been able to get a large version of a thumbnail photo simply by clicking on it, but now (thanks to redranch’s nagging) you have the option to see the other photos in a group without having to close the existing photo. It’s no big thing really, but does make browsing a bunch of photos rather nicer:

• Improved eBay product searching. I haven’t actually posted about the eBay sidebar before, but basically, when you’re on page featuring a model or vehicle, the eBay sidebar shows related models, vehicles and parts for sale on eBay. It’s all pretty straightforward and seems to have been quite popular since we introduced it. One question I have been asked is, Which country do the eBay listings come from?
  
  

  Well, if you’re not logged in it searches the US eBay database, but if you are, and you’re from the US, UK, Canada, Germany or Australia, then it will search that country’s listings. That makes sense to me, but what if you want to search other countries’ listings (as the owner of an American car, I know that sometimes you have to got to the source)?Well, just click on the “see more” link, and not only can you see every single matching item without leaving the site, you can also search the other countries:
  

• Links to relevant entries in the Internet Movie Car Database. If you’ve not heard of the IMCDB, it’s definitely worth checking out, and is packed with and amazing amount of info. In short, it’s a database of cars appearing in films and TV, and now we’ve integrated the data into Autopendium, and have listed the key films in the models’ resources section:
  
  

• Ability to download clubs and suppliers to your computer’s address-book with a single click. Does just what it says on the can:
  

Plus there’s countless design tweaks and bugfixes. As ever, if there’s any features you think should be added, drop me a line at webmaster@autopendium.com