iAuto Auto Classified Software Blog

We Are 6 Years Old!

2011-12-05T10:54:00.000Z

Today is the 6th anniversary of the WorksForWeb.

Dear friends, customers, and colleagues! We thank you for your trust, support, and feedback, and appreciate your contribution to making our products better every day!

Best Regards,
WorksForWeb

WorksForWeb Presents v.5.5 of the Classifieds Software

2011-10-27T06:39:00.003Z

WorksForWeb is glad to presents a release of the new 5.5 version of its Auto Classified Script.
There are many important enhancements and changes in the newly released version. Our developer team made their best to simplify the interface and make it more comfortable for our customers. The v.5.5 includes:

Introduced Go-to Smarty 3;

Full support of PHP 5.3 and the associated technology enhancements (server requirements stepped up to include php 5.3 or above);

Improved iAuto Vehicle Software theme;

Enhanced “Share Your Site” block (also became optional via the admin panel switch);

Lots of minor enhancements and improvements as always.

Test this version by checking out Auto Classifieds Script Online demo

You can always contact, email or chat with our Sales Team if you have comments or question.

V.5.4 Classified Scripts Are Now Released

2011-07-07T08:25:00.005Z

WorksForWeb announces a release of the new version of our Auto Classified Script Version 5.4 is a true breakthrough in the integration of social marketing tools with the classified scripts by Worksforweb. There were a number of features added to v. 5.4, including:

a new and awesome admin dashboard;

admin panel in many languages;

the ability to log in to iAuto, iRealty, iLister with your OpenID and/or Facebook/Twitter/Google etc. accounts;

the ability to re-post all new listings/publications in the admin's Facebook and Twitter accounts;

user listings can be directly sent to user's Facebook and Twitter accounts;

BMA code now works with Mobile Frontend Addon; and

many other exciting features and enhancements

Feel free to test the new v. 5.4 of the following classified scripts by checking out our online demos:

Ever wanted a classified ad website for mobile users to beat your competition?

2011-06-10T06:30:00.003Z

Having a website without a corresponding mobile interface is like having a smart phone without a data package.

You are missing out on a lot of potential sales and in the long run this will impact the viability of your business.

It is not enough to offer a regular website for mobile users, as a specialized mobile interface is necessary to really take advantage of everything mobile web has to offer.

Read about Mobile Interface for Classified Website

Picture Carousel Feature in Auto Classified Software by WorksForWeb

2011-06-01T07:38:00.000Z

A picture carousel enables visitors of the websites based on auto classified software by WorksForWeb to view all of the listing images without selecting each image. Site visitors can adjust various options such as image rotation speed, can pause and resume slideshow, and switch to next or previous image. Users can order picture carousel as a listing enhancement for an additional fee by purchasing a package with this option.

Read more about the “Picture Carousel” feature.

RSS Feeds in Auto Classified Script By WorksForWeb

2011-05-25T06:16:00.005Z

Auto classified script by WorksForWeb includes RSS Feeds. RSS is used to publish frequently updated works in a standardized format. An RSS document includes full or summarized text, plus meta data such as publishing dates and authorship. Web feeds benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favorite websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.

Results of "Classifieds: Recipes for Success" Conference

2011-05-18T07:01:00.000Z

We hope you enjoyed the ICMA "Classifieds: Recipes for Success" conference in Nice, France, 27-30 April. Report and photos are available for your review.

The next conference will take place in Dublin, Ireland this autumn (dates to be confirmed shortly) with the theme "Classifieds: Opportunities and Threats".

Auto Classified Software: “Report Inappropriate Content” Feature

2011-05-11T06:01:00.002Z

Visitors of the iAuto-based websites can report inappropriate content of listings and listing comments to the site administrator. There is the link "Report Content" on the Listing Details page for each listing. Each Listing Comment has also the link "Report This".

Clicking on one of the above links visitor can fill in the form with related information about the content which he or she considered to be inappropriate. Read more about the “Report Inappropriate Content” feature.

Tips: Make Your QR Codes More Beautiful

2011-05-04T09:50:00.001Z

QR codes have so much potential from a design perspective, so let’s take a look at a few tricks and techniques you should keep in mind when designing a code to enhance your brand and appeal to your audience.
1. Add a Color Palette
2. Soften Hard Edges with Round Corners
3. Incorporate Dimensionality for 3D Impact
4. Use QR Codes With 30% Error Correction
5. Apply a Trial-and-Error Process

Read more about QR code design.

QR Code Generator in Auto Classified Software by WorksForWeb

2011-04-27T11:30:00.004Z

A new feature - QR Code Generator - in Auto Classified Software by WorksForWeb.

Each listing includes “Generate QR Code” link. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader application can scan the image of the QR Code to display information and open a web page in the mobile's browser.

A picture with QR code may appear in newspapers, magazines, on signs, business cards, or on any object where you would like to place your listing.

iAuto Classified Software Version 5.3 Released

2011-04-20T06:35:00.006Z

iAuto Classified Software Version v.5.3 has been released.

The new version contains a number of new features, enhancements, improvements and bugfixes. Just few of them:

mobile addon was created for the 5.2 version and above;
added the ability to generate a QR code for a listing with the setting which specifies the position of the watermark image (middle center, top left, bottom right etc.);
the ability to view all listings on any browsing level was added;
payment specifications ware adjusted in accordance with new PayPal Standard gateway settings and standards;
algorithm to generate thumbnails was modified;
new language setting was added;
more then 85 essential enhancements and bugfixes.

Try the new version 5.3 on the online demo:

A changelog is also available for your review: iAuto.

You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to our Sales Team. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

Mobile Frontend Addons For Auto Classified Software

2011-04-13T10:43:00.004Z

WorksForWeb is proud to offer mobile frontend addons for Auto classified software. The mobile version of your website will present all the data of the regular website in the format optimized for iPhone, Android, iPad, BlackBerry or other mobile devices.

Try the mobile frontend addons for Auto classified software by WorksForWeb on the online demo:

Read more about Mobile Frontend Addons For All Our Classifieds Solutions.
You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to our Sales Team. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

Google + 1 Button

2011-04-06T07:06:00.000Z

Google has released the world’s first "Social SEO" program. In case you are not aware, Google is now going Social. The Internet giant unveiled what it calls its “+1″ service. What that means, shortly the main feature of the +1 system is that it allows users to vote on search results or ads in Google. Their vote is then displayed next to the result for anyone in their Google-based social network. It is already available for testing.

Interview – Amnon Nissan, Owner at Deltaforce

2011-03-30T09:06:00.000Z

Our interviewee is Amnon Nissan, owner at Deltaforce, member at Triangle Business Connection BNI and host at WKIX Radio. Deltaforce is a WorksForWeb’s partner. We thank Amnon for his time spent answering our questions:

What are the main challenges your business had faced back when you opened it and now?
How do you find your customers and how do they find you?
What makes your business unique and special?
A couple of recommendations to other readers who intend to start an online business.

Read all questions and answers.

The Free vs. Paid Classifieds: Choosing the Right Monetization Model

2011-03-23T06:14:00.000Z

It is often the case when business decisions that we make very early in the project life cycle affect us for a long time. One of those decisions involves a choice classified websites owners have to make straight away.

There are various models of fund generation: the free listing model, the paid listing service model and a combination of both models. Even though the underlying idea is to make more money, the roads to success in case of a free listing model and a paid listing service model are very different. Each model is generally based on the markets and audience your website will be addressing.

Did You Know That iAuto Classified Software Let You Get Rid Of Spammers?

2011-03-16T11:08:00.001Z

Did you know how to get rid of visitors who do not follow your website rules and trash your website? iAuto Auto Classified Software allows blocking them.

IP Blocklist Manager allows site administrator to add IP or IP range to the blocklist thus the visitors from the listed IPs cannot view normal site. Read more about IP Blocklist Manager.

SES New York, March 21-25, 2011

2011-03-09T09:06:00.000Z

For webmasters, digital agencies, online marketers and corporate decision makers the International SEO Conference will take place in New York - March 21-25, 2011.

At the Conference learn about:

PPC management,
keyword research,
SEO,
social media,
local,
mobile,
link building,
duplicate content,
multiple site issues,
video optimization,
site optimization,
usability
and more.

A Short Guide To Php Template Engines

2011-03-02T05:53:00.000Z

This article is a short guide to php template engines. Its main goal is to advocate the use of template engines in PHP applications and to provide argumentation to support template engine usage. It also contains several examples of template engines, their advantages, and shortcomings, as well as recommendations for selecting the right template engine for your Web-based projects.

Read the whole article.

Interview – Natalia Mokina, Founder of Nevesta.kg

2011-02-24T07:44:00.000Z

Our interviewee is Natalia Mokina, founder of nevesta.kg - a classifieds website for brides. We thank Natalia for her time spent answering our questions:

Tell us about your internet project. Who are the users of your project?
How did you get an idea to create this project?
What is the most important thing in launching an internet project?
What was the most difficult thing in starting an internet project?
What qualities must have an internet project founder?

Read all questions and answers.

iAuto Bike Classified Script

2011-02-16T05:46:00.001Z

Our team of developers and the QA team worked very hard to deliver fully customized products that are ready-to-use and take little effort and time to set up.

iAuto Bikes is a ready-made business for ardent bike fans and bike sales professionals. We believe that the iAuto Bikes will be of specific interest to our worldwide customers. There are many places in the world where bike and accessory sales can bring you ROI unimaginable in a conventional business.

Find out more about new product.

iAuto Classified Software Version 5.2.1 Released

2011-02-09T12:14:00.002Z

WorksForWeb announces about a new minor release of iAuto 5.2.1.

We strive for improving usability and stability of our classified scripts and do our best to make them bug-free. The new version contains a number of enhancements, improvements and bugfixes for the most recent major release.

Try the new version 5.2.1 on the online demo:

Live Auto Classified Software Demo

A changelog is also available for your review: iAuto changelog.

You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to our Sales Team. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

New Products - iAuto Bikes and iLister Pets Released

2011-02-02T11:33:00.000Z

A significant event has happened for WorksForWeb Company and their clients. Two new awesome products were released – iLister Pet Classified Script and iAuto Bike Classified Script.

These products are actually unique as it takes little effort and time to set up

an awesome pets classified website featuring pets of different species, animal care products and related professional services or
a wonderful bikes classified website positioned to handle the growing motorcycle, scooter, and bicycle market niches.

Try the new products on the online demo:

You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to our Sales Team. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

The Second Classified Media Innovation Award

2011-01-26T10:13:00.000Z

The second Classified Media Innovation Award will be organized by ICMA. The winner will be selected from the proposals received. All classified media companies are allowed to participate, whether ICMA members or not.

The 2011 Award will be announced at the ICMA Conference Awards Ceremony on Friday 29 April, in Nice, France. The winners will be decided by the ICMA Committee and the Top 5 shortlisted companies may be invited to present their innovation in the conference. More about 2011 ICMA Classified Media Innovation Award.

Nine Ways to Secure Your Installation of iAuto Classified Software

2011-01-19T14:10:00.003Z

Almost any Web-based software can endanger your server. Hackers can seize your administrator account details to access Admin Panel and wreck chaos to your website.

If you are starting a new script installation, you should take several steps to increase security of your website and server from the very beginning.

Conference "Classifieds: RECIPES FOR SUCCESS"

2011-01-12T11:02:00.000Z

Classifieds Conference "Classifieds: RECIPES FOR SUCCESS" will take place 27-30 April 2011 at Nice, France.

The conference programme will cover the four main "recipes" for success - money, content, technology and content.

ICMA members and delegates benefit from the sharing of invaluable information with the worldwide community of classified media professionals. Read more about the Conference.

Introduction to HTTP

2011-01-05T15:29:00.001Z

The HTTP protocol first appeared in yearly 90’s as a solution for document management in CERN, a huge European research center. They needed to maintain and manage a large number of scientific documents, each having many links to other documents (think of Wikipedia).

HTTP is a protocol used by hundreds of millions of people every day for all sorts of activities: getting news, posting news, sharing photos, socializing, educating themselves, educating others, reading, and sending mail, and relaxing. HTTP is the Internet’s glue, which connects distributed web pages and WWW users. This article is quick and dirty explanation of how it actually works.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Hanukah and Happy Kwanza!

2010-12-23T10:20:00.003Z

Dear Friends,

During this holiday season, which is important to many customers and friends of ours, we would like to thank you very much for being wonderful customers and friends. All the feedback you give us helps us make better products, improve our services, or react quicker to your needs.

We certainly expect that better iAuto mean more money is coming to you and your family, new jobs are created around you, and the gloom of economic recession is fading away in your communities. Better networking, more customers, higher turnovers and all that help your services provide to your end clients is a huge difference you yourselves are making in your and other people’s lives around you.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Hanukah and Happy Kwanza to all of you and your families, friends, and business partners! If we failed to mention your special holiday above, may we simply wish you the best of health, wealth, good luck and prosperity for the year to come. Forget about work for a while and enjoy being with your families and loved ones, for you have a great excuse during these holidays!

Yours very sincerely,
A happy bunch of holiday-elated WorksForWeb team members

iAuto Classified Software Version 5.2 Released

2010-12-22T08:45:00.006Z

A week before Christmas is marked with a new release of the classified solutions from WorksForWeb, namely, iAuto Classified Software Version 5.2. The new 5.2 version contains the profound changes in software template system and performance as well as more then 50 enhancements and bugfixes. Just few of them:

Template System Globally Modified
Listing URL SEO Data Added
Listing Caption Modified
Picture Carousel Added
Image Slideshow Updated
Listing Comparison Improved
and more minor enhancements and improvements.

Try the new version 5.2 on the online demo:

Live Auto Classified Software Demo

iAuto changelog is also available for your review.

You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to our Sales Team. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

We Are 5 Years Old!

2010-12-08T07:16:00.003Z

December 5, 2010 WorksForWeb holds the Fifth Anniversary of the Foundation.

Dear customers, we really appreciate the years of work and the trust you have in us!

Best Regards,
WorksForWeb

Do’s and Don’ts in Formulating Customization Requests

2010-12-08T06:26:00.002Z

Useful tips to get an accurate, timely and realistic quote for your auto classified script customization project. Before sending in your customization request, review it to make sure that:

It has all the information we may need for the quote;
This information is presented in an easy-to-use manner;
Any supporting documents, screenshots, descriptions are included;
You are available to provide additional explanation if we need any.

Read this article to submit a brilliant customization request.

10 Important Recommendations to the Buyers of iAuto Auto Classified Script

2010-12-01T14:03:00.004Z

A process of building a unique auto classified website that provides valuable services to your visitors and customers, and lots of money to yourself, is a job that requires time, effort, money, and skills.

However, for those who manage to balance all those factors, taking part in the rat races as Robert Kiyosaki skillfully named the never-ending climb for a fatter paychecks, will soon become your hobby, not a necessity. In a year or so, you will have an opportunity continue running your online business yourself, or sell it at a substantial profit to those who cannot do what you can, and start a new service based on the lessons learned. Read the whole story.

Modify Your Website Using FTP Client

2010-11-03T12:48:00.005Z

Our Head of Support Department explains how to use FTP client software to make changes on your website using customizing the website logo as an example.

The idea of opening your own website based on iAuto Car Classified Software to showcase your goods or services is truly great.

To bring it to life, you purchase the script, have tech support install it to your server, and you come to realize that you need to make a ton of changes to the way website looks and feels. Read more at http://www.worksforweb.com/publications/using-FTP-client-to-modify-your-website/.

PHP As Web App Platform - a Success Story

2010-10-27T12:42:00.001Z

Despite the appearance of multiple new feature-rich languages and Web development platforms that surfaced during the recent years, PHP has not lost any of its advantages and still confidently remains a major competitor among other Web development platforms. Moreover, the most recent stable branch of PHP development is sure to boost the development of PHP even further.

Many commercial vendors of software development tools are now considering PHP development as a substantial market base, and contribute to the PHP software development industry by offering better tools and components. Read the whole story.

iAuto Auto Classified Software Features: Password Recovery

2010-10-20T12:50:00.004Z

WorksForWeb in all its classified scripts including iAuto Auto Classified Software has a very helpful feature to recover forgotten passwords.

"Password Recovery" feature is automated and any admin action is not required.

iAuto Auto Classified Software Version 5.1 Released

2010-10-13T12:37:00.003Z

WorksForWeb hereby announces a new version release for iAuto Vehicle Classified Software 5.1. Version 5.1 contains a number of new features along with dozens of improvements and enhancements.

What’s new?

Listing Comments - visitors can add comments to listings
Report Improper Content - visitors can inform administrator about improper content in comments or listing details
New System of JPEG Image Quality Settings – administrator can set the image quality for listings
Decimal data type was added to the fields with monetary values
IP Blocklist Manager – administrator can block IP or IP range. List of IP/ IP range can be exported or imported
Improved Listing Import – listings from several categories can be imported in the same file
and more minor enhancements and improvements.

Find more details about iAuto Vehicle Classified Software version 5.1 release.

You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com respectively, or submit a new ticket. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

iAuto Auto Classified Software Features: Google Maps in Listing Details

2010-10-06T11:12:00.007Z

iAuto Auto Classified Software offers option to display listing address/zip on the built-in Google Map. Users specify Zip Code, Address, City and State while adding ads and the location is displayed in the Google Maps section at the listing details page.

"Google Maps" integrated into a listing gives users a visual, intuitive way to find the seller’s location (or property location).

iAuto Auto Classified Software Features: Mark Listing as Sold

2010-09-29T15:57:00.001Z

iAuto Auto Classified Software gives a possibility to mark listings as sold. Items that are already sold will be clearly identifiable.

"Mark Listings as Sold" feature can be a great marketing anchor to display the effectiveness of the advertising at the particular iAuto-based website, and attract new users. This practice stimulates new users to register and add their listings as they see the successful results achieved by the listings marked with "SOLD" sign.

Our Classifieds Community Grows and Prospers

2010-09-22T13:29:00.004Z

Online classified giant Carsales.com, a recognized expert in financial investments, bought OZtion, Australia’s second largest online auction site, from Melbourne-based listed media company Jumbuck Entertainment – as is reported by Classifieds News Blog. Well, no surprise that Carsales.com specializing in auto classifieds now decides to extend their business and get a bigger bite out of classifieds market.

"This eCommerce and general classifieds solution is intended to allow our existing and future customers to access a wider range of products and services in a range of verticals – without leaving the key websites they know and trust." – commented the decision the representatives of the Carsales.com. Philip Druce, one of OZtion founders expressed confidence of success "our community grows and prospers", and we can’t help agreeing with Mr. Druce. We wish them continued success in the years ahead!

If you are inspired with successful experience by Carsales.com and you want to enlarge your business and offer general classifieds solution to you customers – you are welcome to WorksForWeb. WorksforWeb provides not only iAuto Car Classified Software but also iLister General Classified Script for broadening your business horizons.

iAuto Auto Classified Software Features: Featured Listings on the Front Page

2010-09-15T09:19:00.002Z

iAuto Auto Classified Software gives a wonderful additional opportunity to promote listings at a iAuto-based classified website. Listings will appear in a special “Featured Ads” section.

Featured ads can be displayed in different ways. By default this section is displayed at the main page of the site where it gets the maximum exposure to the prospect buyers.

New Version 5.0.2 of iAuto Classified Software Available

2010-09-08T11:37:00.004Z

WorksForWeb releases a new minor release of iAuto 5.0.2.

We strive for improving usability and stability of our classified scripts and do our best to make them bug-free. A new version contains a number of improvements and bugfixes for the most recent major release. View Demo versions of iAuto Auto Classified Software.

A detailed list of improvements and bug fixes for the latest major release is available in iAuto Vehicle Classified Software Changelog.

New customers: We will be happy to provide additional information about our products. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com, or submit a new ticket. We look forward to your becoming our new customers.

Existing customers: For updates, patches and upgrades please contact our Support Team by sending your email to support@iautosoftware.com, or submit a new ticket.

Online Advertising Exceeds $2 Billion

2010-09-01T11:28:00.000Z

According to the "Online Advertising Expenditure Report" by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), online advertising expenditure in Australia has reached $2 billion. Well, this fact just reaffirm the obvious tendency and it makes us think this number will increase in the future. "Classifieds advertising expenditure was led by the real estate industry, followed by recruitment and then automotive," - reported IAB.

Therefore, we can hope for further growth in advertising expenditures and as a consequence some enlivening at these sectors. And Australia is not the only country to discover the trend. Classifieds websites related to auto, career and real estate industry all over the world will definitely increase their potential involving new markets and generating extra income for their owners. And while the giants of the on-line classifieds industry fight for their solid portion, small local classifieds websites continue to explore the potential and win their way to the top.

WorksForWeb is oriented to the recent trends and marketing forecasts and helps business starters to build classifieds startups worldwide. WorksForWeb offers a wide range of classified solutions: iAuto Classified Software for automotive industry.

Banner Management Addon for iAuto Classified Software Version 5.0 Available

2010-08-25T09:44:00.001Z

Banner Management Addon for iAuto Classified Software Version 5.0 is available. The new version of Banner Management Addon contains the profound changes in performance as well as advanced statistics features like:

Banner Lifetime (Admin can set the number of days while the banner is active)
Banner Exposure statistics
IP of the visitor who clicks the banner

The Banner Management add-on is not a part of WorksForWeb product default package for distribution. It can be purchased separately for your WorksForWeb product-based website for additional cost from the Sales Department.

For details, please visit the Banner Management Addon page.

RTL Template for iAuto 5.0 Available

2010-08-18T07:30:00.006Z

WorksForWeb announces that RTL (right-to-left) template theme for iAuto 5.0 is available for our new or existing Arabic, Persian and Hebrew speaking customers.

Now we can offer Orange template theme for iAuto Classified Software.

For details on how to obtain the theme please contact our Sales Department.

Please, note that we offer Template Customization Services for our valued clients. Here you can get more info about template customization, buying a third party templates and submitting your own graphic template.

New Stable Version 5.0.1 of iAuto Classified Software Available

2010-08-11T08:01:00.004Z

WorksForWeb presents a new minor release of iAuto 5.0.1

A new version contains a number of enhancements, improvements and bugfixes for the most recent major release. View Demo versions of iAuto Auto Classified Software.

A detailed list of enhancements, improvements and bug fixes for the latest major release is available in iAuto Vehicle Classified Software Changelog.

Existing customers: For updates, patches and upgrades please contact our Support Team by sending your email to support@iautosoftware.com, or submit a new ticket.

iAuto Vehicle Classified Software V5.0 Released

2010-07-21T08:46:00.003Z

WorksForWeb hereby announces a new version release for iAuto Vehicle Classified Software 5.0. The 5-th version contains the profound changes in software speed and performance as well as a number of new features long awaited by existing customers and the general public.

What’s new?

A considerable performance acceleration: significant improvements in speed and shrinking page load time
New template system with inheritance
Extended browsing opportunities
and more then 60 minor enhancements and bugfixes.

Find more details about iAuto Vehicle Classified Software v5.0 release.

You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com respectively, or submit a new ticket. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

Special Offer for iAuto Classified Script Prolonged

2010-07-08T07:03:00.012Z

Due to outstanding feedback received from our clients, we have decided to prolong the Early Summer Promo for iAuto Classified Software Standard Edition until July 15, 2010. So you still have a chance to get 15% discount OR $70 Paypal cashback.

Check the terms and conditions for this wonderful offer! Get more information about the offer contacting our Sales Team.

Early Summer Promo for iAuto Classified Script!

2010-06-18T09:37:00.009Z

Dreaming of the sun, sandy beaches and palm trees by the seashore?

Make that happen with our Summer Offer! Buy iAuto classified software and save BIG with Summer Offer from WorksForWeb. Only for two weeks in June will you be able to purchase iAuto Classified Script Standard Edition AND get either a 15% discount or a $70 Paypal cashback.

Check the details of our Early Summer Promo.

To claim this discount all you need to do is contact our sales representative via e-mail and place an order before 30 June 2010.

iAuto Website Classified Software Features: CAPTCHA for Forms

2010-05-27T05:57:00.001Z

Spammers can use automated tools to post many unwanted messages very quickly. To protect a website from their attacks, WorksForWeb added CAPTCHA in all their classified scripts including iAuto.

CAPTCHA is a Completely Automated Public Turing test used to ensure that the response is not generated by a computer. Humans can easily pass this test but computers will hopefully fail.

iAuto Website Classified Software Features: Watermark for Uploaded Images

2010-05-18T07:54:00.001Z

Watermark for Uploaded Images was added to iAuto Classified Software.

Sharing photos online is risky from the copyright perspective. Someone could take the images for their own use. Watermark for Uploaded Images is the most effective and simple way to protect images and indicate copyrights or identification.

iAuto Website Classified Software Features: Loan Calculator

2010-05-12T05:15:00.001Z

WorksForWeb in all their classified scripts including iAuto offers this helpful feature. Loan calculator is used to estimate monthly payments of a loan.

iAuto Website Classified Software Features: Tell a Friend

2010-05-06T06:57:00.001Z

More than half of Internet users (53%) had visited websites referred by friends or family members according to a research by eMarketers.com. Taking it into consideration Tell a Friend feature was implemented by WorksForWeb in iAuto Website Classified Software.

Six Myths about Nulled Scripts, or There’s No Such Thing as Free Lunch

2010-04-30T06:54:00.001Z

Once every so often our customers are asking us how come on some websites our classified software is sold at a fraction of price or is even free. They further ask how come they have to pay for the software if they can download it for free. Those questions are legitimate and deserve a separate article below.

Most of you have already seen popular software brands and packages available on certain websites such as Germany-based Rapidshare and the likes. The software is offered free of charge or for a nominal price with the labels “Nulled” or “Software Name + keygen”, etc. This essentially means that the software anti-piracy mechanisms have been illegally tampered with or re-engineered. This is a common plague that the entire software industry is suffering from to a certain degree, and the more popular the software becomes, the more frequently its defenses are being tested (sometimes successfully).

Many potential customers share one or more of the six common myths about the use of nulled scripts. Let us take a closer look at those myths...

iAuto Website Classified Software Features: Saved Searches and Saved Ads

2010-04-27T05:58:00.002Z

For the convenience of users Saved Searches and Saved Ads features were implemented. Users of the website based on iAuto Classified Software who regularly search for certain items can save time by saving their searches or save ads that they like.

Users can use saved searches and ads afterwards and will not need to remember listing ID or re-enter search criteria. Later to check for new ads to the search results, they can run a saved search.

iAuto Website Classified Software Features: Compare Listings

2010-04-21T06:40:00.001Z

Compare Listings is a great feature offered by iAuto website classified software. This feature lets users choose any number of listings and compare them all on one page, side-by-side.

Many popular Web services that are considered market leaders, and most classified products, set a limit to a maximum number of listings that can be compared against each other. In iAuto Classified Software you can compare 2, 5, 10 or 20 listings.

iAuto Website Classified Software Features: YouTube Feature

2010-04-13T05:35:00.001Z

YouTube video is the feature that provides users with the possibility to promote their listings and brings to owners of the websites based at our website classified software additional profits. Clear and representative video from YouTube video sharing service helps to attract more buyers and generate more sales.

Slideshow Feature Of The iAuto Website Classified Software

2010-04-09T06:31:00.002Z

iAuto Website Classified Software from WorksForWeb provides the greatest business opportunities available to earn money. Owners of the websites based at our classified software may get additional profits from options that help users to promote their listings. One of these options is Image SlideShow.

Catch Buyers Attention And Drive On-Line Sales At Classified Ads Site

2010-03-30T07:37:00.002Z

Too often I am asked the question by people who are selling online via classified ads sites, “why items at equal prices from the same site are selling differently”? For example, two online sellers offer cell phones. Of course, good technical parameters and low price are what potential buyers look for. In our case, the cell phones have the same technical parameters and the sellers set the equal prices. But how to explain the situation when one seller has a lot of sales and another hasn’t sold them at all? Creating an attractive listing at a classified website with good visual effects is critical to the success of getting your item sold. It is a vital step in the selling process. The purchase starts when your product attracts your client's attention. Your potential buyers can not view or touch your products in reality. They are trying to compose their opinion only according to the product visuals.Read more how to catch buyers attention and drive on-line sales at а classified ads site.

Detailed feature description for classified ads scripts by WorksForWeb available

2010-03-17T06:51:00.001Z

We enhanced our classified scripts feature lists with the detailed descriptions for Credit Points System feature! Instant attention-getter for ads – Highlight Ads feature and Rating For Listings Feature are also described in details. Check them all!

Exchanging Credits for Ads: The Art of Monetizing Your Website

2010-03-02T06:48:00.002Z

Searching Google, a phrase “Credit cards are nearly universal” caught my attention. Yep, fully agree with the fact that the Internet would never be the same if it wasn’t for credit cards. Internet payment sprang a wider use of credit cards, which in turn helped finance the development of e-businesses, including shopping portals like Ebay, pushing e-commerce to a whole new level.

For every single benefit on-site credit card payment processing brings along, Internet security experts will happily name threats that dramatically reduce or eliminate such benefits, scaring the heck out of website owners. For websites with paid memberships and paid services, when credit cards are being used more than once or on a regular basis, security threats become even more acute. Is there an alternative that will eliminate many, if not all, the risks?

Get more details about the Exchanging Credits for Ads at WorksForWeb official website.

Hosted2Standard Upgrade Campaign Launched

2010-02-18T07:07:00.005Z

Hosted2Standard Upgrade - Get Yourself The Best and Save Big!

Tired of the winter and eager to change things for the better? The time for transformation has come! WorksForWeb announces Limited time offer for all Hosted Edition owners of iAuto auto classified script: “Hosted2Standard Upgrade”.

Get more details about the Hosted2Standard Upgrade Campaign at WorksForWeb official website.

Don't let this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity pass you by!

Some Ideas To Start Your Own Online Classifieds Business - Part 2

2010-02-03T16:50:00.004Z

Need an idea for classifieds ads business? We continue sharing the ideas for your own online classifieds ads business based on iLister classifieds ads software by WorksForWeb. iLister is a multi-language SEO-optimized PHP listing script for creating classifieds websites with multiple categories categories (cars, realty, scripts, jobs, personals, pets, electronics, clothing, etc) from scratch.

Restaurant and Hotel Guide for your local community

You can create a clean-cut Yellow Pages-style online Restaurant and Hotel Guide with iLister PHP listing script. It features popular neighborhood locations or tourist hot spots, and serves as a great town/city guide for visitors and locals alike. You can add extra sections (entertainment, sports and recreational activities) to turn your iLister-based website into a veritable city/town community making money on banner advertisements from local service providers and listing fees. Here is a perfect example of how versatile iLister classifieds ads software can be addressed to specific industry needs. Such a guide for your local community is a steady source of income from local businesses lined up to post their ads on your resource.

Online Travel Agency

What do you think about a travel agency website? Great overview of travel packages on the front page. Hot/discounted tours posted as Featured Ads. Detailed description of every tour on static pages, with a summary of the offers for every country also on a static page with links to individual descriptions. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Each listing displays essential field data: price, starting date, ending date, countries visited, a colorful slide show of places of interest, detailed description with an itinerary, and the ability to book the tour by sending a reservation request (event calendar). Summary of all the offers by continents, countries and regions worldwide can be presented at the front page.

Collectibles Website

One of the most obvious and simple applications of iLister listng script is creating a collectable website. It requires no modifications of iLister classifieds ads software. You should simply remove all existing categories and add new categories and subcategories corresponding to all varieties of the collectables you are covering. You can have an all-in-one collectable classifieds ads website for your local area, or run a nation-wide collectable website on a more specific category (dolls collectable, knives, baseball cards, coins or stamps), or even a very focused website (Pre-WWII Silver Dollar Collectable, or Bowie Knives of the World).

WorksForWeb offers a wide range of business solutions based on the classifieds ads software. Only few ideas are mentioned here. Feel free to share your ideas about starting your online business and get free professional consultation from our Sales Team. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com ,sales@irealtysoft.com and sales@ilistersoft.com and we'll be happy to address your inquiries.

Some Ideas To Start Your Own Online Classified Business - Part 1

2010-01-26T08:55:00.002Z

Want to create a classified ads website? Great for you! There is a list of a few ideas for your own classifieds business based on iLister classified ads software by WorksForWeb. iLister is a multi-language SEO-optimized PHP listing script for creating classifieds websites with multiple categories.

On-line Business Directory

iLister business directory script provides an effective way to create a fast growing and attractive Business for Sale Directory Service and give your customers access to a wealth of new business opportunities and resources. Your target audience will include startup business owners, entrepreneurs, investors, business brokers, managers, everybody looking to start a new business. You can easily create a SEO-friendly online business directory designed to offer businesses for sale, franchise opportunities, and feature business wanted ads. It’s a chance to organize a unique on-line marketplace where your customers advertise their businesses and expose multiple business opportunities to prospective buyers.

Corporate Website With Product Catalog

One of the unduly forgotten applications of iLister listing script is running a full-fledged corporate website on it. The built-in CMS allows you to create all sorts of pages, include news and current events, product and services description page and categories. And, of course, the catalog of the products presented by your company (equipment, machinery, devices, furniture, etc). You can break the online product catalog in several sub-categories, if needed. Besides you can include a number of fields to provide extensive description of all the features of your products and/or services, insert video and plenty of pictures to present each item in the most favorable light.

Merry Christmas And Happy New Year From WorksForWeb!

2009-12-24T07:16:00.004Z

Best Holiday Cheer to All Our Customers, Present or Future,

We wish you all a joyous holiday celebration. Regardless of the continent you are on at the moment, and no matter in what country, nearby or across the world from us, we hope that you take the best out of those few day of upcoming holidays and weekends.

May the upcoming year bring you millions of opportunities to make your lives and lives of your families, colleagues, friends, and neighbors better, happier, more enjoyable and richer.

Let all your projects hit the jackpot, yet keep you busy just enough to have time for yourselves, to enjoy quality time with the loved ones, to travel and discover.

We promised a New Year present to everybody, and now we deliver the newest and greatest in the classifieds technology, namely new major releases of iAuto, iRealty and iLister! Moreover, we have great discounts for the new customers, and even cooler deal for the existing customers of ours.

In the upcoming year 2010, we promise that we'll bring even more products and features, less bugs (keeping our fingers crossed), cooler designs and yet more reasons for you to be and remain a proud member of the huge WorksForWeb family, the family so diverse and widespread that only the penguins of Antarctica are still resisting the urge to join in.

It has been lots of fun working with all of you over the last year. We hope that with all the new things we tried to bring in to improve the quality of services and products, to make sure you get the best you deserve. We went through 3 or 4 major releases and a bunch of minor releases, got a new website running and improved a lot of internal processes.

We hope to continue working with you on existing and new projects that you will undoubtedly start in the coming 2010, but for the mean time we all wish you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, a Happy Kwanza and a Happy Hanukah.

Good luck and have fun!!!

Yours truly,

The WorksForWeb Team

iAuto 4.7.0 Car Classified Script Released

2009-12-23T07:46:00.002Z

WorksForWeb hereby announces a new version release for iAuto 4.7 car classified script.

Along with dramatically improved stability, better user friendliness and enhanced customizability you can now enjoy newly added features and enhancements, including:

New Credit System to revolutionize internal payment processes

Improved membership plan and package functionality, enhanced plan management capabilities

Automatic renewal for listings and subscription plans based on credit balance

A number of enhancements, improvements to the current functions, bug fixes and more

You can read the detailed description of the features and improvements for the latest classifieds scripts release. iAuto Changelog is also available for your review.

You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com or submit a new ticket. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

Christmas and New Year Offer by WorksForWeb

2009-12-10T05:26:00.003Z

WorksForWeb offers great discount deals for existing and prospective customers!

Buy any Standard Edition (iRealty Real Estate Script, iAuto Vehicle Classified Software or iLister Classified Ads Script) + Banner Management Addon and get $100 OFF the Christmas bundle!

To claim the discount all you need to do is contact our sales representative via e-mail (sales@iautosoftware, sales@irealtysoft.com or sales@ilistersoft.com). Offer ends 31 December 2009.

You are welcome to get more info about our Christmas and New Year Offer. Don’t forget to share the great news with your friends and partners!

WorksForWeb wishes you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

WorksForWeb redesigned corporate site released

2009-11-18T09:10:00.003Z

After several months of development, we are proud to release our long awaited totally redesigned corporate website: http://www.worksforweb.com/. This redesigned website provides more detailed information about our company activity and services, and features in-depth information about our classified products: iRealty, iAuto and iLIster. So why did we decide to make the changes and what did we do to improve the site?We created our classifieds products from scratch. It was a long way from simple PHP script to sophisticated yet easy-to-use classifieds engine capable to run large classifieds portals. Our old product sites grew up with the products step by step, from enhancement to enhancement. And one day we realized that our old product sites cannot serve the needs of our top-notched products and it does not reflect our organisation’s current market position. We know that we have to evolve to ensure we can deliver what customers need today. A web site redesign was a great opportunity to evaluate where we are today and where we want to be in the future.

At the beginning of the redesign we outlined the main purposes of the site as follows:

Enhance customer perception of our classifieds products and WorksForWeb services

Ensure an online presence in the face of similar moves by competitors

Provide customers with the ability to view the product demo on-line

Provide an opportunity to inform people about classifieds scripts in which they may be interested, thus enhancing customer service and increasing sales.

Several months of hard work of designers and developers allow us to present you our new redesigned site. So what’s the value?

We tried to make the web site well presented and provide it a professional appearance. Now the site appears to contain most of the information a customer would require. We use the language and visual cues in a manner that is both internally consistent and consistent with general practice, so our customers do not have to learn any new techniques in order to use the site successfully.

One of the most important challenges was the necessity to consolidate four sites in one (three products sites and one company site) and retain the navigation through the site clear and user-friendly. We worked hard to design 4-level menu. The 1-st level menu presents our company, products and services, the 2-nd level menu navigates you through the scripts and addons available. The 3-d level menu guides you through the information about each product: iAuto, iRealty and iLister, product features, portfolio, demos, documentation, etc. And finally the 4-th level menu (it’s displayed in the right block of the site unlike the previous three menu levels which are located under the site header) invites you to look deeper into the detailed info about product editions and detailed functionality descriptions. If necessary, a site map is available.

We designed the site with our valued customers in mind so we did our best to provide all necessary means of communication. We encourage you to contact us through the contact forms specially designed for pre-sales questions, submitting testimonials and feature requests and general suggestions, besides you can call us or chat via Skype.

We created the site with love and desire to make your surfing through our site and searching for the information smooth and problemless. Our designers tried to make the site attractive and pleasant to look at. You are our most severe judges and the best usability consultants. We are eager to listen to your opinion about our efforts regarding the site redesign. We would like to offer you to fill in a short survey on the site redesign. Your feedback is highly appreciated!

How to write a good success story: CARP - Model

2009-10-28T09:16:00.005Z

Author: Natalie Kozlova

We live in the world where people are mostly skeptical and need a good reason to listen to you, or choose your product or use your services. Previously we discussed the reasons for writing success stories and today we will learn how to write a success story that makes people believe.

There are a lot of ways to write an interesting and persuasive story and you can easily google them. Today we offer you the CARP-model for wring success stories, the model which is easy to understand and follow and flexible enough to be changed giving you much space for self-expression. Finally it’s quite effective.

The structure consists of four parts:

1. Challenge

2. Action

3. Result

4. Perspective

We call this structure CARP-model. it’s easy to remember even if you are not a fishing lover, isn’t it?

So the CARP-model provides you with the structure for your success story. Let’s dive deeper into the details.

Challenge

The main purpose is to make readers identify with the challenge.

Who had the challenge? Who cares?

What problem, issue or concern needed addressing?

Why was it important?

What was the cost of addressing or not addressing it

Action

The main purpose is to demonstrate how you responded to the challenge and how our product and services can impact the business challenge.

What did you do to address your challenge?

How big was the project? Include inputs (staff, funding, volunteers, research, expertise) and outputs - activities (teaching, facilitation, product development and people (number of people and demographics).

Which product or services by WorksForWeb did you use?

How did our products and services help?

Why do you choose this product?

Result

The main purpose is to show that the benefits are real, quantifiable and compelling

What resulted? Use quantitative and qualitative data to describe important outcomes (changes and benefits) achieved as a result of the actions described earlier.

Who benefited and how? Help the reader understand the meaning behind the change.

Describe the benefits you achieved (including benefits like increased customer satisfaction or reduced stuff turnover) in most-important-to-least-important order.

Perspective

The main purpose is to show that achieved excellent results are the part of continuous growth and you are full of plans and perspectives.

What is the perspective for the future?

Is there a next stage that you now plan to implement?

How do you plan to change your business in future?

What are your goals and intentions?

You just need to follow the CARP-model and it will keep you from becoming confused while writing your success story. Answer all questions and you will get well-structured and clear success story.

And some more tips:

· Don’t forget about the appealing lead to the story

· Use attractive pictures

· Proofread the text

· Use active vs. passive voice

· Read it aloud before submitting somewhere

· If the story seems too long, delete one or more of the least important facts from the story .

· Try to follow the classic structure for writing a success story: Problem and Solution, Before and After, Then and Now.

· Focus on the reader's interest (usually in terms of how clients benefit).

Good fishing!

Marketing Tips: Providing The Competitive Advantage Through Writing Success Stories

2009-10-15T11:57:00.001Z

Just imagine that your classifieds site is one of the most successful in the on-line classifieds industry, but no one knows about this fact. The both sides - you and your prospect clients - suffer. You are not properly rewarded for your efforts because nobody knows about your excellence and your clients don’t know what good services are available for them to use and how they can be benefitted.

You should do something to make the public to get to know about your accomplishments. How?

We’ve got the answer! Write a success story! Success story, case study, customer testimonial - whatever you call them they are a valuable sales and marketing tool, as their main goal is to impact public and make them visit your site and use your products or services. Almost everybody loves to read about success stories. They are always about a challenge, new experience and looking for solutions.

What Is a Success Story?

In general, success story is an example of a successful practice when a company has achieved documented successful results. Success stories can be as short as 3-4 paragraphs or as long as 20 pages. It can be distributed in print, as PDFs, in the company newsletter, it also can be posted on the Web site, distributed at conferences, packaged and tailored to particular audiences for customer meetings, and sent in direct mail packages.

Why to write success stories?

· To give your readers an example of real successful project. Examples will help to understand difficult concepts and complex business issues. And solutions that can solve the issues.

· To generate empathy to enable readers to empathize with the challenge that you faced in the success story, in case your readers face a similar problem. The goal is make readers to closely identify with the author of the relevant success story.

· To add credibility. People believe success stories because such case studies usually relate a factual situations, besides they are full of real facts. A good success story full with facts and figures can also demonstrate ROI (if the documentation of a return on investment is possible).

· To share your ideas and to learn what works and what doesn’t work.

· To let the public know that you do good work that positively impacts the lives of people

Anyway writing a success story about your business can not only provide the competitive advantage that your business need, but give you additional reason to be proud of yourself which is also important for a successful businessman like you.

“Classifieds in Your Language” Discount Campaign launched

2009-09-08T05:55:00.003Z

WorksForWeb, a well-known worldwide provider of efficient online classifieds solutions for small and medium businesses, launches a one-month long “Classifieds in Your Language” discount campaign to support further development of language files for iAuto, iLister and iRealty.

The 'Classifieds in Your Language' campaign launches on 7 September 2009 and will last for one month.

Every participant can get up to $100 of discount off any Standard Edition license in exchange for a new lang file for iAuto, iLIster, or iRealty from the Top Wanted list of languages needed (all other promotions are not applicable as part of this offer).

Participants can also get up to $50 of discount off any Standard Edition license (iAuto, iLister, or iRealty) for updating or improving an existing lang file.

In addition to that, five lucky participants selected randomly will each get a Banner Management Addon (BMA) as an extra bonus.

To take part in the campaign, please WorksForWeb official website to get more info about the campaign terms

Questions? Additional Info? Please send your inquiries to our Sales Dept at sales@iautosoftware.com, sales@irealtysoft.com or sales@ilistersoft.com.

Learning SEO: Social Bookmarking For Your Site. Get Started!

2009-08-10T11:20:00.024Z

List of Bookmarking Sites

In fact, there are 100’s of sites out there you can bookmark your site at. Please, check out our social bookmarking list and build your own.

Connotea.org PR8
Twitter.com PR8
Digg.com PR7
Propeller.com PR7
Reddit.com PR8
Del.icio.us PR8
Stumbleupon.com PR8
Google.com/Bookmarks PR7
Technorati.com PR8
Slashdot.org PR8
Furl.net PR7
Bibsonomy.org PR7
Blinklist.com PR7
Newsvine.com PR7
Folkd.com PR7
Indianpad.com PR6
Myweb.yahoo.com PR7
Blogger.com PR7
Myspace.com PR8
Dzone.com PR7
Swik.net PR7
Lipstick.com PR7
Squidoo.com PR7
Mister-wong.com PR7
Facebook.com PR8

How to add my site to a social bookmarking site?

As an example, let’s add our site to the bookmarks at Google.com. First of all you need to create an account (if you have no account). Ready? Now you are able to store additional bookmarks, tag your bookmarks, and share with anyone interested in your bookmarks.

Adding a bookmark

1. Go to your iGoogle page
2. Find “Google Bookmarks” module.
3. Enter the URL, Name and Labels for your site. Name should be appealing for other people who may be interested in the bookmark. Include the keyword phrase into your title as well.

4. Click “Add” button and your site is bookmarked!

And remember that now you have one more external link to your site. Congratulations!

If you haven't tried a Bookmarking site, join one, and use it for a few months before you make a judgment on how useful it is. And surely use Share Your Site feature provided with our classifieds software to encourage your visitors to add your site to their bookmarks.

Learning SEO: Social Bookmarking For Your Site

2009-07-17T04:23:00.004Z

Social bookmarking is an activity performed over a computer network that allows users to save and categorize a personal collection of bookmarks and share them with others. Users may also take bookmarks saved by others and add them to their own collection, as well as to subscribe to the lists of others. It's a tool for personal knowledge management (Wikipedia.org).

In other words, social bookmarking involves saving bookmarks (web addresses) to a public Web site so you can access these bookmarks from any computer connected to the web. Having your site bookmarked in a number of popular social bookmarking sites you drive more traffic to the content at your site. So if you create a piece of content and title it with the keyword phrase you need, you will get a free external link with the required anchor text.

If you wish to create your own social bookmarks, you must register with a social bookmarking site. The part that takes the longest is probably setting up an account for each site, which includes email confirmations. But remember, no pain, no gain, right?

What you need to continue:

- keyword-rich content that provides value at the page of your site
- an appealing title with selected keywords within the title
- time to monitor your accounts at social bookmarking sites
- regular analysis of how long each link pops up in search engines. At some point you will reach a place where you are no longer drawing significant traffic from your older bookmarks, but that’s OK.

Beware of spamming these sites and making your list of bookmarks appear unattractive or an obvious marketing ploy which will net you very little. The biggest problem with this method is time and the relative effectiveness of the links. You have to make sure the content is good and the title passes spam detection else it will simply be deleted. Don’t abuse this by submitting every page of your site, try to be judicious and think about what pages of your site may be helpful and of interest to other web surfers.

There is an opinion that social bookmarking has limited appeal for a SEO professional. The reason is that you cannot count on it to increase site rankings directly, but indirectly it can increase awareness which may eventually provide additional natural linking. Besides many social bookmarking sites do not allow crawlers to follow links, thus the links do not help the page rank. However social bookmarking is still one of the cheapest and the most effective ways to get sites deep crawled and indexed and attract more visitors.

Even if you are not going to base the SEO campaign for your site on this technique it should be in your SEO toolbox of tasks anyway. And don’t’ forget that having great page content accurate meta tags with a solid web design combined with quality links from other pages of similar content contribute best to the end users experience.

WorksForWeb Launches a New Release of iAuto, iLIster and iRealty to Enhance Income Generation from Classifieds Websites

2009-06-12T07:04:00.005Z

WorksForWeb is proud to come up with a new version of its classifieds software: iLister 4.6.0, iRealty 4.7.0 and iAuto 4.6.0. As of this version, we're offering ability to display video from YouTube, brand new search among users, ability to include a slideshow to listings. You will now have a wonderful opportunity to use WYSIWYG editor in text-fields and make the listings highlighted. Several bug fixes and existing features enhancements have been also added. Along with amazing performance, customizability and speed you can now enjoy the expanded functionality aimed at the providing you as a classifieds site owner with new reliable revenue streams to earn more and more money offering your visitors and clients new options to make their listings stay out of the crowd.

Now users can easily add a vivid and informative slideshow to their listings. Users simply pay for this option to be enabled by the administrator and get access to the opportunity to create an attractive slide show. The slide show includes all necessary elements for comfortable viewing of the slides uploaded for the listing (start/stop/pause buttons, customizing slide changing intervals, etc.)

Another great feature - displaying video from YouTube in listings - will allow you to add a block displaying videos directly from YouTube and similar video sites. This option can be provided by the administrator for any listing on paid basis. The administrator can turn on this function for all listings making this option absolutely free to use for all registered users or this function can be enabled for only several user groups and few listings paid by your clients. Sometimes a short video clip can say much more than words or even a number of pictures, so it’s a good reason for your users to pay for the video in listing and a great chance for them to present the listing in the best way.

The administrator can now create a page with the ability to perform search among the registered users of the site. Users will be able to specify search criteria and view the results which will include the list of the users from the selected group. So you can now enjoy the search among the registered users having all the search opportunities you are used to have with previous versions of iLister, iRealty and iAuto classifieds software. Besides the search results are generated and displayed as a separate page with specific URL where user information is presented (including logo, contacts, links to full user profile and all listings by this user). This feature is a great chance for those dealers who has no their own web-site. The generated web-page can be presented by the dealer to clients and provide on-line presence at minimum costs.

The new version of the classifieds software also offers powerful formatting capabilities for text-fields in listings with WYSIWYG editor to visually improve content and make it more attractive and readable.

New version of iLister, iRealty and iAuto classifieds software provides the ability to highlight the selected listings. It will surely play its positive role in attracting attention of the prospective clients. The administrator of the classifieds site can enable highlight feature and set the price for using the feature. Listing owner can activate highlighting simply by pressing on "Make Highlighted" button and enjoy this additional opportunity to make listings visibly outstanding.

You are welcome to find more information on the changes and improvements implemented to iAuto, iRealty, and iLister on the official WFW website at www.worksforweb.com. Alternatively, you can contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com, sales@irealtysoft.com and sales@ilistersoft.com and we'll be happy to address your inquiries.

New iAuto, iRealty & iLister Release by WorksForWeb

2009-03-31T04:10:00.001Z

WorksForWeb (WFW), a software development team specialized in the classifieds solutions announces a new release of its top classifieds products: iAuto, iRealty and iLister.

WFW introduces a number of new features to enhance the overall user experience with the classifieds scripts. In response to customer demand and recently collected feature requests, iAuto, iRealty and iLister now include a host of serious improvements in usability, functionality and performance dictated by the advanced industry standards and requirements.

The listing comparison mechanism is introduced in the latest software release. It provides advanced field-by-field comparison algorithms for multiple listings. Unlike some of the industry's market leader portals, all WFW product-based websites now offer unlimited listing comparison capability. Users browsing listings in one category can simply click the “Compare Ad” button and all pre-selected listings will be displayed in the Comparison Results table. Users can also remove some listings from the table to focus closer on the ones that best match the request. Now the eternal problem of choosing among similar products is elegantly resolved in a couple of mouse clicks.

Among the newly added features there is one that performs import and export of user data in both CSV and XLS formats. Those formats are the most typical and widely-used user account formats. This feature is instrumental for backing up and sharing of the customer account base with third party applications (internal corporate db, newsletter scripts, billing software) fast, easily and conveniently.

The latest release also features CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) protection added to block form submissions from spam bots and prevent abuse. Ad ranking system, a great social networking tool, is a great tool to encourage customer participation and sharing of experience.
Now images uploaded to listings on websites powered by WorksForWeb classifieds software can be copyright protected with watermarks. As a site administrator, you can easily add a custom watermark (image or text) to be automatically merged with all images uploaded by your users. As TechFAQ.com points out, using watermarks for copyright protection and security reasons is equally beneficial to the Web site owners as using watermarks as a marketing/branding tool for additional exposure.

In addition to the above features, the new release of iAuto, iRealty and iLister classifieds solutions includes a number of enhancements such as indicators of the max number of symbols allowed for text input fields, and a new and greatly improved availability calendar interface.
You are welcome to find more information on the changes and improvements implemented to iAuto, iRealty, and iLIster on the official WFW website at www.worksforweb.com. Alternatively, you can contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com , sales@irealtysoft.com and sales@ilistersoft.com and we'll be happy to address your inquiries.

New Awesome Features: Do We Actually Need Them?

2009-01-10T15:35:00.002Z

Over the last few years we've come across thousands of requests for new features, new capabilities, and functions that make the buzz of the industry. Let's take a look at whether you actually need features you may be asking for.

Export of your listings to Autotrader.com, Google Base, etc.

Cool, you've decided that the awesome marketing offer you can lure new customers in is the ability for one low fee to post customers' cool rides not only to your iAuto-based website, but also to Google Base, Cars.com and Autotrader.com. Sure, it'd be nice to expand your customer's capabilities of selling his/her car.

However, let's look at it from a different perspective. In the real life, you can hardly imagine referring your favorite customer to a competitor much stronger than yourself. Next thing you know it is you don't have a business anymore.

However, agreeing to cross-post your listings to Google Base or Cars.com, all you're doing is helping one of your great, strong competitors become even greater and stronger. Next time visitors will go directly to Gbase and post their ads for free. After all, why pay money to Joe the Car Dealer if you can submit it to a directory that is frequented by lots of people, with listings being displayed all over.

Downloading and displaying third party listings.

Every other car dealer who's ever inquired about our listing import feature actually was looking for pumping a million or so listings for starters from Autotrader, Cars.com or similar into his/her iAuto-based website.

Hey, after all it's an awesome deal - you got yourself a car classifieds portal for $219, you pumped 1 million listings from Autotrader, those nice guys that are stupid enough to give away their precious listings, and you're all set to start charging megabucks from ad revenues. If there's a millon listings, then there surely are a couple of millions of visitors, right? One attracts another, correct?

No, not really. A person who's searched for cars in his local area on a few nationwide websites came to realization that there's a certain percentage of listings that repeat themselves from website to website. Then, looking for something unique and authentic, they turn over to you and all they see are all those all-too-familiars posts.

You'd probably think that you've gotten a one-million-worth-of-ads-website for nothing, but all you have is a website featuring a million of somebody else's listings. You are selling your toughest competitors' cars and pretending you're happy about it. Are there lots of real customers with real ads on your website who bring real money, or it's just full of semi-fake ads Autotrader gets huge PageRank, sales, and exhuberant banner ad prices?

It's cool if you have a real website full of real listings from your next door dealers that you have rightfully secured and are getting paid for. It's not so cool, however, if all you're selling is your competitors' cars and not even getting much money out of that.

An awesome website is not a website bulging with fake listings, but a website that is part of the business of finding customers, appealing to their senses with an original idea and a good reason to post their listing, and making sure they renew or sell their vehicle.

Here's a good business idea for a website with just a handful of listings. Secure a deal with US Army and buy a bunch of retired tanks or whatever and post them on your website. Or find an aftermarket dealer selling old tanks and have him advertise on your website for $500 per listing per month.

A handful of such dealers, and you'll be making a ton of money since promoting a similar website on Google is going to be dirt cheap because keywords cost a lot less than the ones like "used car website", and there's virtually no competition.

I have a feeling we'll get back to that discussion later.

New Release, Offers, Business Ideas & More News From WorksForWeb

2008-12-29T12:00:00.002Z

Hello!

We at WorksForWeb wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! We look forward to bringing you new products, functions and features and see your business prosper and grow because of that.

We have several great news. First, we are glad to announce the release of new versions of all our classified software: iAuto, iRealty, and iLister. We added new cool and exciting features, and made a few important fixes.

Special attention was paid to improving usability, enhancing script performance and implementing features most requested by current and potential users.

For additional information on features and fixes that are part of the new release please refer to the iAuto www.iautosoftware.com, iRealty www.irealtysoft.com and iLister www.ilistersoft.com websites, as well as to our official website at www.worksforweb.com. Alternatively, start an online chat when operators are available or send us an email to sales@worksforweb.com with your questions.

We are also happy to introduce another iLister mod, this time, iLister Career, a job board software. iLister Career employment/job classifieds software is the best tool to create your own SEO-friendly employment website. Recruiters and Career Builders are bound to find the best candidate for the job and the best job for every candidate respectively.

Completely customizable code and look and feel, awesome built-in WYSIWYG CMS, instant switch multi-language support, and a list of capabilities too long to display here – are you still looking?
Give it a try with a 15-day free trial and an online demo at http://www.ilistersoft.com/demo_jobs/!

During the upcoming winter holidays we will offer limited availability of our Sales and Support staff to address your issues. Particularly, our offices will be closed between 31 Dec 2008 and 5 Jan 2008.

However, we will be able to resolve support-related issues (the wait time may increase) and will have someone on duty to respond to sales inquiries process your orders. We apologize for the inconvenience this may be causing you and will try to minimize any impacts on you.

Last, but certainly not least. We are currently are almost finished with the limited time discount offer valid until Dec 31. To summarize, purchase a Standard Edition License of your choice (iRealty, iAuto or iLister) and get a Special Edition License of any WorksForWeb product as a holiday seasonal gift!

/OR /

Buy a Standard Edition with a 15% Christmas discount before 31 December! Use the following coupon code, HOTWINTER08, to claim your discount. Don't let this money-saving opportunity pass you by!

Happy holidays!

Yours,

The WFW Team

WorksForWeb News

2008-12-15T12:12:00.000Z

Hi there,

We at WorksForWeb are ready for the winter holidays and proud to announce our Hot Winter Offers: Heart-Warming Gifts and Money-Saving Discounts!

You can purchase a Standard Edition License of your choice (iRealty, iAuto or iLister) and get a Special Edition License of any WorksForWeb product as a Christmas gift or buy a Standard Edition with a 15% Christmas discount before 31 December!

We also have launched iLister-based Business Directory and iLister-Based Online Medical Equipment Catalog. With the iLister Business Directory script, you can create a classified business advertising service where businesses for sale, franchise opportunities, and business brokers and expose multiple business opportunities and resources to prospective buyers.

Read more on how to take advantage of becoming the best online resource to advertise businesses for sale in your region or worldwide with iLister Business Directory and Online Equipment Catalog at: http://www.ilistersoft.com/business.html, http://www.ilistersoft.com/solutions.html.

WorksForWeb have launched a new minor release of the iRealty v4.4.1/iAuto v4.3.1/iLister v4.3.1 software. Several bug fixes, a few improvements made in front and back
end, and great perfomance improvements are made.

We are also really glad to announce that the 'Expanding the Boundaries: Online Catalogs and Product Websites Based on iAuto/iRealty/iLister' competition is closed. We are really happy to congratulate our winners! More info about the contest please find at: http://www.worksforweb.com/contests/.

So, don't you think we are really ready for the winter holidays? ;)

Mid-Summer Mega Deals Discounts

2008-07-22T18:06:00.000Z

Hi,

We are having a Mid-Summer Mega Deals discount week. For a limited time, we are offering two hot deals of the season: a $99 discount for the Standard Edition license of either iAuto, iRealty or iLister. Please use the following coupon during the checkout - HOTSUMMER08 (that's zero-eight, not Oh-eight).

Alternatively, you can buy the Standard Edition of any of our products and get a Special Edition license of any of our products (either iAuto, iRealty or iLister) absolutely FREE!

Please contact our Sales Dept for more details or visit our Promos page.

Returning to Blogging

2007-12-25T15:10:00.000Z

Hi everybody!

We've been pretty lousy at blogging over the last half a year. Some of our readers may think that our product is dead or forgotten, and this cannot be further from truth.

In fact, we've been very busy over the last several months. We developed a new version of our product, iAuto v.4.x, that had most of its internal structure revamped and improved, templates changed and a number of new features and functions added to make our iAuto even more attractive to our customers.

We then improved it even further by adding SEO features such as SEO-friendly URLs, listing data in description and keywords meta tags, and a great Browse By... feature. You can select up to 7 database fields that you can browse by, narrowing down your results to just a few listings that match your needs closest.

For example, you can have the following Browse by search configuration: Vehicles->Cars->Honda->Acura->Between $0 and $10,000->Zip.

And, of course, we developed two new templates. A single picture is worth a 1,000 words, therefore, the best way to see how well we did is to go to our iAuto Demo page at http://www.iautosoftware.com/demo.html.

To go further, we decided to offer a boat classifieds version of iAuto, iAuto Boats. We've done some research and came up with the iAuto Boats demo for your attention.

Hosted version is a new addition to our versions. It offers iAuto pre-installed, hosting space with your domain and all the functions of the Cpanel at your disposal. And all that for an introductory price of $29.95 per month only.

We will try to be more consistent with posting our news and ideas to this blog, and we'll try to not limit the posts to marketing-related stuff only. Instead, we're hoping to get our product developers and programmers involved as well.

iAuto Vehicle Classifieds Software Version 4.0 Released

2007-10-10T11:06:00.000Z

We've finally released our new version of iAuto. I'll simply post an ad that we're promoting it with, and if you are looking for additional details and specifics of the new version, you're always welcome to visit our website:

iAuto is a cutting edge PHP vehicle classifieds script. It is a perfect solution for websites that sell any vehicles for land, air, or water. It comes bundled with a fresh car make/model database.

Key features of iAuto include an innovative search engine that allows visitors to search and sort by any field. A ZIP/postal code and radius search capability is provided based on the US ZIP code database. Import of postal codes for other countries is also possible with the existing import utility.

Our new version features a fully editable template-based look and feel. The ability to present listing data is limited only by your HTML coding skills.

One important addition of iAuto is the ability to list multiple listing types (advertise cars, boats, and airplanes on one site) and to create common or custom fields for each type.

iAuto also features user groups that can segregate users between individuals or corporate clients, with custom menus and profiles for each group.

New version offers a multitude of ways to make money with iAuto. You can choose between a pay-per-ad or subscription plans and further add pay-per-feature packages to charge for extra features such as pictures or videos.

Three payment gateways are built into iAuto: 2Checkout, Paypal (with card payment processing capabilities) and Authorize.NET merchant account gateway.

Two iAuto packages are currently offered starting from as low as $219, with FREE TRIAL and online DEMO.

Free lifetime upgrades and frequent functionality improvements make it a worthwhile purchase, giving you the ability to upgrade your website to respond to emerging market trends!

We'll be discussing other details related to the new software functionality and the ways you can use it for your business needs.

Can't Believe We Haven't Updated For So Long

2007-02-08T10:57:00.000Z

It's very hard to believe all that time passed and we never bothered to update the blog. Horrible! The fact that we've been pretty busy is not a good excuse. We will try to be more consistent posting new stuff here.

We'll try to give you a brief overview of what's been accomplished so far. We are constantly working on improving the quality of iAuto and iRealty. We are improving our internal development processes: work flow management, project and task planning, coding, testing, and control.

We have made substantial product improvements that will appear in the new version of the software to make iAuto and iRealty more reliable, robust, flexible and smart. We've also added several smaller features that improve the overall functionality of the software and make it more usable and powerful.

Our iAuto/iRealty community is growing, and the forum is slowly becoming a focal point where information about updates, fixes, tweaks and bugs is gathered and made available to those who need it.

We've been engaged in several bigger projects where iAuto/iRealty were used as the platform for custom solutions and even developed a totally independent solution from scratch. We will announce one of the projects shortly when it goes live with the permission of the owners.

This should be it for now, we'll be keeping you informed as we go along.

Free iAuto Trial!

2006-10-27T09:50:00.000Z

We're announcing the Free iAuto Trial program. Those interested in trying iAuto before purchasing can request access to their personal copy of iAuto on our server to test all the exciting features of iAuto.

We will install a default copy of iAuto on our server and you will have access to it for 15 days.

The difference between the live demo and a personal copy of iAuto is that you can modify your personal copy any way you like it. You'll have access to the admin area, you'll be able to modify templates to fit your banners or visual design enhancements. You'll be able to see how Smarty tags work, add iAuto modules and functions, customize the look and feel of featured ads, add Flash to the default template, manage input, display and search forms to set custom data fields, translate iAuto template into your own language and much, much more...

To request your free trial installation of iAuto, please contact our Support Dept at support@iautosoftware.com. For any pre-sale questions, feature explanations, etc. please contact our Sales Dept at sales@iautosoftware.com.

The Halloween Sale!!!

2006-10-09T09:46:00.000Z

Following a very successful v3.0 introductory sale, and having a few potential clients that have missed the sale, we've decided to give our fans and potential customers a Halloween present.

Here it is. Anyone who buys iAuto Standard or iAuto Special edition between 10 Oct and 1 Nov, is eligible for a hefty 20% discount off any purchase over $150. That includes our iAuto Standard Edition, and, of course, our iAuto Special Edition! Yes, iAuto Special Edition will cost $175.20 until 1 Nov 06, and iAuto Standard Edition will cost only $415.20. We just love giving away presents to our potential clients!

And here's a Halloween present for our current clients. Anyone who purchased an iAuto Special Edition is now eligible for FREE LIFETIME UPGRADES! Please contact our Sales Dept for additional information.

The Unprecedented iAuto Offer

2006-10-04T07:50:00.000Z

We've been working on the new release of iAuto too hard and too long, and it seems that some damage has occurred with our brain cells. How do we know that? The answer is simple:

Who else in a sane frame of mind would offer a 30% discount on every copy of iAuto Standard or Special for the next three days, starting from 5 October 2006 and ending midnight 8 October 2006????

Yes, during the three-day period between 05 and 08 Oct 06, iAuto Standard Edition v.3.0 will cost $363, and iAuto Special Edition v.3.0 - ONLY $ 153!!!

We are dedicating this October Madness event to the new release of iAuto, and we hope that you are quick and wise enough to jump on this opportunity!!!!

iAuto v.3.0 Is Released

2006-09-27T05:33:00.000Z

Finally! It's been a challenging week for our team, but we are at the end of the release process now, prepping up for the work ahead on the new release of iAuto.

We have managed to develop and include every functionality we have originally planned to include into the release. It took a reasonably big planning, implementation and testing effort on our developer's team to come up with an extremely useful upgrade of our system, Smarty (tm)-based template management system. We realized that our existing template system was very unflexible and not very usable as far as changes and modifications to templates are concerned.

This new template management system allowed us to optimize the code while integrating it with the classifieds engine, and gave a number of new opportunities to iAuto users, including:

* the ability to easily alter the look and feel of the website
* a tool to create localized versions of the software
* the ability to easily integrate classifieds engine's functionality into the existing websites
* familiarity with Smarty templates saves time and effort for web designers in modding templates for iAuto

We've introduced a number of other changes as well, including a new WYSIWYG editor to replace the old one that didn't perform very well, and streamlined the publications section turning it into a useful . The full list of new and existing features can be found on our Features page.

Our work with our existing customers and our potential customers on adding and implementing features requested has been extremely useful. Special thanks to Mr. Joe Martin from http://www.xtremeautotrader.com/ for his highly valuable comments, suggestions and recommendations that helped make our product better. Particularly, the entry batch processing functionality and mods to the way features are shown have been implemented based on his request.

Also, we've received a number of useful comments and feedback via our web site, and all the requested features are carefully identified, evaluated, prioritized and planned to be included in the future major and minor releases of the software.

To order your copy of iAuto v.3.0 Standard ($519) or Special ($219) Edition today, please visit our Order page at http://www.iautosoftware.com/order.html.

For iAuto Standard Edition owners, upgrading is extremely easy. Please contact our Sales Dept at sales@iautosoftware.com, and we will email you the download link. For iAuto Special Edition owners, upgrading is very easy and it costs only $49.95. Here's what you need to do. To order your copy of iAuto v.3.0 Special Edition today, please follow the link below:

Order iAuto v.3.0 SE Upgrade

In any event, we've already updated our demo with the new version, and you can check it out from our Demo page.

Look forward to your comments, suggestions, ideas and feedback

New iAuto release, v.3.0, is coming soon

2006-09-18T05:07:00.000Z

We are progressing towards the end of the current product development cycle and are expecting to issue a final release of our new version, v. 3.0, at or around Monday 25 Sept.

We are going to make an announcement on our website and we will send the new release announcements to those who have previously inquired about the new release. The new version is going to have a new Smarty template system that will allow users to modify the look of the website much quicker and easier, as well as provide greater flexibility in terms of applying own or custom design templates to the actual software.

Of course, many bugs and minor system improvements accumulated since the last version's release have also been included in the software, improving the overall stability of the system.

iAuto Product Updates

2006-08-23T12:25:00.000Z

It's been a while since we last posted into this blog, although there has definitely been a lot to write about.

First, we've added a few great functions into the software code. For instance, we enabled batch processing of ads/listings by the admin, changed the visual appearance of listing details and options and implemented the long-requested presentation of the listing options. Now, the system just lists options instead of giving an annoying "yes/no" status for each option.

Second, we've fixed some English language issues, i.e. capitalizations, certain system messages, etc. We'll continue on with this work and will have many, if not all, those errors fixed in the new release.

We've done some other changes and if any of our current buyers eligible for upgrade are interested in obtaining a copy of the software with the new functionality, please contact our Sales Dept.

v.3.0 Update

2006-08-23T12:11:00.000Z

It seems that in order for us to preserve the quality of the product development process outputs, we need to push back the release date from 6 Sep '06 to 25 Sep '06.

Even though we do not like these developments, we feel that compromising the quality to meet the deadline is not an option. Based on the XP philosophy we're implementing now for the development process, the quality must not be sacrificed, and reduced functionality and timeline extensions are the only viable alternatives our team has.

New Minor Release Available

2006-08-09T04:43:00.000Z

We are proudly announcing that a minor release of iAuto, iAuto 2.0.5, is now available. We added a couple of new features such as improved search result display and several visual ehnancement and minor features that improve the overall functionality of the software. Any of our current clients that require the update please contact our Sales Dept.

Future Membership Plans

2006-08-08T09:11:00.000Z

We've had a meeting to discuss the future of the membership plan system to be implemented in the upcoming releases. We've reviewed the membership plan options and variations that are requested by our current and potential clients.

The new functionality will give the webmasters additional flexibility as far as making money off the vehicle classifieds websites generated by iAuto.

iAuto uses Smarty

2006-08-02T03:38:00.000Z

The next release of iAuto, scheduled for September '06, will present a totally refactored version of iAuto software. The software will have a new template system based on the Smarty "template/presentation framework" (quoted from here), which will allow users to easily change the look and feel of the software, incorporate their own templates and integrate the software into the existing websites.

Just as a reminder, all buyers of iAuto Standard Edition are eligible for free lifetime upgrades of the product, so make sure you visit our blog and website for news and status updates of the product development process. All buyers of iAuto Special Edition will be able to purchase an upgrade to the new version for only $49.95.

The iAuto Blog created!

2006-07-31T10:30:00.000Z

After little deliberation, we decided to go ahead and create a product blog where we're going to cover the process of turning iAuto into the best vehicle classifieds software money can buy. All the relevant information on our product can be found on our website, http://www.iautosoftware.com/.