Based on some feedback in this thread I whooped up a little change to bring the 10 most recent ads to the forum page. You will notice a new category in the upper right-hand corner of the forums page.

Is this valuable to you impulse buyers?
Is it still not obvious enough?
Is the order of the boxes OK? Should the Top Poster dialog be on top?

Bring on the comments:

hell I would just like to be able to log in.

PMing you...

I like it! great work as usual!

Nice work, Spyder! I think this is a good compromise.

I like it, good job.

thanx spyder for fixing my account

Looks great Spyder... good use of that space!

I like it, but I miss the direct links to specific forums. I guess it's a compromise, though.

loving the exchange corner

Mike had the same feedback. I have extended the main window to 20 topics and added the Top Forums back. Let's see how that goes!

Having a preapproval on the ads did give you first shot at the for sale item didn't it... Now being a moderator does not have all of the benefits that it used to

I am pretty sure that there is an option to require ad approval with Exchange but we decided not to go that way unless there is a problem.

Busted!

would it be possible to have it put "dsmcentral exchange" in the e-mail when someone replys to an ad?

nowhere in the email dose it say it's from the exchange.

I totally agree with you on the mystery emails. Unfortunately, it is not an easy change and is going to take a few days of free time to find the right part of the code. I will post here again when its fixed.

cool I think I might have deleted a few email from there and didn't know it.

It takes like 30 seconds to post something...that's not too hard.

I swear I've never heard so much limp-wristed bitching in my life.

"But you have to type in words and click buttons and stuff!! Can't you just teleport the information from my brain while I sit my ass on the couch and eat cheetos!?!?"

There seems to be way too much sand in uncomfortable places for certain members of this fine forum.

i'm not really fond of the exchange. i'd much rather post some stuff on the forum where it can actually be bumped up and people dont have to go through tons of other ads to find my ads.

agreed I don't even know were my valve cover went.

Aww, look at the members complain about the free advertising space.

You know guys, we don't have to have an exchange or a for sale forum at all. Kicks is generous enough to let us use his bandwidth paid for with his own hard earned cash to sell our stuff for free. Quitchyerbitchin!

I think that's German for shut the F*** up and sell/buy stuff with-out paying ebay prices for selling....

I personnally love what the exchange has become and enjoy using it....

as far as searching through ads.... people who look at it regularly enough, namely me, have probaby seen your ads as they came up..... we are just poor broke bastards who can't buy shit until tax refunds come

ohh i'm sorry... i thought the opinions of the users was actually wanted and valued... i thought you guys might actually like some feedback... but i guess ya want only the good feedback.

and nate, kiss my ass! you act as though we are ingrates. i know what marcus does. i've been here long enough to realize and be grateful for his efforts. perhaps we all dont thank him enough, but that doesnt seem like a very good argument. i dont even know why there is an argument. perhaps if i posted a smartass remark.. but i didnt, therefore i dont feel i deserve a smartass reply from a moderator.

Struck a nerve, did I? Chill out. We are well aware of your opinion of the exchange Scrapin. You've repeated it many times now. Repeating it more is not feedback anymore, its bitching. Now if you have any suggestions on how to improve it we're all ears.

Otherwise, watch your mouth or "I'ma slap you with my pimp cane, Bitch!"

nope... i was merely making a point.

i have not repeated myself many times. in the 2 threads regarding this matter, i have posted a total of 4 times. 1 making a suggestion that was overlooked by the majority. 1 agreeing with someone elses post. 1 in this thread stating my problems with the exchange. and 1 replying to you. this 1 makes 5. i dont believe i repeated myself anywhere.
i posted my suggestion, it was ignored. why should i continue to make suggestions if they are not considered or even addressed by the decision makers?

bring it woman!

We appreciate your suggestion, and it has not gone unnoticed. I'm sure when 99Spyder finds some free time to devote, he can look into it to see if its feasible, if he hasn't already. Though, after all he's done for us, I'd have a hard time asking for more.

Beers to 99Spyder for committing his time to improve our forum in so many ways. You've done a helluva job! I gotsta hook you up wit some for real beers sometime, mang.

After quite a few hours of digging around I have finally found the elusive email subject setting. Emails from Exchange when contacting a seller will now carry the subject: DSMCentral Exchange - Ad Interest

good call.... I like it

What happened to my ads?

I lost one a couple of weeks ago. And I lost the remaining 3 of my open ads today.

I renewed 2 of them this past week, so that's not it.

It's not a huge deal, but I had a hit on one of them on 5/13, and I can't remember the price I set.

I had a similar thing happen to some of my ads that I renewed. I let Spyder know through PM. He's looking into it.

A couple of weeks ago I moved the "expire after" setting up to 60 days. We had initially intended on having it at 60 days but it was accidently set to 6 months. After the change a lot of older ads were removed and possibly even some that were renewed .

In an attempt to correct this I have changed the expiration option to a user selectable one. Upon creating a new ad you will have the option of running your ad for 2 weeks, 1 month, or 2 months. The hope is that this option will not be over-run by the potentially fatal expiration setting. As a further measure, I will also be creating a new ad and testing the renew feature to see if it updates the database properly.

Sorry for the inconveniences and please report any additional occurrences.