Coming Soon
SWEET new stuff
Oh man do I have some cool stuff for you guys soon..
- eBay results included with the listings (if you so desire)..
- I *think* I can set it up so you can get all cities within X miles of your zip code. I'm going to try, anyway. Thanks to Mark for this one!
- A new advanced keywords mode that'll blow your mind (this one's probably first since it's not too tough..)
Save searches/results
Options will be added to allow users to easily pull up old searches. First will be a keywords drop-down (hopefully very soon, that..). Until then, by the way, you can bookmark your results pages. When you open them back up later, you'll see the new results for the searches.
Your Suggestions
Any suggestions for useful additions to the site will be seriously considered. It's getting to the point now where the site matches my vision for it, so in order to move forward, I need your input! If you have an idea, please head over to the feedback page.
Recent Additions
Newest of the New
- As always, check out the News forum for the latest stuff...
June 15, 2008
Stacked Results
Multiple cities, all on the same page! Should speed up browsing nicely, especially for those searching for rare items. Learn more here!
June 7, 2008
Keyboard Browsing
Rather than clicking the 'Next City' and 'Previous City' buttons, you can now use the 'N' and 'P' keys on your keyboard (or in Firefox, the left and right arrows) to switch between cities. Should speed things up a bit! Thanks to Jim for suggesting this one.
Firefox 3.0 fixed
Since it looks like Firefox isn't going to bother fixing their broken object element before releasing v3, I went ahead and coded a work-around. SOoo the site should now work just fine in Firefox 3 as well as 2. :)
March, 2008
Complete Facelift!
Hopefully it's obvious, but CraigsHelper's looking a little cooler now! Thanks to web designer Jason, and Steve from the Craigslist Handbook, we now have a whole new look. Hopefully it'll be even easier to use too!
BTW, if you're looking for a web designer for your own site, I recommend Jason Trill highly. You can reach him here.
Mar. 14, 2008
Improved keyword functionality
I had planned to introduce this along with the new site design, but... it was done, and I couldn't make you wait.
You can now choose whether to search for ads with ALL your keywords, ANY of the keywords, or a complete phrase.
Mar. 8, 2008
CLH Kijiji.. Canada
I can't believe how many requests I got for this! OK.. now you can search Kijiji Canada too. :)
Jan.? Something, 2008
CLH Kijiji
Now Search Kijiji, in the friendly, CraigsHelper fashion! CLH Kijiji
Nov., 2007
Works in IE!
Finally figured out a way around IE stupidness to get the site working in everyone's favourite built-into-windows browser! Of course, everyone should still use Firefox for reasons outlined here, but if you can't, now you CAN use CraigsHelper.com!
Oct. 13, 2007
Worldwide Areas
Added a version of the 'U.S. Regions' dropdown for the rest of the world.
Summerish, 2007
'Major Cities Only' Checkbox
You can now choose to only show results from the largest cities in your search region. Could be handy when you just want to take a quick look, or to keep craigslist happy if you do a Lot of searching...
Polls!
Added a fancy AJAX poll to the results page. Sometimes change the poll question too... heh.. :)
Refresh Button
The results page now features a refresh button to bring you back to the list of results for the currently viewed city. (That way you don't have to back-back-back out of the ads. Also helpful if the internet breaks and the page for that city doesn't load.
March 25, 2007
Regions!
Just added the new 'Regions' dropdown box for US Regions! Please let me know a) if it's useful, b) if I messed anything up, and c) if any of the regions need tweaking, if there're too many, too few, etc.
Dec. 3, 2006
Added New Cities
Added all the new Craigslist cities! Looks like there's quite a few. Managed to delete all the biggest cities in the process, but got it fixed quickly, thanks to a heads-up from Terry and Ken.
Dec. 2, 2006
Defensive Measures vs. Craigslist
Craigslist has decided to start blocking any traffic with the referrer marked as craigshelper.com. This effectively prevented me from linking to them. I spent most of today developing work-arounds that have pretty much gotten things back to normal. More info here.
Nov. something, 2006
Horizontal Add/Remove Layout
Changed the default layout for the main search page to something (hopefully) more user-friendly. I kinda prefer the more compact nature of the old, vertical layout though, so if you feel the same, you can switch back using the link at the top-right of the main page.
Oct. 16, 2006
Added 'Has Picture' and 'Search Titles', plus other options
Craigslist recently added these two vital options, so I've incorporated them as well. Also added was the "By Dealer/By Owner" option for the cars & trucks for sale category. If I've missed any options that you can find on Craigslist (or if you notice that they've added more), please let me know - I promise to get them up here asap.
Also while I was doing some preliminary work for this yesterday, it turns out I broke the results page rather badly.. so a big thanks to Steve E. for pointing that out!
Oct. 12, 2006
Paypal Link
To be honest, as useful as I think this service is, I was pretty surpised that people would be kind enough to donate for my time. Thanks to Terry for sending me an email to *ask for a way to donate*! I must say, that was some pretty cool recognition. So as requested, there's now a paypal link like this one at the bottom of the main page. Please don't feel any pressure to donate. (But I won't discourage you either ;-) )
Sept. 30, 2006
Improved <Back> Button
Improved/fixed how the back button works in the results page. Now lets you back through the cities you have viewed.
Thanks to Craig's Helper's Helper Bob for getting me thinking on this.Added Tips and Help
I actually put the 'tips' up on the results page a few days ago, but added a few more today. Added a couple of new help pages too.
Earlier Changes:
Canada and Worldwide
Search is now available for every craigslist city everywhere. New cities will be adopted as they are added to craigslist (but if we miss one, feel free to let us know).
Saved Search Info
Your most recent search will now be saved by craigshelper.com. When you return, your search cities and other info will be ready for you. To start fresh, simply click the "clear all" button.
Better Results!
The Results page has been overhauled! I'm actually quite pleased with it - it fits into the craigslist colour scheme nicely, and should make viewing results much more efficient. However, if you liked it better the old way, just click the "View results in whole window" link in the top corner to switch back.
