Version 3.0 of the Car Portal is already available!

You may find below information about the main new features ...

New feature allowing the dealers to create their own websites with their listings and the information they prefer A new unique feature has been added to the Car Portal - it allows the dealers to create their own website (with url like www.domain.com/dealer). This website not just lists the vehicles of the dealer, but also gives him the possibility to add additional information and new pages like About Us or whatever the dealer prefers. There is also functionality allowing the dealer to edit his website design and template - there are both WYSIWYG templates editor and option to edit directly the HTML code of the template. The dealer can in this way freely customize the design of his website adding his logo, changing colors etc. Adding new pages to the website is as easy as dragging the icon for a new page over the desired position in the website tree.

Functionality allowing the administrator to manage the vehicle types (cars, motorcycles, trucks etc.) or add new ones Earlier versions of Car Portal were limited to cars only. The new version comes with several vehicle types predefined (cars, motorcyles and trucks) and also functionality for the administrator to add new ones. For the existing vehichle types or the added new ones, the administrator can manage the makes and models from the administration panel and also add additional fields associated to them (these can be specific fields for the selected vehicle type).

Improved front site design New improved front site design featuring new sections like Featured Dealers (the dealers are able to upload in it their logo for a fee and link it to their vehicles on the website), Featured Video Property (a random vehicle from the featured ones on the website and having video file uploaded is shown), Browse Vehicles by Make (allowing to click on a make and show the listings), Latest Ads (showing the latest ads posted on the website), Featured Vehicles (showing random featured vehicles, a vehicle can be made featured for a fee).

Video support Possibility to upload video files for the vehicles, which can be virtual presentations. The accepted video file formats as well as the maximum allowed file size can be specified by the administrator. The administrator can also create different packages (for both the private sellers and the car dealers) allowing to upload (or not) a video file. In this way the administrator/website owner could charge more the users who would like to post a video for their vehicle on the website.

Improved middle and final results layout New and improved middle and final results layout allowing to easily navigate between the results and show the property features.

Saved Searches New functionality allowing the website users to save their searches. The functionality doesn't require registration, so any website user could use it. Using the saved searches, later the users could easily visualize the results from searches they made in the past. They also have the possibility to search only the new vehicles - the newly posted vehicles, which have been published after the search has been saved.

Dashboard and improved user admin spaces New improved dealers and private sellers admin spaces. The dealers could see in the top bar the number of credits they have, as well as direct links to the main website and their own website (the new feature allowing the dealers to create a website, add the pages and information they prefer and which shows their listed vehicles). The dashboard on the home page provides quick links to post new listings, see the current ones, see the received messages and others.

Better system for charging the users based on credits New and better system for charging the dealers based on credits has been added. The dealers can buy credits and use them to pay for the different services offered on the website like posting ads, make them featured, post banners. The usage of the credits system increases the profits for the website owner, as well as make the website easier for use by the dealers. Instead of making multiple small payments when they would like to use a service, they could purchase credits and spend them after for paying when posting ads etc.

Banners functionality New functionality allowing the car dealers to post banners in special banner areas created by the administrator. Possibility to create different banner areas on the website, each with its own size and position, different price for uploading a banner in it etc. The dealer is charged automatically from his credits when posting a banner in a selected banner area.

Car Dealers Sub Accounts The car dealers already have the possibility to create sub accounts for their accounts. They can be useful if other people from the same company have to access the same profile and manage the property listings or information.The main user can set the permissions for the different pages available in the car dealers admin space, so he could specify the permissions which sub account should have.

Improved admin panel The admin panel has been reorganized and improved and also new pages have been added in order to allow to manage the new functionality (like managing the credits system and settings, the default settings for the for the users websites etc.)

Newsletter The new newsletter functionality allows the administrator to send newsletter to the private sellers or car dealers. The users can choose to subscribe for the newsletter when they sign up on the website and then change this setting from their personal admin space.